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So everyone is reporting what we warned you about. Here's what the AP said:

If you made it as far as page 75 in the June issue of That's Shanghai, congratulations: You're almost halfway there. And if you've seen page 75, you've noticed that it was an ad for pop/hip-hop group Black Eyed Peas, who are bringing their Monkey Business Tour to Shanghai's Grand Stage on July 20. (Monkey Business the album came out almost exactly a year ago and received an average score of 45 out of 100 on Metacritic.) There is no ticket information on the ad, but there is a reference to the site of China West Entertainment, the Shanghai-based promoter of BEP's two Mainland gigs, Shanghai and July 18 at the Beijing Exhibition Center Theater. The China West site shows that tickets will range from RMB 280-880. They aren't on sale yet, but you can sign up to be notified when they are made available. BEP is also playing Hong Kong on July 16 at the AsiaWorld-Arena. Tickets start at HK$380 and go up to HK$780. (We weren't able to find any of these shows listed on BEP's offical website or other tour sites.)

The Rolling Stones arrived in Shanghai yesterday and the media noticed. We read a couple of these stories before we got bored.

Shanghaiist didn't attend the Ice-T concert last night at Pegasus Club, but friends of Shanghaiist did. (And just to make sure Shanghaiist's street-cred remains intact, we'd like to note that we saw Ice-T perform in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, back in 1992 -- when Ice-T was still somewhat controversial.) Anyway, here are some random observations from those in attendance at the packed and most definitely uncensored show:

Looks like Ice-T and the Princes of the Night got in just under the wire. Xinhua reports:

Despite the foreign media's interest in hailing Ice-T as Thursday's Pandora's Box of free speech, the Original Gangster and producer/DJ Afrika Islam seem more intent on putting on a memorably entertaining show. But if, before Ice takes the stage tomorrow night at Club Pegasus, local authorities ask him to sign a contract agreeing not to perform his more objectionable material -- really, what would that leave him with? -- you bet your ass Ice will be signing his Tracy Marrow on the dotted line. "We are not going to jail in China!" Ice-T told local weekly 8 Days. (For more of that interview -- including audio clips -- check out 8Days.sh Thursday morning.) And Thursday night roll up to Pegasus for what promises to be the dopest hip-hop ticket of the summer. Islam will be setting the stage with a set that runs the gamut from Proto-Old School to the Electro Funk. Miss it and you'll be forced to admit that ... you played yourself.

This being the day of our official global launch and all, we here at Shanghaiist realize that for many of you this is your first visit to our humble abode. We invite you to stay awhile and snoop around -- just don't touch our beer. (Seriously, it's for your own good.) Here are 10 of our favorite Shanghaiist links since we moved into the place:

Rapper and hardened TV detective Ice-T has been booked[1] to play at Shanghai's Club Pegasus on July 21, alongside fellow Rhyme Syndicate member Afrika Islam. As an originator of "true story" gangsta rap, as well as the man who did battle with ultra-conservative Tipper Gore over his heavy metal band's single "Cop Killer," we can't help but admire the ambitious promoters who've orchestrated the New Jack Hustler's impending arrival in China.

If the internet itself is relentlessly unreliable when it comes to the dissemination of accurate information -- aside from Shanghaiist.com, of course -- then internet forums really take the cake. And recently we've witnessed plenty of unsubstantiated statements tossed about on Shanghai's plethora of online discussion boards like so many Double Happiness cigarette wrappers in the street.