The first dates for the Gagster's Born This Way Ball Tour have been announced, with the first stop on the 110-date tour to kick off in Seoul on April 27th. As it stands, Ms. Gaggle's only brush with the Chinese market will take place in at Asia World Arena in Hong Kong on May 2nd, the second stop on her world-eating extravaganza. more ›

Midweek Music Preview is our weekly rundown of everything happening on stages across the city. On the docket this week: The guitarist from Jefferson Airplane plays solo at Yuyintang, Sweedish post-rockers Immanu El promote their new album, and local metal heads play a Lamb of God pre-party show! Read on for all the details, or head over to our calendar for everything else. more ›

Whether you take your indie pop rock West coast from your dorm room or East coast from your grungy Brooklyn apartment, Shanghai has something for all of you come this spring! Following the enormous names at Black Rabbit last year, Split Works keeps hauling them in for 2012 - this time in the form of US indie sensations Death Cab for Cutie and The Pains of Being Pure at Heart. more ›

Midweek Music Preview is our weekly rundown of everything happening on stages across the city. On the docket this week: Local musicians release an 18-band compilation CD with two nights of concerts, Cold Fairyland plays Yuyintang, and some Mongolian garage rock rounds us out on Sunday! Read on for details, or head over to our calendar for more. more ›

Midweek Music Preview is our weekly rundown of everything happening on stages across the city. On the docket this week: Yuyintang pays you to check out some music, Simple Plan finally makes its Shanghai debut, more Scandinavian metal at Mao, and some free rock at Bee Dees. Read on for all the details, or head over to our calendar for more. more ›

Don't start thinking it's going to be a quiet weekend just because it's Christmas. You live in Shanghai, get your head on straight. We've got Christmas Eve rock concerts, a special extra edition of Trash-A-GoGo, a Rock and Roll Pillow Fight Party, and some Christmas chamber music on Sunday to round things out. Read on for all the details, or head over to our calendar for everything else happening this Christmas weekend. more ›

This week is practically dead compared to last week, but our local scene more than makes up for it with two exciting concerts happening this weekend. On Friday local favorite space rock band Duck Fight Goose release their LP at Yuyintang, promising to draw in the local music scene in its entirety. On Sunday, ditch your brunch spot and instead head over to Yuyintang at 2pm to catch local trash rock duo Pairs bring some fresh student talent to the stage. Read on for all the details, or head over to our calendar for more! more ›

This week Three Chord Truth brings us the third edition of the BooshKaBaash music festival and Split Works celebrates their 5-year anniversary with five nights of concerts. So much happening, let's just skip the pleasantries and get right to it. more ›

Midweek Music Preview is our weekly rundown of everything happening on stages across the city. On the docket this week: we have Soul II Soul Soundsystem kicking off their November edition of Mao Livehouse's Club Night, then Rocksgiving, Laura Jansen's China tour, and the Shanghai debuts of Mogwai and Trail of Tears! And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more. more ›

Midweek Music Preview is our weekly rundown of everything happening on stages across the city. On the docket this week: Klaxons and Two Gallants schlep it out east, Illumin8tors get freaky, Rom and Boys Climbing Ropes/X is Y drop their new albums, plus Japanese psychobilly, Moscow post-punk, and Beijing hardcore! Read on for all the details, or check out our calendar for more. more ›

Midweek Music Preview is our weekly rundown of everything happening on stages across the city. On the docket this week: Friend or Foe album release concert, HEALTH plays a free show if you can get tickets, Wooozy sessions are back with rock from Wuhan, and local grunge on Single's Day! Read on for all the details, or check out our calendar for more. more ›

Congratulations to BFF's Jamie and Sophie, the winners of our Akon ticket giveaway. We asked for submissions from readers to show us why they deserved tickets to the show, and theirs was by far the best one we received. And plus, it'll be Sophie's 16th birthday on Sunday! more ›

Midweek Music Preview is our weekly rundown of everything happening on stages across the city. On the docket this week: The Akoncert, a Friend or Foe album preview, Icelandic dream pop in the form of Pascal Pinon, and Androsace releases their new CD! Read on for all the details, or check out our calendar for even more. more ›

Midweek Music Mreview is our weekly rundown of everything happening on stages across the city. On the docket this week: The 5th annual Halloween rock tribute concert, French post-rock, Japanese speed metal, and Boys Noize returns to Shanghai! Read on for details, or head over to our calendar for more. more ›

Local trash rock duo Pairs is cooking up something pretty cool for December. They've booked up Yuyintang on the afternoon of Sunday, Dec 18, and they now want to find two or three local student bands to come play a show with them. So all you students out there who just know your band is awesome but can't find the opportunity to show anybody, here's your chance! more ›

Midweek Music Mreview is our weekly rundown of everything happening on stages across the city. On the docket this week: Gender confusion and Assuie rock with East Brunswick All Girls Choir at Logo, Max Tundra brings UK pop electronic to Logo, and a full length rock opera by local performance crew The Illumin8tors. There is plenty going on this week, so read on for details, or check out our calendar for more! more ›

Midweek music preview is our weekly rundown of everything happening on stages across the city. On the docket this week: Paperdoll, Arcane Saints, Beijing Beatles, Da Bang, Asia Metal Festival, Island Mood, Zangnan and The Walrus! more ›

Midweek music preview is our weekly rundown of everything happening on stages across the city. Unfortunately for those of you stuck in town this week (like us), there's apparently nothing like the Chinese National Holidays to absolutely murder local music. Yuyintang's got a few gigs to get us through, and this week we're listing a few of the local DJ sets to at least keep you occupied! Check out details below, or head over to our calendar for more. more ›

One of our favorite local bands is playing a CD release concert tonight at Yuyintang and we think you should go check them out. Summer Sweat is Pairs' second album in as many years, and they've earned themselves a reputation for DIY methodology and audience-centric ethic. The duo, made up of Australian native Xiao Zhong on drums/vocals and his Chinese counterpart F on guitar, can get absolutely maniacal on stage and it really doesn't matter if you like their music or not - you'll have a great time anyway. more ›

Midweek music preview is our weekly rundown of everything happening on stages across the city. On the docket this week: Local duo Pairs releases their sophomore album, Singaporean indie folk outfit The Cheating Sons plays practically every venue in town, and yet another music festival near Shanghai! Read on for details, or head over to our calendar for more. more ›

We're all still coming down off of Black Rabbit Festival (photos coming soon!) but this week has plenty going on in music: UK boy band heart throbs Westlife are in China for the first time, The Instigation bids farewell to their lead singer, and STD holds yet another concert this month! Read on for all the details, or check out or calendar for even more. more ›

There's quite a lot happening in music this week if you're looking to keep your ears busy. The Pretty Reckless are in town, local rock shows are all over the place, and Maybe Mars is throwing a concert at YYT on Saturday. That's all well and good but oh em gee WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR BLACK RABBIT! The festival kicks off at noon on Sunday and we've got all the instructions and info you'll need to get yourself there and navigate the stages. So read on for details, or check out our calendar for even more. more ›

The light is at the end of the tunnel Shanghai. Everything finally starts picking up again next week, beginning with Black Rebel Motorcycle club next Tuesday, followed by The Pretty Reckless and Black Rabbit fest. Not to mention the Shanghai migration cycle should soon bring most of our local rock back to us as the heat lifts and vacation time runs out. This week, we'll try to tide you over with a return of STD parties to Yuyintang, a smattering of DJ parties, and hands down the best mandolin player we've seen outside of the professional American bluegrass circuit. more ›

That's right! You can win absolutely FREE tickets to hear a once proud mainstay of the Shanghai music scene. Georgia Sam Blues Band is back after five years and they are heading over to Yuyintang this weekend for a night of rock, blues, and Americana. more ›

How about this weather? Perfect excuse to get out of the house and hear some tunes. Live Bar is turning six years old this week and to celebrate they are inviting us all to a free concert! And if you want even more local rock, Trash A GoGo is at it again with Duck Fight Goose playing at Yuyintang Saturday. Then there's some psychadelic rock from Macau, and MAO gets its metal on with To Die For from Finland. Read on for all the details, or check out our calendar for more! more ›

We are very excited for this month's round of Trash A Go-Go, as they are playing host to the recent Rock Naadam tour, featuring acts from around Mongolia and Shanghai! We also have James Blunt on Sunday, and don't forget! Even though they aren't "live music" we'll go ahead and give a shout out to the Antidote birthday bash happening tomorrow (Thursday) night at C's. Read on for details, or check out our calendar for more! more ›

Despite all the fear-mongering typhoon reports, Rizhao Blue MiDi Festival went off without a hitch! Your very own Shanghaiist team braved hell or high water and drove seven hours north to party on the beach in a city that could probably be described as Qingdao's awkward little sister: smaller town, wacky skyline, less to do, more Chinese tourists, and a lot more smiles. more ›

Apparently all you need is a good typhoon scare to bring in some good tunes! This week, we were originally supposed to be treated to TWO big-name acts, Neon Trees and Simple Plan. Unfortunately for all you pop punk fans out there, Simple Plan has been canceled. Punk fans can instead catch French punk in the form of The Shapers at Yuyintang on Friday. This week also brings in another Wooozy Session, some "anti-folk" in the form of Jeffrey Lewis, and oh yeah! Zebra Festival is back on! Canceled last weekend because of the typhoon-that-wasn't, they've rescheduled most of the lineup for this weekend, and most of the headliners are coming back! Read on for all the details, or check out our calendar for even more! more ›

Pop punk fans around the city will be crushed to hear that Montreal big boys Simple Plan have cancelled their show tomorrow! They were supposed to come through town on their way over to Japan for the ginormous Summer Sonic Festival, but unfortunately lead singer Pierre Bouvier has been rocking so hard his vocal cords are swollen and need rest. Both today's Beijing concert and their show at the Mercedes Benz Arena Mixing Room have been canceled. Info on refunds isn't totally clear, but you can try calling the Mixing Room's ticketing line at 400 181 6688. The band says they hope to reschedule China dates, so keep your fingers crossed. Or if Simple Plan is dead to you now, maybe you can set your sights on the Sum 41 concert that was just announced for October 12! You'll get your dose of Canadian pop-punk one way or another here. more ›

Hey Shanghaiist readers! Do you have a burning desire to go to Ocean Midi Fest but don't know how to pull it off? Can't be bothered to take multiple trains, planes, and buses to get to Rizhao? We've got you covered with our very own bus to the beach! more ›