Thanks to Smart Shanghai for the tip, we just heard the new LOgO is closed this week and wont open up again until Friday. So if you were itching to go drink beers outside of it check it out after all the wicked pics from last Saturday's bloody concert, be sure you hold off until then. more ›

Apparently there are troubles brewing over at the newly-opened MAO Livehouse, now involving canceled shows and disgruntled parties a-plenty! We were a bit skeptical last week when two acts were scheduled for Friday night, and apparently things went about as un-smoothly as imagined when they tried to shuffle Shanren in and out before hosting Paul Kalkbrenner. Then on Saturday Hanggai was canceled, along with the rest of MAO's lineup this week (but sparing, thank god, JUE's closing weekend.) more ›

If you've got lots of cash to spare, this news will get you wet. A new 20,000 square foot private club is going to open in the penthouse floor of the 24-storey Cross Tower on Fuzhou Lu by the Bund which is soon going to be renamed M1NT Tower after the name of the exclusive club also present in Hong Kong and Cannes. What makes this club special is that it is owned by members who are also shareholders — and not just any Tom, Dick or Harry mind you. M1NT Shanghai is going to have a maximum of 500 shareholders and another 2,000 ordinary members who pay annual fees. According to Marc van der Chijs (of Tudou fame) who's considering taking up membership, M1NT boasts of 7 metre high ceilings, an unobstructed 360 degree view of the city, and a 17-metre long hammerhead shark fish tank (okay, that lucky shark is not going to get killed for its fins). Hopping over to M1NT's website, we found that CNN calls it "the exclusive cocktail club that caters to jet-set billionaires", while Glamour magazine calls it a place where you can "make money while you party". We still don't know how much entry to the club will set you back, but clearly this ain't the place where you'll find Shanghaiist hanging out. For those of you interested in becoming a shareholder, get in touch with them here and you could be part of Marc's party posse real soon. more ›

Updating yesterday's post, the once-canceled Dandi Wind concert in Shanghai is now back on ... but at a different venue. At 12:55 am, the handy SMS hotline the promoters set up (see previous post) told us: more ›

Shanghaiist was browsing around on SHExpat Forums yesterday, and came across a thread discussing the loss of one of Shanghai's renowned cheap eating establishments — Turk's. more ›

GigShanghai: The scoop on the city's live music scene more ›

Shanghaiist doesn't drink much (okay, the occasional snifter of brandy at Christmas), and we don't keep a lot of progressive trance on our iPod (none, in fact), but we've enjoyed enough nights on the tiles in Shanghai to speak with some confidence about the different clusters of clubs and bars in this city. more ›

Shanghaiist loves singing, and was crowned as “Karaoke Queen” many, many times by our friends. But the new Entertainment Venues Management Regulations (in Chinese), which will take effect on March 1 -- tomorrow -- are going to seriously cut our time at local KTV joints. According to this Shanghai Daily report, entertainment venues shall be closed from 2 am to 8 am. The interesting thing is bars, clubs, internet cafes and spas are not subject to the new regulation, as they somehow don’t belong to entertainment venues category. (WTF?) more ›