Blog Category - Live Music

Weekend Live Music Roundup: RockTigers Cancel but Rockabilly Lives On, and Tribute is Paid to New Hall-of-Famers Guns ‘n’ Roses
Unfortunately, South Korea’s RockTigers have cancelled their show at 2 Kolegas tonight. Maybe not the best start to the weekend...
Festival Frenzy
As the music festival season fast approaches, there are a clutch of major events to note in your diaries. From the five major music...
Poodle Skirt Punk: The RockTigers Rockabilly Resurrection
Imagine an Asian Elvis: jolting hip shakes, lopsided smirk, hounddog howl and all. Now, imagine The King is a lady. A pint-sized, South Korean punk...
Rapping Up Life in Beijing with Jason Chu
Beijing has a bumpin’ music scene, as I’m sure you all know. But it’s also transient. So the guy who’s tearin’ it up at any one of the city’s music...
Metro Tokyo: Disco Deity
We asked disco champion Metro Tokyo about sounds, moving homes and inventing new musical genres.
Calling All Swingers
  It’s that time of the year: Beijing’s swingers are taking over the city again. Whether you know your Lindy Hop from your Balboa or are looking to...
Weekend Live Music Roundup: Kurt Cobain Tributes, King Ly Chee and The Randy Abel Stable
From grunge to metal rock, rounding an Eric Clapton tribute outfit, past hardcore, reggae and folk, with a soft Kurt Cobain landing, the weekend...
Have You Met: King Ly Chee
Hong Kong’s hardcore ambassadors, King Ly Chee, claim to be the first band to play authentic heavy hits in the Far East. They’ve extended that...
Ya, Ya, Ya: Sum 41 Adds Up
Canada’s Sum 41 have been packing concert halls worldwide for well over a decade. This month they bring their...
Perfect Tenor: Win Tickets To Jose Carreras
We here at the Beijinger love a bit of opera and we'd like you to feel the same. I can pinpoint the exact moment that I started thinking opera was...
Ajinai: A Thoroughbred Folk-Rock Steed
Laohu’s rhythms pound the ground harder than horse hooves, so it’s no surprise that the Inner Mongolian fiddler...
Folk Yourself: Win Tickets To Yunggiema This Sunday!
You've got three days of mandated holiday coming up, so why not pack some culture into it before it descends into a drunken haze or a 72-hour...
Win Tickets To Eatliz & DME's JUE Finale!
Perhaps saving the best for last, Sunday night’s JUE curtain-closer sees Israeli alt-rock outfit Eatliz and Boston's Devil...
Raiding Party: Rainbow Danger Club Descend on Beijing for Shanghai Weekend
As this year’s JUE festivities draw to a close, they’re looking to wind up with a bang this weekend as the festival hosts a Shanghai invasion on the...