Category: music

One Direction “On the Road Again Tour 2015” Live in Hong Kong – 18 March, 2015

One Direction “On the Road Again Tour 2015” Live in Hong Kong - 18 March, 2015

Exciting news – not, the completely dire One Direction hit Hong Kong to milk local fans for every dollar. The concert’s not until March 2015, yet the 13,500 tickets go onsale next month at prices from $3,488 to $988 adding some $20million to the concert promoters bank balance. According to Sony UK’s Chief Executive Nick Gatfield back in 2012 the 1D (as fans refer to the band) cash cow was worth GBP50million. It’s probably trebled since then as the record company and the band’s management have ruthlessly monetised social media to cash in on teenage girls and their adoring parents who can’t object to the bands clean cut, wholesome, whiter-than-white, middle class parent friendly pop: cute boys advocating puppy love.

One can only hope that unlike Rihanna’s awful lip-sync show One Direction will actually sing live, be on stage on-time (unlike Justin Bieber) and give the crowd some midnight memories worthy of the ticket price.

The 1D VIP package costs $1200 more than the top price seat – and for $3,488 you’d think it’d include a meet and greet…but no it doesn’t. For the extra $1200 you get a 1D watch (with pouch!) and a laminated card on a lanyard – whoopee fucking do!

One Direction “On the Road Again Tour 2015”
When: 18 March 2015
Where: AsiaWorld-Expo, Arena
How Much: Standing – $1,488, $1,888, Seated – $988, $1,488, $1,888, $2,288, Premium VIP Package – $3,488. Tickets onsale 10am 11 June 2014 from www.hkticketing.com
More-info: onedirectionmusic.com https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=786961167994629&saved

 

Hong Kong Sinfonietta: Good Music This Lunch – 12:45pm 20 May, 2014

Hong Kong Sinfonietta: Good Music This Lunch - 12:45pm 20 May, 2014

Good Music This Lunch is a series of free chamber music concerts organised by the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. The next lunchtime concert is on the 20 May at 12:45, admission is free and ‘you’re welcome to enjoy your lunch while listening to good music’.

Programme
Perry Goldstein : Mischief
Saxophone: Timothy Sun, Bass Clarinet: Chen Chiu-yuan

John W McMahan: Trio con Brio
Percussion: Chau Chin-tung, Rieko Koyama, Mandy Lo

Chau Chin-tung: Touch Wood
Percussion: Chau Chin-tung, Mandy Lo, Leung Ching-kit Jason, Chan Wai-hong

Guo Wen-jing: Drama, Trio for 3 Pairs of Cymbals & Players’ Voices, Op 23: I & VI
Percussion: Chau Chin-tung, Leung Ching-kit Jason, Chan Wai-hong

Nebojša Jovan Živković: Trio per Uno, Op 27
Percussion: Chau Chin-tung, Rieko Koyama, Mandy Lo*

Good Music This Lunch
Hong Kong Sinfonietta
When: 12:45pm 20 may, 2014
Where: HK City Hall Foyer
How Much: Free
More info: www.hksl.org

 

Mei Yoo Foo @ City Hall, Concert Hall – 8pm, 9 April, 2014

Mei Yi Foo

Mei Yoo Foo
When: 8pm, 9 April, 2014
Where: City Hall, Concert Hall
How Much: $480, $280, $80 from URBTIX
More info: 
Programme:
Debussy – Estampes
Sorabji – Pastiche on the Hindu Merchant’s Song from ‘Sadko’ by Rimsky-Korsakov
Tchaikovsky/Pletnev – Concert Suite from Nutcracker
Rachmaninov – Variations on a Theme by Corelli
Glinka – (transcription by Balakirev) L’Alouette (The Lark)
Balakirev – Islamey

“Playground is Fad” Album Release Party @ Fooody – 19 April, 2014

"Playground is Fad" Album Release Party @ Fooody - 19 April, 2014“Playground is Fad” Album Release Party
support bands: ni.ne.mo, New Youth Barbershop, 新青年理髮廳
When: 7:30pm, 19 April, 2014
Where: Fooody, G03, Leader Industrial Centre, Fotan Road, Fotan Shatin, Hong Kong
How much: $120 (advance include CD) / $150 (Walk-in) / $180 (Walk-in include CD) from http://goo.gl/n1Golr
More info: www.facebook.com/Fad.band

The Script Road Concerts @ Venetian Macau – 29-30 March, 2014

The Script Road Concerts @ Venetian Macau - 29-30 March, 2014

The Script Road, Macau’s Annual Literary Festival, now in its third year offers a weekend of music at the Venetian Macao’s Cotai Arena on March 29 and 30. American singer-songwriter Cat Power and Brazilian rock and bossa nova legend Arnaldo Antunes pair off Saturday, while China’s hottest indie band, the Omnipotent Youth Society (萬能青年旅店), and singer-actress-novelist Tian Yuan (田原) team up Sunday for two Script Road Concerts set to entertain audiences over the last weekend in March.

The Script Road Concerts
8pm, 29 March 2014 – Cat Power, Arnaldo Antunes
7pm, 30 March 2014 – Omnipotent Youth Society (萬能青年旅店), Tian Yuan (田原)
Where: CotaiArena, Venetian Macau
How much: MOP$350, MOP$600 (two concerts) from Cotaiticketing.com
More info: www.thescriptroad.org

White Noise’s 10th Anniversary: Hotel New Tokyo + A Picture of Her @ KITEC – 8pm, 12 April 2014

White Noise's 10th Anniversary
White Noise’s 10th Anniversary: Hotel New Tokyo (JP) + A Picture of Her (JP)
When: 8pm, 12 April 2014
Where: Music Zone @ E-max, KITEC, 1 Trademart Drive, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong
How Much: $430 (Advance), $460 (Walk-In) from usual outlets
More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/219480861586266/