bodyType

customContents

entityId

entityUuid

articlePageQuery

filter

article

articleBaseAdvertisingInfoArticle

articleListArticle

articleSeoArticle

helpersCheckIsPostiesArticle

hooksArticleAcknowledgementGateOverlayArticle

hooksTrackPageViewArticle

hooksContentInterestArticle

articleLinkingDataContent

articleSchemaContent

liveArticle

advertZone

sentiment

contentLock

topics

types

sections

moreOnThisArticles

urlAlias

commentCount

sponsorType

authorLocations

authors

paywallTypes

corrections

displaySlideShow

multimediaEmbed

printHeadline

seriesContainer

socialHeadline

headline

flag

firstTopic

glossary

flattenTypeIds

publishedDate

additionalInfoBoxes

images

image

relatedLinks

relatedNewsletters

__typename

createdDate

sponsor

factSheets

series

disableOffPlatformContent

published

updatedDate

summary

subHeadline

body

keywords

copyrighted

customTimezone

liveContents

SCMP Reporter

Hong Kong’s premier music festival Clockenflap has beefed up its band line-up, announcing new additions The Flaming Lips, Mogwai and Kool & The Gang.
Expected to be the largest edition since it started seven years ago, next month’s Clockenflap will feature a diverse mix of musical styles.
According to its latest billing, American alt-rock group The Lemonheads, seven-piece Latin hip-hop/rock band Ozomatli and Danish indie rock duo The Raveonettes will also put in appearances.

Taiwan’s answer to Patti Smith, Deserts Xuan & Algae; Hong Kong-born DJ Janette Slack; indie bands Murmur and New Youth Barbershop; and former Sonic Youth cover band Teenage Riot will provide some local flavour.
Other artists on show include: British-Indian composer and singer Nitin Sawhney, Belgian house maestro Aeroplane, American improvisational performer Reggie Watts, ska group Sultan Ali & The Red Stripes and many more. (See the full list here)

Organisers had already announced sets by headliners Tenacious D – the comedic rock band featuring Jack Black, Kyle Gass and Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl – and English rock The Vaccines and Scottish electro-pop group Chvrches.
The concert will be held from November 28 to 30 at the West Kowloon Cultural District.
Tickets cost from HK$440 to HK$2,080 on ticketflap.com. Children under 12 can get in for free.
READ MORE: How the city's biggest annual music festival gets up and running


15 years of Clockenflap: a visual history of Hong Kong’s festival, from A$AP Rocky and Arctic Monkeys to Denise Ho and RubberBand

The music Clockenflap producer Kinny Barlow listens to, and stuff she watches and reads

Clockenflap 2015 in pictures: Hong Kong gets its groove on

Clockenflap 2015 Sunday: the people, the performances, the party, the big rock finish

Clockenflap: archive

Flaming Lips, Kool & The Gang and Mogwai added to Clockenflap bill

The Flaming Lips. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Robert Bell and his teenage friends were originally street-corner "Jazziacs" in Jersey City. Now the world dubs him as "Kool" and his high school friends as "The Gang". Photo: Robin Lam

Scottish post-rock group Mogwai. Photo: Love Da Group Company

Lifestyle

News

Hong Kong

Expected to be the largest edition since it started seven years ago, next month’s Clockenflap will feature a diverse mix of musical styles.


Hong Kong entertainment