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Hong Kong band Wellsaid just released a new album titled Regretopia. Photo: Gideon de Kock

How alt-rock band Wellsaid’s new album examines Hong Kong’s ebbs and flows

Released via new local label Un.Tomorrow, the quartet’s album is a meditation on the city’s collective experiences – and regrets.

23 Oct 2024 - 2:47PMvideocam

Hong Kong Clockenflap festival full line-up includes Central Cee headlining

18 Oct 2024 - 6:55PM

Hong Kong electronic music festival Midori returns in secret location

8 Oct 2024 - 8:01AM

Clockenflap, Hong Kong’s biggest music festival, reveals 2024 headliners

French electronic duo Air and ex-White Stripes member Jack White to headline days one and three of the festival on the Central Harbourfront.

17 Sep 2024 - 11:26PM

Hong Kong’s biggest music festival of 2024, Clockenflap, will feature headline acts including US rock musician Jack White (above). Photo: Clockenflap

5 of the best things to do in Hong Kong this weekend, August 23-25

There is lots to do this weekend in Hong Kong, from a night with YouTube music stars, to trying a cool noodle trend, to streaming the second season of a Korean melodrama, to a baby rave – yep, you read that right.

23 Aug 2024 - 4:23PMvideocam

Crash Adams to play their healing pop at YouTube Music Night in Hong Kong

Pop duo Crash Adams, who found fame on YouTube and TikTok, are returning to Hong Kong to play a selection of their hit songs at the YouTube Music Night at Harbour City on August 25.

21 Aug 2024 - 2:11PM

5 of the best things to do this weekend in Hong Kong, August 16-18

A Japanese rock duo beloved in Hong Kong, spicy Yunnan mushroom dishes, the new Alien movie and more feature in our picks of what to do this weekend in the city.

16 Aug 2024 - 3:15PMvideocam

Wok-fried porcini with Yunnan pepper and dried chilli at Chilli Fagara. Photo: Chilli Fagara

Can this new Hong Kong music venue fill a hole left by Kitec?

The 1,500-person-capacity AXA Dreamland at Go Park Sai Sha in Ma On Shan could soften the blow of the loss of Kitec’s 600-seat Music Zone, where bands including Mirror launched their careers.

9 Aug 2024 - 4:22PM

Hong Kong’s H2 Festival returns packed with local musicians – and it’s free

Hong Kong’s H2 Festival returns to The Wanch this summer with a huge line-up of local bands and artists. Organiser Keith Goodman wants you to see as many as possible. Why not? It’s free.

23 Jun 2024 - 5:15PM

Olivia Rodrigo to Aespa, 5 international acts hitting Hong Kong in summer

Hong Kong will be hosting some big names in the entertainment world in summer 2024, from Grammy nominee Olivia Rodrigo to K-pop stars Aespa, Japanese singer Hikaru Utada and comedian Atsuko Okatsuka.

15 May 2024 - 6:15PMvideocam

Olivia Rodrigo performing during her Guts World Tour. Photo: Instagram/@oliviarodrigosp

Laughter is the best medicine: comic Jason Leong on why he quit as a doctor

Malaysian comedian Jason Leong, back in Hong Kong for a live show, talks to the Post about being ‘unhappy as a doctor’, quitting medicine for the mic, and where he gets his material from.

10 May 2024 - 6:15PMvideocam

Malaysian comedian Dr Jason Leong was “unhappy as a doctor”. Photo: John Cafaro

Jack Johnson on fame, fidelity – and preferring surfing to his guitar

The ‘Banana Pancakes’ singer might be best known for his feel-good ‘barbecue rock’, but surfing was the Hawaii-born Johnson’s first love … we spoke to the rocker amid his Meet the Moonlight world tour

28 Feb 2024 - 9:00AM

Hong Kong indie bands team up for 2-day event Un.tomorrow: First Assembly

Hong Kong collective Un.tomorrow, started by four local musicians, is putting on its first event, showcasing 10 indie bands from the city on March 9 and 10

23 Feb 2024 - 9:23AM

Ticket resale prices for Yo-Yo Ma concert in Hong Kong hit altissimo range

Cellist is playing with Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra next month and tickets to sold-out show are being offered on secondary market – if you can afford them.

15 Oct 2023 - 8:05PM

Yo-Yo Ma (left) rehearses at the Xinghai Concert Hall in Guangzhou, China, in 2018. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

Why The Strokes were the last truly cool rock band on the planet

Few rock bands of the last quarter century have had such an impact on fashion as The Strokes – as they hit Hong Kong and tour Asia, Style breaks down their enduring style legacy

10 Jul 2023 - 10:55AM

The Strokes in their oh-so-stylish heyday, (from left): Nick Valensi, Fabrizio Moretti , Albert Hammond Jr., Julian Casablancas and Nikolai Fraiture.

Explainer | Who are Babymetal? All about the Japanese sensation ahead of Hong Kong show

Blending heavy metal and J-pop in a sound known as ‘kawaii metal’, Japanese group Babymetal will perform in Hong Kong for the first time in a show at AsiaWorld-Expo on May 31 as part of their 2023 world tour.

19 May 2023 - 6:05PM

Drag queen Courtney Act on shame and liberation ahead of Hong Kong show

Australian reality TV star and programme host Courtney Act talks about feeling shame being a drag queen and how a conversation with Cher’s trans son Chaz Bono was a watershed moment.

24 Mar 2023 - 6:07PM

Former Hong Kong indie music venue TTN is back – but different

This Town Needs (TTN) is now a show organiser rather than venue host, arranging live rock and metal concerts in Hong Kong while keeping one eye open for a new space of its own.

24 Feb 2023 - 5:15PM

American metalcore band As I Lay Dying perform at This Town Needs (TTN), in Yau Tong, Hong Kong, on January 24, 2020. It was the last show at TTN before it was forced to close by the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Ashlyn Chak

‘No space for us’: black hip hop artists help the scene grow in Hong Kong

As two black men, Wesley Jamison and Christopher Onoja get validation on the Hong Kong hip hop scene but feel ‘impostor syndrome’ as foreigners. They counter that by putting on shows with local acts.

25 Jan 2023 - 7:15AMvideocam

‘It’s phenomenal’: how Hong Kong indie bands got creative during pandemic

Stifled by Covid restrictions, many of Hong Kong’s independent musicians have spent the past three years writing music, and jamming and recording together online.

6 Jan 2023 - 4:15PMvideocam

The Hong Kong band jazzing it up in a noodle restaurant

Justin Siu and his band play in an empty restaurant, but hope their live streams of jazz performances can reach a wider audience in Hong Kong.

31 Jul 2021 - 10:22PMvideocam

Jazz musician and double bassist Justin Siu at his studio in Sai Wan. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Letters | What Zheng Shuang pay scandal says about China’s entertainment industry

Ensuring a healthy entertainment industry will involve the concerted efforts of the government, celebrities and fans.

23 May 2021 - 2:10PMvideocam

Zheng Shuang attends a fashion event in Beijing in December 2019. Photo: Getty Images

Have you missed Clockenflap? Advance tickets for the 2021 festival now on sale

Tickets for the 2021 edition of Hong Kong’s biggest annual music festival went on sale on March 3. The 2019 and 2020 festivals were cancelled because of the city’s anti-government protests and the coronavirus outbreak.

4 Mar 2021 - 12:55PM

Obituary | In memory of Davie Colquhoun, ‘Hong Kong’s Eric Clapton’

‘Hong Kong’s Eric Clapton’ Davie Colquhoun, who has been part of the city’s music scene since the 1980s, died suddenly on New Year’s Day. Friends and musicians recall a great guitar player and composer, who had no ego.

13 Jan 2021 - 9:53AMvideocam

Wham!’s former manager recalls the pop duo’s 1980s China concerts

We remember George Michael four years on by speaking to Simon Napier-Bell, who explains how Michael thought up Wham!’s groundbreaking China concerts and how the duo ended up being paid in bicycles and coffee rather than cash

25 Dec 2020 - 11:03AM

Not to be forgotten: Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael’s visit to China as British pop group Wham! in 1985 was groundbreaking at the time. Photo: SCMP Archives

Opinion | Goodbye 1980s: Ocean Park must rebrand itself as face of new Hong Kong

Ocean Park could be Hong Kong’s next cultural heart, with rent-free spaces for struggling artists and revamped theatres for major concerts. Its open spaces and gorgeous views could host fine dining and boutiques as well eco-tourism and extreme sports.

18 Oct 2020 - 10:20AMvideocam

Brick Hill not only offers family-friendly hiking routes, but also a prospective eco-tourism site. Ocean Park must continue to open up the lush and vast terrain on which it is situated. Photo: Nora Tam

Letters | Why pop culture won’t make young Hongkongers less angry

South Korea is enjoying unprecedented pop culture success, yet young Koreans have been a driving force behind recent protest movements. Hong Kong’s creative industry should indeed be revived, but for the right reasons.

17 Oct 2020 - 6:15AMvideocam

Editorial | Striking a balance between urban renewal and preservation

New World Development’s agreement to preserve the 68-year-old State Theatre building in North Point for its historical value in a multibillion-dollar project comes as a relief to historians and local community members

12 Sep 2020 - 9:28PM

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Hong Kong gigs

Hong Kong has a vibrant music scene, with dozens of local acts playing everything from pop and rock to metal and electronica, and attracts A-list international bands and emerging stars. Read news and previews of the hottest upcoming gigs and interviews with some of the biggest names in music.

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9 September, 2024