Cirque du Soleil and the estate of Michael Jackson will bring this fusion of dance, visuals, music and fantasy to Shanghai for five shows in August. It's an official show that's toured the world celebrating the music and the mystique of the former king of pop. It was written by one of Michael Jackson's long-time collaborators, Jamie King, and seeks to contextualize Jackson's artistic legacy with the dramatic visual style of the Cirque du Soleil. Fairytales, magic, maybe some monkeys, too, using mash-ups, remixes and new arrangements of the pop star's music.
MVP, who run lots of the regular nights at Bar Rouge and the after-hours club at Flamingo, is hosting its first yacht party this month, at Shanghai Yacht Club. Tickets include transport out to the venue, which is a lake-side property with a large pool and facilities to eat, drink and hire boats for the day. Expect DJs, pool antics and a bikini fashion show. Buses leave Shanghai at 11am and come back from the yacht club at 10pm.
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The latest international comedian to be summoned to China at the behest of the Kung Fu Komedy Club is Jimmy Shubert, who played five seasons on the sitcome King of Queens, as well as headlining The Improv and Comedy Store in Hollywood, the Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas, and hosting his own stand-up special on Comedy Central. He's doing three shows: Friday 8:30pm, Saturday at 8pm and a late-night show on Sat. at 10pm.
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One of the biggest metal bands on the planet come to China for the first time and we're the English-language ticket agent. With nine studio albums, four live albums, nine Grammys and five consecutive records going in at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, Metallica are a huge, powerful live act who have played the biggest stadiums in the world. Hear them here, at the Mercedes-Benz Arena, in what is sure to be a massive night.
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The BBC Concert Orchestra come to the Shanghai Oriental Art Center for one night in July. They are a full-time orchestra who participate annually in the London Proms, one of the main classical events of the British calendar, as well as taking part in tours, operas, BBC recordings and music festivals in the UK and across Europe. Renowned cellist Julian Lloyd Webber performs with Romanian soprano Valentina Nafornita.
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The most popular and enduring musical of the 20th century, the Phantom of the Opera, comes to China, performed in English by a Western cast. The musical was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, who wrote a string of hits including Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cats and Starlight Express. It's based on a Gaston Leroux novel of 1911 about a beautiful soprano who becomes the obsession of a disfigured musical genius.
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British singer-songwriter Sarah Brightman embarks on a world tour in support of her eleventh studio album Dreamchaser. A classically trained soprano, Brightman starred as female lead Christine Daae in the original production of The Phantom of the Opera and has sold over 30 million records worldwide. Named Billboard magazine’s fifth best-selling classical singer of the 2000s.
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This is one of JZ's biggest shows of the year, pianist Chick Corea, a winner of 20 Grammys and 59-time nominee comes to Shanghai for a show at the Shanghai Center Theatre. Corea is a jazz pianist born in the US who found fame playing Latin-influenced jazz, as well as avant-garde, bebop, fusion, and everything from children's songs to chamber music, along with some far-reaching forays into symphonic works.
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They say you haven't been to Shanghai unless you've seen the acrobats. A multi-million dollar show, "ERA - Intersection of Time" is Shanghai's most popular acrobatic show, featuring the gamut of traditional and contemporary Chinese acrobatics from aerial walking, bowl balancing, and trampoline shows to high flying trapeze acts and motorcycle cage stunts.
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