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Chinese Kunqu Opera The Peach Blossom Fan (1699)

Date: July 31－7:30 pm

Venue: Guangzhou Opera House

Price: 80-880 yuan

The Peach Blossom Fan is the landmark of the Chinese ancient legends. Tian Qinxin, Director of the Kunqu Opera－The Peach Blossom Fan (1699)－h(huán)as invited the world-renowned artists to present an immortal masterpiece that will be passed from generation to generation. The Peach Blossom Fan takes the love story between the Revival Society poet Hou Fanyu and the beautiful river courtesan Li Xiangjun as its basis; but as a historical epic, it reflects the brief splendor and fall of the short-lived Southern Ming dynasty.

Twenty One Pilots Blurryface Tour 2015 in Shanghai

Date: July 28－8 pm

Venue: Qianshuiwan Culture Center

Price: 200-230 yuan

Twenty One Pilots, one of the most buzzed about bands of 2014, have debuted their new single Tear In My Heart taken from their eagerly awaited sophomore studio album, Blurryface, that debuted at No 1 on the Billboard 200 chart. The announcement follows the release of Fairly Local which debuted at #8 on Billboard's Top Rock Songs chart with the companion music video amassing upwards of 2 Million views on Fueled By Ramen's official Youtube channel. The album Blurryface was released on May 19. This event will be a uniquely intimate concert, considering the group just played for an audience of 50,000 at the Bonnaroo festival.

Razorlight Shanghai Concert

Date: July 25－8 pm

Venue: Qianshuiwan Culture Center

Price: 380-550 yuan

Razorlight were an English indie rock band formed in 2002 by lead singer and rhythm guitarist Johnny Borrell. The band are primarily known in the UK, having topped the charts with the 2006 single America and its parent self-titled album, their second. Along with Borrell, the current lineup of the band consists of drummer David 'Skully' Sullivan Kaplan, bass player Jo?o Mello and lead guitarist Gus Robertson.