Monthly Press Review 15 – April 2025
Taiwan Beats SXSW Official Showcase
An article on the official website of the SXSW Music Festival on the Taiwanese acts (subsidized by the Taiwan Ministry of Culture) performing at the next SXSW festival: Hsien Ching, Trash, Amazing Show or Enno Cheng.

Coldplay at Kai Tak – Finally!
One year of promotion for Coldplay concert in Hong Kong – the first solo concert at the newly build Kai Tak Stadium – even if Kaiser Chiefs played there first during the Hong Kong Seven rugby competition. The SCMP seems quite happy with the result: an article states that the British pop band concert at Kai Tak created 1.2 billion HKD for Hong Kong, helping the building an “entire city brand”, another states that Chris Martin is “grateful” for the concert, while another informs us that fans of Coldplay and Nicholas Tse (who also did a show at Kai Tak) complained about obstructed views in the stadium. Time Out published an “ultimate guide” for the concert.

Luxury and Underground in Hong Kong
An article in Tatler Asia about three initiatives “bridging the gap” between high-end and underground culture: the Eaton Hotel in Kowloon, Artificial Dust and FM Belowground.

Head in the Cloud 2025 lineup in Guangzhou
The label Head in the Cloud (Higher Brothers, Rich Brian, etc.) revealed the lineup for its 2025 Guangzhou music festival on May 1st and 2nd – without surprise you’ll find some Higher Brothers – KnowKnow, Masiwei – Rich Brian, Creepy Nuts, Rich The Kid, etc.

The Chairs perform in the Philippines
The Taiwanese band The Chairs 椅子樂團 headlines this year’s edition of Philippine’s music festival All Of The Noise, according to The Manila Times. They also gave an interview in Rappler on their creative process.

Music and Protest at the Megaport Festival
A 3minutes NPR program about music and protest at this year’s Kaohsiung Megaport Festival.
Chinese soft-power after IShowSpeed’s visit to China
“Is China the new cool?” asks Yuan Shaoyu in The Conversation after the famous US YouTuber IShowSpeed visited China recently. Another article in SoapCentral focuses on Wowkie Zhang (or Zhang Dawei), previously member of the first Chinese pop-punk band The Flowers 花儿乐队, also jury during the three seasons of The Big Band, and famous EDM musician, who is supposed to collaborate with Speed.

Ranking Chinese Music Festivals from 2014 to 2024
Weird article in Festivaltopia ranking the best music festivals in China, from MIDI to Strawberry, Modern Sky Festivalk, Jue or YOLO.

Idol Experience in Shanghai
Live your idol fantasy for one day. That’s the promise of a K-pop-inspired “idol experience centre” in Shanghai according to Reuters.
Chinese Music Festivals Abroad
An article in the China Daily about the success of Chinese music festivals abroad, since 2014 and the Modern Sky Festival in NYC, headlined by Omnipotent Youth Society, and most recently in Japan where the Strawberry Festival will be held – headlined by Re-Tros.

Hong Kong Shoegaze Band Lucid Express Tours the US
An article in RadiiChina on the recent tour of Hong Kong (very good) shoegaze band Lucid Express in the US

Again with the Hangzhou punk festival
After the Associated Press article last month on the Hangzhou punk festival, here comes another one (way shorter) by Vice, entitled “China’s New Punk Scene Isn’t About Anarchy—It’s About Survival”.

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Nathanel Amar (7 mai 2025). Monthly Press Review 15 – April 2025. Scream For Life. Consulté le 23 janvier 2026 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/13vjj


