5 Best Live Music Shows in Shanghai This Week

By Erica Martin, May 3, 2017

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That's Shanghai takes a look at this week's best concerts:


May 3: Belanova

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Celebrated Mexican pop trio Belanova comes to Shanghai for a show at MAO Livehouse. With lead singer Denisse Guerrero’s impressive vocals, the band won a Latin Grammy for Best Pop Album in 2008 and has released five acclaimed albums of catchy electropop.
May 3, 9pm, RMB150  presale, RMB180 door. MAO Livehouse, see event listing.


May 4: Lescop

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Acclaimed French musician and vocalist Lescop, who’s been called a “new icon of cold wave,” brings his moody electropop to Shanghai. Local electronic noise band Nonplus of Color joins him as opening act.
May 4, 8pm-late, presale 80, door 120. Bandai Namco Shanghai Base, see event listing.


May 5: Mr. Graceless

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Mr. Graceless, a poppy surf-rock trio based out of Beijing, stop in Shanghai as part of a national tour to promote their second album, 阴天王国 (Cloudy Kingdom). Catch their show at Yuyintang.
May 5, 8.30pm, RMB80 presale, RMB100 door. Yuyintang, see event listing.


May 6: Inferno Six Year Anniversary

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It’s been six years since Shanghai metal bar Inferno began life in a divey space on Yongjia Lu. Head to its current Bund Square location for a maniacal birthday celebration with local metal/hardcore bands Fighting Back, Spill Your Guts, and Alpaca, plus Scare the Children, a very creepy horror/metal band from Beijing who perform in masks a la Slipknot.
May 6, 10pm, no cover. Inferno, see event listing.


May 7: Totorro

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French band Totorro visits Shanghai for a show at Mao Livehouse as part of the album tour for their sophomore release, Come to Mexico. Expect catchy post-rock and math rock from the instrumental foursome.
May 7, 8pm, RMB100 presale, RMB150 door. Mao Livehouse, see event listing.


For more gigs, check out our Nightlife listings.

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