That's Shanghai takes a look at the best concerts of the week:
Aug 23: Cigarettes After Sex
Split Works brings Cigarettes After Sex to Shanghai for a Concrete & Grass pre-show. Formed in Texas in 2008, the band serves up melancholy, ambient pop songs with confessional lyrics from frontman Greg Gonzalez. Their song 'Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby' was just featured in The Handmaid's Tale, and they are now based in Brooklyn.
Aug. 23, 8pm. RMB180 presale, RMB220 door. Modern Sky Lab, see event listing.
Aug 26: Slaves of the Prison
With the release of their debut album, Deathward, back in May earlier this year, melodic death metal outfit, Slaves of the Prison, embark on their Being Towards Death tour of China. With their debut offering a meditation on the nature of life through death, they will no doubt want to bring the same level of intensity that their riff-laden debut has to the stage.
Aug. 26, 9pm. RMB60 presale, RMB80 door. Inferno, see event listing.
Aug 26: Michael Learns to Rock
Danish pop-rock band Michael Learns to Rock bring their boy band aesthetic and earnest pop songs to Shanghai for a show at Luwan Stadium. MLTR has a huge following throughout Asia, and have released eight albums throughout their long career. Check out our interview with the band here.
Aug 26, 7.30pm, RMB380-1,280. Luwan Stadium, see event listing.
Aug 26-27: Summer Sonic Festival Shanghai
This major Japanese rock festival lands in Shanghai for the first time with a two-day event the last weekend of August. After several line-up changes (most notably the nixing of Placebo), Summer Sonic's confirmed headliners include The Fratellis, Sum 41, Travis, The Kooks and Luna Sea.
Aug 26-27, 11pm, RMB680 presale, RMB1280 for two-day pass. Shanghai Shendi Ecology Park, see event listing.
Aug 28: Ariana Grande
The pop megastar brings her Dangerous Woman tour to Shanghai in one of the biggest shows of the year. Grande started out as a Broadway and TV actress before launching her singing career and finding superstardom, breaking records with the sales of her albums and times her songs spend at the top of charts. Check out our fearure on Ariana Grande here.
Aug 28, 8pm, RMB480-1,680. Mercedes-Benz Arena, see event listing.
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