My group, Swim Deep, plays to crowds of hundreds across the UK – but in China, we play to tens of thousands. And we’re not the only ones ...

When indie rock band Huxiaochun launched their first nationwide tour in 2019, the band’s four members had to take out loans of 2,000 yuan ($283) each just to afford to rent equipment and pay for the ...

HANGZHOU, China (AP) — Young fans, some sporting spiky mohawks, slam-danced and stage-dived as the music blasted into the night. One wore a metal-studded jacket with what looked like vintage Sex ...

TAIPEI (Reuters) -China pressured a popular Taiwanese rock band to make pro-China comments ahead of Taiwan's key elections next month, according to sources with knowledge of the situation and a Taiwan ...

China is enjoying a concert boom. Last year the box-office intake from performances totalled 62bn yuan ($9bn), up from 20bn in 2019, according to figures from the China Association of Performing Arts, ...

A woman sets a friend's hair during a punk festival in Hangzhou, China, Friday, Jan. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) HANGZHOU, China (AP) — Young fans, some sporting spiky mohawks, slam-danced and ...

The story of the Chinese metal scene is never finished. After writing so many articles about the bands coming out of the country, I naively thought that I could finally take a break and let other ...

When was the last time a new piece of music struck a chord with you? It’s OK — take your time. Surveys suggest that people stop discovering new music around the age of 30. Demanding careers, ...

TAIPEI, Dec 28 (Reuters) - China has pressured an influential Taiwanese rock band called Mayday to make pro-China comments ahead of Taiwan's key elections next month, according to sources with direct ...

Almost three years of pandemic restrictions have been hard for 23-year-old Chinese villager Zu Wenbao, but thanks to Beijing-based Chen's Studio, music has become his saving grace. Zu is one of the 14 ...

People often say that music is the great unifier. For instance, you can go to a concert and be surrounded by hundreds or thousands of strangers but everyone has at least one thing in common—love for ...