Queen with Adam Lambert set for Shanghai?
Weibo is rife with speculation that Queen and Adam Lambert are set to play Shanghai's Mercedes-Benz Arena in September 2016. The cause of all the excitement is a screenshot from the Ministry of Culture's website purporting to show that such a concert has been approved.
There's been no official announcement just yet, but word is that the Shanghai show will be Monday 26 September, which would make sense given that the group are in the region around that time and have a Hong Kong date for the following Wednesday.
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Further weight to the rumour is added by Lambert having been here a number of times before and enjoying a strong following in China, where he's appeared on a number of TV talent shows in the past.
Also rumoured to be heading our way are still big-in-China rockers Suede - who seem likely to be coming to town around August - and a number of the mid-range acts featuring on the bills at Fuji Rock and Valley Rock festivals in Japan and South Korea, including another dad-rock/Brit pop band and a female singer who's partial to a Bon Iver cover.
No one seems to have picked up Fuji Rock headliners The Avalanches for a Shanghai show just yet though - can someone get on that please?
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