New York, NY (Top40 Charts) China's biggest and boldest rock band Second Hand Rose will be heading Down Under this month to perform Lantern Festivals in Auckland and Christchurch, New Zealand. Invited by the Asia New Zealand Foundation, they will being their unique brand of combining traditional Chinese folk's self-mockery with modern Western rock's rebellion flawlessly.
NEW ZEALAND TOUR
2.19-2.22, 2016 - Auckland Lantern Festival
https://www.aucklandnz.com/lantern
2.27-2.28, 2016 - Christchurch Lantern Festival
https://www.summertimes.co.nz/event/22116
The tour continues the band's efforts to reach a global audience with 2015 performances in Switzerland (Paléo Festival Nyon), Korea (Ulsan World
Music Festival) and Taiwan (THIS World
Music Fesitval @ Formosa. The groups' first U.S. tour was in fall 2014, following their headline performance at New York
Modern Sky
Music Festival in Central Park' Rumsey Playfield.
Second Had Rose Online
https://www.facebook.com/2ndHRose
https://www.youtube.com/user/2ndHrose
https://www.twitter.com/2ndHrose
https://secondhandrose.bandcamp.com/
"...when the Tom Waits-like opening to 'Picking A Flower' gave way to its folksy chorus, with Liang Long's distinctively Chinese croon, I found myself singing along with everyone else; I knew the melody even though I'd heard it just once before. When the song morphed into a
Pink Floyd psychedelic space riff, only to devolve into Peking opera instrumentals and, finally, to nineties-style hard rock, the appeal of this bonkers mixture became clear: it's a tour of the sounds that constitute an urban, internet-savvy, millennial Chinese youth." - The New Yorker describes SHR's last year's show in Webster Hall, New York City.
Being one of the biggest rock bands in Beijing, Second Hand Rose (二手玫瑰) brings a distinct mix of heavy rock 'n' roll and traditional Chinese instrumentation to the scene. Named for the signature rose singer Liang Long wears behind his ear and the notion that rock in China is a second-hand endeavor, Second Hand Rose revels in taboos (innuendo-laced lyrics, gender-bending costumes) and tweaking the establishment. Liang was drawn to Two Taking Turns because it's a folksy and somewhat vulgar tradition—much like rock music. And by combining the two, the band creates a truly Chinese expression of rock 'n' roll, embracing all of the contradictions of being an artist in modern China.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/2ndHRose
Music: https://secondhandrose.bandcamp.com
