Linkin Park to perform in Beijing in October

Paul Pennay | Aug 5, 2008 10:30 am | Add a comment | 2196 reads

Oct 19
Linkin Park and Mayday
RMB 100-1,600 (On sale on Aug 11 through Emma-Ticketmaster)
Beijing Workers' Stadium (6501 6655 ext 5033)

We first heard rumors about it back in January and now we finally have confirmation that Linkin Park will be playing both Beijing and Shanghai in October. The two concerts are presented as fundraisers for Linkin Park's Music For Relief charity as part of the proceeds will be used, as the ticketing website notes, to "raise international and domestic awareness of the needs of the post-earthquake Sichuan area and to contribute financial and social support to people affected there."

The concert will see Linkin Park perform along with Taiwanese rockers Mayday (五月天 Wǔ Yuè Tiān) with both bands playing sets of at least 90 minutes each. However, there might be a few other guests set to perform too, as the show will go on for about 4 hours. Tickets for the Shanghai show (Oct 12 at Shanghai Stadium), go on sale at 10am on August 7.

However, if the previously reported Avril Lavigne concert is anything to go by, a cloud of doubt still hovers over the Beijing show. Despite tickets to the Oct 4 Avril Lavigne show in Shanghai being on sale for more than a week now, details of the Beijing stop of the Canadian pop star's world tour are still not up on the Emma Ticketmaster site. When we called to ask about when tickets would be available, the person who answered the phone at the ticketing agency confirmed that the show has still not been confirmed. However, this seems to be down to yet another inexplicable Olympic-related rule of some kind and both the Avril Lavigne and Linkin Park shows seem likely to go ahead as planned.

Links and Sources
Linkin Park: Linkin Park Returns to China
EmmaTicketmaster: PUMA Presents Music for Relief Concert
EmmaTicketmaster: Music For Relief — 2008 China Concert
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CRI: Mayday and Linkin Park Join Hands in Benefit Concert
The Beijnger: Avril Lavigne to Perform in Beijing on Oct 6
The Beijnger: Linkin Park set to perform in Beijing this year
Youtube: Linkin Park Buzzing About First Ever Stadium Show In China