Tiger Translate Battle of the Bands: Let Battle Commence

Tiger Translate Battle of the Bands is gearing up to find China’s best band with 40 heats across China starting next week. Is that you and your motley crew? You'll need to send in an application here by tomorrow - Friday, July 15 – for your shot at stardom.

The lucky bands will get to support some of the biggest names in Beijing at gigs across the city. The overall winners of the competition get a chance to win RMB 100,000 and play the St. James Power Station in Singapore. Before all of that, though, they will need to negotiate the following gigs:

Preliminary Stages (Date: Venue/Headliner)

• July 22: MAO Livehouse/ Queen Sea Big Shark
• July 23: Yugong Yishan/ Reflector
• July 29: Tango/ Pet Conspiracy
• July 31: MAO Livehouse / Perdel
• August 5: Mako Livehouse/ Perdel
• August 7: Tango/ Reflector
• August 12: MAO Livehouse/ Hedgehog
• August 13: Mako Livehouse/ Twisted Machine

Semi-final Stage (Date: Venue/Headliner)

• August 19: Mako Livehouse/Perdel
• August 20: MAO Livehouse/ Reflector

Final

• August 26: Tango/ Xie Tian Xiao

We’ll be giving away tickets to all shows on TheBeijinger.com very soon – you might not become famous but it is a free night out. Stay tuned.

Photo: HBK Moore