South Korean boy band NCT Dream will become the first K-pop group to perform in Hong Kong’s new 50,000-seat Kai Tak Stadium, with one show planned in August. The boy band announced on Tuesday that they would perform one concert at the stadium on August 30 as a part of their 13-show Asian tour called…
Overseas fans of Hong Kong’s Cantopop star Keung To joined thousands of local counterparts to celebrate the singer’s 26th birthday, with some travelling from Canada and the United States to mark the occasion. Three birthday-themed parade trams on Wednesday carried fans non-stop from Whitty Street in Sai Wan to Causeway Bay, which was once again…
Overseas fans of Hong Kong’s Cantopop star Keung To joined thousands of local counterparts to celebrate the singer’s 26th birthday, with some travelling from Canada and the United States to mark the occasion. Three birthday-themed parade trams on Wednesday carried fans non-stop from Whitty Street in Sai Wan to Causeway Bay, which was once again…
Cantopop star Nicholas Tse Ting-fung has wrapped up his four-day run of concerts at Kai Tak Sports Park, attracting tens of thousands of fans and the city’s leader, with observers saying such mega-events will boost the city’s soft power and economy. Tse’s previous solo concert in the city was in 2000 at the Hong Kong…
Cantopop star Nicholas Tse Ting-fung has wrapped up his four-day run of concerts at Kai Tak Sports Park, attracting tens of thousands of fans and the city’s leader, with observers saying such mega-events will boost the city’s soft power and economy. Tse’s previous solo concert in the city was in 2000 at the Hong Kong…
Hundreds of fans of the late actor and singer Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing have gathered at the hotel in Hong Kong where the Cantopop star fell to his death 22 years ago to commemorate his passing. By Tuesday afternoon, the pavement outside the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Central was lined with flower stands and bouquets of…
In the weeks following news of Khalil Fong’s premature death, the Hong Kong singer-songwriter’s friends and fans have looked back on how he shook up the Chinese music scene with his avant-garde work and message of love for everyone. On March 1, his record label Fu Music confirmed that Fong “left the world peacefully” on…
Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park was off to a glittering, glamorous start on Saturday evening with a star-studded opening ceremony as the city’s leader hailed the project as a bridgehead for a mega-event economy and a state-of-the-art venue for sports, entertainment, tourism and exhibition extravaganzas. “Tonight is a grand occasion, the opening of Kai…
Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park is liaising with law enforcement agencies and looking into a report that ticket touts helped visitors enter the main stadium for Saturday’s star-studded opening ceremony for a fee of about HK$1,000 (US$128) per person. The new park, the city’s largest sports venue, said on Monday that it was “deeply…
Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Sports Park passed its first real test on crowd control measures on Saturday evening, as spectators dispersed swiftly after the venue’s opening ceremony ended. About 33,000 spectators cleared out of Kai Tak Stadium in around 20 minutes after the star-studded show ended at 8:35pm. To avoid the rush, some members of…