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King Khan & BBQ Show China Tour in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing
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Two guys. One smashing snare, bass drum and tambourine with his bare feet, molesting his guitar and singing like a possessed angel. The other spinning and howling like a freak while belting it out on his guitar like a savage.
The Montreal duo of King Khan (aka Blacksnake) and BBQ (aka “one-man-disaster” Mark Sultan) play anarchic, throw-back garage rock evocative of The Velvet Underground, 13th Floor Elevators, Black Flag, The Falcons, Sam Cooke, The Users, The Sonics, The Cramps, Bo, Jerry Lee, The Gonn…Their sound is all of this and more, but all their own.
The live show? A mess. Love songs, punkers, improvised riot-starters, dance-floor shakers, sing-along stompers, wild rockers – you name it. They always drench the crowd in raw energy, and they’re always the last ones dancing and drinking at the bar. They’ve toured the US, Europe, Australia and South America. They are international antiheroes and ambassadors.
BBQ first met King Khan when they played together in Montreal band The Spaceshits, which disbanded in 1999. Sultan started a new band (Les Sexareenos) before going solo in 2002, playing gigs as a one-man band under the name BBQ. Blacksnake, meanwhile, had formed King Khan & His Shrines, and the two former bandmates met up and began writing songs together at Blacksnake’s home in Germany, venturing out to play the occasional show in Germany and Spain, with Blacksnake now billed as King Khan.
A debut album by the duo, The King Khan & BBQ Show, was released in the United States on Goner Records and in Europe by Hazelwood Records in 2004. An international tour followed, with a second album, What’s for Dinner?, appearing on In the Red Records in 2006. A third album, Invisible Girl, emerged three years later in 2009, also on In the Red Records.
They are an awesomely surreal site to behold; a stunning garage rock machine of the highest calibre, playing incredible original hits that never end. Youngsters and oldsters alike sing along incessantly and let their freak-flags fly in joyous solidarity when The King Khan & BBQ Show hit the stage. Give into their spell and live forever.
The King Khan & BBQ Show China Tour Dates:
Hong Kong – Wednesday – June 9
Presented by
@ Grappa’s Cellar
Jardine House, 1 Connaught Place, Central
Support acts TBA
HKD 150
Shanghai — Friday – June 11
@ Yuyintang
851 Kaixuan Lu (near Yan’an Xi Lu)
With The Fever Machine and The Beat Bandits
RMB 60
Beijing – Saturday – June 12
@ D-22
242 Chengfu Lu, Wudaokou
RMB 60
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King Khan & BBQ Show 中国巡演在香港，上海和北京
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这就是，来自蒙特利尔的双人乐队King Khan & BBQ Show。他们的歌曲中充斥着车库摇滚和朋克气息，不禁让人想起The Velvet Underground、13th Floor Elevators、Black Flag、The Users、The Sonics、The Cramps等乐队…他们的声音是以上的集合，但是更多，甚至又独树一帜，无可匹敌。
现场演出？骚乱者的天堂！动人的情歌、摇摆舞、朋克一族、暴动始作俑者、震动地板的弄潮儿、轻轻跺脚哼唱者、狂野的摇滚范儿，你随便讲好了。他们就是有一股能让观众沉浸其中的气场，立即能调动观众身上最原始狂野的力量，跟他们HIGH起来。一般情况下，他们总是酒吧中喝到最后跳到最后玩到最后的。他们在美国、欧洲、 澳大利亚和南美都做过巡演。当之无愧的另类英雄和国际大使。
BBQ和King Khan的最初相识还是在蒙特利尔乐队The Spaceshits时期，他们都是The Spaceshits的乐手。后来随着乐队1999年的解散，Sultan组建了乐队Les Sexareeno，之后于2002年单飞，以BBQ的名号举办多场个人乐队演出。同时，Blacksnake组建了King Khan & His Shrines，于是两个前乐队队友重新产生了音乐上的共识和火花，开始一起在Blacksnake德国的家中写歌，并在德国和西班牙举办了几场演出。当然，此时Blacksnake已被称作King Khan。
他们的首张双人专辑<The King Khan & BBQ Show>，2004年由 Goner Records厂牌在美国发行，Hazelwood Records在欧洲发行。之后他们进行了世界巡演。紧接着，他们的第二张专辑<What’s for Dinner?>于2006年新鲜出炉，由In the Red Records厂牌出品。三年后，他们的第三张专辑<Invisible Gir>l于2009年发行，同样在In the Red Records厂牌下。
他们在乐坛拥有无可撼动的传奇地位：一流的车库摇滚才能，不可思议的演出现场，永无止尽的劲歌热曲。只要The King Khan & BBQ Show登场，不管男女老少都能在台下尽情欢乐，释放自身能量。他们的现场从不缺乏挥舞的旗帜和伴唱的观众。这些人都在The King Khan & BBQ Show的音乐咒语下缴械投降，从此成为他们的子民。
The King Khan & BBQ Show中国巡演日程:
香港（The People’s Party 承办）
6月9日 周三
@ Grappa’s Cellar
中环康乐广场1号怡和大厦
嘉宾乐队：待定
价格：HKD 150
上海
6月11日 周五
@ 育音堂
凯旋路851号 (近延安西路)
嘉宾乐队： The Fever Machine 和 The Beat Bandits
价格：RMB 60
北京
6月12日 周六
@ D-22
五道口成府路242号
价格：RMB 60
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