Mayday, Asia's Top Rock Band, Announce Their North
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MAYDAY, ASIA’S TOP ROCK BAND, ANNOUNCE THEIR NORTH AMERICAN TOUR - Headlining Tour Kicks Off on Nov. 8, 2017 in Vancouver, BC – LOS ANGELES (May 31, 2017) – Mayday, Asia’s top rock band that hails from Taiwan, announced their return to North America today. Promoted exclusively by Live Nation, MAYDAY [LIFE] NORTH AMERICAN TOUR will begin in Vancouver on November 8th, 2017 and will span across 7 cities, including stops at Anaheim’s Honda Center and Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. A complete list of tour dates is below, and ticketing information will be announced at a later date. Mayday’s [LIFE] WORLD TOUR, the band’s 10th large-scale tour, will include a total of over 100 shows worldwide. The tour kicked off in March 2017 with four sold-out shows at The National Stadium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and drew a crowd of over 200,000 fans. Last week the band completed 10 consecutive sold out shows at Hong Kong Coliseum rocking to over 100,000 fans. The [LIFE] tour is a spectacular performance with impressive production designed by world-renowned Creative Director LeRoy Bennett of Seven Design Works, who has worked with the likes of Paul McCartney, Lady Gaga, Maroon 5, Bruno Mars, and more. The record-breaking quintet recently celebrated their 20th anniversary in March 2017 with an outdoor concert in Taipei and worldwide live stream of the show. Over 35,000 fans were in attendance but the live- stream received an incredible 101 million hits worldwide. Mayday is also the only act in history to have performed 6 sold-out shows at the Beijing Bird’s Nest – a total of 600,000 tickets sold. Mayday Tour DatEs November 8 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena November 10 San Jose, CA SAP Center November 11 Anaheim, CA Honda Center November 15 Houston, TX Smart Financial Center November 18 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center November 21 Chicago, IL Auditorium Theatre November 26 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre About MAYDAY Mayday is a Taiwanese rock band that was formed in the late 1990s with five members, Ashin (lead vocals), Monster (Guai Shou) (guitar), Stone (Shi Tou) (guitar), Masa (Ma-sha) (bass guitar) and Ming (Guan-You) (drums). Dubbed “Kings of the Rock Concert” by Asian media and “The Chinese Beatles” by The Washington Post, Mayday have released 9 albums to date, sold over 21 million concert tickets, won over 200 awards across the globe, including “Best Album” for their 2011 album Second Life and “Best Band” an unprecedented four times at the Golden Melody Awards (the Chinese Grammy's) in 2001, 2004, 2009, 2012. To date, their 9th album “THE HISTORY OF TOMORROW” has sold over 200 million copies worldwide. In 2017, Mayday was once again nominated for 7 awards at the Golden Melody Awards, including “Best Band”, “Best Composer”, and “Song Of The Year”. About LivE Nation EntErtainmEnt Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the world’s leading live entertainment company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, Live Nation Media & Sponsorship and Artist Nation Management. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com. For LivE Nation, contact: Emily Bender, [email protected] .