Wu Hong Fei & Happy Avenue

Wu Hong Fei & Happy Avenue (吳虹飛與幸福大街)Live in Hong Kong

Date : 1st June (Sunday)
Time : 7:00pm

Supporting:
Hei Wong (黃湛熙)
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Venue : Club Cixi 慈禧
Address:Shop A G/F , On Hing Building ,1 On Hing Terrance, Central
地址:中環安慶臺1號安慶大廈地下A舖

Tickets :
$100(Advance),$120(walk-in)
Inquiry : 96518567

CD and Tickets available at ZOO-Records and White Noise Records on 10/5!
Zoo Records Tel : 3188 2303
地址: 旺角彌敦道582-592號信和中心地庫B31號舖
Address: B31 Basement, Sino Centre, 582-592 Nathan Rd, Kln H.K.
White Noise Record Tel : 2591 0499
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Address:1/F, 4 Canal Road East,Causeway Bay,Hong Kong

Wu Hongfei and The Happy Avenue “Rouge”(Yanzhi) release tour

Founded in 1999 , Happy Avenue is a ...

Chinese rock band based in Beijing. In March 2008, they released their 3 rd album “Rouge” (Yanzhi) and they will start their first tour in China in coming May.

It is said that Happy Avenue has been changed from their first album. The new album described as alternative rock with folk element.

Facts:

1999: Happy Avenue is formed

2004: release of album “When the fish loves Xiaolong”

2005: release of album“Happy Avenue”

2008: release of album “Rouge” (Yanzhi)

Band members:

Vocal: Wu Hongfei

Guitarist: Zhang Zheng

Bassist: Li Qiang
Drummer: Tian Kun
Keyboardist: Liu Lei
Harmony: Yanzi

Wu Hongfei, Happy Avenue's vocalist and leader, is a graduate of Beijing's prestigious Tsinghua University , with bachelor's degrees in environmental engineering and the editing of scientific books, and an M.A. degree in modern Chinese literature . Also the group's only female member, she has the distinction of being China's best known female rock singer.

Originally from the southern Chinese province of Guangxi and a member of the Dong ethnic minority , Wu is now a magazine journalist and a published novelist.

Wu has written about her experiences with Happy Avenue in her semi-autobiographical novel The Double Life of Afei, which was published in 2003.

Her early lyrics range from lighthearted, absurdity vignettes to darker and more melancholy meditations on subjects such as death, alienation, and longing. The song “Daughter” deals with the issues surrounding unwed motherhood; “The Fish Who Loved Xiaolong” tells the story of a mermaid who gives up her tail in order that she might be able to leave the sea and marry a human.

While, the new album “Rouge”(Yanzhi) signify a change of music style of the band. The melodies are catchy, with Wu's pentatonic vocal melodies showing the influence of Chinese folk singing, leading the band to be described by some as a folk rock act.

“Rouge”(Yanzhi)is about the unheard love stories in south of China, which records the unforgettable emotions in youth hood such as timidity, enthusiasm and melancholy. Wu’s singing expresses the fears that we have: the loss of time and that we cannot return to the past.

The album “Yanzhi” comes with a booklet written by Wu and an album of drawings of her friend RORO.

Wu Hong Fei and Happy Avenue’s China Tour schedule:

9th May Shanghai

10th May Nanjing

11th May: Suzhou

23rd May: Zhangsha

25th May: Wuhan

30th May: Guangzhou

1st June: Hongkong

5th June: Shenzhen

6th June: Kunming

7th June: Lijiang

14th June: Chengdu

21st June: Xian