Die! Die! Die! 来！来！来！Hold the press, New Zealand noise-rock / post-punk trio Die! Die! Die! are returning to China for the first time in five years for a ten date tour!
It’s a sweltering Thursday afternoon here in Chengdu and I am still nursing a strained neck induced by overly aggressive head banging at the first annual Punkfest CDC 成都朋克音乐节 at Morning House 早上好 last weekend. Speaking of overly aggressive head banging and sweatiness…
Die! Die! Die! are such a great band. Their live show is an almost cathartic experience, the relentless thrashing and collision of flying bodies, the unpredictability of vocalist/guitarist Andrew Wilson as to when he will careen off stage. Just thinking about Michael Prain’s drum intro to A.T.T.I.T.U.D. makes me feel like sporadically pogoing into people.
The band first toured China back in 2011 with Tom from This Town Touring, paving the way into the unknown for other NZ acts to follow. This time, with London-import Rory Attwell (Test Icicles) on bass duties, the band will be brought over by Beijing-based punk tour overlord Nevin Domer from Genjing Records and Maybe Mars for ten dates across Taipei, Hong Kong and the Mainland.
With the new high speed rail from Guiyang to Chengdu making things possible, the Die! Die! Die! train is storming west to play Guiyang, Chengdu and Chongqing, plus the main southern and eastern centres! YEAH!!
DIE! DIE! DIE! CHINA TOUR 2016
09/07 (WED)
Revolver, Taipei
Support: Slack Tide, Wayne’s So Sad
NT500 (presale and student price) / NT600 (at door)
09/08 (THU)
Focal Fair, Hong Kong
Support: SECTS, The Bollands
150 HKD
09/09 (FRI)
B10, Shenzhen
Support: Atta Girl
60/80RMB
09/10 (SAT)
Loft 345, Guangzhou
Support: TBC
40/60RMB
09/11 (SUN)
Power Livehouse, Guiyang
Support: MiChe
50/70RMB
09/13 (TUE)
NU SPACE, Chengdu
Support: Stink Mouth
60/80RMB
09/14 (WED)
NUTSLivehouse, Chongqing
Support: The Wallflowers
60/80RMB
09/15 (THU)
VOX Wuhan
Support: Birdstriking, AV Okubo
60/80RMB
09/16 (FRI)
Yugong Yishan, Beijing
Support: Birdstriking
80/100RMB
09/17 (SAT)
Concrete and Grass Festival, Shanghai
