Category: nightlife

RubberBand Ciao 2021 @ HK Coliseum, 3-6 April, 2021

Live music returned as RubberBand rocked the HK Coliseum for four nights treating a packed crowd to 27 song set!

Supporting RubberBand in a night of greatest hits and fan favourites were the Patrick Lui Jazz Orchestra and acapella group AMuiXis.

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RubberBand Ciao 2021 Set List – HK Coliseum, 3-6 April, 2021

1.     Dedicated To…
2.     醒未？
3.     每道微小
4.     一早地下鐵
5.     小涼伴
6.     阿波羅
7.     你和我
8.     天台飛人
9.     百毒不侵
10.  漫長
11.  田鼠論壇
12.  健兒
13.  堅彌地城
14.  睜開眼
15.  挾持
16.  山河故人
17.  倒行詩
18.  練習說再見
19.  心照一生
20.  Hello?
21.  G.I.（阿偉Solo）
22.  夥伴
23.  Ciao（新歌）
24.  逆流之歌
25.  發現號
26.  未來見
27.  夏令時間 (Encore)

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RubberBand Ciao 2021
Date: 3-6 April, 2021
Venue: HK Coliseum
Tickets: $780, $580, $380 from Urbtix

11 Hong Kong Restaurants in Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2021

Hong Kong has 11 entries in ‘Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2021‘ with local Cantonese restaurant The Chairman replacing last year’s numero uno Singapore’s Odette in top spot.

The very subjective list is compiled and voted on by over 300 ‘leaders’ in Asia’s culinary field including journalists, food critics, chefs, restaurateurs and culinary experts.

Quite how it can pretend to be remotely objective this year when travel and dining out have been extensively curtailed… But congratulations to the local restaurants listed.

The local restaurants in this year’s ‘Top 50’ are Vea (16),  Neighbourhood (17), Belon (25), Caprice (28), Otto e Mezzo Bombana (33), Amber (37), Ta Vie (38), Mono (44), Lung King Heen (47) and Seventh Son (48).

The only Macau entry is Wing Lei Palace in 50th spot.

Sad Day – UA Cinemas Shuts Down

A sad day, many fine films and good nights out.

“UA Cinemas has always been committed to providing the highest quality of cinematic entertainment to all audiences in Hong Kong since it was founded in 1985 by Mr. Ira Kaye. However, we regret to announce that UA Cinemas will cease business with immediate effect from 8 March 2021 due to unavoidable and devastating pressure faced by our operations since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic.

We would like to thank our customers, colleagues and business partners for their support with UA Cinemas over the past 36 years. Thank-you everyone for taking the journey with us.”

Remark: To comply with the statute and to protect the interests of all stakeholders, UA Cinemas has commenced winding up proceedings with the Hong Kong court. For any enquiries, please call 3104-1777 or 3104-1779 for assistance.

King Ly Chee Release Live Video of Reunion Show

Hardcore band King Ly Chee recent gig, its first since 2017, sold out in under 90 minutes.

Thankfully for fans across the globe the concert at Cult Key, featuring the ‘Stand Strong’ era of the band, was recorded.

A live video and a backstage sneak peak video have been uploaded on their drummer Kevin’s YouTube channel Kidney Buster.

https://youtu.be/DWG1veh1Ih0

Read bc magazine’s recent interview with Riz Farooqi about King Ly Chee resurrection here.

King Ly Chee are playing the third Tone Online Music Festival, 16 January at 5:30pm, catch the whole festival on TonemusicTV’s Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/TONEMUSICTV.

Due to Covid restrictions, King Ly Chee’s gig on 22 January has been postponed.

image: www.instagram.com/uuzoey

Year of the Ox, Lunar New Year Fairs Cancelled

The Government has announced that the Year of the Ox Lunar New Year fairs at 15 locations across Hong Kong and the Che Kung Festival Fair in Sha Tin scheduled for February have been cancelled due to the Wuhan virus (Covid-19).

A spokesman for the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department commented: “To assist flower farmers to sell flowers through other alternative means, we will meet with major stakeholders of the trade to actively explore feasible measures under the premise of upholding the anti-epidemic principles, such as identifying suitable locations in public housing estates or other places in various districts for selling New Year flowers, with a view to minimising the impact of the cancellation of the LNY fairs on the trade.”

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Joyless Christmas Eve in Hong Kong

Usually one of the most vibrant and happiest evenings of the year… Christmas Eve was dark and joyless in 2020 with Carrie Lam closing Hong Kong’s bars and restaurants. Even the infamous ‘Club 7/11’ was shuttered…

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Christmas Butterflies

It seems a hard place for businesses to survive but the new Lee Tung Avenue has consistently offered creative and instagramable decorations. The latest for Christmas is ‘Butterflies of Hope’ and bc’s Christie Liu and Munchie took a look…

Created by award-winning Hong Kong visual effects director Victor Wong. The display which stretches along the whole street features a 7-meter stained glass butterfly surrounded by 350 LED butterflies. The kaleidoscope of butterflies includes a range of lighting effects during the day and night. At around lunchtime, the butterflies will reflect and refract the sun’s natural light to paint the street. At night artificial intelligence synced to music will create another instagram moment.

And while you are there check out Pizza Express‘s turkey pizza.

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Halloween @ Lan Kwai Fong – 31 October, 2020

Lan Kwai Fong and the surrounding area were packed on All Hallows Eve as HongKonegrs enjoyed bars being open until 2am and looked for a chance to relax and destress.

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