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The Rolling Stones' First Concert In China
The Rolling Stones' first concert in China was held in 2006. Background On April 8, 2006, The Rolling Stones held their first ever performance in China. The concert occurred 3 years after the tour they originally planned was delayed by the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak, SARS epidemic. The tour was promoted by China-based Entertainment Company Emma Entertainment led by then CEO Jonathan Krane. The Stones performed at the Shanghai Grand Theatre, Shanghai Grand Theater in front of an audience of 8,000 people. The show was completely sold out, with ticket prices varying from $36 to $360. The Rolling Stones had to obtain approval for their set list from China's Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China, Ministry of Culture and were prohibited from playing 5 songs including "Brown Sugar (Rolling Stones song), Brown Sugar," "Beast of Burden (song), Beast of Burden," "Let's Spend the Night Together," and "Honky Tonk Women, Honky Tonk Woman." The Chinese rock pioneer Cui Jian open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
