China's biggest and boldest rock band Second Hand Rose will be heading Down Under this month to perform Lantern Festivals in Auckland and Christchurch, New Zealand. Invited by the Asia New Zealand Foundation, they will bring their unique brand of
combining traditional Chinese folk's self-mockery with modern Western rock's rebellion flawlessly.

NEW ZEALAND TOUR
2.19-2.22, 2016 - Auckland Lantern Festival
http://www.aucklandnz.com/lantern
2.27-2.28, 2016 - Christchurch Lantern Festival http://www.summertimes.co.nz/event/22116

The tour continues the band's efforts to reach a global audience with 2015 performances in Switzerland (Paléo Festival Nyon), Korea (Ulsan World Music Festival) and Taiwan (THIS World Music Fesitval @ Formosa. The groups' first U.S. tour was in fall
2014, following their headline performance at New York Modern Sky Music Festival in Central Park' Rumsey Playfield.

Second Had Rose Online
https://www.facebook.com/2ndHRose
http://www.youtube.com/user/2ndHrose
http://www.twitter.com/2ndHrose
http://secondhandrose.bandcamp.com/

"...when the Tom Waits-like opening to 'Picking A Flower' gave way to its folksy chorus, with Liang Long's distinctively Chinese croon, I found myself singing along with everyone else; I knew the melody even though I'd heard it just once before. When the
song morphed into a Pink Floyd psychedelic space riff, only to devolve into Peking opera instrumentals and, finally, to nineties-style hard rock, the appeal of this bonkers mixture became clear: it's a tour of the sounds that constitute an urban,
internet-savvy, millennial Chinese youth." - The New Yorker describes SHR's last year's show in Webster Hall, New York City.

Being one of the biggest rock bands in Beijing, Second Hand Rose (二手玫瑰) brings a distinct mix of heavy rock 'n' roll and traditional Chinese instrumentation to the scene. Named for the signature rose singer Liang Long wears behind his ear and the
notion that rock in China is a second-hand endeavor, Second Hand Rose revels in taboos (innuendo-laced lyrics, gender-bending costumes) and tweaking the establishment. Liang was drawn to Two Taking Turns because it's a folksy and somewhat vulgar
tradition—much like rock music. And by combining the two, the band creates a truly Chinese expression of rock 'n' roll, embracing all of the contradictions of being an artist in modern China.

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