[shri]

The Hong Kong Harbour Fest is pleased to announce
the lineup for its opening weekend:

Prince (Friday, 17 October)

Get your tickets now for opening night, and a chance to
see one of the music world's most unique and creative
songwriters/musicians. This will be one of Prince's rare,
live performances anywhere in the world. Mixing rhythm
and blues, soul, gospel and funk, Prince's output over
the past two decades has achieved numerous
milestones in contemporary music. He was recently
nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Don't miss
this rare opportunity to see Prince live, right here in Hong
Kong!

Craig David (Saturday, 18 October)

Innovative R & B songster Craig David was the youngest
ever British male artist to achieve a #1 single with "Fill
Me In" in March 2000. His debut album "Born to Do It"
sold over 7 million copies worldwide. He won a
Grammy in 2001 for "Best Male Pop Vocal
Performance." He has also won two MTV Europe
awards for "Best R&B Act" and "Best U.K. Act."

Jose Carreras (Monday, 20 October)

Jose Carreras, one of the renowned 3 Tenors, will
perform outdoors at Tamar. His powerful, emotionally
charged songs will be supported by the Hong Kong
Philharmonic Orchestra.

Family Fest (Saturday and Sunday,18-19 October,
daytime)

Family Fest will feature some of the most popular
children's acts from around the world, including the #1
children's act - The Wiggles, direct from Australia. Also
appearing: Disney's JAAM featuring a host of Disney
characters, Hong Kong's own Scotty & Lulu, Warner
Brother's Looney Tunes character show, Barbie, the
Snoopy character show, and Hong Kong's Good
Buddies. Enjoy 6 hours of Family Fun for just $100 each
day.

Tickets for these shows will be on sale from Friday, 19
September. Ticket prices range from HK$100 to
HK$988, and will be available through all Hong Kong
Ticketing outlets. Bookings can also be made through
the ticket hotline on 31 288 288, or the website
www.hkticketing.com, as well as at all ESD Life Kiosks.

For more information about the Hong Kong Harbour Fest.
visit www.hkharbourfest.com.

[froggie]

Something funny I found out today.

The night that Prince plays at the Harbour Fest, the Goethe Institute opens their Max 2003 Film Festival. And the band playing at their opening gala?

Die Prinzen!
(The Princes in German)

See details here:
http://www.goethe.de/os/hon/max2003/gala.html
http://www.dieprinzen.de/

Coincidence?

[Botox]

That's possibly the dodgiest line-up ever? Squiggle-man, Crraaaaaaaig Daaaaavid, and one of the three tenors.

My girlfriend is looking forward to Westlife though. And it might be fun to throw rocks at Craig David.

[shri]

Lol ... its obviously a mega mega event for which they've paid mega mega bucks. Prince?!@?#?

[nickwillsher]

this is such a messssssy event. there will also be the Rockit Festival in Causeway bay the night of westlife

[HKFella]

Didn't the papers feature reports that vested interests were trying their best to sabotage competing events?

[GraemeK]

now i can put a face to mike rowse - public enemy number one for offences against good taste in music.

any other washed out acts trying to sell CD's to a new market signed up yet ?

[elle]

froggie - Thanks for the tip - I had no idea about the opening Gala. Just ordered the tickets and look really forward going there. BTW I do prefer Die Prinzen to Prince....

[talented_fool]

Can't see how anyone can compare Rockit to the over-priced geriatrics that Harbor Fest is bringing over. Supergrass alone is worth the $120 ticket price.

From the website it looks like Rockit has a great line up over the two days, Oct 25 & 26 ...

Supergrass (UK)
Spanish Harlem Orchestra (US)
Six By Seven (UK)
Goldrush & Mark Gardener (UK)
Leslie Loh (UK)
Electric Eel Shock (Japan)
Regurgitator (Aust.)
DJ Suv (UK)
DJ Marky & XRS (Brazil)
Stamina MC (UK)
Rinôçérôse (France)
Audiotraffic (HK)
Uncle Joe (HK)
Robot Live! (HK)
DJ Bodhi (HK)
Simon Pang - DJ (HK)

Then on the Sunday there is a Salsa party with the Spanish Harlem Orchestra.

There's more info on http://www.rockit-hk.com.

I'll be going for sure - what a blast. Big Day Out comes to Hong Kong in effect.

[shri]

Talented, Thanks for the information. I've been digging around for it for a while.

Rest be assured we'll help get the word out.