Clockwise from top right: Jascha Richter air max 90 wholesale , Kare Wanscher and Mikkel Lentz from Michael Learns to Rock Photo: Courtesy of Bravo Entertainment Michael Learns to Rock (MLTR), the Danish group best known to Chinese music lovers for their 2004 Chinese-turned-English hit "Take Me To Your Heart," has returned to China.
During a press conference in Beijing held on January 13 air max wholesale china , the band announced their plans to launch a tour of China this August that will cover cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Province. Lead singer Jascha Richter cheap air max wholesale , guitarist Mikkel Lentz and drummer Kare Wanscher also took time out at the event to share with fans and media some of the stories behind their most famous hits.
While you may not be familiar with the band, you may have heard the lyrics to their hit song "Take Me To Your Heart" - Take me to your hearttake me to your soul - especially if you were in China during 2004, when the song could be heard playing in even the smallest of shops around the country. The song was so popular that even many Chinese who spoke only a little English could sing a few lines.
Treasured memories
An English-language cover of "Kiss Goodbye" - a Chinese pop song first performed by Hong Kong singer Jacky Cheung in 1993 - "Take Me To Your Heart" is more than a catchy song that helped bring Chinese pop to the English world air max wholesale free shipping , it is also a sweet memory for many Chinese living at that time. The band itself is also remembered fondly by many Chinese who grew up during the 1990s.
"I turned 30 this year. I became a fan of MLTR 20 years ago when I first heard their 'Sleeping Child.' They certainly number among my best memories," one of the several Chinese fans of MLTR said during a section of the press conference in which fans were given time to share their memories of the band.
The band's other English covers of famous Chinese songs include Rock icon Cui Jian's "Nothing To My Name" and "Legend" by Chinese pop queen Faye Wong. At the conference, MLTR told the Global Times that though they received a lot of proposals from many record companies air max 2019 wholesale , they selected these Chinese songs "because we really like them and they match with our style."
"People asked about how we made these Chinese covers and it's kind of easy probably because they have similar styles (as ours)," said Lentz. "And we don't have to change our style to do that."
Formed in 1988, the band released their first album air max 2018 wholesale , Michael Learns To Rock, in 1991. Over the decades the band has sold more than 11 million records. During their Asia tour in 2001, they received an enthusiastic welcome from their fans in countries such as China air max shoes wholesale , Malaysia and Singapore.
Yet the road wasn't always smooth.
"When you have a career like us for so many years, it certainly has ups and downs," said Wanscher. "One of our hardest times was around 2001 or 2002. Record sales started dropping and everybody had to adjust to a new digital age."
"But now we're still doing fine air max wholesale ," he said with a smile.
New material
According to the tour's organizers, more Chinese elements will be added to the shows. Moreover, the band will release a new song featuring both Chinese and English lyrics and other new creations during the 2017 tour with support from a team of Chinese musicians.
The members of MLTR had nothing but praise for the team of Chinese musician wholesale nike air max mens , especially considering they were in a "long-distance working relationship" with MLTR working in Denmark and the Chinese team in Hong Kong over the past year.
When asked if they could reveal a little bit more about the surprises they had in store for their China tour, Richter told the Global Times that "many are inspired by Chinese culture," but since they still have six months to go before the official show wholesale nike air max womens , they are still working out the details.
Lentz also weighed in, dubbing the coming tour "a brand new show" that will also include new arrangements of their former works in addition to new material.
BERLIN, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Ten-men Mainz gave away a 4-1 lead to share the spoils with resilient Hoffenheim following a 4-4 and Augsburg turned the tides to reap a 2-1 victory at Bremen, at the closer of the second round in Bundesliga on Sunday.
Mainz looked like the certain winner of the match after 45 minutes and a 4-1 lead. However, a straight red card for Mainz' Gaetan Bussmann, following a professional foul, allowed Hoffenheim to restore parity thanks to the brace from Mark Uth and goal from Adam Szalai.
Hoffenheim's defence staged a sloppy first-half performance as Mainz broke the deadlock with just three minutes into the game when Pablo De Blassis headed home a rebound from close range.
De Blassis was in the thick of things twenty minutes later after he poked home Levin Oeztunali's square pass into the box from eight meters to double lead.
Despite the two-goal lead Mainz were not done with the scoring as Jhon Cordoba slotted home the 3-0 lead from eleven meters into the bottom right corner in 27th minute.
Hoffenheim showed a vital sign just before the break after Sandro Wagner drilled his right-footed effort into far post corner in the 37th minute. Mainz responded immediately and restored their three-goal lead through Oeztunali, who tapped home from eleven meters with two minutes remaining in the first half.
Mainz started with a setback into the second half as Dussmann was sent off with a straight red card after fouling Andrej Kramaric as the last man in the 57th minute. Things went from bad to worse for the hosts as substitute Uth provided a brace to reduce the arrears to 4-3 in the 71st minute.
Hoffenheim pressed Mainz into the defence and got rewarded with 84 minutes played after former Mainz player Adam Szalai restored parity to snatch Hoffenheim a 4-4 draw on the road.