But next month, maybe I’ll loan some bucks to Monster or Stone. So for example, sometimes Ashin will (lend) me money, maybe a few thousand bucks this month. Most of the bands that we know, sometimes they’ll have arguments: “You got much more money than me.” The most important thing is you have to get along with each other. We didn’t come together to publish our album or to have some success in music. How have you put up with each other for so long?įirst of all, we (met) in our high school years. You celebrated your 20th anniversary as a band recently. It was every member’s first time seeing snow. It was amazing for us, because that was a very cold winter. The first time we went to Canada was not for a performance, but for our first album, in 1999, our drum sound was recorded in Vancouver (at Greenhouse Studios). What do you remember about coming here in the past? This won’t be your first visit to Canada. Masa talked to the Star about aging in a youth-obsessed culture, avoiding intra-band money squabbles and why Mayday might quit after 10 albums. Well, you might not know it from the crowds assembling around their seven-date North American tour. “It’s flattering and of course we’re happy about it, but the Beatles are like gods to us,” said Masa, whose real name is Tsai Shen-yen. Bassist Masa says of their status as one of the first bands to infuse Mandopop balladry with arena-rock ballast, “we are really not the first one, but we are the luckiest one.”Īnd as far as their oft-cited status as the Beatles of Asia? But instead of letting their egos swell with their fan base, Mayday plays it modest. Gaudy numbers are nothing new for a band whose most recent album, The History of Tomorrow, sold over 200 million copies worldwide. Their last North American trek was no less persuasive a draw, with a sold-out show at Madison Square Garden sparking rumours of hundreds of thousands of frustrated locked-out buyers.
26 - the dapper quintet sold out 10 consecutive shows at Hong Kong Coliseum, and they remain the only band to have performed six sold-out shows at Beijing’s Bird’s Nest, which seats 100,000. On their current world tour - which rolls through the Air Canada Centre on Nov. The immensely popular Taiwanese rock band drew 35,000 to a Taipei park with a capacity for only for 5,000 in March. IN 2017, Mayday was once again nominated for 7 awards at the Golden Melody Awards, including "Best Band", "Best Composer", and "Song Of The Year".You don’t need a two-way radio to know when Mayday’s coming to town. To date, their 9th album "THE HISTORY OF TOMORROW" has sold over 200 million copies worldwide. Dubbed "Kings of the Rock Concert" by Asian media and "The Chinese Beatles" by The Washington Post, Mayday have released 9 albums to date, sold over 21 million concert tickets, won over 200 awards across the globe, including "Best Album" for their 2011 album Second Life and "Best Band" an unprecedented four times at the Golden Melody Awards (the Chinese Grammy's) in 2001, 2004, 2009, 2012. Mayday is a Taiwanese rock band that formed in the late 1990's with five members, Ashin (lead vocals), Monster (Guai Shou) (guitar), Stone (Shi Tou), Masa (Ma-sha) (bass guitar) and Ming (Guan-You) (drums). Mayday is also the only act in history to have performed 6 sold-out shows at the Beijing Bird's Nest - a total of 600,000 tickets sold. Over 35,000 fans were in attendance but the live-stream received an incredible 101 million hits worldwide. The record-breaking quintet recently celebrated their 20th anniversary in March 2017 with an outdoor concert in Taipei and worldwide live stream of the show. The tour is a spectacular performance with impressive production designed by world-renowned Creative Director LeRoy Bennett of Seven Design Works, who has worked with the likes of Paul McCartney, Lady Gaga, Maroon 5, Bruno Mars, and more. Last week the band completed 10 consecutive sold out shows at Hong Kong Coliseum rocking to over 100,000 fans. The tour kicked off in March 2017 with four sold-out shows at The National Stadium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and drew a crowd of over 200,000 fans. Mayday's WORLD Tour, the bands 10th large-scale tour, will include a total of over 100 shows worldwide. Promoted exclusively by Live Nation, MAYDAY NORTH AMERICAN TOUR will span across 7 cities. Mayday, Asia's top rock band that hails from Taiwan, have announced their return to North America.