Make way for Mayday

The band Mayday will stage a concert at Beijing's Bird's Nest on April 30.

The organizer says 100,000 tickets were sold in the first five minutes. The concert is part of their 2012 world tour, Nowhere, and will showcase their progress since 1997.

The band rose to fame with pop rock songs and has released nine albums, which have sold more than 5 million copies in Taiwan alone.

8 pm, April 30. Beijing National Stadium, Olympic Green, at the north end of Beijing's central axis, Beijing. 400-810-3721, 010-8528-2090.