First MTV Sessions: Shanghai to Feature Aska Yang Presents by Hennessy Artistry

MTV today announced it will produce a special edition of the music show MTV Sessions to take place at Shanghai Mercedes-Benz Arena’s Mixing Room & Muse on 15 August 2013 featuring Taiwanese Mandopop singer Aska Yang who is set to perform for the first time on MTV. MTV Sessions: Shanghai is presented by Hennessy Artistry.

Aska Yang recently won the Most Popular Male Singer award at the Singapore Entertainment Awards 2013 and is known for hits such as “Onion”, “Dove”, “That Man” and “Because I Am Single”.

MTV Sessions is a series of music shows that allow music lovers the rare opportunity to watch the latest and upcoming international and regional artists showcase their craft live in an intimate setting. Besides performing their own songs, the artists also get to perform covers and remixes of their favourite songs produced exclusively for MTV.

“We are delighted to collaborate with MTV for MTV Sessions: Shanghai. We’ve been long-time partners and this collaboration further cements our belief in celebrating music talents from around the world by offering them a music platform to showcase their music dreams and sharing their passion with music lovers and party-goers alike,” said Ruby Tang, Regional Marketing Director, Moet Hennessy Asia Pacific.

Li Guang, a winner from Hennessy Artistry 2012 Pursue Your Dream of Music On-Line Audition competition will be making an appearance. From now till 9 August, tickets to the live recording on 15 August will be given away through a weekly online contest at www.mtvasia.com/shanghai MTV Sessions: Shanghai will premiere on MTV SEA Thursday, 5 September at 10pm (WIB), 11pm (SG/HK/PH) and Friday, 6 September at 12am (MAL) with additional content available online at www.mtvasia.com/shanghai