Q&A with the American pop punksters playing Mao Livehouse this Saturday, July 31 at 9:30pm.

Panic! at the Disco got famous the easy way. Seriously. A few American high school kids from Las Vegas put together a demo and sent it to bassist Pete Wentz from Fall Out Boy. He was impressed and came to meet them. The rest is Top-40 history. 

Now in the midst of putting together their third album, the guys have two China dates on their summer roster. After Saturday's show, they'll go to Zhabei to play InMusic Festival.

Lead singer Brendon Urie, 23, answered a few questions for That's Shanghai on his fans, his fears, the next album and the zombie apocalypse.

For the following three weekends, invited by the German Pavilion, 12 talented Chinese independent electronic musicians will be playing outside the German Pavilion.

Here's a look at the lineup...

Talks to us before his show at 8pm Friday, July 16 at The Shelter. Tickets are RMB80. Full event details here.  Also, check out his MySpace.

So what lead you to a life behind the turntables?

I started out as a drummer and when Hip Hop came around I realized that there was something bigger for me out there.  I started programming drum machines and when my best friends uncle was DJ’n one night, I realized that I had to learn how to mix.  Everything about it was appealing to me.

LOgO's CD compilation needs more killer, less filler

Firmly established for almost four years, LOgO, together with Shelter, have become the Twin Towers of Shanghai’s DJ scene. LOgO producer Xeum has combined the electro music talent that regularly spin at the dive bar on Xinfu Lu, and produced a compilation mix to honor them.

American Soprano Angela Brown in Shanghai

Dressed in a flowing yellow summer dress and black headscarf Thursday, with a string of shells around her neck - a French videographer trailing her - Angela Brown, 46, looks her part: one of the opera's modern elite. And she comes to Shanghai with the message there's room for many faces in opera, both on stage and in the audience.