Chinese bands debut in Japans' SUMMER SONIC Music Festival on Aug 14, 2011. Eight Chinese bands will perform on stage this year.
Nineteen top and rising K-pop musicians participated in the joint concert on Saturday to expand "the Korean wave" to the world.
South Korean boy band Super Junior pose for photographs during a news conference promoting their new album "Mr. Simple" at a hotel in Seoul August 4, 2011.
Members of South Korean boy band Super Junior pose for photographs during a news conference promoting their new album "Mr. Simple" at a hotel in Seoul August 4, 2011.
South Korean pop group "Beast" were appointed as honorary ambassadors for environmental music concert "Musilympic, the ONE (Save Our Natural Environment)" in Seoul August 3, 2011.
Britney Spears has a Marilyn Monroe moment on stage in Washington DC as her dress flies up and she tries to hold it down as part of her performance July 31, 2011.
Contestants perform at the international new singers contest "New Wave" in Jurmala July 27, 2011.
U.S. musician Jon Bon Jovi performs at Olympic stadium "Lluis Companys" during the concert, part of the band's European "Open Air Tour", in Barcelona July 27, 2011.
Musician Seal performs as guest during opening show of the international young singers contest "New Wave" in Jurmala July 26, 2011.
Seal performs during the opening show of the international young singers contest "New Wave" in Jurmala July 26, 2011.
Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria arrives on the red carpet for the opening of the Bayreuth Wagner opera festival outside the Gruener Huegel (Green Hill) opera house in Bayreuth July 25, 2011.
U.S. singer Cyndi Lauper performs during the 46th Jazz Festival in San Sebastian July 25, 2011.