Believing in Jane, Zhang begins tour
09:53, August 20, 2010 
Email | Print | Subscribe | Comments | Forum 
After making her American TV debut on The Oprah Winfrey Show last year and being nominated at the 52nd Grammy Awards in the Best New Age Category in January, Chinesesinger Jane Zhang's future looks bright as she prepares for a performance in Beijing Saturday.
Believe in Jane is Zhang's new world concert tour that will kick off at Wukesong Arena.
Covering hip-hop, jazz, rock and soundtracks that Zhang has recorded for Painted Skin and Mulan, her concert will also feature songs from her latest release Believe in Jane.
"The album is a continuation of my signature style… but it also draws on Western influences, infusing Jazz and rock into Chinese music," Zhang told the Global Times in between her hectic rehearsal schedule. She said that her new concert is both bold and glamorous.
Starting with electronic track "Hit," the two-hour show will feature 28 songs, half of which are fast. "I have lost five kilograms practicing my dancing!" Zhang exclaimed. "I hope to set myself free on stage and have fun with the audience."
"My shows in Hong Kong and Sydney will be slightly different, with the addition of three of my Chinese songs in English," she said. "There will be only one cover, 'Crazy in Love' by Beyonc."
In 2005, Zhang's appearance on talent show Super Girls shot her to stardom and she recently teamed up with Academy Award-winning Chinese conductor Tan Sun and renowned US composer Quincy Jones for 2010 World Expo in Shanghai's theme song, "Better City, Better Life."
Zhang was named China's top female vocalist twice at the Chinese Music Awards and is signed with Universal Music. She has collaborated with some of the world's most celebrated artists including David Foster, Andrea Bocelli and Kitaro.
Source: Global Times
（Editor：王千原雪）
Staff members watch a screen showing the blast-off of the Long March-2FT1 carrier rocket loaded with Tiangong-1 unmanned space lab module at Beijing Aerospace Control Center, Sept. 29, 2011. Commander-in-chief of China's manned space program Chang Wanquan announced Thursday night that the launch of Tiangong-1 space lab module was successful. (Xinhua/Wang Shen)
Chinese President Hu Jintao watches the launch of Tiangong-1 space lab module at Beijing Aerospace Control Center in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 29, 2011. Other members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, including Wu Bangguo, Jia Qinglin, Li Changchun, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang and Zhou Yongkang, are also present. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)
The graphics shows the launch procedures of the carrier rocket of Tiangong-1 space lab module, Long March-2FT1 on Sept. 29, 2011. (Xinhua/Lu Zhe) 
Image taken from Beijing Aerospace Control Center shows a Long March-2FT1 carrier rocket loaded with Tiangong-1 unmanned space lab module blasting off from the launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province, Sept. 29, 2011. (Xinhua) 
On Sept. 28, tourists travel around the Mingshashan Scenic Area in Dunhuang, Gansu province by camel. With the National Day vacation right around the corner, more and more tourists from home and abroad are going to Dunhuang. Riding on a camel, they travel in the desert to enjoy the cities rare form of natural scenery. (Xinhua/Zhang Weixian)
Chinese forest armed forces work together with forest firefighters on Sept. 28. (Xinhua/Chai Liren)
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/7111403.pdf