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Mima Rockit has been extended to 3 days!!! Punters will soon have an option to buy a 3 day pass or single day pass!!! Lupe Fiasco and Chris Cunningham will be scheduled for 5th August. Electric Eel Shock will now be performing on Friday 6th August 2010.Tickets for Saturday only pass on sale NOW! Watch this space for more breaking news.

About MIMA Rockit

Presented by the Rockit® Music Festival and supported by THE VENETIAN® Macao, MIMA Rockit, will be the first full scale international music and arts festival in the Pearl River Delta since the wildly popular original Rockit Festivals were held in Victoria Park Hong Kong from 2003-2006. MIMA Rockit will bring a range of international and local acts to the CotaiExpo™ Hall A at THE VENETIAN Macao-Resort-Hotel on the August 5th,6th and 7th at 5pm. Tickets are on sale now.

*Chris Cunningham 5th Aug (Just Added-please wait for ticketing details)

Chris Cunningham is one of the most respected music video directors and visual artists having his works been showcased on the "Directors label set" in 2004 with the likes of Spike Jones, Anton Corbijn and Michel Gondry. Cunningham was headhunted by Stanley Kubrick after his work on the movie Judge Dredd to help create the robotic character from AI. He moved on to producing music videos for Madonna, Aphex Twin, and Bjork while his video installations have been presented at the Royal Academy of Arts.

*Lupe Fiasco 5th Aug (Just Added-please wait for ticketing details)

Lupe Fiasco will need no introduction to the growing hip hop massive in Asia. His critically acclaimed "Lupe Fiasco's Food and Liqour" featured production from music heavyweights Jay-z, Kanye West, Neptunes and Mike Shinoda after he impressed the masses with his contribution to the song "Touch the Sky" by Kanye West in 2005. The album received several Grammy BET award nominations through out his standout career as a credible hip hop artist and is often considered on of the top 5 MC's in the world. He eventually won a Grammy for the song "Daydreaming: with Jill Scott.

*Electric Eel Shock 6th Aug

For the Rockit faithful, Electric Eel Shock are back with their brand of Japanese heavy metal and thrilling live show. The band has seen commercial success since their first show at the inaugural Rockit Festival back in 2003 and now boast Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson as one of their fans.

Gary Numan 7th Aug (now on sale)

Gary Numan's career spans over 3 decades of not only creating masterpieces like 'Cars' and 'Are 'Friends' Electric' (with Tubeway Army), but pioneering electronic music to a level where a number of major artists including NIN, Dave Grohl (Nirvana and Foo Fighters), Beck, Basement Jaxx and Marilyn Manson have all cited him as a huge influence. He comes to MIMA Rockit on the back of a sell out UK tour as well as a handful of sell out supporting shows with NIN.

UNKLE 7th Aug (now on sale)

Experimental hip-hop outfit UNKLE was one of the original artists releasing material through noted U.K. label Mo' Wax, which helped launch the instrumental mid-'90s downtempo breakbeat revival eventually termed trip-hop.

Now after seven previous releases UNKLE's eighth album, and their fifth studio album, "Where Did the Night Fall", was released in May 2010. Their new work signals an evolving music style with more emphasis on indie rock and psychedelic genres but retaining their signature electronic roots. Vocals are at times subsumed into the rich layers of instrumentals creating a complex melange that redefines UNKLE yet again.

Darren Emerson 7th Aug (now on sale)

Darren Emerson needs no introduction to clubbers worldwide and may be remembered from his days as part of commercially successful electronic outfit, Underworld. Since leaving the group he has maintained his status with high profile residencies at London club The End as well as several releases through the Global Underground Label.

Updates

Stay tuned for more up to date international and local announcements on: http://www.mima-events.com/

Tickets (Currently Saturday only at $500)

Tickets will be on sale from 2nd July 2010 at SANDS® Macao Hotel Lobby and CotaiArena Box Office. There are packages with round trip CotaiJet™ ferry tickets between Hong Kong and Macao will be an additional HKD/MOP $88 added to your daily ticket price. Tickets can be booked online at www.Cotaiticketing.com, by phone on (853) 2882 8818 or (852) 6333 6660. The event is for 18 years and over only.

Online Ticketing: https://www.cotaiticketing.com/VCLTicketing/eventDetail.do?eventCode=mima2010