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The Taihu Midi Music Festival will be held from May 3 to 5 in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, with the first group of 13 headliners including Chinese singer-songwriter Pu Shu, rock bands No Party For Cao Dong and Re-TROS, Japanese punk rock band The Star Club.

As this year is the 50th anniversary of the landmark 1969 Woodstock music festival, the Taihu evnet will also have programs paying tribute to Woodstock.