Cui Jian in Tianjin

Cui Jian is a Chinese rock singer-songwriter, guitarist and trumpeter, born in Beijing in 1961. He is known for “Nothing to My Name,” first performed publicly in 1986, and for albums including Rock 'n' Roll on the New Long March, Solution and Balls Under the Red Flag. In 1986, Cui Jian performed “Nothing to My Name” at Workers’ Stadium, a concert that placed him at the centre of mainland China’s emerging rock scene. He mounted the New Long March tour across China in 1990. At a 2006 concert in Shanghai, he opened for the Rolling Stones and returned during their set to sing “Wild Horses” with Mick Jagger.