Guitarist Eric Clapton is set to play Shanghai this month, the latest rock legend to take the stage in China's business and entertainment hub.(File Photo/CRIENGLISH.com/Agency) Photo Gallery >>>

BEIJING, Jan. 6 --Guitarist Eric Clapton is set to play Shanghai this month, the latest rock legend to take the stage in China's business and entertainment hub.

Clapton is scheduled to appear on January 20 at the Shanghai Grand Stage, the same venue where the Rolling Stones made their Chinese debut last April.

Ticket prices for the show run from 1,800 yuan for stage-side seats to 300 yuan for the upper balcony.

Western stars from Sir Elton John to the late James Brown and the Black Eyed Peas have played Shanghai over recent months.

The Stones' concert was considered the most lavish and high-profile rock show ever staged in China.

While such appearances point to Shanghai's increasingly affluent and cosmopolitan profile, they also underscore some enduring limitations.

Most of the audience at the concerts have been expatriates because many Chinese remain unfamiliar with such stars or unwilling to pay high ticket prices.

(Source: CRIENGLISH.com/Agency)

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