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places listed below, drinks and food are available. Prices depend on the size of the room you want and the time
of day. It's always advisable to book ahead at weekends.
Dìtán Park, small room (5-6 people) weekday/weekend evenings per hr ¥120/180;
24hr)
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Melody KTV
( Màilèdí; 6551 0808; A-77 Chaoyangmenwai Dajie, A-77 small room (5-6 people) week-
day/weekend evenings per hr ¥179/229;
10am-6am)
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Partyworld KTV
( Qiánguì; 6588 3333; Fanli Bldg, 22 Chaoyangmenwai Dajie, accessed via Ch-
aowaishichang Jie, small room (5-6 people) weekday/weekend evenings per hr ¥200/260;
midday-6am)
STAR LIVE
( Xīngguāng Xiànchǎng;
www.clubtango.cn
;
3rd fl, Tango nightclub, 79 Hepingli Xijie, 3 , 79 admission from Y50;
6.30pm-late; ; Yonghegong- Lama Temple)
It's a great space and as the only medium-
sized venue in Běijīng, it hosts a fair few international bands. The venue hosts occasional
dance parties, too.
|LIVE MUSIC
DRUM TOWER DEVELOPMENT
Just as this topic was going to press, controversial plans to redevelop the
hútòng
-rich area around the historic
Drum and Bell Towers looked like they were back on the table. The original plans to demolish homes surround-
ing the two 18th-century towers, and build a complex that would be known as “Běijīng Time Cultural City”,
had been scrapped in 2010 after lobbying from local protestors. But after no word on the subject for almost two
years, posters suddenly appeared on buildings in the area in December 2012, notifying residents that the demoli-
tion stage of the project would begin in the new year. The Drum and Bell Towers themselves won't be affected
(we hope), but the face of what has for a long time been one of the most charming corners of old Běijīng will
likely be changed forever.
