{"id":6656,"date":"2017-11-22T14:37:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T14:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=6656"},"modified":"2017-11-22T14:37:07","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T14:37:07","slug":"interview-john-5-speaks-to-time-out-shanghai-ahead-of-his-china-shows-with-the-creatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2017\/11\/22\/interview-john-5-speaks-to-time-out-shanghai-ahead-of-his-china-shows-with-the-creatures\/","title":{"rendered":"[Interview] John 5 speaks to Time Out Shanghai ahead of his China shows with The Creatures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5799\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2016\/12\/26\/brand-new-john-5-and-the-creatures-dates-announced-for-2017-tour\/john-5-new-clean-image-promo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/john-5-new-clean-image-promo.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"550,307\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"john-5-new-clean-image-promo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/john-5-new-clean-image-promo.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/john-5-new-clean-image-promo.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/john-5-new-clean-image-promo.jpg?resize=550%2C307&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"John 5\" width=\"550\" height=\"307\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5799 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 550px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 550\/307;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>John 5 and The Creatures are in China this week to play shows in Shanghai and Bejing.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first time John 5 has played in China as a solo artist and it promises to be a belting good show!<\/p>\n<p>Before the shows, which take place on 24th and 26th November, (full details including ticket and VIP links <a href=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/tour\/\">here<\/a>) John 5 chatted to Time Out Shanghai about taking The Creatures show to China, whether Metallica have heard his version of <a href=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2017\/10\/13\/get-john-5-the-creatures-cover-of-enter-sandman-on-itunes-apple-music\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enter Sandman<\/a>, what it&#8217;s like working as a solo artist and Rob Zombie&#8217;s right-hand axe-man, and how the music industry &#8211; and John 5 &#8211; are adapting for the digital age.<\/p>\n<p>To read the interview in full, go here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeoutshanghai.com\/features\/Music-Music_features\/48424\/John-5-Our-live-show-is-like-juggling-chainsaws.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">timeoutshanghai.com\/features\/J5-Our-live-show-is-like-juggling-chainsaws<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John 5 speaks to Time Out Shanghai ahead of his and The Creatures two China tour dates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5799,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[729,738,620,13,559,14,507],"class_list":["post-6656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","tag-china","tag-enter-sandman","tag-interview","tag-john-5","tag-john-5-and-the-creatures","tag-rob-zombie","tag-tour-dates","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/john-5-new-clean-image-promo.jpg?fit=550%2C307&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-1Jm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7026,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2018\/04\/03\/john-5-speaks-to-the-east-valley-tribune-theres-a-connection-during-those-shows-its-really-wonderful\/","url_meta":{"origin":6656,"position":0},"title":"John 5 speaks to the East Valley Tribune; &#8220;There\u2019s a connection during those shows. 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