Additionally, many of Tao's old songs are enriched by introducing different instruments and compositional elements.

"Eighty percent of my old songs are remixed. For this concert, I spent a week in Singapore with my musical director to come up with a concept. I don't want to just reproduce these old songs, I want to look again at myself and my music in a special way," he says.

As a confident singer, Tao never invites guests to his concerts.

"Guests interrupt the process of a concert, thus I never invite them. Probably, some singers do this for the box office but I think it's a bit rude. When people are buying tickets to one of my concerts, I think they want to see me."

"Some record labels force their artists to turn up at each other's concerts to promote each other, even though they may not really enjoy it. I certainly don't like doing that. It shouldn't be like attending school classes. The shows should be fun."

Tao's tour will include Hong Kong, Singapore and some other cities in China, after Beijing. It is expected to end around June.

Tao is scheduled to release a new album after the tour and will then switch roles to become a director.

Preparation for the movie has already begun and it has a release date of 2009.

"After the concert, I will transfer my focus to that. I hope I can make it one thing after another."

The concert will be held at Capital Gymnasium.

(China Daily February 28, 2008)