Story highlights Mayday primarily sings in Mandarin and Taiwanese, with some English sprinkled in

They've been together for 20 years

Hong Kong (CNN) Few rock bands can sell out 10 shows, in one month, in the same city.

But for Mandarin-language rock band Mayday, it's typical. The Taiwanese five-piece -- dubbed the "Asian Beatles" by the music press -- packed the Hong Kong Coliseum with 10,000 screaming fans for their near consecutive ten night run.

"We've known them half our lives," said Crystal Wu, 26, who traveled with three friends from mainland China for the show, to see the band for the sixth time, after previously catching them at sold out London and Los Angeles shows. "We relate to their spirit," she added.

Crystal Wu and her friends who traveled from China for the Hong Kong show on May 22.

Each year, since 2007, Mayday -- who have just celebrated their 20th anniversary -- have played a series of shows in Hong Kong in May, adding more and more shows each year, hoping to take over the whole month.

This year, the band's Hong Kong dates are followed by shows in mainland China in July and August, Malaysia in October, North America -- including dates in San Jose, New York and Toronto -- in November and Singapore in December.

Mayday played Hong Kong in May.

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