Shanghaiist: Oasis: China canceled gigs due to band's Tibet ties

larboard

Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:00:03 +0800

Good riddance. Bad influence to China's youth.

jfkmiller

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:19:02 +0800

We're gutted that the band aren't coming now. Even more so since we'd interviewed both bros - cheeky brats that they are - and were planning on running it in April's that's Shanghai. In any event, for the craic, here's a link to our interview: http://shanghai.urbanatomy.com/index.php/i-ahearts-shanghai/85-i-love-shanghai/1189-oasis-on-china-exclusive

ccyy

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:58:52 +0800

A refreshing 1959 article from the Economist about China and Tibet. http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13172064

LoveChinaLongTime

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:07:04 +0800

"China's Ministry of Culture deemed the band "unsuitable" for Chinese audiences." The feelings of the Chinese people are hurt yet again by a bunch of over the hill, not in touch with reality, slick oil hair farts in Peking.

Dan Washburn

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:52:47 +0800

The license, I believe, can be found here: http://www.ccnt.gov.cn/zwxx/xzxk/t20090203_61169.htm Ticket sales were also reportedly strong. The Tibet story could still be bullocks, of course. But it does seem they had a license.

Frank Ricard

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:25:19 +0800

From a friend who might know: "I heard that it was actually because Emma had started selling tickets before they had all the relevant licenses. Probably Emma told them the Tibet story to avoid embarrassment. I am pretty sure this is Emma's spin. They never had the licenses, but were selling tickets. Which is completely illegal."

James Creegan

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:46:40 +0800

BBC1- is it getting harder to work up the anger you think that you need to post a comment? Seems like you're struggling with this one.

Stephan_Larose

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:29:36 +0800

One person's personal opinion of the band, one of the most popular British bands of all time, hardly matters. I wonder why Chinese people put up with a bunch of corrupt, paranoid old men telling them what they can and cannot hear. China's government embarrasses itself and all of China... again. Chinese people are smart, they can manage listening to some pop songs without wanting to subvert the stability of their entire country. Respect your people.

EL JEFE

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:23:03 +0800

Get a fvcking clve. INXS, cvntb@g!

yu888

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:17:16 +0800

^And I thought eastman was bad...

BBC1

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:26:07 +0800

These folks are a bunch of losers. Had a couple of hits and bombed spectacularly in America and had the gall to diss INXZs. Fvck them.