Following Bjork's perfomance in Shanghai earlier this year, in which the singer led the crowd to chant "Tibet! Tibet!" after performing "Declare Independence", China has cracked down on overseas performers who stand to "threaten national unity", "whip up ethnic hatred", "violate religious policy or cultural norms" or "advocate obscenity or feudalism and superstition."
All performances must be approved before-hand, right down to the set-lists. This ban comes just in time for the Olympics, which are expected to raise protest worldwide.
And you thought your 11 pm curfew was bad.
You can read more here: http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily
Posted on 07/18/2008
Comments
Comment on this Post
Login using email and password below.
Latest Posts on Bjork
Posted on 09/15/2008
Posted on 09/11/2008
Posted on 09/05/2008
Posted on 08/31/2008
Posted on 08/25/2008
My Trusted MOGs
hooray bjork! boo china thought control!
My Trusted MOGs
Those Chinese; They will be running around the world, kidnapping children, torturing them and locking them up in Cuba in the name on National Security for years on end next!
My Trusted MOGs
dude this is ridiculous. The sad part is the Chinese can't even read about this change or this protest - because this sort of 'controversial' news is BARRED from view on the web.
My Trusted MOGs
What happens during the concert when the artist veers from the approved set list?
My Trusted MOGs
Yeah, I'd like to see Rage perform there. It would never happen in a million years!
My Trusted MOGs
This is alot like the earlier days of communism in Easter Europe. All sorts of prohibition and detainment.
My Trusted MOGs
I'd like to see all of their faces if Lil' Wayne performed there.
My Trusted MOGs
You guys have no idea on what is actually happening in China, do you? There are those in the local music industry who are actually trying to work within the parameters and making the music industry work in China instead of simply throwing stones and running away which is exactly what Bjork did.
Read the reaction to Bjork's antics here:
Music 2.0: http://www.music2dot0.com/archives/104 &
China Music Radar: http://www.chinamusicradar.com/?tag=bjork
@Neill - get a grip...your ignorance is shameful
@John - the set list problem happened to Harry Connick Jr, a week plus after the Bjork fiasco - read it in the above Music2.0 link
@p-wagz - Rage in a Million Years? Did you know that Public Enemy, New York Dolls, Nine Inch Nails, Testament, Ramones, Lacrimosa all performed in China in the last 2 years.