Chinese Government Bans Oasis Tour
Published Monday, 2nd March, 2009 at 5:12 PM
Oasis have cancelled their tour dates in China, after government officials deemed the band "unsuitable" to perform there.
The rockers would have been heading to Beijing and Shanghai next month, but neither show will now go ahead. It's understand that a previous performance by guitarist Noel Gallagher at the 1997 Free Tibert Benefit Concert in New York is to blame, as officials pulled the plug on the gigs as soon as they discovered his involvement.
A representative for Oasis says in a statement: "According to the show's promoters, officials within the Chinese Ministry of Culture only recently discovered that Noel Gallagher appeared at a Free Tibet Benefit Concert on Randall's Island in NY in 1997 and have now deemed that the band are consequently unsuitable to perform to their fans in the Chinese Republic on 3rd and 5th of April, during its 60th anniversary year."
"Oasis are extremely disappointed that they are now being prevented from undertaking their planned tour of mainland China and hope that the powers that be within China will reconsider their decision and allow the band to perform to their Chinese fans at some stage in the future."
