Reuters had reported last week that Oasis's two concerts in China were cancelled because the Chinese government found out that Noel Gallagher had participated in a Free Tibet concert in 1997. But is this really the truth?
In response to the news, China's Ministry of Culture stated that it DID NOT ban Oasis' two scheduled concerts in Shanghai and Beijing. Apparently the real reason the shows were cancelled was because the promoter of the China concerts had some problems with cash flow, according to a manager with Beijing-based performing company Suoyou, one of the concerts' promoters, in a Beijing Times report.
The story sounds dubious to me, but we'll never know the truth.
The cancellation of the shows is China's loss and I'm thankful that they were cancelled else they wouldn't have slotted the Singapore gig on 5 April :P
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