In two completely unrelated bits of news, China’s relationship with Taiwan gets put under a musical spotlight.
First, a Taiwanese promoter refuses to participate in an artist tour previously agreed to, unless the name of the tour changed. Artist X is playing 6 dates on the mainland, and 1 in Taipei. The tour was called “Artist X China Tour 2010”. It is now called “Artist X 2010 tour”. Right.
Second, the two shows in Shanghai’s Mao Livehouse for the Taiwanese band 1976 have been canned by the Shanghai Cultural Bureau due to “not meeting some unspecified rules”.
This seems to be ongoing. We reported on the cancellation of Tizzy Bac’s China appearances last summer HERE and HERE.