After the negative publicity following the 13th January announcement that 50Cent, Lady Gaga and the Black Eyed Peas would be headlining the Show of Peace on April 17 in Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium, and the subsequent refuting of those confirmations by the artists themselves, the Radar has been contacted by Rick Garson’s PR company with a clarification statement. In it, ZZXY have said that they “believed at the time of the press conference that the artists would be attending”, which is strange, because Lady Gaga’s show in Japan on the same night as the Show of Peace has been sold out for some time. Apparently though, Lady Gaga might still make an appearance. Perhaps she is a magician as well as a pop star, able to be in two places at once.
We have confirmation from 4 people that were at the press conference that the aforementioned artists were confirmed. We understand the difficulties associated with putting on events like these, but to lie to assembled media seems somewhat out of kilter with the message of peace and global good that the event espouses. In any case, the show is just around the corner, so we will wait and see what happens.