China has tightened requirements on visiting foreign musicians following Elton John’s dedication of a Beijing concert to the artist-activist Ai Weiwei last November. From Tania Branigan at The Guardian: The singer’s...
In an unusual blog post, Bob Dylan has dismissed accusations of self-censorship at concerts in China earlier this year. He also denied that audiences had been sparse and consisted mainly of ex-pats, saying that most attendees...
James Fallows is digging deep into the rumors that Bob Dylan was banned from performing in China, and discovers that news of his mainland tour may have been a concoction of his bad Taiwanese promoters: A ton of interesting...
Bob Dylan fans in China will be denied a chance to hear him sing live, the Guardian reports: Dylan’s planned tour of east Asia later this month has been called off after Chinese officials refused permission for him to play...
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