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The Rolling Stones’ second-ever performance in mainland China this week was lightly trimmed...
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Rolling Stones in China: the Outside Story – Frederik Balfour
From BusinessWeek (link) When a well-connected friend in Shanghai told me he could score some really excellent tickets for the Rolling Stones long-awaited debut concert in China on Apr. 8, I was in a state of rock ‘n’ roll nirvana. “These are really V-V.I.P. tickets,” he assured me a week before the concert. It looked […]
In a First, the Stones Rock China, but Hold the Brown Sugar – Howard French
From the New York Times (link): After nearly 30 years of trying, the world’s most famous rock band finally made it to the world’s most populous country, as the Rolling Stones brought their show to a small stage in China’s biggest city. Even if the Stones can’t always sing what they want, they still bring […]
In a First, the Stones Rock China, but Hold the Brown Sugar – Howard French
From the New York Times (link) After nearly 30 years of trying, the world’s most famous rock band finally made it to the world’s largest country, as the Rolling Stones brought their show to a small stage in China’s biggest city. The concert on Saturday, a late addition to the band’s Biggest Bang world tour, […]
Jagger damns Chinese with faint praise for banning songs – Jonathan Watts
From the Guardian (link): Mick Jagger heaped sarcastic praise on China’s censors yesterday as it emerged that another of the Rolling Stones’ songs has been banned ahead of their first concert in the world’s most populous country… Speaking at a press conference on the eve of the gig, Jagger noted the irony in the authorities […]
The Stones will play Shanghai, but China hasn’t rolled out the red carpet – Kathleen E. McLaughlin
From the San Francisco Chronicle (link): When the Rolling Stones take to their first mainland China stage Saturday, their audience isn’t likely to look much different than one in San Francisco. Rather than to a sea of Chinese faces, the band will play to an international crowd. A unique mix of censorship, daunting bureaucracy and […]
Rolling Stones To Rock China In April – Reuters
From Reuters, via Billboard (link): The Rolling Stones will likely follow the beat of China’s censors when they offer mainland fans some long-awaited satisfaction with an April concert. The veteran British group, who had two shows in China canceled in spring 2003 because of the SARS epidemic, will make its mainland debut in Shanghai on […]
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