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Oasis have had concerts in Beijing and Shanghai cancelled by the Chinese government after they discovered Noel Gallagher once appeared at a Tibet benefit concert.
The band said that they were “bewildered” after authorities revoked their performing licences and instructed promoters to stop selling tickets for the April concerts because Gallagher was an “unsuitable” entertainer.
Today, the band said that their Chinese promoters told them on Saturday that they were no longer allowed to perform and that ticket-holders were being reimbursed.
“The licensing and immigration process for the two shows had been fully and successfully complied with well before the shows went on sale. The Chinese authorities action in cancelling these shows marks a reversal of their decision regarding the band which has left both Oasis and the promoters bewildered.”
Oasis believe the authorities, nervous after Icelandic star Bjork called for Tibet’s independence at a Shanghai concert last year, recently found out that guitarist Gallagher took part in a concert to raise awareness of China’s long and controversial occupation of Tibet.
“According to the show's promoters, officials within the Chinese Ministry of Culture only recently discovered that Noel Gallagher appeared at a Free Tibet Benefit Concert on Randall's Island in NY in 1997 and have now deemed that the band are consequently unsuitable to perform to their fans in the Chinese Republic”.
Today, Oasis said they hoped the Chinese government would reconsider.
“Oasis are extremely disappointed that they are now being prevented from undertaking their planned tour of mainland China and hope that the powers that be within China will reconsider their decision and allow the band to perform to their Chinese fans at some stage in the future.”
The concerts were part of a world tour to promote the band’s latest album Dig Out Your Soul.
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