Oasis gigs in China cancelled due to finances not Tibet, claims promoter

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Oasis gigs in China cancelled due to finances not Tibet, claims promoter
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/mar/04/oasis-china-gigs-tibet

Wednesday 4 March 2009 09.37 GMT  Sean Michaels


Liam Gallagher of Oasis performing in 2008 in Vancouver ... but there'll be no gigs in China. Photograph: Darryl Dyck/AP

Chinese promoter claims authorities' withdrawal of performance licences had 'nothing to do with Tibet problem'

[url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/oasis]Oasis's cancelled Chinese gigs[/url] have nothing to do with Noel Gallagher's support of Tibet, according to the band's Chinese promoter. No – the government revoked Oasis's licences merely because the promoter is in a "tough economic situation".

The comments by Beijing All Culture Communication Co Ltd are in contrast to this week's statement by Oasis, which blamed Gallagher's 1997 Tibetan Freedom concert performance for the cancelled gigs in Beijing and Shanghai. "I have no money," the promoter's rep told Reuters. "It has nothing to do at all with the Tibet problem."

It is not exactly clear why a promoter's finances would prompt the Chinese Ministry of Culture to cancel Oasis's performance licences. Nor why the promoter's spokesman, Mr Luo, refused to provide Reuters with his first name or any other identifying information. Although Luo promised that such cancellations are "normal in an environment of economic crisis", there are many reasons a Chinese company may not want to be seen as the organisation that brought pro-Tibet rabble-rousers to a big stage in Beijing.

The Chinese foreign ministry confirmed Luo's assertion, albeit without clarification of any kind. "According to the organiser, the performance was cancelled because of some economic problems the organiser had," spokesman Qin Gang said at a press conference. "The Chinese authorities responsible for this, the cultural departments, have already required the organisers to provide more detailed information."

Or in other words: "Tibet? What's Tibet?"

The rest of Oasis's Asian tour, including a performance in Hong Kong, is still to go ahead as planned.

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绿洲乐队因经济问题取消了在中国的演出并非西藏问题

中国区执行人透露有关机构收回绿洲乐队在华的表演执照和西藏问题没有关联,
通过乐队中国区策划推进者得知，绿洲乐队取消在中国的演出与Noel Gallagher(乐队吉他手)支持西藏问题无关，
政府撤回执照进仅是因为乐队演出推进机构严重的经济状况。

北京完全文化交流发展公司所做相关评论指责Gallagher在1997年的西藏自由音乐会上的表演，因而取消了乐队在北京和上海的演出。
与乐队执行机构代表告诉路透社的“我们没有钱”的评论相抵触。

这点很模糊，为什么乐队演出推动者的财政问题促使中国文化部取消绿洲乐队演出执照。亦是为什么乐队执行机构发言人罗（音）先生，
拒绝向路透社透露自己的“名”或其它的辨识信息。即使罗先生表明在金融危机的大环境下这种“取消”是很正常的，
但这仍有许多原因一个中国公司不愿见到的在北京将以支持西藏蛊惑人心带到一个大的舞台上来。

外交部证实罗先生的说法，虽然没有任何形式的澄清。“就组织者而言，演出的取消是因为组织者的经济问题”秦钢在记者招待会上说到’
“中国相关机构对此负责。文化部已经要求组织者提供更多详尽的信息”
或是说：“西藏，什么西藏？”
其余的绿洲的亚洲巡回演出，其中包括在香港的表演，仍将如期举行。

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