Rumor or reality? Cancellation rumor
 

Are some China shows cancelled ?

http://www.thebeijinger.com/blog/201...ijing-shanghai

http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/shangh.../#.Ve59wnTenqA

http://www.smartshanghai.com/wire/ni...efore-the-show

http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/beijin.../#.Ve6ASnTenqA


It's difficult to be sure the source is reliable

If you add up what these articles are saying two of them references something that happened "when they played in Tawain" and they're not scheduled to play in Tawain until the 28th so that part can't be true. Also one article says the shows are sold out so that could be why tickets aren't available.

So at this point, I would say it's just a rumor and not worry about it too much.

PS: For the hell of it, I tried to find tickets through BonJovi.com and there were still a handful of of good seats available--two in the VIP section a few in the yellow section, so they're still selling them.

I agree that those articles are not really reliable but still other online newspapers are talking about it like Financial times and now wall street journal China
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2...ugh-the-heart/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34184537

It is on BBC.co.uk now so maybe it is true

In online discussions, some Chinese music-industry watchers speculated that the latest cancellation was linked to unspecified recent comments by Mr. Bon Jovi on the spiritual leader. Others pointed to a 2010 Bon Jovi concert in Washington, D.C., which included a video of figures including...the Dalai Lama.

Washington Post, March 31 2010:

Jon Bon Jovi, who turned 48 this month, brought the act that for about three decades has borne his name and relied on his charms to a packed Verizon Center on Monday.

Nearly 20,000 folks stood and roared as the New Jersey hair-band overlords took the stage to...a tune from their latest album, "The Circle." Big screens in the arena flashed positivity buzzwords ("OPTIMISM," "LOVE," "HOPE," etc.) alongside images of positivity people (Oprah, the Dalai Lama, et al).

...The Democratically connected bandleader pledged not to get politically preachy and said he'd come to Washington this time just so he could hear "a nonpartisan scream..."

Well, that's that, I guess -- especially since it's too early in the day to get riled up over a crap five-year-old concert review. If the Dalai Lama reference hadn't been needed, I never would have gone past the opening sentence.

THAT is the reason? Really?


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Ridiculous reason... Is it 2015, or 1945?

Not sure why they are citing a specific concert when surely it was just the big screen backdrop to WWBTF across the whole tour?

Absolute nonsense either way, a real pity for the Chinese fans, but you just need to look at the related stories of other artists being banned like Maroon 5, Linkin Park, Bob Dylan, the list goes on. Crazy and backwards.

For the Chinese government, that's MORE than enough reason -- I think they're in the Guinness Book Of Records for paying the most cancellation fees!

The use of that image was a while ago. Couldn't they just have denied the booking of the shows instead of cancelling them less than a week before??