Bjork Tibet Effect ricochet
p2pnet news | Freedom:- Remember Bjork’s Tibet outburst in Shanghai, in March?
“Icelandic singer Bjork has touched a famous raw nerve in China,” said p2pnet, going on:
“China said its feelings were hurt when Bjork several times shouted Tibet! Tibet! after her song Declare Independence during a concert in Shanghai”
Now it’s, “to impose stricter rules on foreign rock and pop stars”.
A couple of months on, “The following is a summary of a report on the behind-closed-doors discussion on March 18,” reports China Music Radar, continuing >>>
Additional measures (not yet approved) from SH Cultural Bureau re foreign performers in China:
1. Organizers must sign additional guarantees that performers will not comment on political issues from stage, etc.
2. A 50% of the total potential box office must be paid as a deposit on the show to the Cultural Bureau. Should performers break the law, this deposit will be retained by the government. Additional fines may be levied.
3. Artist performances will be closely monitored to conform to the government pre-approved set-lists.
4. Artists will not be allowed an unapproved encore.
“This will make it a whole lot harder for us, particularly number 2,” says China Music Radar, “a blog about the music industry in China, especially the emerging popular music scene and related trends, from independent to mainstream artists.”
For bigger shows, the demand for a fifty percent deposit, “may be near to impossible,” it says.
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p2pnet – Bjork ‘Tibet’ outburst angers China, March 7, 2008
China Music Radar – The Bjork Backlash II – Shanghai changes the rules , May 21, 2008
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May 21st, 2008 at 12:02 pm
We will not go perform to China then.
Sorry China! Stay with your stuff then if you can not bear freedom of speach and human right!
May 21st, 2008 at 12:05 pm
“We will not go perform to China then.”
No we will go there drop a fake deposit perform for free and break their laws then.
Fuck the Chinese governement!
But long live China the contry of the great people.
August 13th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
FT announces Free Tibet 2008 Television
Posted August 11, 2008 at 5:43 PM
Students for a Free Tibet has a new online video channel broadcasting from London throughout the worldwide uprising for Tibetan freedom during the Beijing Olympics: Free Tibet 2008 Television, or FT08.TV.
With all the Olympic actions for Tibet taking place and particularly the incredible success of the ‘opening’ banner action outside Beijing’s ‘Bird’s Nest’ stadium on Aug. 6th and subsequent media storm here in the UK, it took some time to get FT08.TV ready for prime time.
But with the dedicated help of lots of people, SFT’s new video channel is up and running, and filled with lots of must-see on-demand content, including inspiring Tibet activist video-profiles, action reports, video-blogs, and more.
We’re also airing a nightly Windhorse Report live from London with SFT leaders Tenzin Dorjee and Han Shan â a roundup of reports from Beijing and around the world during the Olympics, with breaking news about protests, call-in interviews with news-making activists, episodes of SFT-TV (the efforts of SFT’s global grassroots), and info and analysis about the situation on the ground in Tibet.
There will be more and more compelling content to watch every day and we’ll be improving the channel/website as we go (after all, this is but one small facet of our Olympic efforts right now). But please come check it out: surf around the many videos on the channel, or watch the stream (click on “Streaming Now” in the upper left-hand corner). Last but not least, you’re invited to submit video… check out the channel for more on what we’re looking for.
Please help spread the word about FT08.TVâ join the facebook group, blog about it, embed the videos, spam your address book â and of course, keep watching.
And don’t forget to visit SFT’s Olympics Campaign website: http://www.FreeTibet2008.org and SFT’s blog: http://www.blog.studentsforafreetibet.org for more news and analysis from the frontlines of the current global effort to make Olympic history for Tibet.
Note: many thanks to Nathan Dorjee, Shannon Service, Andi Mignolo, Alex Fountain, Thupten Nyima, Kala Mendoza, and many others for helping to make FT08.TV happen at this critical time.
5:32 PM
Go on your facebook, etc to announce freetibet2008.tv/live. After go on “social justice” websites like “witness.org” (check it out) to announce ft08.tv. Also check out blogs discussing Tibet issue’s and post the official ft08 announcement.
Check out recent news articles on Tibet. Usually they have “comment” sections, post the ft08 annoucement.
September 18th, 2008 at 6:46 am
In that case, stay out of China then. China audience does not need you, you need audience. You’re forgetting whose money is paying you. Stay in your trailers and be poor.
China has more than enough local performers and artists. We don’t need political activist wannabes who want only to promote their political agendas. Audience are not paying you to listen to your political rants. They’re paying you to listen to your art.