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Stones: So Long China
The Rolling Stones were on the bill in China. Then off. Then tentatively on again. Now, their tour dates have been scrapped with no signs of rescheduling.
The band has canceled its potentially historic shows in Shanghai and Beijing next month because, the Stones say, organizing the gigs proved too "complicated and difficult."
After close to four decades of appealing to Chinese leaders, the group was finally scheduled to play the communist country earlier this year as part of its 40 Licks World Tour but postponed the April dates due to the SARS outbreak.
Two shows in Hong Kong were also shelved as the respiratory epidemic raged across the mainland China and the former British colony--both previously unconquered territory for the Stones.
Now, the shows in Hong Kong will go ahead as planned on November 7 and 9 but mainlanders are out of luck.
"The Stones had hoped to reschedule at this time, but the details for reorganizing the dates proved far more complicated and difficult than expected," said a statement from their publicist.
"The band looks forward to playing concerts in these cities in the future," added the rep.
No alternative dates for the canceled shows were given.
Hong Kong came close to losing the band earlier this month when concert promoters were unable to come to terms on a contract. Finally, it was announced that the dino-rockers would participate in Harborfest, a special week-long concert intended to boost Hong Kong's economy.
Other acts on the Harborfest roster include Neil Young, Prince, Carlos Santana and Irish boy-band, Westlife.
It's the second such SARS benefit concert the Stones have played this year--in July, they took part in a concert in Toronto, designed to jumpstart the city's economy after it fell prey to SARS-backlash.
Chinese promoters had also hoped to lure the Stones back, going so far as to say in September that final preparations for the two shows were being made even as contracts remained unsigned--though ultimately were unable to pull the shows off.
It's not the first time the Chinese have missed out on their share of Stones satisfaction. According to a memoir by music journalist Chet Flippo, Mick Jagger and the boys came close to playing China in 1980 after passing themselves off as working class heroes to the country's hardline government. But an unfriendly encounter between Jagger and a Chinese diplomat in Washington, D.C., nixed any possibility of a night together.
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