That’s just music

Legendary British band Oasis has cancelled it’s shows in Beijing and Shanghai (April 3–4), which were planned as part of their world tour, said Associated Press. The most interesting part about it is that neither Oasis side nor Chinese did not say anothing about the reason for making this cancellation. As the above press agency noted, concert tickets were not sold since February 28, and also there was no information on how they’re going to be returned. Oasis official web site is currently under some kind of reconstruction, and their MySpace blog lacks any information about this news. Oasis did not make any political statements on China, so this common reason for cancelling shows in that country may not be the case this time, but who actually knows what could actually take place. Beijing and Shangai concert venues were set up during the last month, and had to become this band’s first visit to China. So far there is another venue designed for Hong Kong, but Associated Press stayed quite about it, possibly it’s still not cancelled.

Recently, a lot of western musicians and bands have visited China among which are Elton John and Rolling Stones. However, after Bjork’s incident when she began to exclaim “Tibet, Tibet!” during one of her performances, Chinese authorities began to tighten their control over every other musician who visits their country.

Guitarist Jim Martin is not going to participate in the reunion of Faith No More, the band which is about to come back sometimes during this summer. As their official web site says the band’s new line up for 2009 will include vocalist Mike Patton, guitarist Jon Hudson, bassist Billy Gould, keyboards Roddy Bottum, and drummer Mike Bordin. Pretty cool group, but for some hardcore fans the absence of Martin looks a little bit dissapointing. Jim was the member of Faith No More from 1983 to 1993 and in many ways he was the symbol of their huge success. He had participated in the recording of four albums: “We Care A Lot” (1985), “Introduce Yourself” (1987), “The Real Thing” (1989) and “Angel Dust” (1992). Internet news agency Blabbermouth notices that Martin was showing some interest in co-working with his ex band mates, but they’ve decided to recruit John Hudson. The last time when he performed together with Faith No More was in 1997–1998, right before the band’s falling apart. On the other hand Hudson took some part in the recording of their last album - “Album Of The Year” (1997), so he is not totally new person.

Their reunion is planned for this summer with the help of the huge European tour (it will include a few festival performances). So far there is no certain information about what exactly may happen during this summer, but it’s almost certain that they’re getting back. Also, there is no information about any new releases, but it’s all possible and let’s hope for it.