Everything is ready for the first performance of singer Bob Dylan in China, tomorrow, in the Beijing Workers' Gymnasium in Beijing, with the added excitement of not knowing even if the political vein of veteran artist and his most legendary protest songs go on stage . About to turn 70, the author of "The Times They Are a-Changin, Blowing in the Wind and other songs of protest movements in the 60's last act in the still relatively closed Chinese communist regime, after a failed attempt in 2010.
It is likely, as in these cases, that censorship China has imposed a list of songs that Dylan can not play at the concert, but for now the conditions required by Beijing to the songwriter is a mystery, like all the details of your stay in China's capital, as noted by the organizers of the tour.
If this occurs, the concert will be about 10,000 people now Dylan is best known for his conversion to Christianity by pacifism and the struggle for the freedoms championed for years by the hippie movement, but also the Communist authorities are suspicious of any proselytizing religious from the outside, so the illness, at any rate, is served.
The Chinese authorities have always been wary of performances by famous Western artists in their territory, a trend that has been especially marked since in 2008 the Icelandic singer Bjork show their support for Tibetan independence at a concert in Shanghai, days before the riots Tibetan that year.
The organizers of the Tour of Dylan found these difficulties last year, when they had to suspend the Asian tour the juggler of Minnesota does not get permission from the Ministry of Culture of China (although on that occasion there were also economic disputes with China of organization).
When Dylan was in its heyday, 60 and 70 years - the Chinese were practically isolated from the outside, immersed in another revolution (the cultural, conceived by Mao Zedong), but listened to his music later Chinese generations, like the late 80's starred in the Tiananmen protests, and the singer is known in China, though perhaps less for the young.
Dylan also will be released in Vietnam, whose war against sang in the 60 is expected therefore that the gym is filled to the brim, which will not be difficult considering the small capacity of the place (only about 10,000 seats, when the side is the Workers' Stadium with a capacity six times and where they often act famous Asian artists.) Dylan's performance is the second of his Asian tour, which began last day 3 in Taiwan (where he also acted for the first time) and continue on day 8 in Shanghai.
April 10, Dylan has another important appointment, as sung for the first time in Vietnam, which in the 60s was the scene of a war against the U.S. intervention and ballads that sounded American. After the performance in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) on April 10, Dylan returned to China for a concert in Hong Kong, the 12th, and then complete its Asian tour in Singapore on 15 April.
In the past other tours of famous Western musicians (such as Oasis, The Killers, Celine Dion or Linkin Park) had to be suspended in China over censorship problems or disagreements on the collection. The first international pop band who performed in China was Wham!, In 1985, with a concert in Beijing that a group of actors George Michael will cost months of endless negotiations.
Others followed, like Whitney Houston or Elton John, but is considered the first major rock concert in China was that Deep Purple were in Beijing in 2004. 
It is likely, as in these cases, that censorship China has imposed a list of songs that Dylan can not play at the concert, but for now the conditions required by Beijing to the songwriter is a mystery, like all the details of your stay in China's capital, as noted by the organizers of the tour.
If this occurs, the concert will be about 10,000 people now Dylan is best known for his conversion to Christianity by pacifism and the struggle for the freedoms championed for years by the hippie movement, but also the Communist authorities are suspicious of any proselytizing religious from the outside, so the illness, at any rate, is served.
The Chinese authorities have always been wary of performances by famous Western artists in their territory, a trend that has been especially marked since in 2008 the Icelandic singer Bjork show their support for Tibetan independence at a concert in Shanghai, days before the riots Tibetan that year.
The organizers of the Tour of Dylan found these difficulties last year, when they had to suspend the Asian tour the juggler of Minnesota does not get permission from the Ministry of Culture of China (although on that occasion there were also economic disputes with China of organization).
When Dylan was in its heyday, 60 and 70 years - the Chinese were practically isolated from the outside, immersed in another revolution (the cultural, conceived by Mao Zedong), but listened to his music later Chinese generations, like the late 80's starred in the Tiananmen protests, and the singer is known in China, though perhaps less for the young.
Dylan also will be released in Vietnam, whose war against sang in the 60 is expected therefore that the gym is filled to the brim, which will not be difficult considering the small capacity of the place (only about 10,000 seats, when the side is the Workers' Stadium with a capacity six times and where they often act famous Asian artists.) Dylan's performance is the second of his Asian tour, which began last day 3 in Taiwan (where he also acted for the first time) and continue on day 8 in Shanghai.
April 10, Dylan has another important appointment, as sung for the first time in Vietnam, which in the 60s was the scene of a war against the U.S. intervention and ballads that sounded American. After the performance in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) on April 10, Dylan returned to China for a concert in Hong Kong, the 12th, and then complete its Asian tour in Singapore on 15 April.
In the past other tours of famous Western musicians (such as Oasis, The Killers, Celine Dion or Linkin Park) had to be suspended in China over censorship problems or disagreements on the collection. The first international pop band who performed in China was Wham!, In 1985, with a concert in Beijing that a group of actors George Michael will cost months of endless negotiations.
Others followed, like Whitney Houston or Elton John, but is considered the first major rock concert in China was that Deep Purple were in Beijing in 2004.
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