Mr Big's Midi Shanghai appearance cancelled

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p871361731.jpgI just got an e-mail from Midi organisers and Steve-o just put it in the comments a couple of posts below: Mr Big have had to cancel their appearance tomorrow at Midi Shanghai. 

Basically what happened was: Mr Big played Beijing Midi Festival last weekend and then packed their bags and headed off to Taiwan to play a show there. When they then tried to return to the Mainland for their show in Shanghai tomorrow, it emerged they didn't have multi-entry visas and so couldn't come back in. Whoops. They've not been able to work anything out last minute and thus their appearance in Shanghai is cancelled.

This is clearly a massive blow for Midi who had been selling the festival very much on the back of Mr Big's appearance - ticket prices were more expensive for the day Mr Big were scheduled to appear and the band's pictures were all over the promotional material. 

The show will go on: the rest of Midi's line-up remains intact at the moment and the event is still due to run from tomorrow until Sunday in Pudong's Century Park with most of Shanghai's major bands, a couple of Beijing acts and a few imports from abroad. There's a line-up rundown from Mr Shapiro here and this is still a great opportunity to see a rock festival in the city so get out and support your favourite local bands.
Midi's full announcement:

紧急通知:美国Mr. Big乐队因签证问题被迫取消2011上海迷笛音乐节演出

 

2011迷笛音乐节组委会非常遗憾且万分抱歉地通知大家:

原计划于五月六日晚在上海浦东世纪公园参演2011上海迷笛音乐节的美国著名乐队Mr. Big因签证问题,无法如期抵达上海,被迫取消上海站演出。

 

具体原因为:

按照Mr. Big乐队巡演计划,乐队将首先入境北京参加北京迷笛音乐节演出,后赴中国台湾省进行演出,其后将于56日第二次入境参加上海迷笛音乐节的演出。

迷笛音乐节组委会在拿到中国文化部核发的Mr. Big乐队在华演出许可及相关外事部门核发的两次入境签证函后,迅速将这些文件传送至Mr. Big乐队以及中国驻日本大使馆签证处。此时Mr. Big乐队已在日本进行巡演。427日,Mr. Big乐队前往中国驻日本大使馆签证处办理来华签证手续,并申请两次入境签证许可。但遗憾的是,当乐队拿到签证时发现此签证为单次入境的工作签证而非多次入境的商务签证(迷笛音乐节历年邀请的国外乐队皆持商务签证入境参加演出)。而上海市人民政府外事办公室核发给驻日使馆签证函已明确标注Mr. Big乐队成员需要两次入境以完成北京和上海的演出,但驻日本大使馆核发给乐队的是单次入境有效的工作签证。同时,Mr. Big乐队因对我国现行签证政策不了解而未对此事采取足够的重视,没有在第一时间通知迷笛音乐节组委会,致使组委会没有足够的时间采取有效的应对措施及补救办法。由于处理时间太短,直至55日下午,经过多方努力和协调仍未能成功办理第二次入境签证手续,很遗憾地导致乐队无法参加本次上海迷笛音乐节的演出。

迷笛音乐节组委会再次对一直关注迷笛的广大观众致以最真诚的歉意,希望大家理解并一如既往的支持迷笛音乐节。

 

 

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