The Celine Dion Beijing concert scheduled for April 13 has been cancelled. According to a Reuters report, there remains confusion over why exactly the French Canadian singer's gig has hit an iceberg. On Tuesday the Beijing Evening News said the real reason for the cancellation was a lack of proper government approval, and that the concert's organizer "had sold more than 10,000 tickets, having not carried out the approval process." The Beijing Evening News also reported a spokesman for the singer denying earlier reports that the cancellation was due to her doctor's apprehensions regarding our flavorful capital city air, but according to Reuters the statement claimed that “Celine Dion will solve (the issue) through legal channels.” However, the Ministry of Culture's statements seem to contradict the statements made by Dion's spokesman. According to Reuters, an official at the Ministry told them “The concert was approved. You should check with the organizers," so now all parties are looking to Emma/Ticketmaster for an explanation, who on their website merely claim the show “needs to be cancelled”and are offering refunds for purchased tickets. According to Reuters, officials at Emma/Ticketmaster were not available for comment, but added that staff contacted at the company's sales hotline said Dion's concert had been "postponed for health reasons". Ticketholding fans of the singer await further clarification from the promoter on what exactly caused the cancellation
This is just the most recent controversy for Emma/Ticketmaster, after the hullabaloo surrounding Bjork's Shanghai concert last month left many of China's music promoters wondering if more rigid rules and regulations regarding foreign artists performing in China were to be implemented. Considering the painful ubiquity of Dion's impassioned warbling throughout China, the Canadian chanteuse's Worker's Stadium show should have been a commercial slam dunk. With the fallout from from Bjork's Shanghai gig allegedly contributing to a disjointed Harry Connick Jr. gig last month, and now Dion's cancellation, these remain turbulent times for foreign artists performing in China.

The thighs have it. . On a lighter note, Dion's recent performance in Tokyo revealed the singer can still dazzle the crowds with her intense performances . . and hirsute thighs, according to the Daily Mail. Intense back lighting revealed the star's grooming oversight, but according to the Celeb Online Blog, by the next gig in Seoul she had gone smooth once again. Is this an understandable oversight or should a performer like Dion know better? Either way, the most minute details are always exposed by the ever probing, intense eyes of the web.

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