Okay, I just finished reading your article. It's very detailed but some points of it seem ridiculous for me. About the seat section, it's nothing about the gov doesnt trust rock music. They treat all the stadium shows like this. I attended The fray and Yellowcard shows in Beijing, they were both playing in some live house. I didnt see any seat there. Also like music festival, there is no seat policy either. You could search the Korn show in Beijing in last year. Plus, I know the accident you talked about. It happened in Nanjing show. I need to tell you the men who yelled at the fan were not police or SWAT. They were just securities. And what you said didnt happen in Shenzhen show.
Now let's talk about the meetups. You have no idea right? We are the same. But Im pretty sure the Benz sponsor was chosen by the band without informing the Chinese company. The Chinese co even thought they would hold M&G before the Nanjing show. It's interesting that Chinese press called the so-called Benz press a meet up but the official here insisted it a press event. So I guess the band probably just doesnt want to people outside China to think they held meet ups for their sponsors' benefit instead of LPU members.
And your last two paragraphs, seriously, you made me speechless and feel sorry for you.
