- Title: Grammys boss announces China festival partnership
- Date: 3rd August 2017
- Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (AUGUST 3, 2017) (REUTERS) PRESIDENT OF THE RECORDING ACADEMY AND GRAMMY FOUNDATION, NEIL PORTNOW, CEO OF BRAVO ENTERTAINMENT, STEVEN FOCK, AND CHINA MUSIC VISION REPRESENTATIVE, YAN LING, PLACING RECORD ON PLAYER PORTNOW, FOCK, AND LING CLAPPING VARIOUS OF PORTNOW, FOCK, AND LING POSING FOR PHOTOS
- Embargoed: 17th August 2017 11:33
- Keywords: China music grammys festival
- Location: BEIJING, CHINA
- City: BEIJING, CHINA
- Country: China
- Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Music
- Reuters ID: LVA0016SLR2X9
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:China is set to get its own Grammys festival, the President of the iconic U.S. institution Neil Portnow announced on Thursday (August 3).
The announcement, at an event in Beijing, was scant on details of where and when the events would take place, but a representative from Bravo entertainment, the company that will help put on the shows, said the artists would chiefly be Grammy winners or nominees.
The Grammys will have to tread a careful path to avoid its concerts falling foul of China's censors, who have banned seemingly innocuous acts like Bon Jovi, Lady Gaga, and even Justin Bieber in the past.
Portnow said it was not the place of the Grammys to try to negotiate for certain artists to be able to come to China, though he noted that "things can change". - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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