censorship

Odd Future's Tyler the Creator is banned from the UK

In Odd Future/Tyler, the Creator manager Christian Clancy’s own words:tyler has been banned from entering the UK for somewhere between 3 to 5 years per a letter from the secretary of state for the home department of the united kingdom…

'Globe and Mail' paper writes 'Fucked Up' on front page, issues statement explaining why (after people complained)

Canada’s ‘The Globe and Mail’ newspaper issued the following statement yesterday:A number of readers were shocked and appalled to see profanity on the front page of The Globe and Mail on Saturday…

Cannibal Corpse songs banned in Russia

Obviously the Russian goverment wasn’t among those polled by MetalSucks to determine the 25 Best Metal Bands Of All Time. If they had been, Florida death metal band Cannibal Corpse certainly would not have landed at number eleven…

Calvin College cancels New Porographers gig due to offensive band name (Terminal 5 show on pre-sale now)

Neko Case wonders how her copy of “Juggs” landed on the stage at the Bell House (more by Andrew St. Clair)The New Pornographers concert at Calvin College has been canceled because of the band’s name…

UK blocks Wikipedia because of Scorpions album cover

“Several Internet service providers have blocked users from accessing a Wikipedia page about a German hard rock band, after a watchdog warned that a photo of a naked girl on it could be illegal…

China targets foreign entertainers after Bjork debacle

China will ban all entertainers from overseas, Hong Kong and Taiwan who have ever attended activities that “threaten national sovereignty”, the government said on Thursday, after an outburst by Icelandic singer Bjork…

Be Your Own Pet censored EP & 2008 Tour Dates (McCarren)

“By now you probably know the story … days before the release of their sophomore album (Ecstatic Peace / Universal) Be Your Own Pet were informed by the Universal Records higher ups (ya know, the people in suits in the corner office at the top of the building) that three tracks on the album were too violent for the impressionable ears of Be Your Own Pet fans…

M.I.A.'s (uncensored?) "Paper Planes" video

LOOK I KNOW THERE ARE HATERS OUT THERE, I DEAL WITH IT EVERYDAY THATS NO FUCKING BIG DEAL AND IVE DEALT WITH WORSE IN MY LIFE, A FEW PEOPLE TALKING SHIT DONT MATTER TO ME, BUT TWISTING TRUTH ISNT THE LESSON I WANNA LEARN IN MY TIME IN MUSIC, SO WHO EVER THAT IS DOING IT , I WANNA SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT 1, I ORIGINALLY WANTED TO SHOOT THE VIDEO IN A FACTORY ON THE BORDER OF EQUADOR, BUT COULDNT…