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Live Nation denies Miley Cyrus tour cancellation rumours

By | Published on Friday 21 February 2014

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Live Nation has denied rumours that US venues are cancelling (or threatening to cancel) performances by Miley Cyrus due to complaints about the raunchiness of her ‘Bangerz Tour’.

The claims stem from a NineMSN report earlier this week, in which a definitely real unnamed source said: “Miley’s management have been flooded with complaints, mainly from parents, since her tour began last week in Canada with calls for the entire tour to be axed. Her team, including management, record label execs and the entire tour staff including the director, costume department and choreographers – have been called for an emergency meeting as arenas across the US threaten to pull out of the show”.

But in a statement to E! Online, Live Nation responded: “There is no truth whatsoever to any stories or rumors of venues pulling out of the ‘Bangerz Tour’. Miley has created a tour that’s big, spectacular, entertaining and everything you would expect from Miley Cyrus. Reviews have been amazing and most important, fans are loving the show and having a great time”.

The controversial, or not, show features such Mileyness as twerking (obviously), simulated fellatio on a Bill Clinton lookalike and a striptease to an Alt-J song. Yeah, all of that.

Unable to get Miley on the phone for an interview, GQ instead spoke to Alt-J drummer Thom Green about the tour. On the use of the band’s song ‘Fitzpleasure’ in the show, he said: “Straightaway I thought, ‘Wow, that’s weird, she’s a huge celebrity!’ Then I thought, it’s not actually that weird. I knew she’d tweeted about us in the past and just because she’s hugely famous it doesn’t make it any different from anyone else liking it”.

Which is probably not the sensational quote anyone was looking for. Miley, meanwhile, provided the perfect closing line for this article by tweeting: “You can’t say I didn’t warn you. Now sit back relax and enjoy the show. Save your complaints for the McDonalds drive thru when they forget the ‘fries with that'”.



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