Overview
- Videos show singer Maki Otsuki’s set halted mid-song at the Bandai Namco Festival when lights and sound were cut and staff escorted her off stage.
- Organisers then canceled the three-day festival, saying the decision followed a comprehensive consideration of various factors.
- Ayumi Hamasaki’s Shanghai concert slated for Nov. 29 was called off the day before, with the organiser citing “force majeure” and the singer saying her team received a request to cancel.
- Her production noted the stage had been built over five days by about 200 staff from Japan and China and would now be dismantled.
- Other Japan-linked performances, including Momoiro Clover Z and reports naming artists such as Hiromi Uehara, were also pulled as notices used neutral language and cited no public official order.