What was supposed to be a 12-day regional concert tour turned into a 3.5-month ordeal for local singer Joel Tan, also known as Gentle Bones, and 13 others.
Just after he and American singer-songwriter Kina Grannis finished their Sept 16 show in Jakarta - the first stop of the tour - their passports were impounded and they were barred from leaving the country because of a problem with their performance permit.
They were allowed to leave Indonesia only on Tuesday (Dec 22). Their other performances - in Taipei, Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Manila, where the tour was to end on Sept 27 - had to be cancelled, leaving fans in the dark.
Read full story at Straits Times
Just after he and American singer-songwriter Kina Grannis finished their Sept 16 show in Jakarta - the first stop of the tour - their passports were impounded and they were barred from leaving the country because of a problem with their performance permit.
They were allowed to leave Indonesia only on Tuesday (Dec 22). Their other performances - in Taipei, Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Manila, where the tour was to end on Sept 27 - had to be cancelled, leaving fans in the dark.
Read full story at Straits Times
