The Boys arrived in Shanghai, China, on 13 January 2015 to embark on a nine-date national tour to promote their new album Punk Rock Menopause , but found that the tour had been cancelled by the Chinese Ministry of Culture due to “crowd control and security issues”. The ban came in the aftermath of the Shanghai stampede at a New Year celebration in which 36 people were killed a few weeks earlier. The band set off on a cultural tour of China hosted by Shanghai-based punk band Round Eye. Along the way they played three underground gigs promoted by word of mouth, gave a number of interviews, were the subject of a one-hour documentary on top TV channel in Beijing, and recorded a live album, Undercover – Live in China , which was released by Action Records on 1 July 2015.
Arrived in Shanghai
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