The Giggs show at the Cockpit on Thursday has been cancelled on the advice of the police. There is no news yet for those have already bought tickets in advance…
Now whilst it is true that Giggs is all about being strapped and is rather rude should the police following this tactic?
Is this a sensible action because trouble was bound to occur at any of Giggs’ gigs, or have the police overstepped the mark and unfairly prevented Giggs from plying his trade? Whilst we supposedly have freedom of speech shouldn’t an artist be able to record and perform whatever he likes regardless of how inflammatory it might be?
Should adults be allowed to decide for themselves whether they wish to attend the show or not?
The dates affected by the cancellation include gigs in Birmingham, Norwich, Leeds, London, Cardiff, Glasgow, Nottingham, Leeds, Cambridge and Manchester.
Giggs was sentenced to two years in prison on gun charges several years ago and since then has gone on to beat Dizzee Rascal and Chipmunk to win Best UK Act at the BET Hip-Hop Awards in Atlanta last October and has now signed with XL. The main point that we need to take a note of is that the police are freely shutting down hiphop nights and following the news London dubstep club Plastic people is having it’s license reviewed under police advisement it is nice to see the nanny state is in full swing…
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