Katy Perry to perform in China eight years after visa denial
The American pop star Katy Perry has been invited to perform in China this year, despite having been denied a visa for wearing a controversial sunflower dress during a previous tour in apparent support for Taiwan.
The singer, who this month made a brief trip into space on a Blue Origin rocket owned by Jeff Bezos, is due to hold two concerts in an 18,000-seat stadium in Hangzhou, eastern China, on November 21 and 22, according to a notice from Zhejiang province's culture and tourism bureau.
In 2017 Perry, 40, was denied entry into China for a Victoria's Secret fashion show in Shanghai. Beijing never confirmed the visa rejection.
The New York Post's Page Six gossip column reported at the time that Perry was banned
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