Yes, it's true, Kenny G has officially been banned from playing in Iran. While censorship normally seems like a bat thing, I guess I wouldn't allow him to play either... All jokes aside, this is actually censorship, and that's just not cool.
“The official IRAN Persian daily reported Monday that Ahmadinejad, as head of Iran's Supreme Cultural Revolutionary Council, ordered the enactment of an October ruling by the council to ban Western music.
- BreitBart.com
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Kenny G Music Does Not Strike a Chord With Iran
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