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Exterior, Avalon theater, Hollywood, Ca., USA2. Wide shot of fans preparing to enter theatre3. VOX POP (English): \"He's basically, like, James Brown is The Godfather of Soul. He's The Godfather of Chinese Rock 'n' Roll.\"4. VOX POP...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. Exterior, Avalon theater, Hollywood, Ca., USA\u003cbr/\u003e2. Wide shot of fans preparing to enter theatre\u003cbr/\u003e3. VOX POP (English): \"He's basically, like, James Brown is The Godfather of Soul. He's The Godfather of Chinese Rock 'n' Roll.\"\u003cbr/\u003e4. VOX POP (English): \"Cui Jian is one of the best-known musicians in China, and he's called, 'The Father of Rock Music' in China.\"\u003cbr/\u003e5. VOX POP (English): \"How much energy? How much spiritual stuff? Real rock 'n' roll. He's The Godfather of the Chinese Rock 'n' Roll.\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Medium shot Cui Jian rehearsing on stage, with push in \u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide shot Cui Jian rehearsing on stage\u003cbr/\u003e8. SOT (English) Cui Jian: \u003cbr/\u003e\"We've been to America several times. But we haven't had a problem at all. So we planned, like, everything is already . . . It sounds like we'd already get a visa. And now we couldn't get a visa. We realized two days before we leave. And then the whole tour was already set up: Vancouver and the east coast. And we keep telling, 'Wait until tomorrow' for 10 days. And we cancelled shows one by one.\" \u003cbr/\u003e9. Medium shot Cui Jian and band rehearsing on stage\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOT (Chinese) Cui Jian:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We've been to America several times. But we haven't had a problem at all. So we planned, like, everything is already . . . It sounds like we'd already get a visa. And now we couldn't get a visa. We realized two days before we leave. And then the whole tour was already set up: Vancouver and the east coast. And we keep telling, 'Wait until tomorrow' for 10 days. And we cancelled shows one by one.\" \u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide shot of Cui Jian and band on stage, with push in\u003cbr/\u003e12. Close up of drummer\u003cbr/\u003e13. Close up of Cui Jian singing\u003cbr/\u003e14. VOX POP (English): \"It's freedom. You feel his freedom. But he's still in your heart. Always.\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOT (English) Cui Jian: \u003cbr/\u003e\"When I first listened to Western rock music, I don't feel it's Western. I feel it's personal. I thought, 'It's has more energy, has more creativity, has more freedom.' You know, I used to be a trumpet player in a classical-music troupe, which is . . . everyday I was thinking about how good I can be, how better I can be. But after I pick up a guitar and start listening to rock 'n' roll music, and I start to think how free I can feel.\"\u003cbr/\u003e16. Close up of Cui Jian on stage, with pan down to guitar, with zoom out\u003cbr/\u003e17. SOT (Chinese) Cui Jian:\u003cbr/\u003e\"When I first listened to Western rock music, I don't feel it's Western. I feel it's personal. I thought, 'It's has more energy, has more creativity, has more freedom.' You know, I used to be a trumpet player in a classical-music troupe, which is . . . everyday I was thinking about how good I can be, how better I can be. But after I pick up a guitar and start listening to rock 'n' roll music, and I start to think how free I can feel.\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. Wide shot of Cui Jian and band on stage, with push in to Jian\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOT (English) Cui Jian:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think it's the way to measure ourselves, how good we are. But I really think the Chinese audience needs us more than international audience. So, I have to say, I have no plans to leave China. I really want to stay forever and play music there, because of so many fans there. But I think it's really important if I can have some kind of a success in the American market.\"\u003cbr/\u003e20. Close up of sax player, with pan to Cui Jian\u003cbr/\u003e21. SOT (Chinese) Cui Jian:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think it's the way to measure ourselves, how good we are. But I really think the Chinese audience needs us more than international audience. So, I have to say, I have no plans to leave China. I really want to stay forever and play music there, because of so many fans there. But I think it's really important if I can have some kind of a success in the American market.\"\u003cbr/\u003e22. Medium shot of Cui Jian\u003cbr/\u003eNot even the U.S. Department of Homeland Security can stop rock 'n' roll.\u003cbr/\u003eJust ask Cui Jian, who is widely regarded as China's answer to Elvis, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and James Brown -- all rolled into one. Jian's fans often refer to their idol as \"The Godfather of Chinese Rock 'n' Roll.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAfter more than 15 years as a Chinese superstar, Jian appeared ready to play for his many Chinese fans in the United States, and, perhaps just as significantly, to start to take on America itself. While he'd played stateside a few times before, this would have marked his first major stateside tour.\u003cbr/\u003eBut it was not meant to be. While Jian and his band had secured visas easily in the past, they were forced to cancel more than half of their dozen North American tour dates due to a delay securing visas. \u003cbr/\u003eThe precise reasons for the delay are still unclear, though the results are obvious: angry promoters of the cancelled events, and confused fans -- unsure whether Jian and company would actually appear. Just days before tonight's event, their show was moved from a spacious downtown auditorium, the Wiltern theater, to a more intimate Hollywood nightclub, the Avalon. \u003cbr/\u003e\"We've been to American several times. But we haven't had a problem at all. So we planned, like, everything is already . . . It sounds like we'd already get a visa. And now we couldn't get a visa. We realized two days before we leave. And then the whole tour was already set up: Vancouver and the east coast. And we keep telling, 'Wait until tomorrow' for 10 days. And we cancelled shows one by one.\" \u003cbr/\u003eThat left the tour with just four shows, including a sell-out engagement in San Francisco, Ca., as well as stops in San Diego, Ca. and Los Angeles. Jian's tour concludes 29 April in Chicago.\u003cbr/\u003eJian says he doesn't view his American shows as bringing rock 'n' roll back home to its roots:\u003cbr/\u003e\"When I first listened to Western rock music, I don't feel it's Western,\" he explains. \"I feel it's personal. I thought, 'It's has more energy, has more creativity, has more freedom.' You know, I used to be a trumpet player in a classical-music troupe, which is . . . everyday I was thinking about how good I can be, how better I can be. But after I pick up a guitar and start listening to rock 'n' roll music, and I start to think how free I can feel.\"\u003cbr/\u003eJian admits stateside success is important. But he won't leave his homeland, and its giant fan base, to hit the top of the American sales charts.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think it's the way to measure ourselves, how good we are. But I really think the Chinese audience needs us more than international audience. So, I have to say, I have no plans to leave China. 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