North Korea wanted Eric Clapton to perform: Wikileaks

[brandon]

North Korea asked Eric Clapton to perform in Pyongyang

North Korea wanted Eric Clapton to perform in Pyongyang because Kim Jong-il's son was "a great fan" of the British musician, the latest US diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks have shown.

7:00AM GMT 13 Dec 2010
...A "performance could be an opportunity to build goodwill," the May 22 2007 cable said, according to the Guardian.

It went on: "arranging an Eric Clapton concert in Pyongyang could be useful, given Kim Jong-il's second son's devotion to the rock legend".

...Clapton reportedly had "in principle" agreed to a concert slated for 2009, but the plan later fell apart after his representatives released a statement denying that he had agreed to take part.

Popular music from the west is normally outlawed in North Korea, but it seems that a special exception would have been made for the singer.

telegraph.co.uk

At least the son has good musical taste.

[hemingway]

They got it wrong, it should say "...a special exception would be made for his son"