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It is a bit surprising, though not completely unexpected. Piano donated by Elton John 'guarded by security' after China tourists harass UK musician
A couple of days ago, British YouTuber Brendan Kavanagh was making a video/live-streaming playing the piano in St Pancras station. That piano was donated to the station by Sir Elton John specifically for the public to make music. While playing the piano, Kavanagh was approached by a group from China who DEMANDED that he stop filming. Police were eventually called. The entire video can be found at this link, though I have it mostly queued up to the appropriate part.
It has today emerged the instrument donated to the station by British music royalty has been cordoned off with pictures obtained exclusively by Express.co.uk showing it being guarded by security. A spokesperson for St Pancras station said the piano had been taped off "due to maintenance work taking place on the lift".
But speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk Mr Kavanagh said he was worried access had been restricted because of his row with the tourists from China.
The Express has reached out to Elton John's PR team to get a response.
The bureaucrats are saying that no, they haven't fenced off the piano for political reasons, it is because of work being done on an escalator. If that were true they would have moved the piano to a safe place until the work was completed.
The a bunch of Chinese tourists, waving communist flags, get to dictate free speech to the people of the United Kingdom. Is anyone really surprised?
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