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Santana Moves Hong Kong Show To Japan Due To SARS
04/01/2003 10:00 AM, Yahoo! Music
Bruce Simon
(4/1/03, 10 a.m. ET) -- War isn't stopping Carlos Santana on his world tour, but a mystery illness is forcing him to change his itinerary. An April 10 show in Hong Kong, China, has been replaced by an April 11 date at Namba Hatch in Osaka, Japan, a 1,500-capacity club. A message on santana.com says the concert in Hong Kong was dropped "due to the SARS epidemic in that region."
Santana's announcement follows a similar one from the Rolling Stones, who pulled out of four shows in China--two in Hong Kong and two on the mainland--last week due to SARS.
SARS, or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, is a fast-spreading flu-like illness of unknown origin that appears to come from Asia. Nearly 60 people have died from it around the world, and more than 1,600 others have been infected. Symptoms include dry cough, high fever, and shortness of breath. No cure has been found yet.
-- Bruce Simon, New York
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