The highly anticipated Celine Dion show on April 13 in Beijing might be canceled because the singer is suffering from a throat infection, Chinese media reported on Tuesday…

According to the Beijing News, Dion’s husband, Rene Angelil, who is accompanying her on the tour, said doctors told Dion there was likely sandy weather in Beijing in April, and that she should avoid singing outdoors. Dion was set to play at the city’s Workers’ Stadium.

Yet the Western media is painting a completely different picture, saying that the problem stems from claims that organizers did not get the proper paper work in to perform at Beijing’s Workers Stadium:

Canadian pop superstar Celine Dion’s April 13 Beijing concert has been cancelled because the organizers failed to obtain a permit despite selling thousands of tickets, local media reported.

A spokesman for the singer denied media reports on Tuesday that quoted the concert organizer, Emma Ticketmaster, as saying Dion had postponed the concert at the 64,000-seat Workers Stadium due to concern that Beijing’s sandstorms could affect her recovery from a recent throat infection.

This, of course, leads one to wonder whether this is really retribution over the Bjork fiasco last month. Perhaps the government thinks there is some union among female singers from cold countries.

On the Celine fiasco, Norm MacDonald blames, you guessed it, Frank Stallone.