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NEWS01 October 2003 NYPD reportedly stiffs Springsteen After Springsteen played a controversial song during the Oct. 1 opening night at Shea Stadium, a high-ranking NYPD police official ordered that there would be no post-concert police escort for the Boss after his next show. Story from CBS Related reading USA: Politician seeks musician Bruce Springsteen boycott Upset with Bruce Springsteen's effort to oust President Bush from the White House, the New York Conservative Party's candidate for the U.S. Senate is launching a "Boycott the Boss" television commercial 16 August 2004 USA: Gangsta rap condemned by local police The police in Colorado Springs publicly condemned the music genre gangsta rap in a news release after a killing in July 2007, writes The New York Times 05 September 2007 USA: Bruce Springsteen's new album banned by Starbucks Because Bruce Springsteen's song ‘Reno’ describes an explicit encounter with a prostitute, the US coffee shop chain Starbucks has banned the sale of his new album 07 May 2005 NYPD reportedly stiffs Springsteen After Springsteen played a controversial song during the Oct. 1 opening night at Shea Stadium, a high-ranking NYPD police official ordered that there would be no post-concert police escort for the Boss after his next show 01 October 2003 USA: Controversy over album cover with photo of World Trade Center attack The cover of Steve Reich’s new album ‘WTC 9/11’ stirred up such controversy that he asked the publishing company, Nonesuch, to withdraw the image. Nonesuch complied 15 September 2011 USA: College bans national anthem because of too violent lyrics A 1,000-student college in Indiana State has banned ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ at all sporting events because the national anthem’s lyrics are too violent and glorifying war 31 August 2011 USA: 'Footloose' - dance film about a town where rock music is banned The story of ‘Footloose’ follows the young dance maniac Ren McCormack, a boy who comes to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned 17 August 2011 USA: Jazz musician suspected as terrorist because of his Arabic name An American jazz pianist's Arabic-sounding name allegedly made US officials suspect a link between his payment for a performance in Europe and possible terrorist activities 27 June 2011 USA: Singer discriminated by anti-discrimination group Syrian-American musician Malek Jandali was disinvited from performing at an anti-discrimination convention because of a pro-freedom song he was due to perform 15 June 2011 UK / USA: ‘Offending’ album title covered with sticker The British rock band Arctic Monkeys’ new album is entitled ‘Suck It And See’ - a phrase which causes a stir in the US where major stores will cover the offending album title 06 June 2011