| Hong Kong Mariah Carey concert canceled over poor response, 'unreasonable' demands
Isn´t it strange to cancel a concert 2 days before it should have taken place? That´s Hong Kong...
The Associated Press comments as follow:
HONG KONG With just two days to go, promoters said Thursday that they have canceled Mariah Carey's concert in Hong Kong due to a poor response and what they characterized as "unreasonable demands" from the U.S. pop singer.
The promoters, Concerts Asia, announced the decision in a statement posted on their Web site Thursday morning.
"As promoters of the Mariah Carey Hong Kong concert, we have decided to cancel the event effective immediately due to both the poor response of public ticket sales and also due to specific last-minute demands which we find wholly unreasonable and not with the best interests of Hong Kong, us and also the fans," the statement said.
It did not elaborate on what Carey's demands were. Concerts Asia declined further comment in an e-mail sent to The Associated Press.
Concerts Asia said it had only sold 4,000 tickets despite a "substantial" advertising campaign.
Carey was due to perform Saturday at an outdoor space near Hong Kong's Central financial district.
Contact information for Carey's spokespeople wasn't immediately available.
Last edited by DaveD : 26-10-2006 at 09:29 PM.
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