AR Rahman to refund ticket money to Fans unable to attend Chennai Concert owing to Overcrowding
AR Rahman to refund ticket money to Fans unable to attend Chennai Concert owing to Overcrowding
Several photos and videos from the concert have gone viral on the internet in which people can be seen complaining that women were harassed and children were separated from their guardians due to the crowd.
Oscar-winning music wizard
AR Rahman on Sunday night performed at a concert in Chennai. But..the concert unfortunately witnessed a bad experience.
According to those who attended the concert claimed that a stampede-like situation occured due to overcrowding and mismanagement at the venue.
Not just that, several people also claimed they couldn’t even enter the venue despite purchasing expensive tickets for the concert because of overcrowding.
The organisers later apologised to fans who were left with a sour taste after the concert. It is learnt that Rahman and his team, unhappy at the unpleasantness has now decided to compensate those who couldn’r attend the show regardless of having tickets.
Taking to his X (twitter) handle
Rahman penned a note for the upset concert-goers as fans took to social media to slam the musician and his team for the bad experience.
He wrote “Dearest Chennai Makkale, those of you who purchased tickets and weren’t able to enter owing to unfortunate circumstances, please do share a copy of your ticket purchase to arr4chennai@btos.in along with your grievances. Our team will respond asap”.’We are terribly disturbed’: AR Rahman
However, he never mentioned whether the organisers will offer a refund or they will part with passes for another concert in the city.
Meanwhile several photos and videos from the concert have gone viral on the internet in which people can be seen complaining that women were harassed and children were separated from their guardians due to the crowd. Many also complained of injuries.
Reacting to the fiasco, Rahman told The Hindu that he was not aware of the chaos that ensued in the audience while he was performing on stage, and got to know something was wrong only later.
He added that right now, they are just terribly disturbed. Safety was the primary issue, especially because there were women and kids,” he said, adding that he and his team has learnt a lesson from the incident, and will make sure such a thing will not be repeated in future.
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