Monday,
May 28, 2007
The
ANNOTICO Report
Consumer
outcry about lavish ticket prices caused cancellation of Barbra Sreisand
Producers
claim "production difficulties", but tickets that sold out for two
performances in
Streisand
takes Diva over Rome Ticket Prices
Tom
Kington in
May
29, 2007
DIVAS, be warned:
Italian fans are reluctant to pay lavish sums to see you belt out the classics.
That was the
message to emerge from an embarrassing row over steep ticket prices for a
Barbra Streisand concert, which has now been cancelled.
Fresh from a record-breaking
comeback tour of the
But
Organisers denied they were pulling
out because of the outcry, instead citing production difficulties. But one of
the consumer groups, Codacons, said that was
unconvincing.
"We see a
link between our protest and possibly lower than
expected ticket sales, which may have prompted organisers
to pull out and save face," said Stefano Zerbi
of Codacons.
Organisers were not available to
comment on sales. Tickets had still been available on the internet last week, a
week after going on sale. That contrasts with Streisand
"I went
online to find a ticket for a friend who is a huge Streisand fan," said
Manuela, 23, a law student in
Last week Codacons demanded that Streisand lower prices and also
allow in 2000 elderly and unemployed fans free. Streisand
A keen promoter
of social causes, Streisand donated part of the proceeds from her
The concert would
have been the first in
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