Akshay Kumar’s ‘The Entertainers’ concert in New Jersey cancelled due to non-payment by the promoter

Actor Akshay Kumar’s forthcoming Entertainers concert in New Jersey has been cancelled. Actors Mouni Roy, Nora Fatehi, Sonam Bajwa and Disha Patani are accompanying him on the tour which will begin in March.

Concert’s promoter Amit Jaitly shared an Instagram post stating it was because of 'extremely slow sales of tickets' that the show was called off. However, as per a Hindustan Times report, a source close to the tour has refuted the claim and said the March 4 concert has been cancelled because of non-payment by the promoter.

The source said, ‘The Entertainers tour’s New Jersey show was unfortunately called off because the local promoter Amit Jaitley of Sai USA INC failed to pay the national promoter. Despite the presence of a large Indian population in the city were excited about the show, it‘s canceled because of non-payment by Amit Jaitely.’

Earlier this week, the promoters, Sai Usa Inc, had put up a lengthy statement explaining why the show was cancelled. Their statement read, ‘We hold our beloved audience and their expectations from us at the highest level. We strive to deliver nothing but quality shows in the tri-state area. But, there are times when things just don't work out in our favor and we have to make tough choices and make the hardest decisions. It is with a big Sorry this time, that we have to let our audience down and announce the cancellation of The Entertainers Tour show featuring Akshay Kumar and others.’

The note continued, ‘In the spirit of full transparency the main reasons for the cancellation is the extremely slow sales of tickets for the show, this has led to it not being financially viable unless we booked some very huge losses from the show. It is evident that this show has very little demand and we have realized that the tour was not appropriately promoted for awareness to spread in the South Asian disapora in the United States. With the less than stellar support for marketing from the Tour organizer, we have no other choice.’

The promoters have assured fans who had bought tickets that their money would be refunded.

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