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Istanbul Live Earth cancelled |
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Written by Anthony Lieu
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Saturday, 23 June 2007 |
It was reported that the Istanbul leg of Live Earth has been cancelled due to lack of sponsors and government support. Cengiz-han Yeldan from Purple Concerts, the company organizing the event, denied these reports in a phone interview with Today's Zaman the same day, saying that while the organizers have faced financial problems, the concert will be held but there will be some slight changes to it. "The event might be smaller than we initially planned.
But it is not canceled.
The reports that appeared in newspapers today (Thursday) are not based on an official statement. I would never let such a fiasco happen. We will go ahead with our plans. We have already put a lot of investment in this task. Even if we do not have any sponsors, we will carry on with what we started and assume the rest of the costs." Yeldan added that the organizers are planning to make the concert free of charge, and that the lineup will include both international headliners and local acts. Also they will find a new venue for the event. "There are artists who've told us they will come and sing at the event even if they have to sing from a balcony." Yeldan said that official statements will be made at a later date when the details of the event become clearer
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