Mumbai: Singer Neha Kakkar, who made headlines last month after a video of her breaking down during the Melbourne concert went viral, apparently ‘lied’ about arriving late for the concert.
After making the Melbourne audience wait for nearly 3 hours, the singer broke down on stage and apologised to her fans alleging that the organisers ran away with the money and her team didn’t have the basic arrangements for the performance.
After nearly after a month, the Australian event organisers Pace D and Bikram Singh Randhawa have broken their silence and alleged that Neha’s claims are untrue.
Speaking to Siddharth Kannan, Pace D said, “Beat Production from Melbourne was the one who invited Neha Kakkar. Now that both parties have come forward and spoken openly, then why can’t we? We were there and saw everything. I spoke to Preet Pabla bhai, who was the event organiser. I asked him everything. He’s a very nice and genuine person. That’s when I found out that she didn’t arrive on time and there were multiple delays. He told me that she kept saying things like, ‘I won’t go now; I won’t do this.’”
Event planner Bikram Randhawa added, “The crowd was ready and cheering, expecting her to come on stage. But she showed up at 10 PM — that’s two and a half hours late since the scheduled time was 7:30 PM. So the crowd got upset and angry. In Australia, people value their time. People had made special efforts to come with their families. Some even bought tickets worth AUD 300 — that’s around Rs 15,000 to Rs 16,000.”
Pace D further revealed that Neha told the organisers that she won’t perform until the venue was filled to capacity.
“Only 700 people? Until more people come in and this place fills up, I’m not going to perform,” Neha apparently told the organisers, claimed Pace D.
Refuting Neha’s allegations about no proper arrangement for her performance, Pace D said, “This was such a big show, the entire tech rider was in place. There were opening acts, and everyone performed. Her mic and complete setup were fully ready. So, the things she’s been saying don’t seem to be true, because we saw with our own eyes that everything was set up properly.”
Watch the video of Neha breaking down at the Melbourne concert
Neha Kakkar crying for being 3 hrs late at a Melbourne show
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