Killers’ concerts spark bad organizing debate
Dec 9th, 2009 by Bivio
Las Vegas rock group The Killers, entertained South African crowds over the weekend and it seems that the poor organizing are over shadowing the bands performance.
Blogs and online debates indicate that the band gave an exceptional performance but the organising of these events came under scrutiny.
News24 reports that not everyone is happy with The Killers’ first concert in South Africa. Some have complained about the organisation at both the Johannesburg and Cape Town events.
Concert-goers indicated that the sound at the Coca Cola Dome in Johannesburg wasn’t acceptable, that the band seemed “listless”, and that there weren’t enough golden circle arm bands for those who bought these tickets.
In Cape Town some fans said that they experienced major traffic problems to and from the venue, waiting for more than two hours to get into the venue in some cases.
The band seemed to acknowledge that there were problems at the Val De Vie Estate near Cape Town.
“Thank you Cape Town for braving the traffic and being a fantastic crowd. We know a lot of you are still trying to get home…” they wrote. Organisers BIG Concerts said that they made every effort to get fans to the venue early.
According to John Langford from BIG Concerts they advised people to come early, because they knew there would be some challenges with an outdoor venue. But the traffic trouble was even worse after the concerts.
It seems that the Cape struggles with concerts of “big” entertainers because a few years ago the same admin,traffic and parking problems occurred at a Celine Dion concert at Vergelegen.
Source: news24
