Reside music promoters TEG Group and British band New Order are going through a public backlash after saying they might go forward with a scheduled live performance in Brisbane as the town grapples with main flooding within the wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred.
The live performance, a part of the Manchester synth-pop pioneers’ Australian tour, is ready to happen Tuesday evening at Riverstage, a 9,500-capacity outside venue positioned on Brisbane river, throughout the metropolis’s Botanic Gardens.
On Monday afternoon, TEG Reside introduced the scheduled live performance would go forward. Their announcement on Fb had acquired greater than 60 feedback at time of publication, largely from ticket-holders complaining in regards to the determination.
Commenters wrote that many roads had been nonetheless reduce, that individuals had been nonetheless cleansing up, and queried the protection of the present going forward on waterlogged grounds.
“We’d love to see you, but not like this … it’s also tone deaf,” one commenter wrote.
“At the very least they should be offering refunds to those unable to make it,” wrote one other.
On Tuesday afternoon, as rainfall eased and flood waters receded in Brisbane, greater than 100,000 houses and companies remained with out energy, and public transport companies had been nonetheless restricted. Many roads in and across the metropolis stay closed as a result of flooding.
“I think it’s disgusting you are going ahead with this only a day after the rain has stopped and caused devastation around here. Most of the car parks are closed and [there is] hardly any public transport so how do we get there anyway?” questioned one commenter.
In an electronic mail to Guardian Australia, a spokesperson for TEG Reside confirmed the live performance would go forward, with out responding to particular questions.
The TEG Reside spokesperson claimed that Brisbane metropolis council, which manages the Riverstage, had confirmed that the state of the grounds was “fine to proceed”. The council declined to answer particular questions, saying they had been greatest put to TEG Reside or the ticket supplier, Ticketek.
A council spokesperson mentioned that the council’s King George Sq. and Wickham Terrace automobile parks remained open, and that the newest info on public transport was obtainable by way of the Translink website.
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The Translink website advises that whereas some companies have resumed, there are ongoing disruptions and cancellations, with a disclaimer that real-time info is probably not correct.
The Ticketek web site contains a portal by way of which refunds might be requested.
Final week, US pop-punk band Inexperienced Day cancelled a live performance scheduled for five March at Cbus Stadium on the Gold Coast, forward of the cyclone’s arrival. Refunds had been offered, with the present unable to be rescheduled.
Canadian post-hardcore group Alexisonfire rescheduled their 8 March Riverstage gig to 2 indoor reveals at Fortitude Music Corridor on 15 and 16 March.
The clean-up is constant in south-east Queensland in Alfred’s wake, with practically 120,000 properties nonetheless with out energy. Many individuals compelled to evacuate their houses are solely simply returning to examine the injury.
Intermittent showers are forecast in Brisbane tonight.
