Guetta’s fans cross fingers for concert

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Last year, some of the biggest international bands and artists were slated to perform in Delhi, but for some or the other reason their concerts were called-off at the last moment. Due to this uncertainty factor, many prefer to go to other cities to attend music festivals and concerts by their favourite artists.

However, the next big concert lined up for Delhi is the Eristoff Invasion Festival, where Grammy Award-winning artist, producer and DJ David Guetta will be perform HUDA Grounds on March 9.
An ardent music fan and a regular at music concerts, Ayandrali Dutta, a PR professional, opines, “It’s unfortunate, but Delhi audience lack basic knowledge of music and the audience here is rowdy. In most of the concerts I have seen young people head-banging or screaming mindlessly. I feel people in Kolkata, the Northeast and Bengaluru are well-behaved and understand music that’s why they have some of the biggest festivals in these cities. Here administration, police and people go overboard.”
Madhavi Kanwar, a branding manager, says that Delhi has been major disappointment for music lovers. She says, “There is too much red-tapism. If these same artists can perform in Bengaluru or Mumbai then why not in Delhi? I am looking forward to David Guetta, but I was heart-broken when I went to attend Bryan Adams and Metallica concerts and they cancelled it last minute.”
Vijay Nair, an organiser from Only Much Louder (OML) Company, who is bringing the artist to the three cities — New Delhi, Pune and Bengaluru, feels that arrangements for David’s concert have been made much in advance and there is no way that it will be a flop show. He says, “We have pulled off this festival last year also as we don’t overbook tickets and we are not interested in selling more tickets. Since, we have booked the venue much in advance we are trying to get all the licence and orders in place beforehand. We were the first ones to get the HUDA Grounds for the concerts and administration has been very co-operative.”
The organisers are expecting around 7,000-10,000 people at the concert, as it’s essentially club music. Adds Nair, “Number one priority for an organiser is to look after the kind of crowd that attends the event. For example barricading the ground, to avoid any kind of mishap we have decided to have double barricades surrounding the venue. Also we’ll make sure that there are enough utility areas around the venue for the crowd that will be attending the concert. Because of the recent incident the only thing that the administrators have asked us is to beef up the security and control the crowd.”