Cancellation of Tour Financial Loss For Rieu: "It's Bad"
L1 Limburg, Sem Caelen -The fact
that André Rieu had to put an end to his American tour after only one concert,
is a great discomfort for the Maastricht citizen.
"We
are looking at whether we can make it financially," said Rieu during a
broadcast TV show Sunday evening.
Corona Measures
Rieu
canceled the rest of the United States tour right after his Tampa
concert in Florida. Eight more concerts were planned in different cities, but
due to measures announced by President Donald Trump regarding the corona virus,
the stand-alone violinist was forced to return to Europe.
Intermission
"Just
before the concert it became clear how the situation was," says Rieu in
the program with Ivo Niehe (TV personality and presenter). "Pierre said
then: "Keep in mind that this is the first concert. During the break,
Trump addressed the nation and said: "Do not go to events." During
the break I already knew: "Everyone had to go home." My first concern was that I am there with 110 people and I am responsible for them."
No Compassion
Son Pierre
indicates that that places them in a financial situation. "Everything
has been booked: hotels, flights, containers, equipment. Through the
cancellation, we're sending everything home and them having to send everything
back here. But the hotels are not going to give us our money back. Same with the
shipping agents, and I don't think they feel sorry for us."
It was
previously indicated that new dates for the canceled concerts are being sought
and that the tickets for the canceled concerts will remain valid.
Heavy
"I
hope the government is a bit lenient towards the entrepreneurs in the
Netherlands," says the orchestra leader himself. "Because it is severe,
I can tell you that." Father and son Rieu are not making any statements
about the exact amount of the losses."
Maastricht 2020
It is still unclear whether the twelve open-air concerts will take place in July on the Vrijthof in Maastricht. "It is still too early to make any statements about this. The most important thing is that we stay healthy,” says Pierre Rieu.
Maastricht 2020
It is still unclear whether the twelve open-air concerts will take place in July on the Vrijthof in Maastricht. "It is still too early to make any statements about this. The most important thing is that we stay healthy,” says Pierre Rieu.
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1 comment:
Quelle tristesse pour tout le monde ! C'est très préoccupant pour André qui porte à bout de bras une lourde responsabilité envers ses employés et sa famille et c'est bien regrettable que les américains soient aussi durs en affaires. Je souhaite que tout cela s'arrange le plus vite possible pour André et le JSO mais aussi pour tous ceux qui souffrent de cette terrible situation. Francine.
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