Thursday, March 24, 2011

Suspended Joan Manuel Serrat concert in Lima for lack of license

Lima, March 23 (EFE) .- The concert by the Spanish singer Joan Manuel Serrat was going to offer today in Lima was suspended because it lacked local municipal permits, organizers said. The concert "Son of light and shade, inspired by the poems of Miguel Hernández, was announced for the 21.00 local time today (02.00 GMT Thursday) in the exhibition center of the Jockey Club del Peru.

However, ticket sales were canceled four hours before the show by a problem with the municipality of Santiago de Surco, where the local, and next Friday will inform the rescheduling of the concert or refund those who bought tickets, Efe said a company representative Teletickett. The manager of Urban Development of the Municipality of Surco, Javier Baraybar, said the portal of the newspaper El Comercio that the local operation is not licensed or certified by Civil Defence to ensure the safety during the performance of the concert.

"We are so sorry the public who wanted to attend the event, also an artist who is in a hotel, but unfortunately we can not endanger the lives of 1,500 people (who bought tickets), "said Baraybar. Yesterday, Serrat was honored by the mayor of Lima, Susana Villa, with the medal of the city "for his artistic and social" and said he was very happy with the affection which represents an award in another country.

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