Fans Fire Shots At Bookmyshow After Trevor Noah Cancels Show Due To Audio Failure

Fans are outraged at Bookmyshow after Trevor Noah‘s Bengaluru shows were abruptly called off due to “technical issues”, leading to demands that the ticket-booking platform should take responsibility for the fiasco.

What Happened: South African comedian Trevor Noah’s performances at the Manpho Convention Centre on September 27 and 28 were called off at the eleventh hour due to poor acoustics. The audience was unable to hear the comedian on stage, leading to the cancellation of the show.

Noah posted an apology on his social media account for causing ”inconvenience and disappointment” to his fans. He ensured that a full refund would be provided to all the ticket holders.

Dear Bengalaru India, I was so looking forward to performing in your amazing city but due to technical issues we've been forced to cancel both shows.
We tried everything but because the audience can't hear the comedians on stage there's literally no way to do a show. We'll make…
— Trevor Noah (@Trevornoah) September 27, 2023

The fans who had managed to navigate the notorious Bengaluru traffic to make it to the show, took to social media to vent their frustration. They held the organisers accountable for the chaos and brought up issues such as inadequate parking space, substandard air conditioning, overcrowded venue, unsanitary washrooms and narrow access roads.

Several X users singled out Bookmyshow for failing to organise the event successfully, with many siding with Noah’s decision of not continuing the event without proper acoustics.

This has to b the shortest performance I have ever paid and braved through Bangalore traffic to watch!
Beyond disappointed about @Trevornoah ‘s show getting canned in Bengaluru!! I only have @bookmyshow to blame for their absolutely shoddy job of organising the most basic thngs pic.twitter.com/Q6TaMz2ufv
— Aanchal Bhargava (@BhargavaAanchal) September 27, 2023

Really wish the team managing @Trevornoah did their due diligence on promoters, partners and vendors.

What a fiasco here in #Bangalore.

Much respect to him for saying he won't start till the audio is sorted and asking for people to get refunds. #Bookmyshow pic.twitter.com/jrlZQfMgJl
— Ishaan Arya (@captainarya) September 27, 2023

Why It Matters: Bookmyshow has been taken to task over recent issues that have affected fans’ experiences at shows and events. Recently, celebrated music composer A.R. Rahman’s Chennai concert earlier this month turned into a traumatic experience for many due to mismanagement, incidentally also handled by Bookmyshow.

Again, we are talking about the on stage problem the world witnessed in the Trevor Noah show and also, the AR Rahman show. It was clearly the issue of mismanagement on the stage, especially the sound depertment. And, in my opinion, the management had no idea what is required on…
— Michael Makhal (@mrmakhal) September 28, 2023

However, Bookmyshow has apologised for the lapse in management of the event, saying all customers will get a full refund within 8-10 days.

Bengaluru, we are extremely sorry for the inconvenience caused at Trevor Noah's Off The Record show at Manpho Convention Centre on September 27th. The Bengaluru leg of the India Tour for both September 27th & 28th stands cancelled. All customers who purchased tickets for both…
— BookMyShow (@bookmyshow) September 27, 2023

The cancellation comes as a blow to Noah’s fans who were eagerly looking forward to the Bengaluru leg of his ‘Off The Record’ tour. The comedian had successfully begun the Indian segment of his tour in New Delhi on September 23. After Bengaluru, he is scheduled to perform at the NSCI Dome in Mumbai on September 30 and October 1.

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