Salman-PC Dubai concert is a flop

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Dubai too cold to Salman-Priyanka

It was an ambitious experiment by organisers Creative Hub Events to bring the current box office ruler Salman Khan and his lady of choice Priyanka Chopra to the shores of UAE to celebrate the National Day at the Dubai Festival City.

Unluckily, what was expected to be roaring hit fell a little flat. The auditorium that had a capacity of 18,000 and was expected to house that many on the special night of December 2, had only 7000 odd people cheering for the actors.When contacted, Fatima Hayat, CEO of Creative Hub Events told us, "Yes, it's a shocker. Salman, Priyanka and the others (Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Zarine Khan) could definitely have pulled it off much better."
According to an official from the events company (who requested for anonymity), the response at the ticket windows was disheartening. While that could also have been because of the exhorbitant pricing of AED 6000 (INR 75000) per stub, the official blamed it on 'lack of caution'.
"We tried every trick in the book to reach out to people but failed. We wish we had paid heed to some of our well wishers who had warned us not to have the show on such a large canvas," the official added.
Salman's last show in Dubai was organised right after Wanted hit the theatres in 2009. And reportedly, that wasn't a money churner either. "The guy who organised the show hails from south India and has vowed never to visit Dubai again. However, we thought that after his recent string of blockbusters - Dabangg, Ready, Bodyguard, Ek Tha Tiger, Salman's 2012 show would be a runaway success," the official said.
Apparently, despite asking Salman to spend more time on stage and word of mouth publicity of the show, the ticket sales failed to pick up. "We are still looking for answers," said the official.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Dubai-too-cold-to-Salman-Priyanka/articleshow/17752559.cms

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Posted: 13 years ago
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LMAO what were they expecting when they had such performers with them. Salman and Priyanka sucks in overseas and has no big fan base in overseas compared to others. 2ndly they make a terrible pair so of course many didn't come expect for the ardent fans of the two.

This concert should have happened in india salman has most of his fans there.
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Posted: 13 years ago
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They could've come to the US
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Posted: 13 years ago
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Rs. 75000!! Who would pay that much?
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Posted: 13 years ago
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^^^Apparently a lot of people thought that people would spend Rs. 75000 to see Salman. Btw how much do tickets of international pop stars cost in Dubai(International popstars apart from PC)?
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Posted: 13 years ago
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LOL I wouldnt pay that amount even if my favorite actors were performing!😆
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Posted: 13 years ago
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are people that stupid to cough up 75000 to just watch the star doing some jigs for 5 min .thats the amount for my first yr of engg .i know the amount of time and efforts i had to put through to collect that amount
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Posted: 13 years ago
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they got greedy thats around $1400 😲
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Posted: 13 years ago
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uff...bade he dukh ki baat hai
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They should have made it Salman-Kat-Ranbir with a cameo from Vivek. Spread rumours about Ash-Abhishek attending.
Edited by Kal El - 13 years ago

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