Hariharan not coming; show cancelled

6 July 2012 01:21 pm

The ‘Hariharan Live in Concert’ scheduled for today in Colombo has been cancelled as the Indian singer will not be coming to Sri Lanka. In an email to the organizers last evening, Hariharan said: “There has been a development since the past 6 to 8 hours; we have been getting calls and emails from Chennai and Mumbai warning me against going to Colombo for the concert.

There have been posters throughout the city of Chennai condemning me with regards to the Colombo show. I have received a letter from the Tamil Nadu Film Director Association (Tantis) urging to cancel the show failing which I will be boycotted.

There is a group of Tamil activists outside my building in Mumbai waiting to meet me. The momentum of this campaign is growing and I fear will grow more. My position is very vulnerable physically and socially in INDIA. I regret to inform you that I have to cancel the concert.

Whatever the payment received by me will be returned back to you.  I hope you will understand the gravity of the situation in which I am due to being a social political scenario, it is beyond my control.”