Bolton visit revived
By Ranjit Vethakan
Michael Bolton's date with his Colombo fans will go ahead on November 25, despite the original promoters, Water's Edge, allegedly reneging on the deal and the concert almost failing to come off.

The super concert will now be held at Longden Place. Shewantha Rodrigo, who was to bring Robin Gibb to Colombo in the first week of September, and was thwarted when former foreign minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar was assassinated, is the new promoter of Bolton's Colombo date.

Gibb, in the meantime, has rescheduled his rendezvous with Sri Lanka's Bee Gees' fans for April next year, also at the same venue. The switch of venue for Bolton's concert is great news for Colombo concert goers.

The US$150,000 price tag would have blown a huge hole in the pockets of fans, had Water's Edge retained the right to stage the show. The paltry number of 1300 seats in that miniscule theatre would have seen tickets priced upwards of Rs. 30,000 - a price branded way too high even by American standards for a concert of this nature!

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