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Minister urged to act on festival no-show

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The Culture Minister has been urged to impose stricter controls on concert organisers after singer Dave Cooper failed to show at an outdoor festival. [objective, straightforward, factual intro]

With a string of number one hits, Cooper regularly plays to sell-out gigs all over Europe. But there were angry scenes in Belfast on Saturday evening when the British rock star failed to turn up for a huge outdoor gig.

Organisers were left red-faced when the star failed to turn up, despite having earlier carried out sound checks at the venue.

The singer and members of his band were seen in a bar in Dublin city centre late on Saturday night. Angry fans, many of whom paid up to £50 for tickets, chanted “shame, shame” when promoter, Joe Mackle of Mackle Music Productions told them the concert had been postponed due to “unforeseen circumstances”.

Police [formal language] were called to the venue when fans stormed ticket offices demanding their money back.

^{Dissapointed fans have demanded refunds on tickets costing up to £50}

Eyewitness Joe Smith said: “Things turned very ugly when frustrated fans demanded refunds. Some started to kick the doors of the ticket offices but police quickly restored order.”

A spokeswoman for Mackle Music Productions said yesterday Cooper claimed he had fallen sick and had no way of contacting the promoter.

She said: “Mackle Music Productions is currently looking at ways of refunding ticket prices.” Furious fans have condemned the singer’s no-show. There have also been calls for greater controls to be enforced in the music industry.

Sam Morgan of the “Keep Music Live” group said it was intolerable that fans should be treated in such a way. Cooper could not be contacted at the time of going to press.

Angle of story: Neutral. Reader is left to make up their own mind.