S. Korean pop singer Rain cancels concert in L.A.
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A concert in Los Angeles by South Korean pop singer Rain was abruptly canceled about two hours before his performance, the singer's Seoul-based producer said Sunday, according to Yonhap News Agency.
Rain was to perform in Staples Center, downtown L.A., Saturday evening as part of of his U.S. tour.
The concert, however, was canceled because the performance center refused to allow in stage equipment from South Korea, Star M Entertainment Co. said.
The city and center authorities banned the use of the Korean equipment, mostly electrical, citing the city's electricity and fire-fighting rules, it added.
"We transported 20 tons of stage equipment from South Korea after a confirmation from the concert's L.A. promoter V2B Global Co. that we could use the equipment on stage", a company spokesman said. "Everything came to nothing with the city authorities' ban".
The abrupt cancelation triggered strong protests from thousands of Korean and Asian Rain fans, who came to the concert not knowing it had been canceled.
It also dealt another blow to Rain whose earlier performances in Honolulu, San Francisco, Atlanta, New York and San Jose, California, had all been called off because of a legal challenge from Nevada-based record company Rain Corp.
Rain was to perform in Staples Center, downtown L.A., Saturday evening as part of of his U.S. tour.
The concert, however, was canceled because the performance center refused to allow in stage equipment from South Korea, Star M Entertainment Co. said.
The city and center authorities banned the use of the Korean equipment, mostly electrical, citing the city's electricity and fire-fighting rules, it added.
"We transported 20 tons of stage equipment from South Korea after a confirmation from the concert's L.A. promoter V2B Global Co. that we could use the equipment on stage", a company spokesman said. "Everything came to nothing with the city authorities' ban".
The abrupt cancelation triggered strong protests from thousands of Korean and Asian Rain fans, who came to the concert not knowing it had been canceled.
It also dealt another blow to Rain whose earlier performances in Honolulu, San Francisco, Atlanta, New York and San Jose, California, had all been called off because of a legal challenge from Nevada-based record company Rain Corp.
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