Band’s late show sparks call for refunds
The British boy band were booked to play at Reardens Bar on Washington Street last Thursday night.
However. a representative for East17— best known for their hit song Stay Another Day — contacted Reardens on Thursday to say the band had missed their flight from London and the planned later flight had also been delayed.
The band eventually arrived on stage at 12.45am and played for just 30 minutes at the sell-out gig.
Disappointed fans immediately demanded their money back and a spokeswoman from Reardens said that anybody that asked for a refund was given one.
Reardens said it is now in discussions with the band’s management to “get to the bottom” of why there was such a delay in their arrival.
“We did the best we could on the night and all we can do now is apologise to our customers. We certainly won’t be inviting them over again,” said the spokeswoman.
Tickets were sold at the door on the night for €12 and close to 600 attended.
Reardens said the concert had been booked for months and said many customers left very disappointed.
One concertgoer said she left after 10 minutes and called the night a “huge disappointment”.
British born East17 were one of the biggest pop groups in the 1990s.
They achieved 18 top 20 singles and four top 10 albums. The band split nine years ago but reformed recently.
The group, comprising of Brian Harvey, Tony Mortimer, John Hendy and Terry Coldwell, formed in 1993 and were named after the postcode (E17) of the east London suburb of Walthamstow, where they all lived. East17 were seen as an urban alternative to chart rivals Take That.
They had a string of hits, including Around the World, Stay Another Day, House of Love and a cover of the Pet Shop Boys’ Eighties classic West End Girls.
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