twisty100

Is anyone going tomorrow to Barasti to watch him? Or does anyone know if its still on?

Blue Cat

it's still on

TGFKASE

Well, lets face it...

They are only cancelling live music and entertainment..

So Robert Van Winkle is good on both counts...

Mardy

Are the attendees unconcerned about the risks involved?

There is a chance Jedward will make a guest appearance...

Autonomy

it's been canceled over an excited SMS... (boy I don't wont to be the guy that hit send on that...)

www.arabianbusiness.com/584992-barasti-bar-scraps-concert-after-twitter-outrage

Blue Cat

well twitted eh

Autonomy

i feel it's a race between us....

Meow

All highly amusing, although the Twitter backlash has now begun

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Autonomy

it's funny Expat vs Offended Locals all over again... and again....

Meow

But now it's expats saying tweeters have been mean...

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Blue Cat

ooh I must have missed that bit when I sneaked off to iron some shirts!! my take is if that SMS hadn't gone out it the show would have gone on. Someone in authority was notified and that is why it was cancelled. Surely the twitterati haven't got that power?

Meow

Some are saying it was the mentality of a bully. I saw a certain amount of bandwagon jumping, but views have been expressed both ways.

I do wonder however, whether there's have been the same reaction from most if the event had been a gig by a person/band that was genuinely popular. I suspect not.

Fsacinating from a sociological point of view.

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Autonomy

and from a marketing point of view - 1 rash SMS took this down, if that had not gone out no tweeters would have reacted and no wasta raining down on Meridien...

Just one rash communication and that was that...

Blue Cat

It did actually start before the SMS went out, the SMS inflamed it. I am with Meow and I am also suprised that there wasn't more respect shown to Sheik Ahmad bearing in mind his position in the UAE hierarchy.