'Let me be the sacrificial goat’: AR Rahman apologises for stampede at Chennai concert, offers refund to fans
AR Rahman’s Chennai concert ‘Marakkuma Nenjam’ faced a huge controversy after innumerable fans accused the organisers of mismanagement. The concert also made news for the wrong reasons as the authorities failed to control a stampede, and many fans were made to wait outside the venue due to a lack of adequate seating arrangements.
The music icon finally opened up about the fiasco.
Taking to Twitter, Rahman penned a note of heartfelt apology to his Chennai fans. He also requested those who failed to enter the premises to share a copy of their tickets with the organisers for a refund.
“Dearest Chennai Makkale, those of you who purchased tickets and weren’t able to enter owing to unfortunate circumstances, please do share a copy of your ticket purchase to arr4chennai@btos.in along with your grievances.
Our team will respond asap,” reads his tweet.
The post went viral on X (formerly Twitter), gaining more than 573.8K views and 10K likes.
Some Twitter users hailed the ‘Jai Ho’ composer for owning up to the fiasco.
However, many disgruntled fans pointed out that there was no official apology for the ordeal faced by the fans.
“Apology where?” wrote a fan.
“Finally, the man said something. But, not even a mention of apology?” ranted another.
Another pointed out that many pregnant and elderly fans fell ill due to the sheer lack of seating arrangements.
“Money is not the only problem here. How many people have you wasted? How pregnant women and elderly people suffered by standing for more than 5 hours and not being able to go inside.
You should apologize publicly for this,” read the tweet.
The ‘Roja’ hitmaker also took to Instagram and dedicated another earnest apology post to his fans. While he did not directly mention the
