The SEL show at Mountain Park hanging in your hair? Announces that he has not paid money and received a permit, Egidijus Dragūnas also reacted

Mayor’s Advisor: SEL Has Not Paid Yet, So Permission Has Not Been Received

“Is SEL going bankrupt? Or do you need advice, ”the mayor’s advisor began in his post on social media.

“The situation is like this: On Saturday there will be a SEL concert in Kalnai Park. With all the preparation, stage construction and demolition, Mountain Park will be occupied for three days. In addition, alcohol will be marketed. According to this, the municipal colleagues calculated the fee that the SEL team must pay to the Vilnius budget, around 9000 euros. Previously, a similar amount was not a problem for SEL concerts, now they have not paid yet, so they have not yet received permission for the concert, although the stage is already under construction in Mountain Park today.

Colleagues just spoke to a representative of the SEL team, their version is “We don’t have that much money, we can’t pay.” Before it was possible, now it is not. They tell us that there are 6,500 spectators planning (the ticket price is 35 euros, which means that there are already more than 200 thousand euros of income here), I listened to the market, it is said that more tickets have already been sold.

But the SEL team says they don’t have € 9,000, they don’t offer any solutions (let’s pay after the gig, etc.), they would like a lower fee (although it’s all based on a Council decision, so not much space here to play market negotiations). In a word, think that it is simply possible not to pay the city and nothing here those bureaucrats will jump against such a star.

But we will try. Now we are writing with colleagues, what to do? Patarkit.

a) Do not issue a permit because the fee has not been paid, the concert would not take place tomorrow. Many grieving souls, but why do other organizers have to pay and can someone adjust the exception themselves?

b) Issue a toll-free permit and steal the pockets of all Vilnius residents: the city would lose 9,000 euros of legal income. For us to get this amount back after the concert, lawyers say, it can be a long and complicated process.

c) Wait until the concert starts and wait for the SEL team to stop playing what they normally play (here again, reliable news from the entertainment market) and as soon as it is convenient to issue a permit.

d) Write a letter to Paris.

If we don’t leave the concert, SEL will yell that the city has banned their show (and at the same time as Capital Days is taking place, we just want to protect our event from competitive concerts). If we let you not pay, you will understand the nonsense.

To do?

If there are reader journalists, pick up and use this topic on portals about SEL’s difficult financial situation. And I apologize to your fans in advance if the concert does not take place because the city will not charge a legal fee. But if you don’t take the loaf of bread out of the store without paying, why should the city give up its spaces to commercial events for free? ”Announced K. Žukauskas.

E. Dragūnas himself reacted

A press release was issued on Friday announcing SEL’s grand concert, which is expected to be attended by some 15,000 people. group of fans.

“For many, the quarantine tied their hands, significantly limiting their ability to carry out bigger ideas. But this is not a reason that we can afford a high-profile gig quality gig, which is why we’re preparing for this performance like never before ”, said the leader of the group in said report.

The concert organizers did not mention any doubts either. On the contrary, he simply recalled that those who had previously bought tickets for other functions of the group will also be able to enter the event on Saturday night, but these had to be canceled due to the pandemic.

As soon as I noticed the Mayor’s Advisor’s Facebook post Delphi contacted Egidijus Dragūnas himself, who briefly commented on the situation on Friday night and shared a photo from the municipality’s page.

“We have a permit. Perhaps some payments did not reach them, it is difficult to say. The photo I sent you tells about the event, its registration number, etc.” – the interpreter taught.

“Actually, I don’t follow these things much, my job is to sing and do shows. If something hangs somewhere, we will decide. I read that record a bit, a man counting money, doing a kind of circus. It seems strange to me that this is how things are handled. <...> It doesn’t seem very serious. That’s all, “added the interlocutor.

According to the group’s leader, fans need not worry, and those public recordings are childish.

“No, I don’t think so,” he smiled. – Maybe someone is setting up there, a lot of those payments there. The whole event costs 300 thousand. euros, that’s a lot of payments. It’s a lot of money, so I have a hard time answering in the middle of the night who didn’t and what didn’t. If they haven’t, people will rest on Saturday, which means they will rest on Monday, but I don’t know how to react and make such statements … In the future, we will continue to think carefully about what to vote for. by. “