Singer Diljit Dosanjh’s Delhi concert, which was earlier denied permission, was granted nod after multiple meetings with the organisers, Delhi Police said on Friday.
It added that the October 30 event would go on as planned. “It is clarified that reports suggesting that the Diljit Dosanjh AURA India Tour concert in New Delhi on 30 October being cancelled are inaccurate. Most importantly, after the farmers’ protest, he performed a grand show at the same Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on October 26-27, 2024,” Malhotra said.
Permission for the event had been temporarily withheld, not cancelled, and the two should not be confused,” BookMyShow Live said in a statement, news agency ANI reported. “Diljit Dosanjh had performed at numerous university-level shows as well as at the Indira Gandhi Stadium.
Event organiser BookMyShow Live also confirmed the development and said that the permissions were “temporarily withheld” and not cancelled. The organisers said given the festive season relation caution, Delhi Police asked them to put additional safety, traffic and crowd-management measures in place.
Dosanjh’s Aura India Tour concert is scheduled at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Police had earlier denied permission for the singer’s concert in the Capital on October 30, citing security concerns, according to a letter the police wrote to ticketing partner BookMyShow. One such e-mail, seen by HT, warned students not to attend Dosanjh’s concert on October 30, a senior police official said. Earlier reporting noted: Diljit Dosanjh’s concert journey: Infra calls, flag pauses, boycott appeals and now a Delhi setback for the Aura tour opener Diljit Dosanjh’s concert in Delhi on October 30 was denied permission by Delhi Police citing security concerns. Earlier reporting noted: NEW DELHI: The denial of permission for Diljit Dosanjh ’s October 30 concert in Delhi has put the spotlight on a singer whose live performances have repeatedly spilled beyond the stage, from his warning that he would stop performing in India until concert infrastructure improved to political and religious controversies surrounding his shows.
Apart from the “festive rush”, one of the reasons of denying permission was a hoax bomb threat e-mail received by multiple schools in Delhi on the morning of October 15. Earlier reporting noted: Delhi Police on Thursday denied permission for the concert at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, citing security concerns and the festive season.
