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Just weeks after the concert fell apart due to the cancellations of its biggest names, the mayor of Vienna has spoken out about the
BBC News reports that Vienna Mayor Michael Häupl told the city council that the show would have been "very interesting ... had it been properly prepared and organized but it was not." Several weeks ago, Jermaine Jackson announced that the show at the 17th-century palace of Schönbrunn in the Austrian capital was going to feature appearances from Chris Brown, Mary J. Blige, Akon and Sister Sledge. But within a day of that announcement, both Blige's and Brown's reps clarified that neither had confirmed their participation in the September 26 event. Even before a lineup was announced, organizers claimed that they had been overwhelmed with ticket requests for the 80,000-plus spots at the show. Soon after, with no major names signed on for the event, the show fell apart and Jackson said he was postponing it until June of 2010, at which point he said he would try to mount it at London's Wembley Stadium. At the time of the cancellation, one of the show's promoters, Georg Kindel, lashed out, saying the show was being moved because "renowned artists of the tribute were disrespectfully treated as B-list artists or even losers." According to the BBC, authorities in Vienna had initially agreed to subsidize the show in their city to the tune of more than $880,000, after estimating that the advertising value to them would be more than $51 million. That funding was pulled on September 11, when organizers failed to present the "top stars" Jermaine Jackson had promised would perform at the event. At the time, Vienna Vice Mayor Renate Brauner announced that due to the thin lineup, the city had called off talks with organizers because the publicity value of underwriting the show was not likely to be as high as officials had expected. The concert was canceled later that day, with Jackson explaining that because of the short notice, "numerous stars were just not able to change their schedules." This report is provided by MTV News
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