All six dates of the Sounds of emotions tour have been cancelled.
– I have relapsed into gambling addiction. That’s where the money has gone, says the organizer to Aftonbladet.
Jon Henrik Fjällgren, Mariette and Rickard Söderberg are some of the artists who would have participated in Sounds of emotions. A concert tour where all surplus would go to Börje Salming’s foundation for the benefit of ALS research.
– It is tragic that the money that was supposed to go to something good is gone. I sincerely hope that the tour plan can be helped by new organizers, says Mariette to SVT.
Four million gone
The concert tour was actually supposed to take place in November, but was postponed for production reasons. Now it appears, according to information to Aftonbladet, that the four million in ticket revenue is gone and the event will no longer take place.
In a mailing from the ticket company Tickster to the nearly 9,500 ticket buyers, it appears that they will not get the money back from Tickster, as the money has been paid to the organizing company – which you cannot now reach.
– If the organizer goes bankrupt, it is possible to apply for money from the bankruptcy estate, says Tickster CEO Niclas Lindeberg to SVT.
Jon Henrik Fjällgren has previously hired the organizer as manager, and has been the face of the tour. He has now reported the man to the police.
– It is a nightmare. I thought he was my best friend. He has ruined my life, he tells the newspaper.
No connection to the foundation
Börje Salming’s ALS foundation makes it clear to Kulturnyheterna that they have no direct connection to the arrangement – at the same time that they consider it “very sad that people have been deceived”.
“Hope and believe that people understand the difference between someone wanting to arrange something nice for charity, and the charity itself,” the foundation writes to SVT.
Jon Henrik Fjällgren has declined to comment. SVT has applied for the organizer.
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Hear from Tickster CEO Niclas Lindeberg about what is happening for ticket buyers now. Photo: SVT
