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Publicist Leesa Tilley yesterday confirmed ticket sales had been a lot lower for the Rotorua concert than for the Auckland performance. However, she did not know exactly how many tickets had been sold for Sunday's Rotorua concert, although she had been told by the Australian-based promoter that it was "not in the hundreds".
Miss Tilley said there were several reasons why ticket sales had been poor and it was not just because of public comments surrounding whether Brown should be allowed into New Zealand due to his previous convictions.
"They certainly didn't help ticket sales. It put an absolute stop to it, especially in Rotorua. No one wants to buy tickets when they don't know whether he is coming."
Rotorua MP Steve Chadwick and performer Sir Howard Morrison had questioned whether he should be allowed into New Zealand .
Miss Tilley said Brown had been cleared to go to Australia and was still waiting for a visa for entry to New Zealand. Often artists left it quite late to get a visa and it was not generally an issue but in this case a politician "got wind of it", Miss Tilley said.
The Australian-based promoter has not responded to several messages left by the Daily Post.
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