Dozens of persons yesterday turned up at Hits and Jams office in Queenstown to collect refunds for tickets they had purchased for the concert, which was slated for August 24, 2013 with headlining act, R&B legend R. Kelly as part of Jamzone International Night at the Guyana National Stadium, but was cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.

It was reported that the artiste fell ill following a recent tour of South Africa.
The new date for the show is said to be October 19 and according to head of the promotional company Mc Neil Enterprise, Odinga Lumumba, which collaborated with Hits and Jams to organise the show, there will be two other “dynamic” acts joining R. Kelly on stage for the new date.
Speaking with this publication yesterday via telephone, Lumumba  said that at a press conference slated for today, the name of at least one of the two other dynamic acts will be announced.
He said that when the public hears of the other lineup for the new show date, they will realise that the ticket price of $3,500 will be “stupidness” for the magnitude of entertainment the trio will give.
Lumumba said that his company, while not obligated to refund patrons, thought it the best thing to do since they are not in the business of robbing persons and giving persons an option is always a good thing.
Lumumba told this newspaper that he is just being “nice”.
He said the refunds will be done every two days to allow  for verifying and checking of tickets which were purchased to ensure that they are refunding legitimate tickets and not bogus tickets or tickets which persons claim they paid sums for but which cannot be substantiated.
Lumumba said he believes that his company should be complimented since there is hardly ever a case where entertainers refund persons. Instead, they offer to reschedule shows without giving persons the option of deciding if they want to attend a show at the new date, he contended.
The refunding process will continue over the next few days and according to Lumumba, they will be moving to other parts of the country to commence the payout of refunds to persons who don’t wish to attend the show on October 19.
Yesterday, there were several persons who turned up for ticket refunds but were not entirely pleased with the process. Generally, the tickets were being sold for $3,500 but according to some persons who turned up for refunds, they were made to pay $4,000 at some ticketing agents.
In those cases the persons doing the refunds took the contact number for the patrons who claimed that they paid $4,000 for their tickets and promised to verify those claims.
Once it is verified that indeed those persons paid $4,000 for a ticket then Mc Neil Enterprise will refund them the $500. The ticketing agent would  then have to repay the entertainment company that $500 or  so it is hoped, according to Lumumba.