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The Emmy and Golden Globe winning comedian was set to perform two live shows on the 14th and 15th of March at the Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium, Mumbai. The show would have marked Seinfeld’s first ever performance in Asia.
Updated : Mar 13, 2015, 01:19 PM IST
The much awaited live performance of comedian Jerry Seinfeld has been cancelled, Stage42 festival announced on Friday. A day before the performances were scheduled to take place in Mumbai, Stage42 made the announcement in a statement released on Facebook and Twitter. The cancellation of the shows was attributed to 'issues related to traffic and parking at the venue'.
The organisers said they regretted the cancellation and promised a full refund of tickets to buyers.
We regret to inform you that the Jerry Seinfeld shows have been cancelled due to issues related to traffic & parking. pic.twitter.com/N2qkR9LseU
— Stage42Fest (@Stage42Fest) March 13, 2015
Jerry Seinfeld joined the line-up of the already underway Stage42 festival on February 11. The Emmy and Golden Globe winning comedian was set to perform two live shows on the 14th and 15th of March at the Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium, Mumbai. The show would have marked Seinfeld’s first ever performance in Asia. The comedian is best known for the successful comedy series Seinfeld, created with fellow comedian Larry David.
Seinfeld's scheduled performance was being viewed with particular interest in the light of the case filed against the comedy group AIB for their infamous roast show. Many wondered how far the comedian would go in his stand up act and which group's ire he would draw.
It would be best for #Seinfeld to take anticipatory bail and have his lawyer on stage as he performs in India #AIB
— Dr Roshan R (@pythoroshan) February 12, 2015
The announcement of his cancelled performances has drawn mixed reactions on Twitter. But the irony of 'parking' issues resulting in the cancellation was not lost.
"What's the deal with Parking?" - Jerry Seinfeld right now.
— Sahil Shah (@SahilBulla) March 13, 2015
So many Seinfeld episodes had parking-troubles plotlines. Of COURSE his Bombay show is cancelled over parking issues.
— samit basu (@samitbasu) March 13, 2015
The Seinfeld show, planned months in advance, got cancelled because of a parking problem. There's a classic Seinfeld joke in this somewhere
— Rituparna Chatterjee (@MasalaBai) March 13, 2015
WAIT A SEINFELD CONCERT IN INDIA WAS JUST CANCELLED DUE TO LACK OF PARKING SPACE. INDIA IS FUNNIER THAN SEINFELD.
— Himanshu Kumar Suri (@HIMANSHU) March 13, 2015
Heartbreak. Sold my kidney to buy Seinfeld's ticket only to be told that no parking, no concert. Who has a car after buying that seat?
— Nakuul Mehta (@NakuulMehta) March 13, 2015
Why did Jerry Seinfeld cross the road? Because there's no parking on either sides. #SeinfeldCancelled
— Sapan Verma (@sapanv) March 13, 2015
A moment of silence for the people who bought the tickets for the Jerry Seinfeld show for full price.
— कुशल मेहरा (@kushal_mehra) March 13, 2015
Tickets were so expensive I had to sell my car to buy them. Main chal ke jaane waali thi. #Seinfeld
— Funtée Mittal (@awryaditi) March 13, 2015
Seinfeld is a comic I adore, I'm glad his show got cancelled cos there was no way I could afford a 7500 ticket & now no one gets to see him.
— Hardik Rajgor (@Hardism) March 13, 2015
Chalo - at least Jerry Seinfeld got saved from Service Tax issues and running behind organizers in June for the TDS certificate..
— Atul Khatri (@one_by_two) March 13, 2015
This is ridiculous. We've missed a chance to put Jerry Seinfeld in jail.
— Shirish Kunder (@ShirishKunder) March 13, 2015
Seinfeld cancelled the shows after he was given a "small" list of words he can't use by Pahlaj Nihlani & Ashok Pandit.
— Sir Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhaqat) March 13, 2015
Meanwhile, there's nothing like a parking joke to console heartbroken fans: