Sting concert cancelled in Hawkes Bay

The Sting concert was all go for March 4 at The Mission Estate Winery in the Hawke’s Bay but has officially been cancelled following the devastation to the region by Cyclone Gabrielle.

“Out of respect to those affected by the devastating impact of Cyclone Gabrielle and in the interest of focusing critical attention and resources on relief efforts ... Sting’s concert at Mission Estate Winery in Napier will no longer proceed,” the promoters said in a statement on Monday.

A donation would be made by Sting and Live Nation to the Hawke’s Bay Foundation’s Cyclone Relief Fund, they said. Two weeks out from the show, most of the Hawke’s Bay had little means to communicate, access by road was so blocked that supermarkets were having to helicopter in food and thousands of people were displaced and had lost everything they owned.

“Where I’m sitting now, it is extremely unlikely that we will be able to go ahead,” Holley said.

All ticket holders would receive an automatic refund.

Sting’s My Songs tour will go ahead in Christchurch on Wednesday, March 1 at the Christchurch Arena.