On Friday, 13th September, a Comedian-social media influencer named Saumya Sahni shared a reel on her Instagram page in which she slammed popular Punjabi Singer Diljit Dosanjh for charging 20 to 25 K for just 1 ticket of his Dil-Luminati India Tour.
In the video she shared her opinion about the ticket prices and said that no singer should charge this amount of money in India.
She said, “I might regret saying this later, but I absolutely have to ki ek Indian artiste ka koi haq nahi banta ki woh 20-25 hazar rupaye ek concert ke charge kare jab woh six cities play kar rahe hai. Woh teen sets play kar sakte hai. Kyunki aapke core audience ke paas paisa nahi hai, employment nahi hai, ek bohut hi limited means of entertainment hai. Bohot hi kam artistes hai joh iss desh ke liye, unki language mein perform kar pate hain. Aur uske baad ek middle-class insaan ka koi access nahi hai us artiste tak.”
(An Indian artist should not charge 20 to 25 K for a concert when he is performing in 6 cities. He could have played in 3 sets. His core audience doesn’t have money and employment, it’s a limited source of entertainment. There are very few artists who get the chance to perform in their native language. And even after that a middle-class person will not be able to get the access to the artist.)
“It is very wild to me that an artiste jiska concert bachche bhi dekhne jaa sakte hain, ek middle class family dekhne jaa sakti thi... they make so much money overseas that they could exempt these things for the country. Like bahar artiste ke sau-dedh sau dollar ke ticket hote hain, ki bas utna hi jitna ek set up ke liye chahiye. Lollapalooza ke passes kitne kam ke hain eine bade lineup ke baad bhi,” She further added.
(Kids and middle-class families could have attended his concert. The artist makes so much money overseas that he could have charged a little less from his audience. Foreign artists charge only 100 to 150 dollars for a ticket. Lollapalooza tickets are less expensive even after the huge lineup of performances.)
In the video she added texts as well. The texts read, “15K for a concert? In this economy???? In this country?”
Reacting to her video, an Instagram user commented, “He’s gonna realise this when he’s singing and nobody sings back.” Another user commented, “Diljeet could easily sell out multiple stadium shows per city, but money > fanbase I guess! Didn't expect it.”