{"id":34494,"date":"2019-05-27T22:51:21","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T02:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=34494"},"modified":"2019-05-27T22:51:21","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T02:51:21","slug":"the-real-cost-of-the-free-un-concert-not-yet-known","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/the-real-cost-of-the-free-un-concert-not-yet-known\/","title":{"rendered":"The Real Cost Of The Free UN Concert Not Yet Known"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The government says it cannot yet say how much it will end up spending to host this weekend’s Play It Out concert.<\/p>

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The event is being jointly hosted with the UN General Assembly that is expected to foot only part of the bill.<\/p>\n

Government spokesman Lionel Max Hurst says some of Antigua’s cost will be supported by various contributions.<\/p>

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He did not indicate who will be contributing.<\/p>

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“I won’t be sure of the government’s contribution until after the concert is over,” Hurst old ANR in a voice note.<\/p>\n

He said part of the reason is that they have contributors who are helping to reduce what would have been the cost to the government.<\/p>

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“And those contributions won’t begin to come in until the day of the concert, the day before or even after the concert,” he added.<\/p>\n

Hurst promised to give an accounting after the concert has ended “but it will be very difficult to tell you what the government’s contribution is now.”<\/p>

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International acts who are known to attract tens of thousands of dollars in fees will come from all over the world for the event.<\/p>

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Along with Machel Montano, the concert, which aims to\u00a0Play it Out to Phase it Out,\u00a0will be co-headlined by Grammy Award-Winning Singer\/Actress Ashanti, who will be visiting Antigua and Barbuda for the first time.\u00a0Joining the pair will be a lineup of artists and performers covering different regions, demographics and music styles. They include American indie-rock band St. Lucia; Bomba Est\u00e9reo, an electric-duo hailing from Colombia; Nico & Vinz, an R&B act from Norway; Rocky Dawuni, Ghana\u2019s premiere reggae artist and UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador; and Grammy-nominated German DJ\/producer Robin Schulz. The event will also feature top local artists, including Ricardo Drue and Claudette Peters. Antigua\u2019s Kanneh-Masons, who performed at the wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle, will also perform.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the concert will feature an array of speakers including dignitaries, policymakers, celebrities, and representatives from the scientific, philanthropic and academic communities. This includes actor, co-founder of Lonely Whale, and UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador, Adrian Grenier.<\/p>\n

The Anti-Plastics \u201cPlay<\/span>\u00a0It\u00a0Out<\/span>\u201d Concert will take place on Saturday afternoon, beginning at 4:00 pm on June 1, 2019, at no cost to those attending.<\/p>\n

Antigua and Barbuda was selected from among the UN\u2019s 194 member-states because of the country\u2019s forward push to ban plastics and Styrofoam\u2014two very harmful substances that are wreaking havoc on the world\u2019s oceans, fish stocks and landfills.<\/p>\n

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