“If Trevor Noah really bothered about his ticket purchasing fans, then he would have made it a point to arrive earlier in the day (or previous night) and personally carried out a reconnaissance of the venue, tested out his microphone and ensured that the sound was optimum. I am sure he does that at other prestigious venues all over the world, and I am shocked to realize he did not bother to do this in Bengaluru,” Kej tweeted.

It was the artist’s responsibility, he argued, to put forward their personal sound requirements and preferences and then check on the details before performing. 

“…to just show up for the event, without even checking your sound is hugely irresponsible. It was the audience that got punished in the process.. audiences that paid money and travelled to experience him,” he added.

Noah had been set to perform at the Manpho Convention Centre in the city on last week as part of his ‘Off the Record’ tour. The organisers cancelled both of Noah’s shows in Bengaluru scheduled for September 27 and 28. 

“Trevor also attributed this incident to “India” as a whole, which is in very bad taste. This is definitely a case of terrible event management, but more importantly a very complacent and irresponsible artist with a complete disregard for his paying fans (and India).. who blames everyone and everything but himself,” Kej added.