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Eminem Asked To Testify In Irish Concert Flap |
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Thursday, 08 March 2007 |
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 Ireland's High Court issued a request Monday for Eminem to come to
Dublin give evidence explaining the last-minute cancellation of his
proposed concert at Slane Castle in 2005.
The Michigan rapper pulled out of the Sept. 17, 2005,
concert as part of the Anger Management tour after complaining of
"exhaustion." The 80,000 tickets for the open-air gig had sold out
within an hour.
Taking a civil action, concert promoters MCD are
seeking €1.5 million compensation from three London-based insurance
companies after they refused to pay up after the cancellation of the
gig.
Eminem had asked that he be allowed to give his testimony in private
regarding his state of health at the time of the concert, but Mr.
Justice Peter Kelly refused the application, saying it would be
inappropriate.
The judge also said that there was also a constitutional
mandate that justice be administered in public.
He also said that Eminem's testimony was important and
"possibly crucial" in settling the dispute between the promoters and
the insurance companies.
Justice Kelly issued the letter of request to
the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Michigan for
examination on oath of Marshall Mathers III aka Eminem.
The annual concert in Slane Castle has traditionally been one of the
highlights of the live calendar in Ireland, dating back to 1981, when
Thin Lizzy and U2 headlined.
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