Mr. Jim Keogan:

In the context of the five concerts and the licensing decision to grant three concerts, condition No. 4 of the licensing condition provides for a revised update or event management plan to be submitted prior to the event taking place. The date in question was last Friday. It says that any changes made or brought about by way of the proposed event could be accommodated within the revised event management plan. It was a proposal that was made by Aiken Promotions that we would consider matinée performances. There was no decision made on the proposal but it was rejected before it ever got into the consideration process. Five concerts are unprecedented. The reason we said it was not appropriate to grant five was due to the scale of the proposed events, the intensification surrounding the number of events at the venue and the cumulative effect it would have on the area in question. That was the basis on which we made the decision. We did it within the parameters of the licence that was granted to see whether there was scope for considering matinée performances. One must bear in mind that the public outcry was that we were perceived to be inflexible and we were attempting to see if there could be a resolution. We only said we would consider it; we did not make a decision on it.