Barbra Boycott ; ITALY

May 29, 01:41 AM

Current Headlines: Barbra Streisand has cancelled her concert in Rome next month - a move that followed protests by Italian consumer groups angered by what they said were excessively high ticket prices.

Concert organisers indicated that the decision was not connected to the outcry, saying that production delays had forced them to scrap the June 15 concert in the capital's Stadio Flaminio, the singer's first concert in Italy and the start of her European tour.

Last week, consumer groups Codacons and Adusbef protested at "absurd and shameful" ticket prices ranging from just under pounds 100 to more than pounds 600.

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