Shah Rukh Khan cancels shows in Germany, Spain

Mumbai, (IANS) Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has
cancelled three live song-and-dance shows, part of his Temptation Reloaded world
tour, scheduled in Germany this week, leading to arguments between the tour's
Indian sponsor and the agent in Germany.

"The German promoters, SensAsian Media Ltd, to whom we gave the
contract for promotion, venue booking, etc have breached the contract and that
is why we have cancelled the show," Mohammed Morani, director of event
management firm Cineyug told IANS.

SensAsian Media Ltd has said no reason
was given for the cancellation.

Cineyug was sponsoring the
tour.

"We have also cancelled the Spain tour because just having a show
in Spain would have been a costly affair," added Morani.

Shah Rukh was to
have compered and performed with his cast at a glittering theatrical show on
Friday night in Berlin, followed by performances Saturday in Munich and Sunday
in Frankfurt.

"Cancelling three concerts with about 10,000 tickets sold
at the last minute is rudeness to the fans," said SensAsian Media Ltd in a
statement distributed by a Frankfurt public-relations agency.

The company
claims Shah Rukh's lawyer informed them through a letter that the actor was not
available for the "Temptation Reloaded 2008" tour and no reason was given.


But SensAsian Media Ltd confirmed there had been disputes during earlier
negotiations with the star's agent.

Tickets to the shows cost up to 150
Euros. Bollywood movies have developed a small but loyal fan following in
Germany.

After a successful Temptation world tour in 2005, Shah Rukh
launched his Temptation Reloaded tour in June this year in Rotterdam, Holland.
The star was joined by Arjun Rampal, Bipasha Basu, Deepika Padukone, Anushka
Dandekar and Ganesh Hedge.

According to the reports, Aamir Khan,
Priyanka Chopra, Malaika Arora and Kareena Kapoor were also expected to join him
at different venues.

In 2005 young singer Shweta Pandit joined Shah Rukh
on the tour and this time female rapper Hard Kaur was roped in to be a part of
the troupe.

Earlier Katrina Kaif was also a part of the troupe, but after
his spat with Salman Khan on Katrina's birthday, Shah Rukh dropped her from the
tour.