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Vet­er­an pro­mot­er Randy Glas­gow has once again weighed in on the de­bate over the fi­nan­cial sus­tain­abil­i­ty and cul­tur­al rel­e­vance of ma­jor for­eign-head­lined events in Trinidad and To­ba­go.

Af­ter rais­ing con­cerns about the con­tro­ver­sial book­ing of in­car­cer­at­ed dance­hall artiste Vy­bz Kar­tel, Glas­gow has now broad­ened his cri­tique. He’s urg­ing the en­ter­tain­ment in­dus­try to re­flect and recom­mit to lo­cal tal­ent.

In a mes­sage cir­cu­lat­ed among fel­low pro­mot­ers, Glas­gow ques­tioned the log­ic and long-term vi­a­bil­i­ty of spend­ing ex­or­bi­tant sums on in­ter­na­tion­al acts with­out a clear path to prof­itabil­i­ty.