The or­gan­is­ers of the Gen­er­a­tions of Steel con­cert say tonight's show will go ahead de­spite the with­draw­al of three head­line steel or­ches­tras, while of­fer­ing re­funds to pa­trons who no longer wish to at­tend.

In a state­ment on Fri­day night, the or­gan­is­ing com­mit­tee said ad­min­is­tra­tive set­backs caused by the late and out­stand­ing dis­burse­ment of ex­pect­ed cor­po­rate spon­sor­ship meant it was un­able to make the ini­tial con­trac­tu­al down­pay­ments to all ad­ver­tised bands with­in the re­quired time­frame.

The com­mit­tee said the fi­nan­cial con­straints led to the with­draw­al of Des­per­a­does, Shell In­vaders and First Cit­i­zens Su­per­novas.