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Philly POPS Wildwood Ticket Sales Flub, Presenter Cancels Show

Less than 100 tickets sold for a Philly POPS show that had been scheduled in Wildwood for the weekend, so the show's organizers decided to cancel it.

Boardwalk Entertainment Owner Amanda Thomas told NBC10/Telemundo62's Christian Cazares that the POPS show, which had been scheduled for Saturday, only sold 85 tickets. She said audiences showed "strong feedback" for free events over paid ones, so the company elected to cancel the POPS performance. The POPS July 4th performance at the Shore last year drew a crowd of about 8,000, officials said.

The POPS will still perform three shows in Philadelphia for Fourth of July weekend. The 65-piece band is scheduled to perform through the holiday weekend in Philadelphia--July 3's POPS on Independence at 8pm, July 4's Celebration of Freedom ceremony and Independence Day parade at 10am, and POPS on the Parkway at 8:30pm.

Low ticket sales forced the cancellation of a Philly POPS show scheduled for this weekend in Wildwood.

"While the POPS is disappointed about this development, the organization looks forward to its three performances in Philadelphia over the July 4 weekend," the POPS said in a news release.

Thomas said everyone who bought a ticket for the Wildwood performance will be refunded. 

Tim McGraw concert tickets are still available for Monday, the 4th of July, in Wildwood. About 40,000 people are expected to attend the weekend events, making it the biggest weekend of the summer for the town.

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