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| Top Gear Live shows due to have been held in Norway next week have been postponed, the BBC has said. | Top Gear Live shows due to have been held in Norway next week have been postponed, the BBC has said. |
| All four performances will be rescheduled, with dates later this year to be confirmed within the next fortnight. | All four performances will be rescheduled, with dates later this year to be confirmed within the next fortnight. |
| The announcement comes as an investigation continues into Jeremy Clarkson's suspension following a "fracas" with a producer on the show. | The announcement comes as an investigation continues into Jeremy Clarkson's suspension following a "fracas" with a producer on the show. |
| At present, all other Top Gear Live dates will run as scheduled. | At present, all other Top Gear Live dates will run as scheduled. |
| The BBC said it apologised for the inconvenience and would "endeavour to contact all ticket holders directly to inform them of the change of dates". | The BBC said it apologised for the inconvenience and would "endeavour to contact all ticket holders directly to inform them of the change of dates". |
| The Top Gear host was suspended on 10 March following an alleged altercation with producer Oisin Tymon. | |
| A report over the incident is due to be handed to BBC Director General Tony Hall next week, who will consider the evidence and "set out any further steps". | |
| It is understood the postponement of the Norway shows has been announced because organisers wanted to give fans enough notice to cancel travel and accommodation plans and because work to prepare the venue would have needed to start well in advance of the shows. | |
| The four performances were due to take place on Friday 27 March and Saturday 28 March. | |
| Meanwhile, Clarkson has said comments criticising the BBC he made at a charity event in London were meant as a joke. | |
| The presenter gave an expletive-filled description of the corporation's bosses at the event on Thursday. | |
| An online petition for the Top Gear host to be reinstated has to date received more than one million signatures. |