Wellington could miss out on more big name acts after British magician Dynamo's first Wellington show was canned due to technical glitches.

A source close to Dynamo's promoter said they were "bitterly disappointed" at the way Wellington Venues had failed to deliver despite being notified of the technical requirements for the show months ago.

That promoter's confidence in Wellington as a place to bring events had been undermined because the promoter could not have "complete confidence in [events] being able to go ahead", the source said on Tuesday.

SUPPLIED Dynamo, the British magician with a cult following, postponed his first Wellington show.

Other promoters were also questioning Wellington's ability to host shows, they said.

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Dynamo was brought to New Zealand by promoter TEGDainty, an Australian company that owns Ticketek and has toured global acts One Direction, The Rolling Stones and Ricky Martin as well as kid's shows shows such as PAW Patrol Live! and international football fixtures.

SUPPLIED The 35-year-old's bold show left many of the 6000 people at Christchurch's Horncastle Arena dumbstruck.

It is understood the technical difficulty that saw Monday night's show postponed until Tuesday was due to weights not being signed off to be put into the venue's ceiling.

Venues Wellington had been aware of the show's specifications since April, when Dynamo's New Zealand tour dates were announced, the source said.

Dynamo played two shows at TSB Arena on Tuesday night after the technical difficulties were fixed, with the rescheduled show forcing some to take time off work in order to attend.

Venues Wellington head of marketing Anna Calver said she was unable to respond to the source's concerns but the Wellington City Council-controlled organisation hosted hundreds of events successfully every year.

"Having to postpone an event due to a technical issue is an incredibly rare occurrence," Calver said.

On Monday TEGDainty and Venues Wellington said they had done "everything in their capacity" to make the show happen as scheduled, but they were left with no option other than to postpone.

SUPPLIED Magician Dynamo was set to perform on Monday night at 8pm but the show was postponed to Tuesday.

It's not the first time Wellington events have lost the magic after problems at the city's venues.

Last year music megastar Ed Sheeran said Wellington was his favourite city in the world, but his promoter said Sheeran would not play in the capital because its venues didn't hold up.

Westpac Stadium, which is not part of Venues Wellington, has also struggling to host some events. .

In June the capital's first international ice hockey game – between Canada and the USA – was eventually scrapped following two earlier postponements, a full day after its original start time.

The cancellation was triggered after one of the pipes containing the agent used to freeze the water on the temporary rink at Westpac Stadium burst, putting organisers behind schedule.

Guns N' Roses almost had to pull the pin on playing to 31,500 fans in the capital in February 2017 when wild weather nearly stopped the stage at Westpac Stadium from being built in time.

And AC/DC fans had to wait 40 minutes after just two songs in 2015 when technical glitches stopped their concert at the stadium during another summer storm.

Dynamo – whose real name is Steven Frayne – played his first ever New Zealand gig on Friday to 6000 eager fans in Christchurch. He is scheduled to perform four shows in Auckland at the end of the week.