A “immensely difficult” decision. The singer and her DJ Grand Marnier announced on July 16 on their social networks that canceled her tour of North America celebrating her 20 years for “multiple reasons.”
Already, because the political climate in the United States, with respect to “immigration” and “freedom of expression” in particular, is “very worrying” today. “Now we are traveling with family with our little son, therefore, more than ever, we must feel safe.”
In addition, this Mini-Tour is “a heavy financial burden.” The electro-pop duo had initially planned to settle in several important cities in North America next October: in Washington DC, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco and Montreal. The scheduled concerts in Europe are maintained.
It is not an isolated case
Bretons are not the first artists to choose, for restriction or not, to give up their steps in the country of Donald Trump. This is particularly the case of András Schiff, a great pianist and Hungarian director, who canceled all his concerts in the United States after “unprecedented recent political changes”, or Canadian musician Matthew Good who chose not to participate in the “reflection of opinions”, as specified by the American site site.
The subgroup of the United Kingdom Punk or Canadian singer Bells Larsen, who could not ask for a visa due to the new measures aimed at transgender people imposed by the administration of Donald Trump, also had to make a cross on his dates in the Atlantic. Like the singers FKA Twigs and Anitta, who canceled their arrival in Coachella last April due to visa problems.
The Trumpist administration has also rejected pure and simply certain applications, such as those of Mexican groups Grupo Signa and the Aregres del Barranco, or that of the Punk Bob Vylan duo, accused of having pronounced antizionist comments.
Canadá-American Neil Young singer and guitarist had expressed his fears in April about a possible return to the United States for his summer tour. “If Trump’s pain or his administration says, you may be prohibited from entering the United States. If you are Canadian. If you have dual nationality like me, who knows? “He wrote on his website.
Source: BFM TV
