They cancel Shakira’s performance in the opening concert of the World Pride for technical problems – Chicago Tribune
By Ashraf Khalil
Washington (AP) – Shakira, who headed the poster of the opening concert of the World Pride 2025 in Washington, abruptly canceled his participation one day before the event due to problems with the team.
“We are deeply disgusted because unforeseen circumstances have forced the cancellation” of the concert, said Capital Pride Alliance, the main organizer of the World Pride, in a statement on Friday. “The novelties on the program of the inaugural ceremony will be announced as soon as confirmed!”
The Colombian star was expected to head the celebration on Saturday night at the National Park. Apparently, the reason for cancellation is the continuity of the technical problems related to his concert on Thursday night at the Boston Fenway Park, which was suspended hours before the beginning. The show that was going to give on Friday night the musician of Country Jason Aldean in the same enclosure was also canceled.
“Due to complications with its previous show in Boston, the complete production of the Shakira tour cannot be transferred to Washington, DC, on time for the performance scheduled at the National Park,” said Capital Pride Alliance. “Despite all the efforts to happen, it is not possible to move forward according to plan.”
The organizers said that the rest of the event program throughout the city was still standing for the weekend and said the inaugural ceremony will be relocated and reorganized.
The cancellation presents an additional challenge for Capital Pride Alliance, although at least it is not of a political nature. The organizers had already declared that they expected international assistance to be significantly affected by the concern and discomfort in the LGBTQ+ community for President Donald Trump’s policies.
Trump’s public hostility towards the protection of trans people and Drag shows has already led two LGBTQ+ international organizations —Eagle Canada and African Human Rights Coalition -, to warn against traveling to the United States. The main concern is that trans or non -binary people have trouble entering the country if passport control agents apply the strict binary gender vision of the government.
Some possible international participants have already announced that they will not attend this year’s events, either for fear of harassment or as a boycott of Trump’s policies. But others have called for a national mobilization to grocer the capital.
The Capital Executive Director Pride Alliance, Ryan Bos, said that security fences would be installed around the concert and the final two -day act in a section of several blocks from the Pennsylvania Avenue.
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This story was translated from English by an AP editor with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool.
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