Singer Alicia Keys is another of the artists who decided not to sing at the opening ceremony of the World Cup in Qatar. Although until yesterday they had confirmed the presence of the New York singer, the artist has finally announced it will not perform during the opening gala of the tournament.
Alicia Keys, interpreter of girl on Fireshe didn’t offer any sort of explanation for her refusal, but her name joined that of Brits Dua Lipa and Rod Stewart.
In addition, the choreographer Barbarana Pons, one of the main organizers of the opening ceremony of the Qatar 2022 World Cup which will take place this Sunday 20 November. Clarified this Shakira had never been on the list of confirmed artists: “We never had Shakira.”
The organizers, confused
Pons recounted the confusion experienced by the organizers in the face of Keys’ refusal: “He didn’t tell us why… Until yesterday he was coming, I thought he had already landed”, Pons said during the morning program of Jordi Basté, On Mondays at RAC1.
This change of plans on the part of the American puzzled the entire organizing committee.
However, some theories have already formed: many members of the planning team believe that, unlike Dua Lipa and Rod Steward, Keys’ refusal This is not a question of defending human rights and the protest against the inhuman conditions that have occurred, but due to professional discrepancies: “We had been arguing with her for days at the piano”.
Dua Lipa’s decision
“I hope to visit Qatar when it has delivered on all the human rights promises it made when it won the right to host the World Cup,” said Dua Lipa, author of Future Nostalgia on his official Instagram profile a few days ago after the growing rumors about his presence at the opening gala.
His compatriot Rod Stewart spoke along the same lines, who, according to what he told the newspaper Sunday times He went so far as to refuse more than a million dollars for playing in this Arab country for moral reasons. “They offered me a lot of money, but I refused it (…) because it’s not right to go to that World Cup,” he said after being questioned about the lack of guarantees for homosexuals in Qatar.
Those who said yes
In parallel with the celebration of the sports competition, several concerts by leading names in music will take place in the Qatari capital: such as black Eyed Peas same day 20 o Robbie Williams on December 8, according to the ILoveQatar website.
J. Balvin, David Guetta, Steve Aoki, Craig David, Major Lazer Soundsystem and Spaniard Omar Montes will perform at various dates and venues.
Also, in the official World Cup soundtrack (this time there is not one official song, but several) the Colombian Maluma with “Tukoh Taka” together with Myriam Fares and Nicki Minaj, and the Puerto Rican Ozuna, with “Arhbo “.
As reported by the FIFA website, the first two will be on the eve of the start of the World Cup at the FIFA Fan Festival, the Doha venue which will host various exhibitions in the coming weeks, but will not the American rapper who received rejection from his followers for signing this theme for an event in a country that doesn’t respect human rights.
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Source: Clarin
