Washington – A day before the start of the start of World pride 2025 In the capital of the nation, the main interpreter Shakira It has been canceled abruptly due to equipment difficulties.
“We are deeply disappointed that unforeseen circumstances have forced the cancellation” of the concert, the Capital Pride Alliance, the main organizer of world pride, said in a Friday statement. “The updates on the relocated opening ceremony program will be launched as soon as they are finalized!”
The multiplatin singer had been scheduled to head the opening celebrations on Saturday night in Nationals Park. The reasons are apparently an extension of the equipment problems related to his concert on Thursday night at the Boston Park, which was Also canceled hours before I was ready to start. A concert on Friday night was also canceled in Fenway for the Country Jason Aldean star.
“Due to complications with the previous program in Boston, the complete production of the Shakira tour cannot be transported to Washington, DC in time for its scheduled performance in Nationals Park,” said capital statement Pride Alliance. “Despite all efforts for this to happen, it is not possible to advance according to plan.”
The alliance pointed out that the Complete slate of events throughout the city It was still underway for the opening weekend and said the starting ceremony would be relocated and reorganized.
Cancellation presents an additional challenge for the Alliance, but at least not political. The organizers have already said that they expected international assistance to suffer in a meditable way as a result of concern and will go to the LGBTQ+ community about the policies of President Donald Trump.
Trump’s public antipathy for trans protections and drag shows has already led two LGBTQ+, Eagle Canada and the coalition of African human rights, to issue warnings against traveling to the United States at all. The main concern is that trans or not binary people would face problems to enter the country if passport control officers enforce the strict binary vision of the administration over the gender state.
Some possible international participants have plans already announced to omit This year’s events, for fear of harassment or as a boycott against Trump’s policies. But others have requested a domestic mobilization to flood the capital.
The executive director of Capital Pride Alliance, Ryan Bos, said that security fences would be installed around the final concert of two days and a demonstration in a section of multiple blocks of Pennsylvania Avenue.
The first hotels reserve numbers for the final weekend of world pride, from June 6 to 8, were originally low of the previous year, according to Deco DC, which tracks the reserves.
But the president of DC destination, Elliott Ferguson, told journalists on Thursday that “what we are seeing now is an increase in the last minute, especially with the national community.”
Ferguson speculated that concerns about international assistance had “galvanized the local community, the national community wanting to come to the city.”
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