Today, the largest football festival in the world begins in Qatar 2022, a sovereign Arab country located in Western Asia and occupying the small Qatar peninsula, in eastern Arabia, and distinguished by its well-established Islamic traditions that made sports fans question their attendance. But the world’s artistic celebrities refused to join this year’s cup.
And as in every World Cup, before official matches there is an opening consisting of a show by one or more artists, which this year is headed by J. Balvin, Robbie Williams, Jason Derulo, Clean Bandit, Sean Paul, Nora Fatehi, Black Eyed Biz, Jungkook from BTS and Nicki Minaj, Maluma and Myriam Fares.
But before these artists were chosen to animate the opening, there was another string of singers who for months refused to be part of the action.
1. DUA LIPA
The British singer and model refused to participate in the World Cup for a simple and simple reason: lack of human rights.
True to her beliefs and morals, Lipa announced her position by not conforming to the rules of Qatar. He showed it through his social networks. There is speculation that he will sing at the Qatar World Cup opening ceremony. I will not act and have never been involved in any business negotiations. I will be rooting for England from afar and hope to visit Qatar when it fulfills all the human rights promises it made when it won the right to host the World Cup. Hug, Doakes.”He wrote on Instagram a few days ago.
2. Shakira
The second artist who was rejected was the Colombian, after it was officially presented in Qatar. However, just hours later, Shakira came out to say that was not true.
And although he did not delve deeper into the fact that it was also about the lack of human rights, he stressed that his saturated agenda did not allow this, as well as a series of “Situations” Personal.
Shakira has been associated with soccer events for years, and her music has been played at three World Cups, including the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
3 – Rod Stewart
The musician originally from the UK is also part of Qatar’s naysayers list, because like Dua Lipa, Not compatible with the humanitarian conditions in the country.
Just three days ago, a rumor appeared that he would be in the first, but through his Twitter account he explained why this was not true and how much they offered him to participate, although he deleted the message after a few minutes.
Given this, he admitted to the British newspaper “Sunday times” Reasons for their refusal. “They offered me a lot of money, more than a million dollars, to play there 15 months ago. I turned it down because it is not right to go to the World Cup, the fans have to be careful.”.
4. Alice Keys
As the global superstar, an icon of the 2000s and considered one of the best voices today, Alicia Keys said, “numberto the Worldcup.
Unlike Stewart and Lipa, Keys’ reasons for refusing to participate had to do with the logistics of the event, though other reasons were not ruled out either.
It was the choreographer from the opening ceremony who stated that she canceled at the last minute. “We’d fight with her for days over the piano because we didn’t want to put it down, we couldn’t put anything on the grass, it was all millimeters”He said.
5. Chanel Terrero
“Toke” singer Chanel Terrero has continued the line of World Cup disapproval artists by telling a European media outlet that she will not travel to the country to perform due to restrictions.
“My song is to support the color red and I am very happy in this way, but I will not go to Qatar. I agree with Shakira and I will not go for the same reason I paid her, because human rights are not respected.
“I am clear about my principles and it is my personal decision”he added.
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