The presentation of this Wednesday, July 12, by the well-known Colombian musician Juanes in Central Park in New York had to be canceled due to the bad behavior of the participants.
The winner of twenty Latin Grammy Awards was a guest at the popular Summerstage concert series and the Latin Alternative Music Conference, a music festival with free admission to New York.
together with Juanes, The other artists scheduled for this Wednesday were the young female gender band Regional Mexican Conexión Divina. There, in Central Park, the man from Antioquia failed to reach his third song as thousands of people gathered and They made a mess of the place. The chaos was so great that Juanes had to ask people to calm down.
The event mattered a capacity for 5,000 people, but there were about 12,000 additional fans, the lThey arrived in Central Park and tried to break in to enjoy the presentation of the musician
Heather Lubov, executive director of this festival, assured that it is the first time in 30 years of Summerstage that they have had to abandon a concert in progress to a non-weather related issue.
In videos shared by dozens of users on social networks, the moments when the singer addresses the public to try to calm them down can be seen Behavior of assistants and also others where people are seen jumping the security barriers.
I could NOT enter the Juanes concert in Central Park because it was full so I lay outside on the grass to listen to him with glee and it turned out that the people who stayed outside came in without permission and after two songs canceled the concert. pic.twitter.com/qj86eD2n36
—Ruddy (@papitafreenbec2) July 13, 2023
“It’s very sad that we couldn’t finish our show, but I want you to know that safety always comes first for us.. So I hope we can see each other again soon. I love you very much and I hope you understand that this is force majeure and that it is getting out of hand,” the Colombian commented in a video published on his social networks.