After we met the cancellation of the Kubatonazo eventscheduled for this November 4th in Malaga, Yomil spoke about the reasons given in the official statement announcing the news.
In a video already recorded from Europe, where he will soon begin his tour, the Cuban reggaeton artist, who would headline the event’s poster, clarified “so that there are no misunderstandings”, because he believes that the Statement given when If he makes public that the cancellation affects him or that he gives the image of an artist who does not sell tickets.
“I had to make this video to clarify a message that becomes relevant in the context of the cancellation of a concert and not a concert. I was the one who was supposed to be a guest at a festival that was supposed to take place “in the city of Malaga,” begins his statement shared on his networks.
“It turns out I canceled this festival a few days ago, no I didn’t cancel it, he told me he was canceling because he had some sellouts but it was a very big venue and with Prices I… “I think they were a bit high too.”
“For those who don’t know, I may be one of the few artists who tours in Europe and pays for everything. “He covers all my production costs and in return there is a person who does the booking for me, but I pay for all the things,” he continued in his slow statement, explaining that something sets him apart when he does his work very seriously, something that the promoters who know him claim to know and that when they ask him for a video he responds by doing it to support.
You can’t expect to fill a festival with the artist because the artist may upload a video for the networks or upload a post announcing it, while you as the organizer have to do hard work, and even more so if it a festival gives investment
“But you can’t expect to fill a festival with the artist because the artist might upload a video for the networks or upload a post announcing (…) when you as an organizer have to do a hard job . And even more so when there is an investment. And then what happens to festivals, which are places that, since you invite a lot of artists, require very large logistics and involve a higher production effort than a normal concert, for what reason? Because there are several artists and “These artists have their cachet, their price that they coordinate with, more hotels, more expenses, more thousand things,” he said about how an event of this type works, revealing how the problem of the suspension (“but there were no problems because of the clause”).
“And today when I arrive I see that there is the message that they tell me that it is suspended because there is no sale, so it remains a very open topic and it is not explained what the problems are really are. The problems.” In reality, there is no good promotional work and since it is an event with various artists, the costs are high. Maybe the person made the decision to sit it out for a specific reason and I understand “It was very good,” he said.
“Now what I think is wrong is the approach he takes to the information sharing part, because he doesn’t say that it was suspended for reasons beyond the control of the artists and which are not the fault of the other artists, maybe “I.” “I would have approached it in such a way that we will sit it out but announce a party later (…),” Yomil lamented the way the news was published.
“At the same time that this is coming out to the public, what is happening touches me because, as I told you, they are messing with me and they are playing with the beans, with my family, with mine “Work team, with a thousand things that this tour entails, because I come from a very far country to take some risks,” he added, before mentioning that he has already done four tours in the Old Continent, which he paid himself.
“What’s up? If you leave this comment open like that, other organizers will call me out of fear of their sanity (…) and then it will also affect me when it comes to business because you leave it publicly with “I won’t move”. “I will not sell tickets,” he said of the impact that the statement published a few hours ago was already having.
They publicly declare that I do not sell tickets and that I am possibly one of the highest-grossing artists our country has produced.
“And I am possibly one of the highest-grossing artists that our country has produced (…) because you know better than anyone that the Cuban is not stupid, the Cuban when he knows which artists he likes, and he “I know the artists know that they enjoy and that it’s worth buying clothes, new clothes, spending money on a bottle because they know they’re going to enjoy it,” he said of the reception their presentations have had found.
“And I have never had a problem with the promoters that I work with here in Europe and they all know me and know that they are working with a totally serious artist, not only me but also my work team,” he previously assured Return to the idea of what negative consequences the message stated as the reason for the suspension could have on him.
“You leave it so open, but that brings other things with it, so I want to make this issue very clear, because I was invited to a festival that was supposed to take place, it was suspended, perfect, nothing happened.” He added almost on At the end of the video, where he said that he was already sold on another new gig “because there will always be work”, and he came back to the idea of the support that his audience gives him.
“The Cuban audience is very intelligent and you are talking about an artist that when I play, what may be empty for me is full for many, so for all that and so on, thank God and thank you to my audience, that really helped us.” “We both won it, so much* the love that the audience gave me and the way I paid it to the audience when they make gestures like that, when they are mine going to concerts; Well, I’m not in Europe anymore.” He concluded his statement by remembering the cities in which he will perform.