This Wednesday, November 4, Slimane was present at the Vitaa concert at the Accor Arena. He came to perform two songs on stage. While he is the target of two complaints for sexual harassment and sexual assault, he traveled for the concert. But things didn't go as planned. Indeed, the performance of the two artists was disrupted by some technical problems.
Some Internet users have pointed out these microphone problems, particularly for Slimane on the social network
“sign of protest”. And for good reason, the presence of Slimane sparked protests from the technicians.
Technicians opposed to the arrival of Slimane
During a meeting on the sidelines of the concert on November 29, the technicians expressed their dissatisfaction. They even considered exercising their right of withdrawal during a meeting on November 29, reported Le Parisien. The daily revealed the day before the concert that several members of the technical team were opposed to the arrival of the singer.
While Vitaa's husband, Hicham Bendaoud, co-founder of his label Indifférence Prod and Marc Daniel, director of Play Two Live which produces the show, threatened to cancel the concert, the technicians would have given up leaving their posts. “We ended up agreeing to put on the show in Bercy, so as not to penalize the most vulnerable among us, but we feel guilty towards our friends who are victims of Slimane, with whom we stand in solidarity”revealed to Le Parisien. “It's hard. We too have the impression,
to suffer harassment“confided another technician.
Vitaa: “I couldn’t do this concert without him”
If the atmosphere seemed tense behind the scenes, Vitaa took the floor to discuss Slimane's performance: “I will say only one thing: this is why I wanted him to be there this evening. (…) I could not can't do this concert without him.
I couldn't go on stage without doing these songs”,
she explained.
Despite the tensions and technical problems, the audience gave the 35-year-old singer a real ovation. Concerning his friend, Vitaa wants to remain united: “She saw it like a betrayal. She says that Slimane is like her brother and that, like in any family, we remain united even if we don't condone all the bullshit.” concluded a technician to our colleagues.
