The concert of the singer Philip Kirkorov, which was supposed to be held on Sunday, April 16 in the large concert hall “Oktyabrsky” in St. Petersburg, was postponed to Friday, April 21. This was reported on BKZ’s official page on the social network. “in contact”.
As they say in the message, the artist’s performance was postponed for “technical reasons”. Oktyabrsky apologized for the inconvenience and stated that concert tickets are valid for the new date and do not require change.
Local media suggested that the postponement of Kirkorov’s performance was due to the singer’s musical number at the show held for his 55th birthday in April 2022 at the State Kremlin Palace. The artist climbed into the landscape in the form of a large cross as part of the number of the song “Mary Magdalena”. caused a great commotion among Orthodox people. Kirkorov apologized to everyone who was offended on social networks after criticizing the Russian Orthodox Church, artists and public organizations. He wrote on Instagram (the owner of Meta company is known as an extremist and is banned in Russia) that he does not want to offend anyone with his speech.
The singer called the number’s choreography “a fantasy story”. According to him, this idea was in no way connected with the aim of insulting Christianity or any other religion.
Previously reportedOn April 5, at the Lokomotiv Arena in Novosibirsk, against the backdrop of the protests, a concert of Philip Kirkorov was held – the Russians staged a strike because of the trick of the musician with whom Kirkorov danced on the cross.
On April 3, a strike against Kirkorov’s speech was held near the Globus Theater in Novosibirsk. It is known that 23 public institutions appealed to the head of the region, Andrei Travnikov, demanding that the concert not be allowed.