Juanes upset by the cancellation of his concert

Colombian singer Juanes said he felt “a little upset” at the cancellation of his concert last night in New York’s Central Park, decided for safety reasons when an unbearable number of thousands gathered nearby.

“What happened last night was frustrating,” said the artist, assuring that they are very excited to perform in Central Park as part of the Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC), a concert where they will present songs from their new album. , “Everyday life”.

But he could only sing one song, and in the other The police ordered him to stop the show. – You have to go now – he told her, claiming that the situation was out of control.

“I was super excited by the reaction of the people (after the start of the concert)” in front of 5,000 people, according to the authorities, and “I had no idea what was happening outside” where the 12,000 people who could not enter the space from Summer stagewhere the summer concerts are held, are still trying to get into that area, he said.

Juanes, who participated in the LAMC forum at the hotel in Manhattan where he answered questions about his career, but first shared the details of his failed concert in New York.

– I didn’t understand anything, but they explained to me that it was for security – said the singer-songwriter.

After the incident, the artist uploaded the video to his account Twitter explaining what happened. “I’m very sad that we couldn’t finish our show, but I want you to know that our safety will always come first, above all else,” he said in a tweet, in which he also expressed his desire to “see you soon.” .

It’s the first time in three decades that SummerStage has had to cancel a concert due to non-weather-related issues, said the executive director of the SummerStage City Parks Foundation, which organizes the summer concerts.

Many of the participants of the forum were present yesterday at central parkand in order to compensate them, Juanes agreed to interpret the song, with the guitar given to him by the audience.

“What do you want to hear?”, he asked in the packed room to get the answer “I ask God” which the audience – mostly aspiring artists and producers – sang along with the Colombian, who finally performed another song to everyone’s taste.

Juanes spoke on a variety of issues including mental health, about his daily routine, his compositions and the stage where his career has temporarily stopped, and also announced that his guitar “Luna White” will be released next August.

“It gives me a lot of emotions and satisfaction. My official guitar will come out with Fender. It’s a big dream for me, I can not believe it. When I came to this country in ’96. I barely had (money) to get on the bus and go to Guitar Center (a chain of musical instruments) I wanted to die,” he recalled.

He indicated that two years ago Fender invited him to do a guitar project“whose name is Luna White (one of her two daughters is named Luna) and “to record, play any kind of music”, and all proceeds from sales will go to Fundación Mi Sangre, which Juanes founded, and the Fender Foundation Play.

The “Juanes touch” on that guitar is the one microphones they were calibrated to his style, to his taste. That’s how I like to play the guitar, very soft, very sweet,” and to make it happen, I’m working with two Colombian experts on the subject.