El Sodre suspended the concerts of the Uruguayan singer Javier Cardellino scheduled for the July 30 and 31 on the Hugo Balzo Room. This is given after the complaints of gender violence through social networks that involve him. After the spread of the case, also his participation in Lollapalooza in Argentina had been canceled in March.
“My body asks me to postpone the Sodre shows until the only real complaints in progress (which are mine) reach their port, and under dialogue, these issues are clarified forever”said the artist through his social networks
Instagram screenshot of Javier Cardellino (@cardellino)
Story of the artist Javier Cardellino after the suspension of his concerts at the Sodre
Sodre reported on the suspension of the concerts through Twitter, without detailing the reasons, adding that he will report on the return of the ticket price on July 25.
The initiative to cancel the Cardellino concert was proposed by the activist organization Poster. “We took it down from Lollapalooza, it doesn’t go up to the Sodre auditorium”says Poster’s latest post on Instagram.
The organization was notified of the suspension, and reported in a story on that social network that the Sodre had not yet notified it. “If there is a commission or protocol for the programming of the room, so that this type of situation does not recur.” “We do not believe that this situation is an isolated event”they added.
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Statement from the activist organization Poster after the suspension of Cardellino’s concerts in the Sala Hugo Balzo
In recent months, Cardellino has received multiple complaints on social networks about various cases of gender-based violence involving him. According to the artist, so far he has not received any criminal complaint against him, and for his part He made defamation complaints to pages and people who denounced him.
In one of the Instagram stories he posted this Saturday, he shared a rectification of the Instagram page @varonesmvdeo for some of the complaints he published against him.
Instagram screenshot of Javier Cardellino (@cardellino)
Story of the artist Javier Cardellino after the suspension of his concerts at the Sodre