“I don’t do pornography”: Bilal Hassani responds to far-right groups after the cancellation of his concert

This Wednesday Bilal Hassani will give a concert in Metz, in the church of Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains. desacralized 467 years ago (in 1556), the monument is known for being a cultural place that hosts exhibitions or concerts of all musical genres. But Bilal Hassani was targeted by threats from the far-right Catholic group, gathered in front of the building just before the start of the concert. To protect his fans, the singer was forced to cancel the show.

“I don’t do porn”

The collective is behind the threats and intimidation suffered by Bilal Hassani Catholic Lorraine as well as the identity group Aurora Lorraine. According to the presenter of It’s up to you Anne-Elisabeth Lemoine, these extremist groups believed that Bilal Hassani, who call “transsexual” I was going to “profane” the place doing “pornography”. On Telegram they claim to be the leaders From “a civilizational, cultural and social struggle” second Publication.

Host of the broadcast on the evening of the incident, Bilal Hassani responded to his accusations and defended himself:

” I don’t do porn, I sing, music. I sing, dance on stage and always have. My shows have always been for everyone. It always goes very well. »

Bilal Hassani has canceled his concert to protect his fans

On the set of It’s up to youthe 23-year-old singer said he knew about the threats:

” I was really going to go all the way and do this concert. II have received threats several times and I have always shown myself to be as brave as possible but there, it began to be worrying especially for my audience and with my producer we had to cancel last minute. There was a rally call that was going to be around town, maybe they were going trying to target my fans. That’s the thing that scares me the most. AGAINSTThey are young people who come to have fun, to have fun. ».

Bilal Hassani also opened up about the choice of location and Bilal: “It was never my intention to provoke. » The whole concept of his tour was to perform in atypical places, offering a new show on each date. After Metz he will perform notably in a castle from the Pas de Calais.