The career of the diva already seems compromised. Canadian singer La Zarra, who represented France at Eurovision on May 13, has been forced to postpone several dates of her concert tour scheduled to last until January 2024. If the production invokes “reasons techniques”, these postponements would in reality be linked to the lack of reservations in the rooms, reports Le Parisien .
For now, only two dates have been postponed. The interpreter of Tu t’en iras was to perform on June 2 and 8 at Espace Julien in Marseille and at the Splendid in Lille. The two evenings have been moved to December. A third date scheduled for June 15 Salle Pleyel does not seem threatened. Still according to Le Parisien, the Parisian concert hall would have sold only two thirds of the tickets for the evening.
The singer would show a serious loss of speed since her passage to Eurovision. In addition to his ranking in 16th place on the podium (out of a total of 37 participants), La Zarra aroused general indignation by giving the middle finger live to television cameras. A gesture that she minimized later, explaining that in Canada, it was a way of expressing her “disappointment”. Later, the singer published an Instagram story in which she invited “all those who criticize [la]” to “go[er] [get] enc… with a cucumber”. To these movements of moods are added two last minute cancellations to the Eurovision preshows for “personal reasons”.
The pill does not pass on the side of the public, and even less on the side of the programmers. The eco-friendly Greenland festival, which is to be held on July 23 at Lake Palau-del-Vidre, near Perpignan, has already announced that the singer will not come for “reasons beyond [their] will” . In reality, this cancellation would be directly linked to the outrageous attitude of the singer during the Eurovision final. His latest hit, Obviously, has also been deprogrammed from most national radio playlists, according to Le Parisien. In particular those of France Bleu – which was nevertheless part of the partners of Eurovision. The station no longer broadcasts it on its antennas since the final of the competition.
If La Zarra’s record company says today that the latter is recording a second studio album, the descent into hell could continue for the singer. Other dates may be postponed. To compensate for the haemorrhage, promotions of 30% have been put in place to sell tickets for certain dates.
