Jamaican Reggae artiste Sizzla Kolonji's planned concert in
Stockholm, Sweden, was cancelled due to complaints about the anti-gay
lyrics of his songs, organisers said.
The entertainer, whose givem name is Miguel Collins, was booked to
perform at the Hornstull Strand on March 28. The show was cancelled
after lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activists and their
supporters voiced their outrage over his songs, which contain lines
about killing and burning homosexuals.
Other concerts in the tour are still planned for Italy, France, Belgium, Norway, the Netherlands and Spain. Some of Sizzla's concerts in Canada and England have also been cancelled because of the public outcry.
Concerts by Sizzla have been cancelled in the United Kingdom in 2004 and in Toronto in 2007.
In 2008, he was denied a visa for the 29 European countries then signed up to the Schengen agreement after a German LGBT group appealed to their government. Sizzla was stopped at Madrid airport that year and returned to the United States.
Concerts by Sizzla have been cancelled in the United Kingdom in 2004 and in Toronto in 2007.
In 2008, he was denied a visa for the 29 European countries then signed up to the Schengen agreement after a German LGBT group appealed to their government. Sizzla was stopped at Madrid airport that year and returned to the United States.
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