Municipalities are dissatisfied with the protests disrupted by feminist activists (source in French) , not to mention the growing wave of outrage on social media, has finally prevailed.
Patrick Bruel's production company, 14 Productions, announced early Friday morning, May 29, that it had canceled the singer, who has been the subject of several sexual assault complaints, scheduled to perform this summer in Paris and at festivals.
«"Several festival organizers" where Patrick Bruel was scheduled to perform reported that they were being pressured and prevented from organizing their events in peace," the artist's production company said in a statement, explaining that it did not wish to "expose organizers or audiences to a tense situation.".
«"In a spirit of easing tensions and responsibility, Patrick Bruel, in agreement with the festival organisers, has decided to cancel the concerts scheduled for the period from June to September.".
Three of his concerts scheduled for June 16-18 at the Cirque d'Hiver in Paris have also been canceled. However, his subsequent tour dates in October and November remain in effect.
Patrick Bruel is currently still expected in Laval (Mayenne) on October 3, Petit-Quevilly (Seine-Maritime) on October 18, Caen (Calvados) on October 19, Nantes (Loire-Atlantique) on November 7, Brest (Finistère) on November 11 and Angers (Maine-et-Loire) on November 12.
A petition from feminist associations calling for his tour to be cancelled has previously garnered more than 47,000 signatures. (source in French).
Several mayors, including those of Paris and Marseille, also called on him to cancel his performances in their cities. Since concert venues in most places are privately owned, city halls therefore "have no leverage over concert or festival programming," he explains. L'Obs (source in French) .
The singer's first foreign concerts—in Quebec, Switzerland, and Belgium—were, on the contrary, cancelled directly by the organizers.
The singer and actor has decided not to participate in the upcoming Les Enfoirés charity concerts in support of Restos du Cœur. This is a significant decision, given the public's respect for this group of artists and public figures, as well as the fact that Bruel is the artist most frequently invited (33 times) to tour with the famous show, broadcast on TF1.
On Thursday, May 21, Deputy Minister for Gender Equality Aurore Berger told RTL that the decision whether to continue performing on stage rests with the artist themselves, thereby emphasizing the freedom to choose whether to continue performing or not.
Ultimately, as in the case of Slimane, Bertrand Cantat and Jean-Luc Lahaie, who also faced allegations of violence, presenter and producer Nagy decided to remove Patrick Bruel's songs from the catalogue of his program "N'oubliez pas les paroles" on the France 2 channel, it was reported on Thursday, May 28, Le Parisien newspaper (source in French) .
Radio station RFM, which belongs to the Lagardère group and is therefore controlled by Vincent Bolloré, has in turn decided to stop broadcasting songs by the performer of the song "Casser la voix".
Patrick Bruel, 67, is the subject of at least eight sexual assault complaints in France and a sexual assault investigation in Belgium. He denies all charges against him. Among his accusers is TV presenter Flavie Flament, who claims he raped her in 1991, when she was 16.
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