Stromae cancels her concert in Kinshasa for “medical emergency” – Le Point

The Belgian singer Stromae canceled the concert he had to give Saturday in Kinshasa following a “medical emergency” which necessitated his return to Europe, said Friday the company responsible for the promotion of the event in the Congolese capital. Stromae began on May 13 in Dakar his first African tour that was to take him in eight cities. Kinshasa was the penultimate leg of his tour, which was to end in Rwanda, country of origin of his father.

The organizers are “sorry to cancel the concert” in Kinshasa singer , who had to “urgently return to Europe” for a “medical emergency,” said the press Alain Yav, director general manager of Pygma communication group. It is in the “Europe of yesterday (Thursday) morning,” said Mr. Yav, unable to specify the medical reasons why the musician from. The concert Stromae – Paul Van Haver real name – scheduled June 20 in Kigali is kept at this point, said his production company Auguri, while refusing to give any details about the singer’s health.

“Many things in me going out”

Earlier, an employee Pygma said that the interpreter of “Papaoutai” had to cross the Congo River in the morning since Brazzaville where it occurred Wednesday night, to regain Kinshasa. Thursday night Pygma had explained the delay in Kinshasa by the singer visa problems encountered by some tour technicians. Pygma announced that tickets purchased in Kinshasa would be refunded.

Step in Rwanda, a country where his father was killed in the 1994 genocide, is the most anticipated since the start of the African tour of ‘thirties artist. “When I go closer to becoming the Rwanda because it really is the direct land of my ancestors, of my father’s side in any case, I confess here a personal point of view I do not really know what to expect, “confided Stromae May 12 in Dakar on the eve of the start of his tour. “It will be a lot of things in me that will emerge and I do not know what to expect, honestly,” he glided at a press conference. The popularity of Stromae exploded onto the international scene in 2013 after the launch of her second album, “square root”.