Russians Are Returning Tickets En Masse For A Concert By The Scandal-plagued Kirkorov

A performance by a pro-Putin artist in Yaroslavl was in danger of being canceled.

A performance by the pro-Putin Russian artist Philip Kirkorov in Yaroslavl was in danger of being canceled: with two weeks to go before the concert, thousands of seats remain unsold, and audience members have begun returning their tickets.

The cause of the discontent was a scandal following a show in Tyumen, where the audience suspected the artist of consuming alcohol or mind-altering substances, according to Dialog.UA.

According to Russian media reports, in Yaroslavl, about 3,000 of the 7,000 seats for Kirkorov’s concert remain unsold. Meanwhile, in just one day, audience members returned more than ten tickets.

Controversy erupted over a pro-Putin singer’s performance in Tyumen on November 9. Some audience members claimed that the artist appeared to be under the influence of some kind of substance.

In particular, the audience’s attention was drawn to his strange behavior on stage and the glass from which Kirkorov periodically took sips during the concert.

Some audience members demanded that the organizers refund their money for the ruined performance. Local Airborne Forces veterans are creating further problems for the artist, demanding that his concert be canceled. They were also outraged by a past incident from 2020, when Kirkorov appeared in public wearing a striped undershirt and a blue beret—symbols of the Airborne Forces.

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