Five negative comments on social networks disrupted the concert of the winner of the Chervona Ruta festival
Recently, in the city of Khust in Transcarpathia, where a drunk judge was caught driving a car, a new scandal arose. The concert of the outrageous Ukrainian singer EL Kravchuk was unexpectedly canceled. The reason was the accusation that the artist’s stage image was too bright.
On May 5, the musician was supposed to perform at the club-restaurant “ForRest”. The singer’s management agreed on the details in advance and made an advance payment almost a month before the concert. However, after the announcement on social networks, the organizers suddenly canceled the performance.
The art director of “FoRest” called the artist's management and said that he was allegedly receiving a lot of negative feedback from local residents regarding Kravchuk's bright appearance. He quoted insulting comments like “If THIS one comes, then I won’t come to your restaurant again” – “This p****r shouldn’t be here.”
As the owner of the establishment, Victor Stimak , explained to Telegraph , Transcarpathia is still very far away mentally from the equality that Ukraine strives for.
— Without knowing the person, we actually agreed to perform with EL Kravchuk. So we made an announcement on social networks. This publication was on our page for literally two to four days.. But we saw about five negative comments. People wrote that they would no longer come to our establishment if this concert took place.. There were comments that I don’t even want to repeat. Also, because of this concert, our banquet was canceled. Therefore, we had several nuances due to which we decided to cancel this event. The fact is that people here have a negative attitude towards the performer’s “orientation,” says the owner of the FoRest restaurant in a conversation with Telegraph, without specifying what is “wrong” with the singer.
According to him, the establishment itself has no complaints against the performer.
— I have already explained our position to the manager of EL Kravchuk. We are all for it, we only want to work, we only want to make money.. However, the town is small, so word of mouth works very quickly. Rumors immediately spread among young people. People began to speak negatively about our establishment precisely because of this type of performer,” says Victor.
For EL Kravchuk himself, the situation became shocking, because for the first time the artist’s team encountered bullying because of the artist’s stage outfit.
— For the first time in 29 years of my career I encounter such rudeness, ignorance and lack of modernity. EL Kravchuk on stage is always about freedom, feelings and show. This has always been the case, and everyone who invited me understood this , ” the musician himself noted .
Interestingly, this is not the first time that “FoRest” has found itself in a scandal.. So, on January 14, 2023, when Ukraine was mourning dozens of victims of a missile attack on the Dnieper, a lavish party was held in this club-restaurant, extremely inappropriate for wartime. And the governor of Transcarpathia, Viktor Nikita, even reported that TCC employees handed summons to the establishment’s staff.