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Kesi responds to Friday rock cancellation: 'I'm really sorry about the discrimination I and others have received' | BT Kendte - www.bt.dk On Wednesday it emerged that Tivoli - in the wake of the chaotic scenes that characterized the first concerts - has chosen to change in the program for Friday Rock. The concerts that Kesi, Ude Af Kontrol and Kato were to hold in the amusement park will instead be replaced with Anne Linnet, Stine Bramsen and Freja Kirk. Something that apparently affects rapper Kesi, who should have played for Friday Rock on July 15th. 'I'm really sorry about the discrimination I and others have received, as well as sorry about Tivoli's general handling of the case,' he writes in a story on his Instagram profile and continues: Rapper Kesi should have played for Friday Rock on July 15. 'I know I have an audience that respects and cherishes each other. That tells me ten years of experience. Unfortunately, Tivoli is not in control of their safety yet. Hopefully they get it, but for that reason they have chosen to cancel my concert. ' Frederik Wiedemann, cultural director and deputy director of Tivoli, tells B.T. that he understands that the artists are both disappointed and frustrated by the cancellation, while he denies that there should be discrimination. He says that the guest behavior seen at the start of Friday Rock was "unusual". ‘It does not look like anything we have seen before. We are used to handling concerts - also with the artists we have canceled. They have all played in Tivoli before, so we know the artist and their audience well, and we have no problem with that normally, "he says, adding:" But what we have seen at the beginning of the season is an audience behavior that is wilder, gave too many challenges and ruined too much of the experience for all the other guests. Both those for the concert and the others who use Tivoli. ”For that reason, Tivoli has chosen to take an extra look at what they have on the poster for Friday Rock - especially with a view to what audience the popular artists draw. This is what it looked like when Aqua played for Friday Rock earlier in the season. “With the behavior we have seen this year, we do not think it is possible to implement it inside us. It is a Tivoli decision that is about the special conditions that apply in Tivoli, which has some special framework and a lot of extra considerations to take to other guests. These artists can probably perform really good and festive concerts elsewhere, which are better geared for it a year like this year than Tivoli, «explains Frederik Wiedemann. Kesi writes that Tivoli has no control over safety and that this is one of the reasons for the cancellation. It's been some time since the first concerts where it went wrong ran off the stack. Has there not been enough time to find a solution when it comes to security? "It simply came to our notice then. We do not cancel due to lack of security, but for the sake of the good experience. We experienced some challenges with an unusual audience behavior for some of the first concerts, but we have not received any remarks from the police about safety, so it is primarily about that we have a desire to ensure the good experience with the concert guests and all the many others who also use Tivoli, "says the cultural director, who concludes by emphasizing:" It is important for me to say that I can well understand that they are frustrated and annoyed about it, but I also have to stick to , that it has something to do with the unusual behavior we saw at the start of the season. It's not just business as usual, and it has nothing to do with the artist as such - it has something to do with the audience behavior we saw. It all stems from the challenges we saw with some of the first concerts with the young audience that were there. ”B.T. has tried to get an in-depth comment from Kesi, but at the time of writing this has not been possible. ABROAD Media: Football B.T.'s judgment Bookmakers' judgment Berlingske UDLAND Berlingske Media A / S Pilestræde 34 DK-1147 Copenhagen KTlf. +45 33 75 75 33 CVR.no .: 29 20 73 13