Original introduction this Wednesday, April 5 in "C to you" from Anne-Elisabethe Lemoine:
"You were not supposed to be there this evening with us"
.
The guest is the singer Bilal Hassani who indeed was to begin his tour of the album
Théorème this evening.
The first concert was to take place in Metz in a church desecrated since 1556, which has become a cultural venue.
But faced with threats received from local Catholic and traditionalist movements, the singer decided to cancel the performance.
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“I really intended to go all the way and do this concert, I have received threats several times and I have always behaved as bravely as possible. There, it was starting to be worrying, especially for my audience"
explains Bilal Hassani on the set of France 5 before adding:
"They were perhaps going to try to target my fans, my audience and that is the thing that terrifies me the most.
These are young people who come to have fun
.
“It was never in my intention to provoke”
The Lorraine Catholique collective as well as the Aurora Lorraine identity group, which had joined in the protests, believes that his performance would have been of a pornographic nature and would have been akin to desecration.
“I don't do pornography, I do singing, music.
I sing, I dance on stage and have always done so.
My shows have always been for everyone.
It's always going very well”
replies Bilal Hassani through his appearance this evening in “C à vous”.
The tour was organized in atypical places and the singer assures him
"it was never my intention to provoke"
.
Bilal Hassani received the support of the mayor of Metz, François Grosdidier, the Minister of Culture Rima Abdul-Malak and even SOS Racisme Moselle.
“I understand very well the mission behind all these messages that we have received and all these threats.
It's because it's me.
And that's what's so sad,”
says the singer.
With restrained emotion, he says he
is "a little tired"
of the repeated attacks he has suffered against his gender and his sexuality:
"I have been exposed for four years and I know what I incur when I propose this that I suggest.
But I'm still a human being.
I am 23 years old.
I started when I was 19. It's a lot to carry on my shoulders
.
From this case emerges
"a fight for art, for culture"
.
"I'm proud to be able to stand, keep singing, keep dancing.
If it can help… I will not stop in any case”
then promises the artist.
If this evening, he was prevented from going on stage, he still performed on the set of "C à vous" by taking up a song heavy with meaning in view of the context, Let me dance by
Dalida
.