Wednesday 22 July 2015

Over 50,000 Sign Petition To Stop Kanye From Performing At Pan Am Games

There is no shortage of incredible Canadian musicians. Currently Toronto is the world's stage, and we have been showing everyone much of what Toronto has to offer, yet for the closing show of Pan Am, we're importing our talent? Its similar to a chef having a dinner party, and ordering Chinese food. There are countless other "Big Names" that would be on par or better than Kanye. Why not showcase our own talent? This was the seemingly unanimous voice heard across social media after the big announcement last Wednesday. So far over 50,000 people have signed the petition asking the Pan Am Games organizing committee to  'please reconsider your decision as we will NOT be attending Kanye West's show.' Indie 88 radio host Raina Douris gave her advice on how to deal with having Kanye at the closing ceremonies-  “Just keep him away from medal ceremonies. Shotput gold medalist imma let you finish but . . . ’”  JOEL RYAN/INVISION/AP A petition recently launching to prevent Kanye West from playing the closing ceremony of the Pan American Games in Toronto later this month has now reached the 50,000 signature mark. The Pan Am Games, which takes place every four years, recently announced that the rapper would perform to close the event on July 26. However, the decision has evoked a lot of criticism. The petition calling for West to be dropped from the bill reads: "The Toronto Pan Am games have proven to be very important for Torontonians this year and have triggered a unified sense of pride in our city. It would only be just to ask a proud Torontonian (or even a Canadian for that matter) in the music industry to perform, such as Drake, Walk Off The Earth, Feist, Metric, Shania Twain, deadmau5, Crystal Castles, Zeds Dead, The Weeknd, Peaches, K'naan, and many many more!"   Kanye West. Confirmed. pic.twitter.com/MUvNQFA8Yr — TORONTO 2015 (@TO2015) July 15, 2015 "The options for Toronto artists are far from limited and choosing someone like Kanye West raises several concerns among the people. Why was a local artist or group not chosen and supported, just as our local athletes are throughout the games?" "Toronto Pan Am Games organizing committee please reconsider your decision as we will NOT be attending Kanye West's show." At the time of writing, 50,000 people have signed the petition. Mark Daye, the Deputy Leader of the Ontario Green Party, even took to Twitter to describe the hip-hop star an "obnoxious no talent a**hole". See that tweet below. A similar petition was previously launched to prevent the rapper from headlining this year's Glastonbury Festival. The online petition called for West to be replaced by a rock band, attracting more than 133,000 signatures. Via nme.com Someone started a petition to swap Kanye for a Canadian artist at the Pan Am closing ceremonies #TO2015 https://t.co/xNZtfDnFQS — Siobhan Morris (@siomo) July 15, 2015   Music sets mood at the Pan Am Games | Toronto Star Greg Bowman and his team pick all the [...]

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