First Explanation Came From Cristina Scabbia About Lacuna Coil’s Non-Performance Livestream
Lacuna Coil singer Cristina Scabbia has recently appeared on the band’s official social media account to explain the decision that why they took part in an initiative dubbed “L’Ultimo Concerto?” (Last Concert) to highlight the increasingly uncertain future of music venues.
As some of you might remember, Lacuna Coil was appeared on a live stream to perform a live show on February 27. But unfortunately, it did not happen as expected. Lacuna Coil and almost 130 Italian artists were filmed taking the stage at a different venue and then standing there in silence as a way of commemorating the one-year mark since the first Italian venues closed.
Recently, Cristina Scabbia was appeared to inform fans about the decision and talked about the issue.
“I know that a lot of you guys have been connecting to the web site ultimoconcerto.it expecting a live concert that never happened.
“What you saw was a video of us entering the venue Alcatraz in Milano and standing still on the stage, looking at an empty club. What we did was taking part in an Italian strike, and I’m here explaining it in English because a lot of you guys probably couldn’t read what was written on the web site and couldn’t figure out that this event was already really strange from the beginning, because more than 120 Italian bands playing from different clubs at the same time was already something very unusual — let alone the fact that we never really promoted it, we never really talked about it, we never reposted some of your posts, and if you think about ‘Live From The Apocalypse’ [virtual concert], we always did that.
According to Cristina Scabbia, she understands fans’ anger.
“Of course, we couldn’t say anything, because the purpose was to make noise. So I absolutely understand your frustration, I absolutely understand your anger, and believe me, all of us [in] Lacuna Coil wanted to be on that stage to play a real concert for you.
“What you have to understand, though, [is] it is not easy to organize a concert, and there are costs behind [it] that you cannot imagine. So the point of the Italian strike that happened yesterday was to bring attention to the fact that clubs have been closed for a year because of the pandemic, and we don’t know when they are gonna be reopening again.
She thanked fans and concluded her words
“So I want to thank you guys, because even with your angry messages, even with your disappointment, you helped us to scream even louder.
“Some of you guys wrote, it is useless to ‘attack’ or ‘use the fans,’ which is something that we never did intentionally. Well, think about the fact that the band is followed by a lot of journalists as well.
“So your angry comments are even more helping the music scene, because people will see this and will see that music without live clubs is missing a huge part.
“So I’m here to thank you guys and to tell you that we’re really hurt by some of the comments, but we know that this will be worth it. So we want to thank you.”
You can watch the video below.
