Authorities disrupted Noize MC concert in Orenburg

The authorities disrupted the concert of rapper Noize MC (Ivan Alekseev) in Orenburg. The musician himself spoke about this on Instagram.

According to Alekseev, the FSB, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the regional administration put pressure on the concert venues before the concert, with which the organizers tried to negotiate. Because of this, the performance had to be divided into two and invite half of the audience to one place, and the other half to another.

As the musician said, he managed to play an acoustic set in the first place, but when he was going to go to the second concert, “there was information that this site was also covered by law enforcement agencies.” We are talking about an institution called "STUDIO".

Alekseev urged visitors to the canceled concert not to return tickets and said that the organizers "will definitely come up with something" to make it happen.

Updated . The administration of Orenburg explained the cancellation of the concert by coronavirus restrictions and the lack of a license from the venue. “Our nightclubs are closed, and a fellow performer planned to perform in a nightclub. Therefore, law enforcement agencies did not allow the event to be held, ” the city authorities told Rise. However, judging by the announcements on the club's VK page , he continued to work before and after the canceled concert of Noize MC.

• Noize MC often releases tracks with lyrics on acute social and political topics. Also, the musician, in particular, took part in rallies in support of the politician Alexei Navalny.
• In Russia, a large-scale practice of disrupting concerts due to pressure from the authorities developed at the end of 2018 - then several dozen performances by various artists did not take place in several months. After the deputy head of the presidential administration, Sergei Kiriyenko, called what was happening “stupidity,” mass cancellations stopped, but isolated cases continue to occur.