Analysis of Controversial Spending by Riga City Council for Sam Smith’s Performance at Positivus Festival

Should the Riga City Council have spent like that, answers “Positivus” organizer Ęirts Majors. “Cheap is nothing,” says Major. He also says: “The main festival guest Sam Smith’s fee alone was almost a million euros. It was not just him – Smith’s team includes 53 people, a special stage, a light and sound show. In addition, everyone had to be accommodated in the Kempinski Hotel, the singer’s demands reveal Majors.

It was about Smith’s participation in the festival that the biggest debates took place in society and in the corridors and offices of the municipality.

Director Dzintra Geka-Vaska, deputy of the Riga City Council, also said: “I will not judge the sexual orientation of the invited artists, but I look very positively at the fact that the festival has moved from Salacgrīva to Riga. It is a great financial contribution to the city as well, because many young people from all over Europe came to Riga , including my children and grandchildren. Yes, I read that the main artist Sam Smith is very extreme, but as Alvis Hermanis said, young people are a completely different world. And we have to evaluate reality.”

British pop star Sam Smith became scandalously famous half a year ago with a drastic change of stage image.

Until now, he performed in a conservative suit, but now he has gained a lot of weight, besides, he shows off his chubby body on purpose – he wears thongs, dresses, corsets.

For this reason, before the festival, parents even began to discuss whether it is possible to send their children to such a thing at all.

Photo: Sam Smith at the “Positivus” festival

It has already been reported that Smits performed in Lucavsala, Riga, on July 15 at the “Positivus” festival.

Smits shared several photos and videos from Latvia on the “Instagram” website.

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2023-07-18 21:05:25
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