A group of fundamentalist Catholics on Tuesday evening prevented the holding of a concert, deemed “satanist” by Swedish artist Anna von Hausswolff. It was organized by the Unique place. “A handful of intolerant radicals causes the cancellation of a concert at Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Port scheduled in agreement with the bishopric,” tweeted Bassem Asseh, first deputy mayor of Nantes. The concert, scheduled for 9 p.m., was sold out. Opponents of the concert blocked the entrance, resuming religious songs as a group.
A reference to the devil in a song
“Some fundamentalists have therefore succeeded in preventing a concert. This strengthens us in the idea that in the face of obscurantism, we need more than ever the light of the arts and culture ”, reacted Aymeric Seassau (PC), deputy mayor of Nantes, in charge of culture. . “A lamentable manifestation of intolerance and attack on cultural expression,” also tweeted Olivier Château (PS), heritage deputy.
Anna von Hausswolff is a post-metal and experimental rock singer, pianist, organist, and songwriter. In one of his songs Pills, she evokes drug addiction and says metaphorically to have “made love with the devil”.