Canada-Based Singer Shubh's India Tour Cancelled After Backlash Over His Old Post
Canadian singer and rapper Shubh aka Shubhneet Singh’s upcoming India tour ‘Still Rollin’ has been cancelled after he faced backlash for his alleged support for Khalistan.
New Delhi: Canadian singer and rapper Shubh aka Shubhneet Singh’s upcoming India tour ‘Still Rollin’ has been cancelled after he faced backlash for his alleged support for Khalistan. Ticket booking application BookMyShow took to X, to announce that the 26-year-old rapper’s multi-city ‘Still Rollin India Tour’ has been cancelled. BookMyShow also promised a complete refund of the tickets within 7-10 days.
The tweet read: “Still Rollin Tour for India stands cancelled. To that end, BookMyShow has initiated a complete refund of the ticket amount for all consumers who had purchased tickets for the show.”
“The refund will be reflected within 7-10 working days in the customer's source account of the original transaction.”
Earlier, the hashtag #UninstallBookMyShow was trending on X, for hosting the Shubh’s event in India.
Shub’s old Instagram post went viral creating outrage. The post captioned 'Pray for Punjab', along with two folded hands emojis, depicted a map of India without the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and the North-East on it. The singer had shared the post during the Punjab Police hunt for Khalistani terrorist Amritpal Singh.
Earlier, Consumer electronics brand boAT also withdrew its sponsorship of his India tour. Explaining its decision, boAT said in a statement on X: "At boAt, while our commitment to the incredible music community runs deep, we are first and foremost a true Indian brand. When we became aware of the remarks made by artist Shubh earlier this year, we chose to withdraw our sponsorship from the tour."
Shubneet’s ‘Still Rollin India Tour’ was announced on August 4. The three-month long tour included cities such as Bengaluru, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Ludhiana, Chandigarh, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Kolkata, Pune and Jaipur.
On announcing his tour, Shubh had said: “India is home for me in more ways than one, and this is an extremely special moment for me as it’s my homecoming tour. I get to kick off my debut in the live arena domain in a country that has been instrumental in the evolution of my creativity and my growth as an artist. I can’t wait to step on that stage and interact with all my amazing desi fans.”
Shubh is known for the tracks ‘Elevated’, ‘We Rollin’, ‘No Love’, ‘Still Rollin’, ‘OG’ and ‘Dior’ among many others.
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