What Marc Anthony promised to be an unforgettable evening ended as an endless wait for his fans after the streaming platform used for his highly anticipated virtual concert collapsed.
The show’s failure generated a wave of memes and comments of all kinds, including insults, teasing, jokes …
After midnight the salsero Marc Anthony has issued a statement, in their social networks, where he apologized to the audience that could not enjoy his first virtual concert “Tonight”.
“First of all, I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the unprecedented number of fans from all over the world who have signed up to see my” Tonight “concert and were unable to attend due to the overwhelming lawsuit that caused the total collapse of the ‘streaming’ platform ‘, he exposed.
The writing adds, “I am very sorry for the failure of this technology, which I have absolutely no control over. You can be sure that I will not rest and we will do everything we can to give the opportunity to all the people who have put their tickets for can attend the concert as soon as possible and that they can enjoy it ”.
The discomfort left fans upset and disappointed after technical issues prevented the start of the event. The memes on social networks did not wait.
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The concert was set to begin at 8pm on Saturday, April 17, and was sold as their ‘first and only worldwide live digital broadcast concert’. However, the fans waited more than four hours without knowing what would happen.
At 8:33 AM, an announcement about the delay and the problems they encountered with the digital platform was published on the artist’s Twitter account, seen by Listín Diario.
“Good night! The concert has not started yet. The Maestro platform is having problems. We appreciate your patience and the show will start in a few minutes. The team will be working as soon as possible. @Loudliveinc,” the artist said in a Tweet that was later removed.
As time went on, more and more followers of the artist on social networks protested for the delay, until Marc Anthony became a trend on Twitter.
“If I were Marc Anthony’s crisis advisor, I would cancel the concert, apologize publicly, force the businessmen to return the money from the tickets, sue the businessmen for reputational damage, and next week I will be performing a free concert on YouTube” Jimmy Montes has responded on Twitter.
Many users used the words “I feel cheated” or “get my money back”.
Another user wrote, “Millions of Latin Americans are left with a bitter taste.”
The concert entitled “One Night,” which would be broadcast live from Miami via streaming, generally cost $ 40 per electronic ticket.