An elected official from Nimes responds to singer Shaka Punk

On social media, rock band singer Shaka Punk described bullfighting as an abomination and Nîmes elected officials as “executors,” a few months before she performed in Nîmes’ arenas. The city’s first deputy responds in an open letter.

For once, the controversy surrounding bullfighting has set social media ablaze. Following the online petition to cancel the Shaka Ponk concert in the squares of Nîmes, launched by the group Touche pas à mes passions, it is the turn of Julien Plantier, the city’s first deputy, to respond.

No, we elected NIM members to the municipal majority […]We are not torturers!

Julien Plantier, First Deputy of the City of Nîmes

In a letter to the rock band’s singer, the elected official defends bullfighting, which has been practiced since 1853 in the squares of the capital, Gard. The place where Shaka Punk will perform next June. Julian Plantier invites Fra to do so “I express more respect to the people of Nimes, the traditions, and also to those who allow you to perform in such a place that was built more than two thousand years ago.”

This message comes after a video published by Farrah, singer of the band Shaka Punk, on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. He responds to the comments he has received since the announcement of his concert in the Nimes squares this summer. “I’m getting some very sharp little letters about this.”He explains before reaffirming his anti-bullfighting stance and describing elected officials in Nîmes who support it as “Executioners”.