Duncan Laurence has apologized to everyone who was disappointed following his concert in Paradiso last Saturday. Afterwards, De Telegraaf wrote a critical article regarding the length of the show, which lasted seventy minutes. According to the newspaper, at the end of the concert the audience was ‘in disbelief’ that it was already finished. The singer promises that he takes the feedback ‘very seriously’. “And of course we will extend the set.”
He writes that down Threads“I apologize to everyone who was disappointed following my show in Paradiso on Saturday that the concert did not last long enough. It was never my intention to disappoint you,” he continues. “I obviously want to put on the most beautiful and best show for you.”
Criticism of the media
According to The Telegraph ‘We want more’ only started a few minutes following the end of the concert, because the fans mightn’t believe it was already over. One fan speaks in the article. He said he was disappointed regarding the ‘abruptly ended show’, because the former Eurovision Song Contest winner had not yet played a number of songs.
After Laurence has made a fuss regarding the length of his show on Threads, he addresses ‘the media’. He says he is shocked by the way the media communicates things. “I will not and do not want to just watch this time,” he says.
“I have no phobias, I have never missed a rehearsal, my tickets do not cost 49 euros, I no longer have panic attacks, and look, I also speak Dutch and I have done so all my life,” he counters earlier criticism he has apparently received.
He continues: “I’m not on hard drugs, in fact I’ve lost enough people in my life to them. I eat healthy and I exercise regularly. I don’t have anorexia. I don’t understand where these stories come from… and that’s I actually don’t even know either. And yet you tell them.”
Focus on positive things
According to Laurence, there are topics that deserve much more attention than how he is doing. He mentions wars and human rights. “Please, dear journalists, use your platform well,” he says. “And sometimes focus on positive things, enjoy life a little despite all the downs we all experience in the world. Be kind to someone else. You also contribute to society in the way you choose to contribute to it.” to contribute.”
