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Daniela Darcourt Removed Mid-Set at Barcelona Salsa Festival

Conflicting witness accounts have left who ordered the onstage cutoff unclear, raising reputational risk for the tour organizer.

Overview

  • Videos from the Perú Salsa All Stars II show in Badalona show Daniela Darcourt being pulled offstage and her music lowered during a performance that drew strong reactions from attendees and viewers.
  • Influencer Mario Colomina, who says he was at the festival, claims Darcourt exceeded a roughly 40-minute slot, ignored repeated warnings and that the following act’s team pressured production to cut her sound.
  • Darcourt has publicly denied the influencer’s version, says she has private message exchanges with production proving her timeline and rejects any suggestion she coordinated cancellations or refused to follow schedules.
  • Colleagues gave mixed responses: Yahaira Plasencia defended the unnamed production company as strict about schedules and cited past mid-set cutoffs, while Giovanna Valcárcel denied having authority to eject any performer.
  • No comprehensive public statement or independent timeline has been issued by the festival’s production company, leaving the dispute driven by viral clips, eyewitness accounts and competing artist statements and creating potential operational and reputational fallout for the European tour.