Overview

• State Secretary Raúl Zepeda said the concert remains scheduled and that, while contracts allow cancellations with penalties, the government has not considered calling it off.
• A Change.org petition opposing the appearance has surpassed 17,000 signatures, up from earlier counts in the 12,000 to 13,700 range reported a day prior.
• Activists have called a march in Morelia for September 12 at 7 p.m., with a Facebook event showing initial confirmations and interest from dozens of users.
• Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla welcomed the public debate, describing the pushback as an exercise of free expression and declining to elaborate on the signature tally.
• Local deputy Fabiola Alanís urged rejecting misogynistic conduct and said she would have preferred a woman artist for the date, as critics also press for transparency in public contracting.