This November was imagined to mark the third iteration of Soulshine At Sea, a four-day live performance cruise that goes from Miami, Florida to Cozumel, Mexico. In the present day, nonetheless, the fest’s organizer Sixthman introduced that the sold-out cruise has been canceled. Their assertion didn’t give a motive for the cancellation, nevertheless it seems prefer it has one thing to do with accusations of abusive conduct from the cruise’s scheduled headliner, Michael Franti, who has denied the allegations.
Final week the singer-songwriter Victoria Canal posted a prolonged assertion to her Instagram detailing a year-long abusive relationship with an older, established male artist who helped her launch her music profession after he “plucked [her] out of the Web” when she was 19 years outdated. “This individual verbally admitted to me (whereas I used to be in a particularly susceptible place) that getting me on this place had been his plan all alongside — from the second he noticed my face on the Web — a confession that froze me in time, and debilitated my physique from feeling pleasure and freedom for years and years,” Canal wrote.
Whereas Canal didn’t title Franti within the assertion, Franti himself has gushed about discovering Canal on Instagram in 2018, when she would have been about 19 years outdated. A number of days after Canal shared her preliminary assertion, she adopted it up with one other Instagram put up with screenshots of messages detailing comparable allegations of abusive conduct from the identical individual; many particulars in these messages align with tales individuals have shared about Franti on Reddit.
After Canal’s posts, Tank And The Bangas introduced that they’d dropped off their upcoming tour supporting Michael Franti & Spearhead. “Whereas we aren’t conscious of any particular particulars associated to the matter, in gentle of the current put up made in regards to the artist, we have now made the troublesome resolution to not take part,” reads their put up, for which Canal thanked them on her Instagram tales. Dispatch and Maggie Rose, two artists who have been additionally scheduled to carry out Soulshine At Sea, subsequently introduced they’d be dropping off of the cruise, citing “deeply regarding allegations involving one other artist on the lineup.”
“We’re actively working to announce a brand new occasion that may sail November 4-8, 2025,” Sixthman added of their assertion in regards to the Soulshine At Sea cancellation. “Further particulars might be shared tomorrow, Monday, August 18. As we communicated on Friday to booked visitors, all visitors might be provided choices concerning their reservations, which embrace a full refund or future Sixthman credit score.” Shortly after that information, Franti issued a press release of his personal, confirming that he had been in a romantic relationship outdoors his marriage with an artist with whom he was working. “I’m conscious of the current posts this artist made about our relationship, and whereas I assist her want to specific herself publicly, the connection was fully consensual, primarily based on mutual emotions and attraction.”
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