Call for boycott of Rise Barbados

A number of artiste and patrons are calling for a major concert to be boycotted because of the promoter’s “disrespectful” comments towards the local entertainment fraternity.

However, producer of Rise Barbados, Orlando Newton says his comments were misinterpreted and dismisses claims that he was “anti-Bajan” as “grossly false”.

Earlier yesterday, president of the Barbados Association of Creatives and Artists (BACA) Sean Apache Carter joined the voices of entertainers who spoke out...