Celine Dion Fans Gather Outside Rolling Stone’s Office To Protest After She Was Left Off Its List Of 200 Greatest Singers [Video]
Some die-hard Celine Dion followers don’t play about her.
Fans are outraged that the legendary singer was left off Rolling Stone’s record of 200 Greatest Singers of All Time.
And rightfully so! The Canadian singer was snubbed from making this 12 months’s record, which has prompted her followers to bat for her exterior the journal’s workplaces in New York Metropolis.
Selection reported 15 followers gathered Friday after a six-hour trek from Montreal. The group represents The Redheads, a Dion fan membership created on Fb.
Round 15 devoted Celine Dion followers traveled over six hours from Montreal to New York Metropolis to protest exterior of Rolling Stone’s workplace constructing after the publication excluded the singer from their record of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time. https://t.co/k7AyBZbmqX pic.twitter.com/UfwdJWZX7a
— Selection (@Selection) January 6, 2023
The group’s founder, Line Basbous, organized the protest. “The list is completely illegitimate,” she informed the outlet. “We wanted to support her and make sure that Rolling Stone hears the voice of the fans. The list is ridiculous. No Madonna, no Celine. They’re clearly focused on American singers, and we don’t understand.”
Julie Snyder, a TV character from Montreal, led the demonstration and informed TMZ that the group is demanding Dion be acknowledged and an apology from Rolling Stone.
The entire fiasco obtained the eye of RS’s editor Steven Pearl to return exterior to speak to the protestors. He listened to their points and knowledgeable them of how the record was fashioned.
Celine Dion followers protesting exterior the Rolling Stone workplaces for leaving her off its 200 finest singers record. Comfortable Friday! pic.twitter.com/BQ5wNm8kuG
— Andy Swift (@AndySwift) January 6, 2023