Lauren Daigle performs during the Dove Awards in Nashville. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski, File)
Christian performing artist Lauren Daigle has won a couple of Grammys and five Billboard Music awards, but her talent and popularity notwithstanding, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell claims she committed the unpardonable sin.
That would be performing without a mask in a “Let Us Worship” protest gathering in November in the French Quarter’s Jackson Square. The protest was organized by evangelical activist Sean Feucht and was held without a city permit.
“Ms. Daigle cannot and should not be rewarded with national media exposure and the public spotlight,” Cantrell told Dick Clark Productions in a December 9 letter that was made available to the media. Cantrell was referring to the annual “Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve” show.
UPDATE: A report from NOLA.com says Lauren Daigle was not scheduled to play Dick Clark s Rockin New Year s Eve Celebration on ABC. Turns out, according to Louisiana Radio Network, when Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser found out Daigle would not be performing on the show he pulled a state contract helping to finance the event. Nungesser wanted the Christian singer to be on the show as she is an ambassador for his tourism department.
The city of New Orleans will now pick up the cost and the Fleur Dis Lis will still drop in New Orleans on ABC on New Year s Eve.
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UPDATE: A report from NOLA.com says Lauren Daigle was not scheduled to play Dick Clark s Rockin New Year s Eve Celebration on ABC. Turns out, according to Louisiana Radio Network, when Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser found out Daigle would not be performing on the show he pulled a state contract helping to finance the event. Nungesser wanted the Christian singer to be on the show as she is an ambassador for his tourism department.
The city of New Orleans will now pick up the cost and the Fleur Dis Lis will still drop in New Orleans on ABC on New Year s Eve.