Pop star Kesha\u2019s concert planned for Friday at Loyola University Chicago has been canceled, according to the university.<\/p>\n
According to Loyola\u2019s Department of Programming, the \u201cTik Tok\u201d singer has informed the university she will no longer be able to perform its annual Colossus weekend \u201cdue to personal reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n
The concert was to be held in Gentile Arena, 6511 N. Winthrop Ave.<\/p>\n
\u201cKesha has expressed her disappointment in having to cancel, but she feels that this is the best decision for her at this time. We respect her decision and wish her well,\u201d a statement on the university\u2019s website read.<\/p>\n
Last week, Kesha lost a battle in court that she hoped would free her from her contract with record producer Dr. Luke, who she claimed had sexually abused her.<\/p>\n
Loyola ticket buyers are expected to be refunded, according to Loyola. More information will be emailed to customers on March 2.<\/p>\n
(Source: Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n
One week after a judge ruled Kesha must remain in her Sony contract despite rape allegations lodged against her producer, several hundred\u00a0Loyola<\/a>\u00a0University students plan to rally in support of the pop singer, who is scheduled to perform in Chicago on Friday.<\/p>\n “Sexual assault and rape are against Loyola values,” Melissa Haggerty, a junior psychology major, told me. “We are a Jesuit institution, and Loyola teaches students to seek justice in everything we do. Justice, in this case, would be for Kesha to be released from her contract.”<\/p>\n Backing up a bit, Kesha Rose Sebert made a legal bid in 2014 to be released from her recording contract with Sony after accusing Dr. Luke (Lukasz Gottwald) of drugging, raping and psychologically abusing her. (Billboard published the entire lawsuit, which\u00a0you can read here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n In it, she alleges that Dr. Luke forced her to ingest illegal drugs and gave her “sober pills,” which the singer believes were gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB), commonly known as the date-rape drug. “Ms. Sebert took the pills and woke up the following afternoon, naked in Dr. Luke’s bed, sore and sick, with no memory of how she got there,” the lawsuit states. “Ms. Sebert immediately called her mother and made a ‘fresh complaint,’ telling her that she was naked in Dr. Luke’s hotel room, she did not know where the clothes were, that Dr. Luke had raped her, and that she needed to go to the emergency room.”<\/p>\n