Adam Levine Apologises After Being Slammed For A Lacklustre Televised Maroon 5 Gig

Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine has apologised for a less-than-stellar gig in Chile after fans criticised his low-energy, terrible mood and off-key singing.

The band played at Viña del Mar festival in Chile on Thursday, arriving 25 minutes late to their set, forcing the hosts to fill-in time. As one of Chile’s most revered and longest-running music festivals, the event was televised — something which Levine seemingly wasn’t aware of, as backstage footage circulating online see him shout about it in surprise, before cussing out Viña del Mar as this “fucking town”.

In videos of the performance, Levine is dressed in a dirty t-shirt and looks visibly annoyed throughout the set. Fans called the performance the “shittiest show ever” and ‘incredibly unprofessional’, with even Chilean politician Francisco Undurraga joining in.

As translated by BBC, Undurraga, who was born without three of his limbs, wrote “I apologise for the self-reference but Adam Levine has less voice and soul than my right arm.”

Chilean actress and singer Denise Rosenthal also claimed via Twitter that backstage at the festival Levine requested ‘no-one look him in the face’ and ignored people by facing the wall of the venue as he arrived and left. Given the event’s prestige, people, were all-together pretty angry.

If people ask why #Maroon5 is a trend, I explain. They came to a well-known and important festival in Chile, and did a shit show. Adam Levine sang horrible and was totally angry.
He did a horrible show without caring that his audience had spent money to see him. pic.twitter.com/uSrzqq7USl

— ☀️Araceli (@Ptitsa_A) February 28, 2020

Fuck off @adamlevine and don't ever come back to Chile. You can't sing, your look can't save you from being a terrible frontman, and even your biggest fans are ashamed of you. @maroon5 have some dignity and kick out this motherfucker once and for all

— Paraputear (@Paraputear1) February 28, 2020

People who see #Maroon5 and 'Adam Levine' trending and have no idea why, I'll let you know. Maroon 5 is at #Vina2020 here in Chile and the show is really shitty! Adam sounds awful and he doesn't have the moves like Jagger at all ☹ We are wondering what happened to him

— Angelica~ (@StupidGrrrl90s) February 28, 2020

@maroon5 love your music but your show in Viña del Mar was disrespectful to every fan who paid and waited to see you live. Very frustrating. Hope u make up to them tomorrow in Santiago #Maroon5 #Maroon5EnChile

— RayBeron (@RayBeron) February 28, 2020

After international outlets began to cover the criticism online, Levine apologised via Instagram.

“I’m so excited and passionate about concerts, and about being my best and the band being our best and being our best for you guys,” Levine said in an Instagram story. “There were some things holding me back sonically last night, and I let them get to me, and it impacted how I was behaving onstage which was unprofessional, and I apologise for that.”

“I struggled a lot and sometimes it’s really hard for me to mask the struggle and for that I did let you guys down and I apologise. We absolutely adore our Chilean fans, we absolutely love coming here. Last night, it wasn’t our best and for that all I can say is that I’m really sorry.”

In a further post, Levine wrote that “while we can’t always make up for our past, we can absolutely try our best to learn from it…thank you Chile for giving me the opportunity to grow”.

In an official statement, Maroon 5’s representatives faulted in-ear and monitor difficulties.

Watch video of the performance and Levine’s back-stage behaviour below.