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Hundreds of musicians, including Massive Attack and Brian Eno, are calling on Live Nation, one of the world’s leading live entertainment companies, to cease operations in Israel.
they signed new open letter As part of the Musicians For Palestine campaign, we urged Live Nation Entertainment to abolish its Israeli subsidiary, Live Nation Israel.
“We cannot remain silent while Live Nation Israel praises the genocidal Israeli military that has killed more than 70,000 Palestinians in Gaza,” the letter reads. “We align with long-standing calls for accountability for the long-standing Palestinian artistic baptism of Israeli apartheid and current genocide.”
“We also call on Live Nation Entertainment to uphold all authoritative demands of the Palestinian people by abolishing Live Nation Israel, adopting policies that ensure that its programming and partnerships are not complicit in oppression anywhere, and respecting the guidelines of Palestinian civil society. Live Nation Venues and Festivals: Please support and abide by these demands.”
Brian Eno previously Together For Palestine charity concert in Londonwas held in September. The artist also features on Together for Palestine’s charity single ‘Lullaby’, which also features NeNe Cherry and Nadine Shah, with lyrics written by Peter Gabriel.
All proceeds from the song will go to Choose Love’s Together For Palestine Fund, which supports three Palestinian-led charities. Hilal, Palestinian Children Relief Fund and Palestine medical relief efforts.
Earlier this year, artists such as Massive Attack, Björk, Wolf Alice and Aurora took part. No Music For Genocide Israel Streaming Boycott.
Meanwhile, the Eurovision Song Contest continues to face strong criticism. Keep Israel in the lineup for the 70th tournamentOrganizers have given the country permission to take part in next year’s contest, which will now include Ireland, Spain, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Iceland. withdraw from the event.
Eurovision director Martin Green responded to the backlash and boycott by saying: “In a difficult world, we can certainly do better by uniting through music.”
Despite the contest taking pride in maintaining political neutrality, critics have not stopped highlighting the EBU’s hypocrisy, given that it still bans Russia in 2022, just days after invading Ukraine.
Last year’s Eurovision winner Nemo It was announced that the championship trophy would be returned.followed by the movement 1994 Eurovision winner Charlie McGettigan.
We learned yesterday that Austrian public broadcaster ORF, the organizer of the next Eurovision Song Contest, It was confirmed that the display of the Palestinian flag in the audience seats will not be prohibited. Nor will it censor boos directed at Israel’s performances.
“We allow all official flags around the world as long as they comply with the law and have certain formats, including size and safety risks,” said Michael Kroen, the show’s executive producer. “We don’t avoid bringing things to the surface or showing what’s going on, because our job is to show things as they are.”