Cultural BDS: Leftfield Cancel Israel Tour

July 23rd, 2010 • Action, Events, News

Following pressure from fans and BDS campaigners (FB) Leftfield have cancelled their planned gig in Israel citing:

Cancellation of Israel show
Unfortunately Leftfield will not be able to perform at the Heineken Music Conference, Israel on the 31st August due to unforeseen production problems.
– Leftfield Blog

This adds to the growing list of artists who have made similar decisions, including: Gil Scott-Heron, Elvis Costello, The Pixies, The Gorillaz, Carlos Santana and The Klaxons.

In addition to the Johnny Rotten protests occurring around the UK, a number of Facebook pages have been setup to pressure other artists:

• Diana Krall – please don’t break the Palestinian call to Boycott Israel

• Ozzy Osbourne : Please don’t play apartheid Israel

• Jethro Tull : Respect the Palestinian Call to Boycott Apartheid

• LCD Soundsystem: Please don’t play for Apartheid Israel

• Johnny Rotten you ain’t no human being if u play the Israeli fascist regime

We are working on a calendar to highlight UK gigs and events where artists who plan to visit Israel will be performing: bds.readingpsc.org.uk/calendar

Tags: artist, BDS, boycott, Carlos Santana, cultural, Diana Krall, elvis costello, gig, Gil Scott-Heron, israel, Jethro Tull, LCD Soundsystem, Ozzy Osborne, show, The Gorillaz, The Klaxons, The Pixies

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