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Johnny Rotten Protest by Leeds PSC – 7pm 23 July
July 22nd, 2010 • Action, Events, News
Tags: BBC Radio Leeds, boycott, cultural, elvis costello, israel, johnny rotten, leed, O2 Academy, PSC, sex pistols
UPDATE! BBC Radio Leeds interview:
Former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon/Rotten and his group Public Image Limited will be the focus of a protest by Leeds PSC tomorrow.
This comes ahead of his planned concert in Tel Aviv and comments in The Independent about objections to the Israeli leg of his tour:
I really resent the presumption that I’m going there to play to right-wing Nazi jews, if Elvis-f*cking-Costello wants to pull out of a gig in Israel because he’s suddenly got this compassion for Palestinians, then good on him.
But I have absolutely one rule, right?
Until I see an Arab country, a Muslim country, with a democracy, I won’t understand how anyone can have a problem with how they’re treated.
Reaction to those comments: John Lydon’s rotten politics & ‘Rise’ against Racism
Events in Leeds on Friday July 23:
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Andy Brown from Leeds PSC will be interviewed live on BBC Radio Leeds at 7am:
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Protesters will gather from 7pm in front of the venue: O2 Academy, 55 Cookridge Street, Leeds
Leeds PSC group have also taken out a half page in Yorkshire Evening Post and on the Guardian Leeds site: Lydon/Rotten: Palestine protesters set to demonstrate at Leeds gig Friday 23 July
