Fontaines DC, Brian Eno, Garbage and Kneecap support the movement that challenges intimidations suffered by artists who position themselves about the conflict in Gaza
THE Massive Attack announced the formation of an alliance of musicians committed to combating the censorship imposed on those who publicly manifest themselves on the war in Gaza. The initiative emerges in response to what the group describes as “intimidations within the industry itself” and legal attacks organized by groups such as the UK Lawyers for Israel.
“What is happening in Gaza exceeds any description. We use our platforms to denounce this genocide and the role of the British government in it, ”the band wrote on social networks.“ That’s why we have suffered legal reprisals and pressures within the music market ”.
The alliance, which has the support of names like Fontaines DC, Kneecap, Grubby, Brian Eno And other artists aims to protect colleagues at the beginning of their career or with little visibility, who face threats of cancellation and exclusion of festivals. “We will not allow artists to be silenced for fear of legal or professional retaliation,” says the statement.
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Among the group’s claims are the unrestricted access of humanitarian agencies Gazathe end of the attack on health professionals, the suspension of British weapons sales to Israel, an immediate and lasting ceasefire and the recognition of a free Palestinian state.
The movement occurs in parallel to the launch of a collective documentary LED by Donkeyswhich denounces the backstage of the Uklfi and your attempt to silence artists such as the Bob VylanAfter a show at Glastonbury 2025. The entity is also accused of interfering with presentations by the Irish band Kneecap and being behind the judicial process that took the rapper Moon to be accused of a crime related to terrorism – he returns to the courts in August.
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THE Massive Attackwho boyfields in Israel since 1999, has been vocal to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. In May, Brian Eno, Dua Lipa, Primal Scream and Benedict Cumberbatch In an open letter to the British Prime Minister, asking for the end of the UK complicity in the conflict.
In addition, the band has already collaborated with Fontaines DC and Young Fathers in a charity track for the organization Doctors without borderssupporting emergency operations in the Gaza and West Bank.
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Source: Rollingstone
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