More than 1,100 artists and cultural workers have signed.
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More than 1,100 artists and cultural workers have put their names to an open letter organised by No Music For Genocide (NMFG) and the BDS Movement, demanding that the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) ban Israeli public broadcaster KAN from the Eurovision Song Contest.
Among the signatories are Brian Eno, Massive Attack, Paloma Faith, Paul Weller, Kneecap, Hot Chip, IDLES, Sigur Rós, Of Monsters and Men, Primal Scream, Young Fathers, Mogwai, Black Country New Road, Dry Cleaning, Nadine Shah, Macklemore, Roger Waters, Peter Gabriel, Erika de Casier, Ólafur Arnalds, David Holmes, Nemahsis, Salute, Vacations, Smerz, Mechatok, and Olof Dreijer from The Knife, alongside several former Eurovision finalists.
Kneecap comment: "Russia was banned from Eurovision in 2022. Israel has been murdering Palestinians for decades and is now committing genocide - and for the third year running, they're welcomed back onto the stage. That's not neutrality. That's a choice. We've paid a price for speaking out - lost gigs, court cases, visa bans - and we'd do it all again tomorrow. Silence is complicity. We stand with No Music for Genocide and every artist, fan and broadcaster who refuses to let the world's biggest music event be used to whitewash genocide. No stage for genocide. Free Palestine."
Visit nomusicforgenocide.org for more information.
