Lana Del Rey has defended her decision to perform at Israel’s Meteor Festival on Friday, Sept. 7. On August 19, the singer wrote, “I believe music is universal and should be used to bring us together. … Performing in Tel Aviv is not a political statement or a commitment to the politics there just like singing here in California doesn’t mean my views are in alignment w my current governments opinions or sometimes inhuman actions.”
Western artists who perform in Israel often face protests and social media criticism from believers of the Bds movement, which calls for “boycott, divestment and sanctions” against the country. Among the most vocal proponents of the stance is Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters.
Seizing the opportunity to reflect on America’s own government, in the wake of comments made by Trump’s lead attorney in the Mueller investigation, Rudy Guiliani, that “truth isn’t truth,” Del...
Western artists who perform in Israel often face protests and social media criticism from believers of the Bds movement, which calls for “boycott, divestment and sanctions” against the country. Among the most vocal proponents of the stance is Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters.
Seizing the opportunity to reflect on America’s own government, in the wake of comments made by Trump’s lead attorney in the Mueller investigation, Rudy Guiliani, that “truth isn’t truth,” Del...
- 8/19/2018
- by Shirley Halperin
- Variety Film + TV
Lana Del Rey will perform in Israel for the first time, Variety has learned. The singer has been added as a headliner for the inaugural Meteor Festival, set to take place at Kibbutz Lehavot Habashan, outside of Tiberias in the upper Galilee region of Israel, from Sept. 6 through 8. An announcement of her addition to the bill is expected in the coming days, as the Meteor website hints.
Some 15,000 attendees are set to gather in Pecan Park for the festival. Among the 50-plus acts on the lineup are Asap Ferg, Pusha T, Flying Lotus, Kamasi Washington, Of Montreal, Ariel Pink and Rhye in addition to local artists like Noga Erez, Balkan Beat Box, Geva Alon and Hadag Nahash. Del Rey is slotted to perform on Friday night, Sept. 7.
The brainchild of Eran Arielli, whose Tel Aviv-based concert promotion company Naranjah is responsible for bringing scores of beloved Western indie bands to...
Some 15,000 attendees are set to gather in Pecan Park for the festival. Among the 50-plus acts on the lineup are Asap Ferg, Pusha T, Flying Lotus, Kamasi Washington, Of Montreal, Ariel Pink and Rhye in addition to local artists like Noga Erez, Balkan Beat Box, Geva Alon and Hadag Nahash. Del Rey is slotted to perform on Friday night, Sept. 7.
The brainchild of Eran Arielli, whose Tel Aviv-based concert promotion company Naranjah is responsible for bringing scores of beloved Western indie bands to...
- 8/17/2018
- by Shirley Halperin
- Variety Film + TV
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