French Eurovision contest cuts short rehearsal to urge ‘unity by music – but with love, for peace’

Slimane of France performing the song Mon amour during the dress rehearsal for the final at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Slimane of France performing the song Mon amour during the dress rehearsal for the final at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

As Eurovision continues to be riled by Israel’s participation in the song contest, French singer Slimane cut short his song “Mon Amour” at the dress rehearsal to give a speech urging people to be “united by music, yes — but with love, for peace.”

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