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Sunday, December 24, 2017
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Sunday, December 24, 2017
New Zealand pop star Lorde cancels Tel Aviv gig due to BDS pressure
New Zealander singer-songwriter Lorde cancels her June 5 concert in Tel Aviv due to pressure from anti-Israel activists.
The artist has faced mounting calls from boycott activists who told her, in the words of one New Zealand website, that “playing in Tel Aviv will be seen as giving support to the policies of the Israeli government.”
She responded on Thursday: “Noted! Been speaking w many people about this and considering all options. Thank u for educating me i am learning all the time too.”
https://twitter.com/lorde/status/943677206558994432
On Sunday, organizers of her concert say they received word she had formally canceled.
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