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Eurovision 2026: Paul Weller, IDLES, Massive Attack, Paloma Faith, Kneecap, Primal Scream, Sigur Rós lead 1000+ artists calling for No Music For Genocide boycott over Israel (www.nme.com)

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[-] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 47 points 1 month ago

Lets say eurovision continues with like 5 countries participating; they're willing to burn down the house before giving into popular demand. Is there an alternative?

[-] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.social 15 points 1 month ago

Moroccan oil keeps paying for it as main sponsor. EBU doesn't give a fuck because it's all about money for them.

[-] finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world 40 points 1 month ago

Be funny if Israel were the only ones performing, and the only people cheering in the audience were zionist IDF terrorists because all the decent people wanted nothing to do with it all.

[-] mcv@lemmy.zip 26 points 1 month ago

I don't understand why the countries who object to genocide don't organise their own counter song festival. Let's see which one gets bigger.

[-] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 20 points 1 month ago

Common massive attack W

[-] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 month ago

Imagining IDLES as a Eurovision contestant...

[-] Blander_Rurton@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

To be fair, they're maybe too established now but they're quite a good example of modern British music these days. Beyond the Dua Lipas and Charlie XCXs of the UK, we've got a lot of great rock bands.

[-] kreskin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

epic. love these people.

[-] Tiral@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I thought it said "Paul Walker" wait a minute... Nope I'm just stupid lol.

[-] jobbies@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

I mean, great, but where were all these acts 2 years ago??

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