Lorde Faces Backlash For Cancelling Israeli Concert
Written by broebling on December 27, 2017
Many Lorde fans took to Twitter to blast the singer for cancelling a planned June 2018 concert in Tel Aviv under heavy pressure from anti-Israel activists and organizations. But some also slammed the “Royals” singer’s willingness to perform in Russia — a country with a shaky human rights record — and giving in to the same pressures that caused Elvis Costello, Lauryn Hill and Gorillaz to cancel scheduled shows in Israel. Lorde announced her 2018 “Melodrama” world tour back in June and the performance was scheduled for the Tel Aviv Convention Centre on June 5, 2018.
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