Lana Del Rey has decided to cancel her gig at the Israeli festival due to political controversies.
Her announcement
to perform at the Meteor Festival in Tel Aviv had caused widespread
criticism from people all over the world. However, the most vocal of
these was the Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment (BDS) Movement. The
movement primarily campaigns to prevent any cultural or monetary
connections with the Israeli Government and hence, urged the singer
to reconsider performing in Israel.
The singer
initially argued that by performing in Tel Aviv she was not hoping to
make a political statement, but promote peace. However, when that did
not work, Lana decided to settle the conflict by announcing that she
would visit Palestine on her way to Israel and perform for the people
there.
In a recent news
burst, Lana revealed that her tight schedule is not allowing her to
perform in Palestine, because of which she also backed out of
performing in Israel as well. She stated that she wants to make her
fans happy, whether in Israel or Palestine and hence, she will not
perform in one country without performing in the other. The gig has
been cancelled until further notice.
On the other
hand, the Meteor Festival will go on as planned. Celebrities such as
Pusha T, Flying Lotus, Kamasi Washington and Soulwax are scheduled to
appear. The organizers of the Meteor Festival, however, are not happy
with the fact that Lana cancelled on them at the last minute. They
went as far as to accuse the singer of agreeing to perform at the
festival in the first place, as a way of seeking attention for
herself by triggering controversies about her intentions for
performing at the event.
So far, Lana has
said nothing to defend herself against this accusation.
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