US EditionSama' Abdulhadi Pulls Out of Sónar Line-up over Ties to KKR
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The Sónar faces its 32nd edition, the call to be starring in the farewell, who knows if definitive, of the Fira de Montjuïc of Barcelona to host the day activities. But the massacre perpetrated by Israel in Gaza and the property of the festival by KKKR, pro-Israeli investment fund with real estate interests in the strip, have dynamite the panorama, now marked by cancellations that in the form of drip have forced the contest to look for last-minu…
Goldband will no longer perform at Zwarte Cross next month. The Hague band, one of the biggest crowd pullers at the festival, has decided 'after careful consideration' not to come because of the controversial new American owner KKR.
“Eppur si muove”. “And yet it moves,” said Galileo Galilei after abjuring the heliocentric theory, something similar to what the Sonar drivers thought this Thursday when the Catalan dj Nahoomie set in motion the first attendees of the festival. Music as a balm for the controversy of recent weeks, when it was learned that the KKR fund, the ultimate owner of the festival, benefited from the tragedy of the Palestinian people with investments in ter…
One of the most anticipated concerts on the first day of Rock for People in Hradec Králové was a performance by Northern Irish rappers Kneecap. The controversial trio has already expressed strong support for Palestine in the past. And they made no secret of their opinions at the night concert in Park 360.
The Sónar starts its 32nd edition this Thursday, the most controversial that is remembered after the relationship between the festival and the pro-Israeli investment fund KKR was made public, which has meant the cancellation of dozens of artists, among which are some important names such as Arca and Rone x (La)Horde.
The Sónar 2025 music festival begins today in Barcelona and Hospitalet de Llobregat, with world-renowned artists such as Nathy Peluso, BICEP, Peggy Gou, Skrillex and Overmono as the main headliners. But this year the event is marked by the boycott that dozens of groups have made against the festival due to its relationship with the pro-Israel investment fund Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, better known by the acronym KKR, which is one of its owners. Mo…
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