More than 120 acts quit Great Escape music festival in solidarity with Palestine

Lanre Bakare - TheGuardian - 14/05
Brighton event’s opening showcase scrapped after performers join Massive Attack and Brian Eno in boycott of sponsor Barclays

More than 120 acts have pulled out of the Great Escape music festival in Brighton as part of a Palestine-related campaign against the event sponsor Barclays that has been supported by Massive Attack, Idles and Brian Eno.

The festival’s opening showcase and a keynote speech have been scrapped after performers joined Bands Boycott Barclays, a campaign that claims Barclays Bank – which sponsors several UK festivals including the Great Escape, La...
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