Sam Smith cancels their concert in Israel

[Teletubby 150,316]

 

 

[River 117,580]

yeah I wouldn't give them the credit for that, if they are bold enough, they would announce that this is the reason behind the cancellation, because without giving visibility to Palestine, this cancellation means nothing

I would go with.. they didn't care about the Palestinian situation at all and canceled it for low tickets sales.

 

Edit: actually, reading the news in the Israeli media, his show was a part of a 2 days festival and they canceled the whole 1st day shows along with Sam's performance. day 2 with Robbie Williams is going as planned.

 

what a dumb idea to perform in a pink washing apartheid country

[Red 98,105]

Why did they book a date there anyway, to begin with? I'm tired of people doing things they know are problematic just so they cancel the said problematic gig and look woke 

[faysalaaa 4,701]

Im a Arab Muslim thats anti Israel, but Sam is performing for his fans, not the Israeli government.

I live in Saudi, and every time an American singer wants to do a concert here, Americans protest it and they end up cancelling!

Should we also cancel artists for performing in America with all the war crimes America does?

[Bradley 59,199]

5 minutes ago, faysalaaa1 said:

Im anti Israel, but Sam is performing for his fans, not the Israeli government.

I live in Saudi, and every time an American singer wants to do a concert here, Americans protest it and they end up cancelling!

Should we also cancel artists for performing in America with all the war crimes America does?

Unfortunately there will always be collateral. Fans suffer for the government's wrongdoings.

[faysalaaa 4,701]

Just now, Bradley said:

Unfortunately there will always be collateral. Fans suffer for the government's wrongdoings.

If you want to do that, then we should also apply the same standard to countries like America and Europe too

[LOVEDRUG 10,745]

5 minutes ago, faysalaaa1 said:

Im anti Israel, but Sam is performing for his fans, not the Israeli government.

I live in Saudi, and every time an American singer wants to do a concert here, Americans protest it and they end up cancelling!

Should we also cancel artists for performing in America with all the war crimes America does?

exactly. i'm generally opposed to concerts that are performed *for* the government or with very strong political backing (for example the qatar world cup), but i think concerts in israel, saudi arabia, qatar, the uae, oman etc. should not be cancelled for political reasons if they're just ordinary concerts for fans.

people will claim that these concerts are 'indirectly' for political reasons but that's a hard thing to measure. there's a difference performing for the direct benefit of the israeli government and just performing for israeli fans.

by preventing fans from seeing an artist because a country has an oppressive, corrupt or extreme government, you effectively cut off the entire developing world from being able to experience their favourite artists.

[ALittleMonsta 1,529]

1 hour ago, Red said:

Why did they book a date there anyway, to begin with? I'm tired of people doing things they know are problematic just so they cancel the said problematic gig and look woke 

Because there's also fans there?

[ALittleMonsta 1,529]

1 hour ago, River said:

yeah I wouldn't give them the credit for that, if they are bold enough, they would announce that this is the reason behind the cancellation, because without giving visibility to Palestine, this cancellation means nothing

I would go with.. they didn't care about the Palestinian situation at all and canceled it for low tickets sales.

 

Edit: actually, reading the news in the Israeli media, his show was a part of a 2 days festival and they canceled the whole 1st day shows along with Sam's performance. day 2 with Robbie Williams is going as planned.

 

what a dumb idea to perform in a pink washing apartheid country

I can understand but I don't think it is dumb, as long as it's an ordinary concert, nearly every country should get a taste of international artists concerts.

[Concertaholic 5,960]

I feel bad for fans when queer/ally artists cancel their concerts. For example, I wish Gaga could/would still perform in Russia because it means a lot for her Russian lgbt fans and is actually an act of political resistance against the homophobic government.

[Wet Fire 7,705]

On my way to cancel all the American artists because America was occupied by white Europeans 

Western media is so oblivious to the West's own history of all the wrongs it has done, all the land it has occupied. Do we cancel Taylor Swift's concert in the US because, according to the logic of the protest, by performing in the US, Taylor is validating every wrong thing the US has done to its own people e.g. racial violence and the people of other countries? 

[Dennis 8,391]

This is so unnecessary.

I mean Gaga performed in Russia, UAE and other countries where governments have very problematic records. Does it mean she condones the actions of those governments? No. And many other popstars did the same.

I'd rather see them use the trip to advocate for peace and reconciliation. That's a better contribution than canceling for "logistical reasons".