September 14, 2026

[They caved, dammit.]

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    20 hours ago

    Catch-22.

    1. Cancel the concert and be called politically correct because it happened after a tourmate said Palestine
    2. Go on anyway despite tourmate unable to perform at some venues, and be called a shill for Israel
    • qarbone@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      One of those isn’t a bad thing.

      Even if he had demographic data that said a majority of his audience is Zionists (or ignorant sympathizers), being on “the clearly correct side now and on the right side of history for the future” versus “being complicit to genocide” isn’t much of a “Catch-22”.

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      22 hours ago

      Bro has enough money and fame that he’s set for life even if his contract said that he had to hand over all his money if he cancelled the rest of the tour. Even if he was set back so far that he could only play local pubs and small venues, and give lessons, he’d be golden.

      Zero reason to keep going on the tour. He could stand with Macklemore and throw his weight around or just give in like a little baby.