Bands boycott Victorious music festival after group ‘cut-off’

Before the stage after the Irish folk group, a series of groups appeared from the music festivals. “Cut” for exhibiting a Palestinian flag.

The last dinner party announced that they will not take the stage at Cliffords and Academic Saturday at Portsmouth’s Muzaffer festival.

Organizers claiming that Mary Wallopers were cut on Friday to use a “discriminatory” hymn, He has published an apology to the group since then.

They also promised to “make an important donation for humanitarian aid efforts for the Palestinian people”.

Rock band The last dinner party said that they boycotted the festival in a statement shared on Instagram pages.

They said that they accused the “Mary Wallopers’ decision to silence” and organizers of “political censorship”.

They apologized to his fans and supported the Palestinians.

Following the set of Mary Wallopers, Victorious spokesman said: “We talked to the artist before the performance of the festival’s policy of not allowing any kind of flag at the event, but we respect the right to express his views during the show.

“In contrast to our policy, a flag on the stage and this artist’s crew emerged with the crew, although the show did not end at this point and the artist’s decision to stop the song.”

In contrast, Mary Wallopers claimed that the festival had published a misleading statement to the “press, not the call of the group to release Palestine, but a misleading statement that claims that they cut our voice because of a discriminatory hymn.”

“Our video clearly shows a victorious crew member on the stage, intervenes in our show, removed the flag from the stage and then cuts after the hymn” Free Palestine “.”

Rock band The Academic withdrew from the festival and said that they would not be able to perform in a “good conscience” in a festival that silences free conversation “, while the Irish group Cliffords said that they refused to play” to show our support to the Palestinian people. “

As the groups announced that they will no longer take the stage at the festival, the organizers made another statement on Instagram.

They described Mary Wallopers as a “fantastic group”: “We did not delicate the explanation of our policies in a way that allows a regular conclusion to be reached.

“This has put the group and our own team in a difficult situation that should never emerge. We want to apologize to everyone about everyone.

“We absolutely support the right to free expression of artists from the stage, in the laws and their inclusive nature, which means that our policy of not allowing any kind of flag for many years due to wider activity management and security reasons.

“Although the MIC remained alive for a longer period of time, we accept that Mary Wallopers were cut as described in the video of the sound group for the audience and that the next comments could not be heard to the public.”

They apologized to what had happened and promised to “make an important donation” to humanitarian aid efforts.

The closing day of the festival will begin by Kings of Leon among other actions in the series with Bloc Party, Gabrielle and Reytons.