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Azealia Banks pulls out of London festival after 'being pressured to support Palestine'

The rapper, 34, said she didn’t want to ‘appease’ festival promoters in a lengthy post on X

The rapper, 34, was due to perform at Maiden Voyage festival in Burgess Park, London and Boomtown near Winchester in Hampshire in August. “I don’t need to be on stage stressing out to appease some dumb a*s protesters who literally rely on those people in Palestine being crushed so they can solicit donations they DO NOT give to the cause. The festival confirmed on their official Instagram account that Banks has pulled out of performing and added: “The replacement artist will be announced shortly.”

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