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Sónar festival hit with artist boycott over alleged links to Israel
More than 70 artists inlcuding Kode9 and Lolo & Sosaku have signed a letter in opposition to the owner of the event’s business interests in the West Bank
Sónar, one of Europe’s leading electronic music festivals, is under threat after dozens of musicians and DJs announced a boycott over the event’s parent company KKR’s alleged links to Israel. The boycott from artists such as Kode9, Lolo & Sosaku, Juliana Huxtable and Sunny Graves comes amid claims that KKR is linked to housing developments in the illegally occupied West Bank, in addition to other business interests in Israel. The Netherlands-based Animistic Beliefs cancelled their Sónar show because they claim KKR profits from “war, climate destruction and systems of oppression”, adding that “we know no space is free from contradiction but somewhere the line has to be drawn”.
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