| Artists who have heeded BDS calls, silently cancelled Israel gigs or endorsed BDS 2006-2012 (partial list) |
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| Artist name |
Country |
Link |
Date |
cancelled (1) |
proclaimed they would'nt play (1) |
Notes |
| Ken Loach |
UK |
http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=346 |
August 2006 |
1 |
1 |
Joins cultural boycott of Israel, issues statement |
| IFI Irish Film Institute |
Ireland |
http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=325 |
August 2006 |
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Drops Israeli embassy as sponsor of film |
| Jean-Luc Godard |
France |
http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=749 |
June 2008 |
1 |
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Cancelled plans to attend Tel Aviv film festival |
| Naomi Klein |
US |
http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1078 |
January 2009 |
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Endorses boycott & joins |
| John Greyson |
Canada |
http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=973 |
March 2009 |
1 |
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Boycotts Tel Aviv Int'l LGBT Film Festival & joins BDS |
| The Yes Men |
US |
http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1031 |
July 2009 |
1 |
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Withdrew film from Jerusalem Film Festival & joined BDS |
| 500 Academics & Cultural workers |
US |
http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1139 |
December 2009 |
1 |
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Call for boycott |
| Carlos Santana |
US/Mexico |
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/world/middleeast/10concerts.html |
February 2010 |
1 |
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| 500 Montreal artists |
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http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1185 |
February 2010 |
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1 |
Endorse BDS |
| 100 Norwegian artists |
Norway |
http://akulbi.net/index_en.php |
2010 |
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1 |
Endorse BDS |
| Gil Scott Heron |
US |
http://electronicintifada.net/content/artists-thank-gil-scott-heron-heeding-boycott-call/1052 |
April 2010 |
1 |
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| Elvis Costello |
UK |
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/may/18/elvis-costello-cancels-israel-concerts |
May 2010 |
1 |
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"Then there are occasions when merely having your name
added to a concert schedule may be interpreted as a political act that
resonates more than anything that might be sung and it may be assumed
that one has no mind for the suffering of the innocent." |
| Pixies |
US |
http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1263 |
June 2010 |
1 |
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| Klaxons |
UK |
http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/klaxons-and-gorillaz-sound-system-cancel-israel-shows-apparently-due-to-gaza-flotilla-raid-1.294191 |
June 2010 |
1 |
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| Gorillaz Sound System |
UK |
http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/klaxons-and-gorillaz-sound-system-cancel-israel-shows-apparently-due-to-gaza-flotilla-raid-1.294191 |
June 2010 |
1 |
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| Devendra Banhart |
US |
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3905372,00.html |
June 2010 |
1 |
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"Due to pressure and political considerations." |
| Meg Ryan & Dustin Hoffman |
US |
http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1304 |
July 2010 |
1 |
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Declined to attend Jerusalem Film Festival post Flotilla murders |
| Leftfield |
UK |
http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1314 |
July 2010 |
1 |
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| Over 200 Irish artists |
Ireland |
http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1333 |
August 2010 |
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1 |
Will not perform in apartheid Israel |
| Robert Del Naja Massive Attack |
UK |
http://www.newstatesman.com/music/2010/09/israel-interview-boycott-naja |
September 2010 |
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1 |
Endorsed BDS: "It's a system that's been applied to many countries. It's a good thing
to aim for because it applies the continual pressure that's needed." |
| Sondheim, Moore, 150 theatre & film professionals |
US |
http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1354 |
September 2010 |
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Endorsed settlement boycott |
| Mike Leigh, filmmaker |
UK |
http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1396 |
October 2010 |
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1 |
Endorsed boycott |
| Tindersticks |
UK |
http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1416 |
November 2010 |
1 |
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"t is difficult to defy a rapidly growing movement with whose aims we agree, even if we are not wholly convinced by their methods." |
| Coldplay |
UK |
http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1615 |
January 2011 |
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Endorsed Freedom for Palestine |
| Vanessa Paradis |
France |
http://www.haaretz.com/culture/did-pop-star-paradis-cancel-israel-concert-over-politics-1.337312 |
January 2011 |
1 |
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| Dulce Pontes |
Portugal |
https://twitter.com/thebadnewsnik |
January 2011 |
1 |
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| Faithless |
UK |
http://www.southafricanartistsagainstapartheid.com/2011/02/star-canvas-life-faithless-boycotts.html |
Feb-11 |
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1 |
“While human beings are being wilfully denied not just their rights but their needs for their children and grandparents and themselves, I feel deeply that I should not be sending even tacit signals that this is either normal okay. Its neither and I cannot support it." Maxi Jazz |
| Thomas Quasthoff |
Germany |
http://www.epacbi.eu/articles/quasthoff-cancels-israel-visit-citing-illness-following-bricup-led-campaign.html |
February 2011 |
1 |
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| Pete Seeger |
US |
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/pete-seeger-officially-joins-anti-israel-boycott-1.346342 |
February 2011 |
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Endorsed BDS, regretted Arava fundraiser |
| Roger Waters |
UK |
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/11/cultural-boycott-west-bank-wall |
Mar-11 |
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1 |
Endorses BDS |
| Ladysmith Black Mambazo |
South Africa |
http://www.herald.co.zw/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7247 |
Apr-11 |
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1 |
"Ladysmith Black Mambazo distances itself from the misinformation being spread by Israeli advertisers that we will be performing in Tel Aviv." |
| August Burns Red |
US |
http://www.usacbi.org/2011/05/august-burns-red-cancel-planned-concert-in-israel/ |
May 2011 |
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1 |
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| Marc Almond |
UK |
http://pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1596 |
May 2011 |
1 |
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| August Burns Red |
US |
http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1612 |
May-11 |
1 |
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| Andy McKee |
US |
http://www.andymckee.com/news/attention-to-my-israeli-fans-and-friends-important-announcement-concerning-the-june-concerts/ |
May 2011 |
1 |
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Cited security concerns |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
US |
http://boycottisrael.info/content/101-organizations-praise-kareem-abdul-jabbars-decision-not-visit-israel |
June 2011 |
1 |
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Cancelled attendance at the Jerusalem Film Festival due to concerns arising "after the Nakba Day violence" |
| Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo school of Medicine |
US |
http://punksagainstapartheid.com/2011/06/jello-biafra-cancels-tel-aviv-gig/ |
June 2011 |
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1 |
Decided to check out the situation for himself first |
| Tuba Skinny |
US |
http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/adri-nieuwhof/tuba-skinny-cancels-show-jazz-festival-israel |
Aug-11 |
1 |
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| Eddie Palmieri |
Puerto Rico |
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4109716,00.html |
August 2011 |
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1 |
Cancelled appearance at Red Sea Jazz Festival |
| Jason Moran |
US |
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4109716,00.html |
August 2011 |
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1 |
Cancelled appearance at Red Sea Jazz Festival |
| Natacha Atlas |
Belgium |
http://electronicintifada.net/blog/ali-abunimah/international-star-natacha-atlas-announces-israel-boycott |
September 2011 |
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1 |
Refused to play for apartheid |
| Denise Jannah |
Dutch-Suriname |
http://www.kadaitcha.com/2011/09/18/denise-jannah-and-ramon-valles-now-support-bds/ |
September 2011 |
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Played but then endorsed BDS |
| Yardbirds |
UK |
http://www.usacbi.org/2011/10/bds-success-yardbirds-cancel-concert-in-israel/ |
October 2011 |
1 |
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| Hosam Hayek |
Palestine |
http://www.pacbi.org/atemplate.php?id=284 |
October 2011 |
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1 |
Cancelled appearance at Jerusalem Oud Festival "for conscientious and political reasons" |
| Martha Frintzila |
Greece |
http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1741 |
October 2011 |
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1 |
Cancelled appearance at Jerusalem Oud Festival |
| John Michael McDonagh Director, The Guard |
Ireland |
http://zazafl.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/john-michael-mcdonagh-cancels-his-attendance-at-the-haifa-international-film-festival/ |
October 2011 |
1 |
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Declined to attend the Haifa International Film Festival "due to the conflict" |
| Zdob siZdub |
Moldova |
http://www.rebelfrequencies.net/2011/11/bds-update-first-delay-then.html |
November 2011 |
1 |
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| Mireille Mathieu |
France |
http://www.ipsc.ie/press-releases/2011-successes-of-the-cultural-boycott-of-apartheid-israel |
November 2011 |
1 |
"Postponed" |
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| South African Artists Against Apartheid |
South Africa |
http://www.southafricanartistsagainstapartheid.com/ |
Nov-11 |
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1 |
"We respond to the call for international solidarity and undertake not to avail any invitation to perform or exhibit in Israel." |
| MF Doom |
UK |
http://www.alternativenews.org/english/index.php/news/news/3936-bds-success-or-health-problem-mf-doom-mysteriously-cancels-tel-aviv-show.html |
November 2011 |
1 |
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| Oumou Sangaré |
Mali |
http://zazafl.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/a-good-day-for-bds-a-good-day-for-justice/ |
December 2011 |
1 |
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| Joe Lynn Turner |
US |
http://zazafl.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/2011-successes-of-the-cultural-boycott-of-apartheid-israel-bds/ |
December 2011 |
1 |
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| Joker (Dubstep) |
UK |
http://mondoweiss.net/2011/12/report-joker-scratched-tel-aviv-in-bds-victory.html |
December 2011 |
1 |
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| Cassandra Wilson |
US |
http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1830 |
February 2012 |
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1 |
"As a human rights activist I identify with the cultural boycott of Israel." |
| Cat Power - Chan Marshall |
US |
http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1816 |
February 2012 |
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1 |
Cancelled because of "such unrest between Israel and Palestine I can't play" |
| Dervish |
Ireland |
http://www.ipsc.ie/press-releases/open-letter-to-dervish-please-dont-perform-in-apartheid-israel |
May 2012 |
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Cancelled due to BDS campaign, specifically in Ireland |
| Zakir Hussain |
India |
http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1915 |
June 2012 |
1 |
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| Lenny Kravitz |
US |
http://www.jpost.com/ArtsAndCulture/Music/Article.aspx?id=282061 |
Aug-12 |
1 |
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Cancelled due to "prior commitments" |
| The Cardigans |
Sweden |
http://www.cardigans.com/?sid=default&bfs=1 |
Aug-12 |
1 |
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Cancel Tel Aviv performance |
| Peter Brook theater director |
UK |
http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1994 |
Sep-12 |
1 |
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Cancels participation in Israeli festival after Palestinian, Israeli and international BDS appeals |
| Mashrou’ Leila |
Lebanon |
http://www.pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=1986 |
Sep-12 |
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Cancels on Red Hot Chili Peppers after latter refuses to heed calls to cancel Israel gig |
| Baba Zula alternative band |
Turkey |
http://pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=2033 |
Sep-12 |
1 |
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Canceled planned concert in Israel after BDS appeals |
| Palestinian MC Boikutt, Syrian singer Lena Chamamyan, Lebanese MC Malikah, Palestinian artist Marwan Abado and Palestinian DJ Sotusura |
International |
http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/austrias-salamorient-festival-reacts-arab-artists-pull-out-over-israel |
Oct-12 |
1 |
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Pull out of Salam.Orient cultural festival in Austria due to Israeli embassy sponsorship |
| Rebel Diaz, The Narcicyst, Narcenio Hall, and Cairo-based art collective Mosireen |
International |
http://pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=2015 |
Oct-12 |
1 |
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Canel gigs at Creative Time Summit, NY over Israeli involvement |
| Ross Daly |
Ireland/Greece |
http://pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=2058 |
Nov-12 |
1 |
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| Roger Waters |
UK |
http://www.russelltribunalonpalestine.com/en/3140/roger-waters-specch-at-the-un |
Nov-12 |
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Reiterates support for BDS at the UN |
| Stevie Wonder |
US |
http://pacbi.org/etemplate.php?id=2063 |
Nov-12 |
1 |
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Pulls ou of Israeli army fundraiser in LA after BDS appeals |
| Pops Mohamed |
South Africa |
http://www.thenewage.co.za/69600-1008-53-Pops_Mohamed_boycotts_festival |
Nov-12 |
1 |
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Boycotts Cape Town festival over Israel's sponsorship |
| 10 young harpists |
International |
http://harpsofconscience.wordpress.com/2012/11/24/ten-harpists-bow-out-of-apartheid-israel-harp-contest-thank-you-for-having-a-conscience/ |
Nov-12 |
1 |
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Boycott Israeli harp contest |
| Carl Craig |
US |
http://boycottisrael.info/content/dear-carl-craig |
Nov-12 |
1 |
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| Pops Mohamed |
South Africa |
http://www.thenewage.co.za/69600-1008-53-Pops_Mohamed_boycotts_festival |
Nov-12 |
1 |
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Boycotts Cape Town festival over Israel's sponsorship |
| 10 young harpists |
International |
http://harpsofconscience.wordpress.com/2012/11/24/ten-harpists-bow-out-of-apartheid-israel-harp-contest-thank-you-for-having-a-conscience/ |
Nov-12 |
1 |
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Boycott Israeli harp contest |
| Carl Craig |
US |
http://boycottisrael.info/content/dear-carl-craig |
Nov-12 |
1 |
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| Andreas Oberg Guitarist |
Sweden |
http://refrainplayingisrael.blogspot.com/2012/12/andreas-oberg-respects-cultural-boycott.html |
Dec-12 |
1 |
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Swedish guitarist, cancels gig in Tel Aviv, heeding BDS activists’ appeals |
| Portico Quartet |
UK |
https://www.facebook.com/porticoquartetmusic?group_id=0&rf=105504486149398 |
Dec-12 |
1 |
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Join BDS |
