Paul Weller and My Bloody Valentine join ‘No Music For Genocide’ boycott
Paul Weller and My Bloody Valentine are among the latest names to join the ‘No Music For Genocide’ boycott.
The scheme, which has been supported by more than 1,000 artists, sees artists geo-block their music from streaming services in Israel.
The cultural boycott initiative began in September when 400 names, including the likes of Fontaines DC, Amyl and the Sniffers, MJ Lenderman, Massive Attack, Rina Sawayama, Kneecap, King Krule, and Japanese Breakfast, confirmed their involvement with the campaign.
Since then, the numbers of artists have continued to swell with the likes of Lorde, Idles, Hayley Williams, Paramore, Björk, Muna, and many more join the campaign.
Weller announced his involvement in a social media post, which reads, “Paul has taken the decision to remove his music from Israel, in solidarity as part of the ‘No Music For Genocide’ movement.”
Additionally, it includes a mock-up newspaper front page from NMFG News, which contains the following quote from Weller, “We all need to boycott this vile, brutal and apartheid system of Israel in any way we can.”
He adds, “We did the same in the so’s with South Africa, and eventually through boycott and sanctions, it worked!”
Other recent new names include My Bloody Valentine, who recently made their rip-roaring return to live action after seven years away, as well as Denzel Curry, Shygirl, and Saba.
No Music For Genocide’s website describes itself as “a cultural boycott of Israel” and is “in response to Israel’s genocide in Gaza; occupation and ethnic cleansing of the West Bank; apartheid within Israel / ’48; political repression of Pro-Palestine efforts wherever we live; and the music industry’s own ties to weapons and crimes against humanity.”
It also says of their aims: “This tangible act is just one step toward honoring Palestinian demands to isolate and delegitimize Israel as it kills without consequence on the world stage. The successful cultural boycotts against apartheid South Africa prove that our creative work grants us agency and power. When we wield it together, we add unified pressure to a growing, global, interdependent movement, from Hollywood to the docks of Morocco.”
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