“We consider that inventive areas ought to have the ability to exist with out being funded by morally corrupt traders.” Pillow Queens and CMAT pull out of Latitude pageant because of sponsor Barclays’ hyperlinks to weapons producers supplying Israeli navy

irish artists Pillow Queens and CMAT have change into the primary acts to withdraw from this summer time’s Latitude pageant, because of sponsors Barclays investing in corporations who provide weapons and navy know-how to Israel. 

In an announcement on Instagram final week, Pillow Queens revealed that they had been pulling out of their look on the July pageant in protest on the pageant’s alternative of sponsor. The Dublin quartet state:

“Latitude – a pageant we had been booked to play within the UK in July – lists its headline associate as Barclays. A Might 2024 report by Palestine Solidarity Marketing campaign (PSC) particulars Barclays monetary ties to corporations producing weapons and navy know-how utilized in Israel’s assaults on Palestinians. It reveals that Barclays has elevated its monetary ties with corporations arming Israel. PSC urges individuals to boycott all Barclays providers till the financial institution ends its complicity in Israel’s assaults on Palestinians.

As a band we consider that inventive areas ought to have the ability to exist with out being funded by morally corrupt traders.

It’s for that motive that we’ve got pulled out of Latitude Pageant. 

Saoirse don Phalaistín.” (Freedom for Palestine).