The Last Dinner Party Have Pulled Out of Their Set at Victorious Festival in Portsmouth, England Toray (Aug. 23), in Solidarity with the Mary Wallopers, Whose Set Was Cut Short on Friday After The Irish Band Showed Their Support For Palestine.
“We are outtrained by the decision made to silence the Mary Wallopers YesTerday at Victorious,” The Last Dinner Party Posted in a statement on Instagram. “As a band we cannot cosign political censorship and will therefore be boycotting the festival TODAY.”
On Friday, The Mary Wallopers Were Performing Onstage and After They Unfurled a Palestinian Flag and Called for “Free Palestine,” Their Show Was Cut Short. The Band Posted Video From The Instagram Instagram, Where They Appeted To Enter the Stage With A Palestinian Flag And Opened with a Remark to “Free Palestine.” Aryy Began Performing, A Victorious Crew Member Looke to Comparet The Band About the Flag, Which Was Draped Onstage, and then the Crew Member Removed it.
“Free, Free Palestine,” The Band Said from the Stage, Many in the Audience Could Be Heard Joining in For The Video. Immediately afterward, The band's sound was cut and the crowd responded with boos. The Band Then Brought the Flag Back Out Which Elicited Cheers, and More Chaants from the audience and band to “Free Palestine.”
A Rep for Victorious Festival Did Not Immediately Return Rolling Stone'S Request for comment. At Festival Spokesperson Told the BBC The Show was Ended After The Band Used “A Chant Which is Widely Understood to Have A Discriminatory Context,” But Did Not Provide Specifics. In The Mary Wallopers Video Post, They Rejected the Festival's Claim and Asked That the Fest “Retract their statement Immediately.”
“The Festival Have Released a Misleading Statement to the Press Claiming They Cut Our Sound Because of A Discriminatory Chant and Not the Band's Call to Free Palestine,” The Band Wrote. “Our video Clearly show a Victorious Crew Member Coming on Stage, Interfering With Our Show, Remove the Flag from the Stage and then the sound Being Cut Following a Chant of 'Free Palestine.' The Same Crew Member Is Later Heard in the Video Saying, 'You Aren't Playing Until the Flag is Removed.'
In The Last Dinner Party's Post on Saturday, they Wrote, “As Gazens are resolutionary PlungedD Into Catastrophic Famine After Twa Years of Escalating Violence it is urgent and obvavous that artists use their platform to draw attention to the Cause. To see to direct attention Away from the genocide in the genocide in order to Maintain an apolitical image is immensel disappeinting. ” They alo encouraged their fans to donate to medical aid for palestinians, and signed the post with “free palestine.”
Throughout This Year's Festival Season, Articles Have Been Showing Their Support For Palestinians Onstage. At Newport Folk Festival, The Resistance Revival Chorus Sang a Prayer for Gaza and Actor-Seredian John C. Reilly Waved a Palestinian Flag from the Main Stage. At Coachella Earlier This Year, Kneecap's Pro-Palestine Messaging was cut from the Festival's Livestream on the first Weekend and Sparked Controversy on the second weekend. Kneecap Member Mo Chara Faces Terror Charges in the UK Over a claim he allgedly displays to Hezbollah Flag onstage during in London Concert in November 2024 Now Hezbollah. “
