Many artists have communicated through their social networks that they will not act again in various Spanish festivals that have the American Investment Fund Kkr Among its shareholders. Most artists are part of the orbit of the claim Rock vineyard.
KKR is an American investment fund that, as a maximum shareholder of companies in Data Centersinfrastructure, etc., would be related to a part of the buildings in occupied areas of Gaza, among other things. And that, for its part, it is one of the five hundred shareholders of Supersruct Entertainment.
The purchase of the company Supersruct Entertainment –Which had already bought part of the ownership of many Spanish events – by the fund Kkr A few months ago he communicated in some media, but it has not been until, a few days ago, when The jump recovered the news That the snowball has grown rapidly. The festivals that have Supersruct among their partners are Viña Rock, Monegros Desert Festival, Arenal Sound, FIB, Resurrection Fest, Festival of Les Arts, Wild Madrid, Fest Flow, Brunch Electronik, Sónar, Brava Madrid, Interstellar, Tsunami XIXÓN, Granada Sound, Off-Sónar and others. In each case, the weight that Supersruct can have is different.
Groups like, among others, Reincidents, Fermin Muguruza, Kaotiko, Los de Marras, Kaos UrbanThey have launched communications stating that they will not act again in any of the festivals while KKR is still part of their shareholders.
The largest number of artists belong to the Viña Rock spectrum, so we would be talking about not participating from 2026, since the festival was held last days 1-3 in Villarrobledo, with the participation of several of the groups that have positioned themselves from now on. .
On the other hand, The information on the purchase of Supersructure by KKR appeared in the media already in January of this yearand had been executed in June 2024.
For its part, the Sónar Festival He has launched a statement in which they point out that “we are a platform that promotes diversity, inclusion and respects the freedom of expression of its artists, participants and collaborators. The festival team has always worked and will work with the premise of favoring respect for universal human rights. The festival firmly condemns all kinds of violence. Since its foundation more than thirty years ago, we welcome local and global cultural expressions that have local and global expressions in their Natural space to project the voice of their communities. “
At the moment, there have been no other festivals that have launched communications in this regard. The journalist has also written about it Frankie Pizastating that: “Criticism, the complaint in this case, needs structures that support it, not only reasons to activate. Without alternative financing models, without its own infrastructure, culture is trapped between moral performance and political impotence. Point to Dream It is legitimate. But if the only form of dispute is to demand communications to institutions that no longer govern themselves, the conflict is reduced to a dispute of ways without access to the background. We are facing a problem of cultural governance, not branding. And that level of analysis is not resolved on Instagram. The only thing that could generate a real change is a sustained discussion about how culture is financed, who decides on it and what kind of infrastructure we need if we want it to have any critical value (…) what happens with Dream It is not an extreme case. It is, believe me, the advance of what is to come. “
