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Love of Lesbian is disconnected from the festivals linked to the KKR Fund

Love of Lesbian He has announced through a statement on his Instagram profile his disconnection of the festivals in which the Pro-Israelí KKR company Have shareholding.

The band has made this decision days after the festival Interstellar from Seville will confirm your presence in your poster., A performance that will not finally occur.

The KKR company He reached the scope of music in 2024, through the purchase of the Supersruct Entertainment group, who organizes festivals as Rock vineyard, Resurrection Fest, Dream, Arenal Sound either FIB. The latter was attended by the Catalan band in its latest edition, which continued with their performance, and took the opportunity to launch a speech against the genocide that is happening in Gaza. “If a town that 80 years ago was the victim of a genocide and now in the 21st century it commits another, it has a memory problem and on the road has lost humanity”, Were the words that Santi Balmes pronounced on the subject. He FIB suffered last minute cancellations, and artists such as JUDELINE, Yellow Jimena, Mushkaa either Resident They decided not to participate.

Other festivals such as Wild Madridwhich is celebrated this weekend, has also suffered cancellations of artists who were part of the poster, after knowing that the organization is also linked to the Pro-Israelí company. This fact continues to shake the scope of live music, which does not stop suffering casualties for the participation of KKR in the shareholding of different festivals, and the condemnation by artists to the genocide in Gaza.

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