After the controversy raised by the corporate linkage of Sónar Festival to Supersruct Entertainment, a company of which the US investor KKR is owned, indicated by its participation in real estate promotion activities in the territories illegally occupied by Israel in Palestine, Sónar Festival has published a section of “Questions and Answers” on its website in which you answer the most frequent questions They have emerged in recent days and have not been satisfied in their two previous communications.
Sónar Festival “undoubtedly condemns the genocide to the Palestinian people” and ensures that their relationship with Supersruct Entertainment is “purely administrative” and with KKR “null.” Sónar explains that the purchase “was a purely financial operation, in which we had neither intervention, voice, vote” and that, in the same way, “the festival” does not exercise interference or control over its investment decisions or its internal operation. ”
Regarding this business association, which has led artists and attendees to cancel their assistance to Sónar, the festival denies that the purchase of an entrance to Sónar directly benefits KKR: «At no time we have sent – we will not send – not a single euro to KKR. We can assure you that all the benefits are reinvested entirely in the face of the future editions of Sónar ». Sónar also reproduces the words of Supersruct Entertainment, which reaffirm their independence: “All the income and benefits of Superstruct events and festivals remain entirely within our company and are destined to the development and realization of our festivals worldwide.”
Sónar reaffirms his support for Palestine and confirms that he will carry out, as every year, donations to local associations that fight for this and other causes, and indicates that this year he will add “a donation to NGOs that work to help the population of Gaza.” In addition, Sónar +D will open spaces for debate on the Palestinian cause. In addition, corroborates that Sónar attendees will be able to access the festival wearing “symbols of support to the Palestinian people as long as they are within the current legal framework.”
Sónar also offers the complete list of artists who have canceled their participation in Sónar, including Juliana Huxtable or Sega Bodega, the second for health reasons, and points out that replacements will be announced soon.
