Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn held up a Palestinian flag during a Florida concert, telling the audience never to be neutral, days after Macklemore was removed from Ed Sheeran’s tour over his Free Palestine activism.
Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn held up a Palestinian flag during a Florida concert, telling the audience never to be neutral, days after Macklemore was removed from Ed Sheeran’s tour over his Free Palestine activism.
Here’s the trajectory. Flag goes up, bookers get nervous, dates quietly vanish. Then the non-apology — “my words were misconstrued” — and a festival slot goes to someone safe. Six months on, he’s headlining a corporate gig, and Gaza’s still rubble. Applause costs nothing. Careers pay for it. That’s the entire business model.