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Cherym have announced that they have pulled out of playing The Great Escape this year, due to the festival’s connection with Barclays bank.The Derry punk band shared a statement on social media outlining their reasoning, highlighting the bank’s financial investment in companies that supply arms to Israel.“We have made the decision to pull out of The Great Escape Festival next month,” the statement reads.“Barclays/Barclaycard are responsible for investing over £1bn+ into companies that are arming the IDF and providing weaponry that enables the ongoing atrocities against Palestinians to continue.”a message from us regarding our performances due to take place at @thegreatescape festival next month. pic.twitter.com/Y20uW75f7H— CHERYM (@cherymofficial) April 12, 2024“Due to The Great Escape’s connection with Barclays/Barclaycard, we feel in good conscience, that we cannot go ahead with our scheduled performances at The Great Escape.
We have been told by The Great Escape that the festival has no affiliation with Barclays/Barclaycard directly this year, but due to the refusal to remove them as a sponsor from their advertising we simply cannot take part.”NME has contacted The Great Escape for a response to the band’s decision.The band go on to share a petition that was started by the promoter How to Catch a Pig and the band The Menstrual Cramps, and has since been signed by artists including Kneecap, Lambrini Girls, Alfie Templeman, Lip Critic, Wunderhorse and Mary in the Junkyard. The petition can be found here.It reads: “A bank that is involved in Israel’s genocide has no place at The Great Escape, which is a fixture of the independent music scene and has a prized place in the industry.
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The Great Escape in solidarity with Palestine.The talent discovery and development programme took to its official X/Twitter account to reveal that they will no longer be hosting a stage at the Brighton Festival. The reasoning behind the decision to drop out of the festival is due to The Great Escape being sponsored by Barclays, which has been a source of controversy amid the current events in Gaza because of the bank’s financial investment in companies that supply arms to Israel.“We will not be hosting a stage at The Great Escape Festival 2024.
Lana Del Rey has covered ‘Unchained Melody’ with country star Paul Cauthen at Stagecoach Festival in California – check out the footage below.The duo sang the song, made famous by The Righteous Brothers in 1965, to close out Cauthen’s set at the festival.“I’m so happy to be up here with him right now,” Del Rey said, before introducing the song. “He decided he wanted me to do a nice slow one to finish it off.
Lana Del Rey has covered ‘Unchained Melody’ with country star Paul Cauthen at Stagecoach Festival in California – check out the footage below.The duo sang the song, made famous by The Righteous Brothers in 1965, to close out Cauthen’s set at the festival.“I’m so happy to be up here with him right now,” Del Rey said, before introducing the song. “He decided he wanted me to do a nice slow one to finish it off.
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Denise Van Outen is the latest celeb to launch a fashion line, as the DJ and presenter drops her new collection with JD Williams.The edit includes top occasionwear picks in a range of size-inclusive styles and fits, with a focus on bold, joyful colours and prints. The collection is all about inspiring a new way of looking at midlife fashion, with Denise wanting to redefine that stage of life as something to be excited about exploring, rather than settling.
Great Escape festival, with over half the line-up demanding the festival drop their sponsorship with Barclays in solidarity with Palestine.The Brighton-based festival is sponsored by the bank, which has been a source of controversy amid the current events in Gaza because of the bank’s financial investment in companies that supply arms to Israel.The issue was first highlighted by a petition started by the promoter How to Catch a Pig and the band The Menstrual Cramps, and has since been signed by artists including Kneecap, Lambrini Girls, Alfie Templeman, Lip Critic, Wunderhorse and Mary in the Junkyard who have urged the festival to drop Barclays as a sponsor.Then, Cherym pulled out of playing Great Escape due to the festival’s connection with Barclays bank before record labels Alcopop and Big Scary Monsters joined the boycott and pulled out of the festival.Now, dozens more have joined the boycott over the controversial partnership. The latest to drop out of performing include Lambrini Girls, ZHEANI, Rett Madison, Mui Zyu, Hongza, Sarah Crean, LVRA, Ideal Living, Van Zon, COMRAD, Other Half, Cherym and Borough Council.Speaking about their decision not to play the festival, Lambrini Girls issued a statement saying: “We will not be appearing at The Great Escape festival this year.
Selena Kuznikov Like many people, Lucy Boynton uses music to reminisce on special times in her life. So much so that she felt like she was holding up a mirror while playing her time-traveling character in “The Greatest Hits,” who discovers that certain songs can literally transport her back in time. “It was a full spectrum of emotions that, as an actor, I think is so appealing to get to dive into,” Boynton told Variety at the premiere for the film, which debuted on Hulu on April 12, at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on Monday.
The Great Escape over its ties to Barclays bank.The Brighton-based festival is sponsored by the bank, which has been a source of controversy amid the current events in Gaza because of its financial investment in companies that supply arms to Israel.The issue was first highlighted by a petition started by the promoter How to Catch a Pig and the band The Menstrual Cramps, and has since been signed by artists including Kneecap, Lambrini Girls, Alfie Templeman, Lip Critic, Wunderhorse and Mary in the Junkyard who have urged the festival to drop Barclays as a sponsor. Altogether, 208 of the 440 bands who had originally been booked for the line-up have signed the petition, which has 977 signees in total.It reads: “A bank that is involved in Israel’s genocide has no place at The Great Escape, which is a fixture of the independent music scene and has a prized place in the industry.
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Lip Critic, Kenya Grace and HighSchool are among 150 new names to have been added to the line-up for The Great Escape Festival 2024.The annual celebration of new music returns to Brighton from May 15-18 this year, and has been adding new names to the bill in waves all year.Among the latest additions are Snayx, O., Orchards, The Buoys, HiTech, Cykada, Swimming Paul and Modern Biology.The #TGE24 keeps getting bigger with 150 new artists announced!
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