Victorious Festival, Palestinian flag and The Mary Wallopers
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Victorious Festival have issued a new statement addressing The Mary Wallopers, after their set was muted due to a Palestine flag on the stage.
The Last Dinner Party pulled out of Victorious Festival on Aug. 23 after the Mary Wallopers' set was cut short for showing support for Palestine.
The Last Dinner Party pulled out of Victorious over the fest cutting the Mary Wallopers set following the band's onstage 'Free Palestine' support.
After Victorious Festival cut The Mary Wallopers' set short due to their use of a Palestine flag, Rizzle Kicks used their set to side with the Irish band.
Thousands of people are set to attend Victorious Festival as it returns to Southsea this weekend. Friday night will see rock royalty Queens of the Stone Age on the festival's Common Stage, indie band Vampire Weekend will headline Saturday and Kings of Leon will close the festival on Sunday.
The Last Dinner Party have pulled out of Victorious Festival in solidarity with The Mary Wallopers after the latter's set was cut short due to them displaying a Palestinian flag
In a statement issued yesterday, Victorious Festival organisers told the County Press “it was the artist’s decision to stop the song” and “the decision by the event management to cut the sound and end the performance was only taken after the band used a chant widely understood to have a discriminatory context”.
Up to 80,000 music lovers are descending on Portsmouth as Victorious Festival opens its gates. Day one's line up includes Queens of the Stone Age, Kaiser Chiefs, Madness, the Charlatans and Ash. As well as the big names appearing at Southsea Common, Victorious supports a number of local acts.
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