Cancelled Israel Lorde gig sparks anti-boycott lawsuit

[Ken Burch]

7. (revised after reflection) The double standard you're trying to set up there doesn't work.

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It might be theoretically possible to play a concert in Moscow from a progressive anti-Putin standpoint. I don't know for sure. It is totally impossible to come in from outside and play a concert in Israel and still represent any progressive or humane viewpoint.

And Lorde hasn't PLAYED Moscow, yet. It's entirely possible she could be persuaded not to play there by human rights activists(I'd encourage them to try, for the record). It's not as though she has made a conscious decision that playing Israel is bad, but playing Moscow was no big deal. She originally agreed to play BOTH places, and it's plausible she could end up playing neither.

I'll give you an example closer to home:

it's not possible to play a concert in North Carolina without giving aid and comfort to the Republican legislature and its white supremacist, anti-LGBTQ, anti-woman agenda. It's not possible for a concert in that state to help the progressive opposition.

And are you really going to argue that people should be forced to play concerts in countries whose regimes they disapprove of?

I would say that if any performer cancels a concert on such grounds(as would be the case on any other grounds), the concert promoters and those who purchased tickets should be reimbursed.