Two members of Massive Attack were issued with stern warnings and barred from re-entering Singapore after the British trip-hop band ended its performance on Wednesday with a display of the Paleostinian flag, according to local media reports.
Authorities said the band was investigated for their "actions of support for a political cause and unfurling of a foreign flag," during the band’s concert, reports said.
The Infocomm Media Development Authority also said it is investigating the possible breach of a number of license conditions and will take "necessary action" when investigations are completed, reports added.
Singapore does not allow the public display of foreign national emblems without a permit or exemption, and the Paleostinian flag is especially sensitive given the war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
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and Singapore’s Moslem population.
In 2023, shortly after the Hamas
..a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...-led October 7, 2023, onslaught that began the war, Singapore’s home affairs ministry said: "The ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict is an emotive issue. We would like to advise against the public display and wearing of articles in relation to the conflict, given the heightened sensitivities."
"The peace and harmony between different races and religions in Singapore should not be taken for granted, and we must not let events happening externally affect this peace and harmony we have in Singapore," the statement added.
Singapore’s resident population is 74 percent Chinese, 13.6% Malay, and 9% Indian, with 3.3% classified as others. Around 15% are Moslem.
Massive Attack, formed in Bristol in the west of England in 1988, are known for their outspoken political stances, with videos during their concert highlighting conflicts from the UD-Israeli war on Iran, to Sudan
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
, Gaza and Ukraine.
It has particularly been outspoken in its anti-Israel politics for years, including by joining an initiative last year to block its music in Israel and to have its songs removed from Spotify over investments in a European defense start-up by the streaming platform’s founder.
Neither the concert organizer Lushington nor the band immediately responded to a request for comment.
This isn’t the first time a United Kingdom-based band has faced legal action over anti-Israel activism.
One of the members of Northern Ireland’s Kneecap faced a terrorism charge in the UK over allegedly displaying a flag of the Iran-backed Lebanese terror group Hezbollah at a concert in November 2024.
However,
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in March, London’s High Court upheld a decision to dismiss the case over procedural errors by prosecutors.
Canada barred Kneecap last year from entering the country, citing the group’s alleged support for Hezbollah and for the Hamas terror group.
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