Dua Lipa fires agent over his purported support for Israel’s war in Gaza

According to The Mail Sunday report, the British popular prima fired her cause aft helium signed a missive calling for pro-Palestine radical Kneecap to beryllium dropped from Glastonbury.

British popular prima Dua Lipa has reportedly fired her cause aft helium signed a missive calling for the pro-Palestinian Irish rap set Kneecap to beryllium removed from the Glastonbury Festival successful July.

In beforehand of the festival, respective euphony manufacture professionals and artists had signed a backstage missive that was sent to the festival founder, Michael Eavis, urging him to driblet the group.

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However, the missive was leaked and denounced by others successful the euphony world, and Kneecap went connected to execute their allotted slot.

Among the signatories of the missive was David Levy, Dua Lipa’s cause from the WME endowment agency.

According to The Mail connected Sunday report, citing a euphony manufacture source, the determination to occurrence Levy stems from her pro-Palestine stance that “doesn’t align” with her present erstwhile agent.

“She views him arsenic being a protagonist of Israel’s warfare successful Gaza, and the unspeakable attraction of the Palestinians and that was made precise wide done the missive that helium signed and sent to Michael Eavis,” the unnamed root told The Mail.

Kneecap has been dealing with the fallout from accusations of supporting the Lebanese equipped radical Hezbollah and the Palestinian radical Hamas, which they deny.

In May, Liam Og O hAnnaidh, who performs nether the signifier sanction Mo Chara, was charged nether a United Kingdom coercion offence for allegedly displaying a Hezbollah emblem astatine a show past November.

Chara’s lawsuit has been adjourned to the extremity of this month.

Last week, Kneecap slammed the Canadian authorities for banning the rap trio from entering the state implicit accusations that it was endorsing governmental unit and coercion by supporting groups similar Hamas and Hezbollah.

In response, Kneecap said the comments from Vince Gasparro, a Liberal subordinate of the Canadian parliament and parliamentary caput for combating crime, are “wholly untrue and profoundly malicious” and threatened to instrumentality ineligible enactment against him.

More pro-Palestinian euphony artists person called for the manufacture to instrumentality a stronger stance.

On Friday, much than 400 musicians and labels signed the “No Music for Genocide” initiative, removing their euphony from Israel successful effect to its warfare successful Gaza and the “ethnic cleansing of the occupied West Bank”.

“This tangible enactment is conscionable 1 measurement toward honouring Palestinian demands to isolate and delegitimise Israel arsenic it kills without effect connected the satellite stage,” the inaugural said.

Al Jazeera reached retired to WME absorption for a remark but has yet to perceive from them.