British Punk band IDLES recently showed solidarity with the people of Palestine during a launch show for their new album Tangk.
The band played at the Brixton Electic in London on February 16th in a special ‘out-store’ event that was hosted by Rough Trade. It was exclusively for fans who had already preordered the album.
IDLES played nine songs from Tangk, as well as a ton of different classics from their repertoire, amid backlash from acts like Bob Vylan for remaining silent regarding the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
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As reported by NME: “Several times during the night, frontman Joe Talbot voiced his support for the people of Gaza suffering as a result of the war with Israel. Introducing ‘Mother’, he paid tribute to his own late mum’s social conscience and said that if she were alive today, she would also support the Palestinian cause.”
On top of that, Talbot changed lyrics to the chorus of IDLES song ‘The Wheel’ to “Can I get a hallelujah? Viva Palestina.”
These statements come after Bob Vylan criticised both IDLES and Sleaford Mods last year for not being publicly vocal about the issue:
“It’s a cowardly fucking thing,” Bobby Vylan during a gig. “So fuck Idles, fuck Sleaford Mods and fuck every single one of those fucking apolitical bands that don’t want to fucking speak up when there’s something a little bit iffy, a little bit touchy, a little bit sensitive [because they’ve] got a fucking bullshit album to sell.”
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