Re: Ed Upsets Founder of "Bring Pearl Jam to Israel" Campaig
Posted: Tue July 15, 2014 2:11 am
by Lament
Post-UN Land Grab?
Re: Ed Upsets Founder of "Bring Pearl Jam to Israel" Campaig
Posted: Tue July 15, 2014 3:51 am
by DeLima
“It is with heavy hearts and deep sadness that we must cancel our one and only Israeli concert due to tensions which have rendered the event unsafe at this time,” a representative for Young said in a statement. “We’ll miss the opportunity to play for our fans and look forward to playing in Israel and Palestine in peace. I will be making donations to both the Louise Tillie Alpert Youth Music Centre of Israel, and Heartbeat, two organizations that teach music to Palestinian and Israeli youth simultaneously by enabling them to play music together.”
Cheesy headline, but looks like Neil got it right. Donates proceeds of the show to
Re: Ed Upsets Founder of "Bring Pearl Jam to Israel" Campaig
Posted: Wed July 16, 2014 1:15 am
by ---
Lament wrote:Post-UN Land Grab?
9.6/10
Re: Ed Upsets Founder of "Bring Pearl Jam to Israel" Campaig
Posted: Wed July 16, 2014 11:55 am
by Thejambi
Has this guy honestly not heard Eddie speak once over the past 24 years?
BTW
... but last I checked, Pearl Jam continues to sell our shows in the United States,
Re: Ed Upsets Founder of "Bring Pearl Jam to Israel" Campaig
Posted: Wed July 16, 2014 6:33 pm
by Bammer
I'm not one to get into many discussions about politics, but I do want to chime in here:
Anyone who thinks Ed was being racist in any form or fashion is flat out wrong.
Doesn't matter who it is or where they are from...Ed it purely calling out those people who would make it their mission to murder other humans. Period.
Preach on, brother Ed.
To those who are offended by someone who passionately opposes senseless war and killing I say this: Go fuck yourselves.
Re: Ed Upsets Founder of "Bring Pearl Jam to Israel" Campaig
Posted: Wed July 16, 2014 6:33 pm
by Bammer
Actually let me rephrase that:
Go kill yourselves.
Re: Ed Upsets Founder of "Bring Pearl Jam to Israel" Campaig
Posted: Wed July 16, 2014 6:57 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
Let's be honest, Pearl Jam were never going to play in Israel anyway...