But the Grammy award-winning star, whose latest album Girl on Fire has been a huge success, has expressed enthusiasm for the concert.
She said in a statement that she was "excited to go to new places" on the tour, Tel Aviv included, and planned to bring "a show full of emotion and inspiration".
Depeche Mode, who last toured in Israel in 2009, will open their world tour in Israel. A petition organised by anti-Israel activists calls on them to cancel because since their last concert in Tel Aviv "Israel has engaged in further brutal oppression of the Palestinian people, including land theft, home demolition, ethnic cleansing and enacting more laws enshrining the apartheid system".
The petition has so far attracted just 341 signatures.
