Music

Ed Sheeran fans came for his music, not Macklemore’s anti-Israel diatribe

A stadium appearance in New Jersey turned what should have been an evening of escapism and unity into a platform for one-sided activism on one of the world’s most divisive conflicts

Israeli conductors come first and second in top international competition – in Birmingham

The city that delivered the infamous ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans hosted a stunning triumph for two Israelis this weekend

London church celebrating contribution of Jewish émigrés

St John’s Waterloo will hold a symposium and a concert on September 9, telling the story of musicians who fled Nazi Europe

I thought heavy metal bands were too busy with their own doom worlds to get on to Gaza. I was wrong

Usually apolitical, Fit for an Autopsy totally killed the joy at Bloodstock music festival with the lyric ‘Beasts of Zion, Curse your name’

‘Music unlocks emotions’ – the therapy helping families get through illness at Chai Cancer Care

Boy George: I’ll sack bandmates who refuse to play pro-Israel song

The Culture Club frontman also defended the use of AI in creating the track, saying human musicians would have ‘gotten in his way’

Massive Attack banned from Singapore after displaying Palestinian flag

Singaporean authorities said they took seriously acts that could be viewed as ‘undermining social cohesion’ in the city-state

Boy George splits from ‘gutless’ label manager over Israel solidarity song

The Culture Club frontman said he is ‘losing a few people’ from his life by ‘standing up for Jewish friends’

Boy George says he’s ‘devastated’ by loss of ‘innocent lives on both sides’ of Gaza War amid backlash over new ‘pro-peace’ song

It comes after the Culture Club star pulled out of a West End performance of Jesus Christ Superstar