Famous musician, former Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters has joined the campaign calling for the band "Chemical Brothers" to cancel the announced performance in Tel Aviv.
Waters signed an open letter on artistsforpalestine.org.uk, which tells the dance duo: “Your label Virgin EMI can tell you it's cool to perform in Tel Aviv on November 12th. But Tel Aviv's hipster vibe is a bubble on the surface of a very complicated security situation that has driven out half of the native Palestinian population since 1948 and has no intention of allowing dissidents to return."
With a letter titled "Artists for Palestine", signed by actress Maxine Peake and playwright Caryl Churchill, among others, more than seven thousand people joined the petition calling on members of the "Chemical Brothers" to stop performing.
Although tickets for that performance have gone on sale, it is not listed in the schedule of upcoming "Chemical Brothers" appearances on the band's official website.
The organizers of the campaign state that the members of the British duo Tom Rowlands and Ed Simmons, when asked about the petition, told the Israeli media: "We will not succumb to pressure. We will go wherever young people want to hear us. We are not really interested in the rest".
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