British indie band Pulp agree to play Adelaide festival after boycott U-turn

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Source: theguardian.com
British indie band Pulp agree to play Adelaide festival after boycott U-turn

The band pulled out over treatment of Randa Abdel-Fattah but delayed revealing their decision before confirming 27 February gig

The British indie band Pulp will play at the Adelaide festival in February after initially pulling out of the event in protest at the cancellation of Palestinian writer Randa Abdel-Fattah.

The band issued a statement on social media on Thursday night announcing that they would “honour our invitation to perform in Adelaide on 27 February” after the festival organisers performed a U-turn, apologised to Abdel-Fattah for her treatment, and invited her to speak at next year’s event.

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