Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"Musicians speaking out against Israel has become a mainstream topic as artists are using famous festival stages to express their opposition against the ongoing genocide. Consequences followed swiftly, with Manchester’s RADAR cancelling Bob Vylan’s performance and Kneecap facing legal action after Glanstonbury. In the electronic music world, an entire pro-Palestine movement is now gaining momentum.</p><p>Over the past couple of weeks that world has been shaken up by news of a beloved large scale festival becoming owned by one of the most notorious private equity firms in the industry. The initial news of Barcelona-based festival Sónar – which took place 12-14 June, 2025 – being bought by Superstruct Entertainment flew under the radar. Superstruct itselft was purchased by private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co in 2024.</p><p>A wave of concerned artists signed an open letter and withdrew en masse from the festival because of KKR‘s ties not only with Canada’s Coastal GasLink pipeline, but also connections (archive) to Israeli settler housing in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) later officially called for a boycott of the festival. Here is all you need to know about how this happened and why it matters."</p><p><a href="https://unicornriot.ninja/2025/pro-palestine-festival-artists-boycott-israel-linked-company/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">unicornriot.ninja/2025/pro-pal</span><span class="invisible">estine-festival-artists-boycott-israel-linked-company/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Music</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/MusicFestivals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MusicFestivals</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/ElectronicMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectronicMusic</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/EDM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EDM</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Sonar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sonar</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Barcelona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Barcelona</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/KKR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KKR</span></a></p>