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Pixies cancel first-ever Israel concert after last week's deadly Gaza flotilla raid

Pixies cancel first-ever Israel concert after last week’s deadly Gaza flotilla raid

The Pixies today canceled their first-ever concert in Israel this week, and while the band didn’t give a specific reason, the move follows last week’s deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla and similar cancellations by Gorillaz and Elvis Costello.

Activists to Pixies: Boycott Israel, cancel Tel Aviv concert in support of Palestinans

Activists to Pixies: Boycott Israel, cancel Tel Aviv concert in support of Palestinans

A group of Israeli human rights activists have asked the Pixies to cancel their June 9 concert in Tel Aviv to protest ‘the military occupation the Palestinian people have been living under,’ urging the reunited band to ‘refuse to perform in Israel until there is freedom here.’