Tag: Music festival

  • American rapper goes viral for displaying names of Palestinian toddlers killed by Israeli airstrikes

    American rapper goes viral for displaying names of Palestinian toddlers killed by Israeli airstrikes

    Rapper Marcus Morton (who goes by his stage name redveil) has gone viral for a recent performance at a concert.

    The rapper was performing at Camp Flog Gnaw, one of the biggest music festivals of America, when he broke off from singing to make a meaningful gesture.

    The rapper took a moment to display the names of all Palestinians toddlers who were killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, where now more than 12,000 civilians have died. The named ended with the display of the website ceasefiretoday.com, which provides a list of ways Americans can pressurise their governments to end the genocide of Gaza.

    ‘It’s not complicated, don’t let no body tell you that s***,” Marcus was seen telling the crowd. “Go to this f***ing website right now, call your reps, demand a f***ing ceasefire.”

    X (formerly Twitter) users celebrated redveil’s solidarity to the Palestinian liberation movement, declaring him to be the sole musician who took a stand despite knowing it could have affected his career.

    “This is unprecedented. That moment we’d been waiting for; that cultural shift which delegitimizes Israel and will lead to it’s dismantling; of unapologetic calls for liberation— is upon us. Who would’ve imagined such crowds in the US screaming Free Palestine even 5 years ago?!”

    More class and morality than Rihanna, Beyonce, and Tiffany Hadish compiled.

    “The bar for artists has been massively raised,” praised several activists.

  • Harassment, gate crashing; Kaifi Khalil criticizes poor management at Karachi Eats

    Harassment, gate crashing; Kaifi Khalil criticizes poor management at Karachi Eats

    Trigger warning: videos depicting harassment and abuse
    The Karachi Eat Festival took place on Sunday and reports have emerged of improper facilities as well as instances of harassment and abuse from men. Users have taken to social media to share clips of how the event was poorly managed, with many families as well as women leaving quickly to avoid untoward incidents.
    On Monday Karachi Eat became the number one trending topic on Twitter, with many women and families coming forward to share their experience posting videos showing stampedes causeed by poor management, as well as women and families being harassed by stags.

    Videos also emerged showing men gate crashing the event by climbing over walls.
    This user shared her experience of being unable to enjoy the festival with her family, because of how difficult men had made it for them.

    Other videos uploaded on Twitter are showing how little effort was made to maintain security and management at the festival

    Singer Kaifi Khalil was present to perform at the festival, and one video shows him being hit by an object.
    The singer addressed the matter in his Instagram stories, by sharing that he decided to stop the performance to stop women and families from being harassed by stags.
    Here is his full statement:

    “Hello everyone. I would like to clarify the fake news that is circulating around about me getting injured during my performance at the Karachi Eats Event yesterday which is not true. i appreciate everyone being concerned about my well being and inquiring about it, but I am totally fine! I will say that I am extremely disappointed and upset because of what happened yesterday. Ladies that came out to enjoy the evening with their family and friends were harassed and treated inappropriately by a group of individuals that lacked decency and common sense. The event hot cancelled mid performance because I couldn’t continue with what was going on and because it became a safety concern for people in the audience as well. I request organizers to please take into consideration the safety of everyone attending when choosing the venue for such events, especially the ladies, so such accidents don’t happen. These events get organized so that people can come out to enjoy but there are some people who ruin the entire experience for everyone. This is the second time that this has happened at an event that I’m performing at and it’s disguisting and unacceptable. I’m not sure why this keeps occurring but it needs to stop. How can I perform when this happens? I request that everyone be mindful of each other and treat everyone with respect. THIS IS A MESSAGE TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT FEEL ENTITLED AND THINK IT’S ACCEPTABLE TO ACT INAPPROPRIATELY AND HARASS SOMEONE.”

    The singer also shared a verse from the Quran to cement his stance to treat women with respect.

    Since the event, there has been a call on social media to prevent stag men from attending festivals in order to ensure families and women can have a pleasant experience.

  • Arooj Aftab first Pakistani artist to perform at Coachella with mega stars

    Arooj Aftab first Pakistani artist to perform at Coachella with mega stars

    Grammy-nominated Pakistani singer Arooj Aftab has announced that she will be performing on April 15 at the music festival Coachella in California.

    ‘Mohabbat’ singer is also going to be the first Pakistani artist to be performing at the American art and music festival. The news comes after she revealed that she will make her first Coke Studio appearance this season.

    Aftab shared a list of artists who will be performing on the first day of the festival on two weekends including Harry Styles, Lil baby, Daniel Caesar, Phoebe Bridgers, Big Sean.

    The music festival has returned after a three-year break due to Covid-19. Coachella is one of the largest, most famous, and most profitable music festivals in the world.

    After the announcement, Pakistan celebrities came forwards to congratulate the artist.