Overview
- Paramore and Hayley Williams have joined the No Music For Genocide campaign, with their band and solo catalogs set to be unavailable on streaming services in Israel.
- The artist-led initiative now lists more than 400 signatories, including Massive Attack, Fontaines D.C., Primal Scream and Rina Sawayama.
- Organizers are pressing major labels Sony, Universal and Warner to apply geo-blocks, pointing to the industry’s Russia restrictions in 2022 as precedent.
- Massive Attack say they formally asked Universal Music Group to remove their music in Israel and requested a full Spotify takedown, citing reports about CEO Daniel Ek’s defense-related investments.
- Coverage notes a recent UN commission accusation of genocide, which Israel rejects, with reporting citing more than 64,000 people killed and 160,000 injured in Gaza since October 2023.