POP star Dua Lipa has reportedly fired her agent after he signed a letter calling for Kneecap to be removed from the Glastonbury lineup.
David Levy, who represented the artist as part of WME talent agency, was among the signatories urging the festival’s founder, Michael Eavis, to drop the pro-Palestine group.
According to The Mail on Sunday, the decision to fire Levy stems from her own pro-Palestine stance that “doesn’t align” with Levy.
“She views him as being a supporter of Israel’s war in Gaza, and the terrible treatment of the Palestinians and that was made very clear through the letter that he signed and sent to Michael Eavis,” an unnamed music industry source told the newspaper.
“Dua made sure through her people that David Levy wasn’t working on her music any more. She is very openly pro-Palestine, and that doesn’t align with David.”
It comes as more and more pro-Palestinian music artists have called for the industry to take a stronger stance.
On Friday, more than 400 musicians and labels signed the “No Music for Genocide” initiative, removing their music from Israel in response to the genocide in Gaza and the “ethnic cleansing of the occupied West Bank”.
“This tangible act is just one step toward honouring Palestinian demands to isolate and delegitimise Israel as it kills without consequence on the world stage,” the initiative said.
