"With almost 4,000 performances at Glastonbury 2025, there will inevitably be artists and speakers appearing on our stages whose views we do not share," festival organizers wrote in their apology.
Names like Oprah Winfrey, Leonardo DiCaprio, Bill Gates, Ivanka Trump, the Kardashian-Jenner family, and even Queen Rania of Jordan turned the event into an international VIP festival.
Once considered a symbol of musical freedom, openness, and universal calls for peace and brotherhood, Glastonbury was a festival that united genres, audiences, and a universal message of protest against wars wherever they occurred.
The Hollywood celebrity had arrived in the country last week as a guest of honor for Tel Aviv's Pride parade but found herself caught in the security escalation following Israel's military operations against Iran.
The songwriter and producer's creative genius culminated in the groundbreaking album "Pet Sounds", which music critics widely regard as rock's first concept album.
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The Simon and Garfunkel singer performed Thursday evening at Tel Aviv's Yarkon Park, marking the first visit by a major international artist to Israel since the war erupted.
"If there weren't brave people like you – I wouldn't be here, and neither would my mother," Gene Simmons told Harold "Hal" Urban, who participated in liberating Mauthausen in May 1945.
"It's deeply disappointing to witness Israel, which secured second place in Eurovision this year, being deliberately excluded from this post. This contradicts the spirit of fairness and unity that the slogan 'United by Music' purports to embody," an angry fan wrote.
"There should be greater transparency on the issue of televoting. This year it was all very strange about it," JJ explained to El Pais.