Posted by Talker
Dear Pulp/Jarvis,
In light of the recent decision by the Adelaide Festival board to rescind Palestinian Australian academic Randa Abdel-Fattahs invitation and the subsequent boycott by many international writers, please would you consider supporting in solidarity by cancelling your performance?
This decision by the board has been described by many as discrimination and censorship of Palestinian voices.
Thank you
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Posted by Ian
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Posted by cutcopy
I hope Pulp make the right decision on this. Also I cant quite believe this is happening again. It happened at Bendigo Writers Festival a few months back, Creative Australia and their schammmmozzle of Venice Bienale and recently State Library of QLD. I dont expect anyone on the Pulp forum to be following events downunder but this continues to keep happening at cultural events in this country.
I was worried about cyclones impacting the brisbane show - now its authoritarianism. I am sooo so embarrassed.
More info about all the artists withdrawing https://www.indailysa.com.au/news/just-in/2026/01/12/adelaide-festival-music-program-hit-as-sa-faces-multimillion-dollar-black-hole?utm_campaign=feed&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=later-linkinbio
https://theconversation.com/as-authors-abandon-adelaide-writers-week-after-cancelling-of-randa-abdel-fattah-is-free-speech-in-tatters-273020
-- Edited by cutcopy on Monday 12th of January 2026 10:55:09 PM
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Posted by HoltbyCity
It's made the main page of BBC News: www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgm4jkwz2z8o (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgm4jkwz2z8o)
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Posted by cutcopy
its everywhere here. I hope they are getting reports from the ground and having good advice given to them.
This is via The Australian which is a Murdoch paper but pretty much sums up what happened in the past 48 hrs. And they made the front page. See attachment.
"The other big question hanging over the festival is the free opening night concert on February 27 by British rock band Pulp. The band is led by the charismatic Jarvis ****er, who has publicly supported the Palestinian cause. The bands Instagram posts have been overrun with comments urging the band to reconsider its appearance in the South Australian capital. Activist group Musicians for Palestine launched a social media campaign on Monday, urging followers to fill the bands social media comment sections with phrases such as boycott Adelaide Festival or Solidarity with Randa. Hundreds of messages on Tuesday were visible on the bands Instagram page. The groups aim was to get them to pull out of the festival, it said. Pulp, as of Tuesday evening, remained in the program, an AF spokesperson said.
But this says it better https://www.instagram.com/p/DTZfwXPEm0K/?img_index=3 (https://www.instagram.com/p/DTZfwXPEm0K/?img_index=3)
(https://www.instagram.com/p/DTZfwXPEm0K/?img_index=3)
-- Edited by cutcopy on Wednesday 14th of January 2026 04:38:01 AM
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Posted by SarahAWilson
https://www.instagram.com/p/DThvORJAibC/ (https://www.instagram.com/p/DThvORJAibC/)
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Posted by lipglossed
Pulp: a Great Bunch of Lads.
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Posted by JohnPaul_II
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jan/15/british-indie-band-pulp-agree-to-play-adelaide-festival-after-boycott-u-turn (https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jan/15/british-indie-band-pulp-agree-to-play-adelaide-festival-after-boycott-u-turn)
And now they're back in after they they apologied to her and reinstated her. Who knows how much influence they had on the decision? Either way, good on them. They did the right thing.
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Posted by Eamonn
lipglossed wrote:
Pulp: a Great Bunch of Lads.
Apart from the AI shiz.
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Posted by cutcopy
What a rollercoaster the last few days. Its back on. A snippet I heard from the Executive Director for AF (the festival part - not the writers festival part) said they had been in contact with the band and they were doing everything to make them feel comfortable about performing. And with a new board and an intvitation for Randa to speak at next years festival a+ an apology from the new board seems a good and productive start. So pleased and cant wait to see them at this concert. I hope Jarvis has lots to say on stage!!!!
Also I know Pulp are all big girls and boys but its been hard seeing folk sling crapp on their socials and just general trash talk about them. Its not how I imagined their NZ/Aus tour starting. I hope it can now level out and if anyone can bring the people together its this band.
-- Edited by cutcopy on Friday 16th of January 2026 02:59:20 AM
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Posted by lipglossed
Eamonn wrote:lipglossed wrote:
Pulp: a Great Bunch of Lads.
Apart from the AI shiz.
Oh, for sure. That's been a real letdown, I'm afraid.
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Posted by Violin Thing
This doesn't seem to have stopped the discourse - the Greek Finance Minister from 2015 is getting invovled: x.com/yanisvaroufakis/status/2012835966201860271 (https://x.com/yanisvaroufakis/status/2012835966201860271?s=20)
Sorry this link is X - it's where he posted.
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Posted by Eamonn
Shouldn't Yanis be more worried about Jarvis chatting-up his wife at the start of Common People...
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Posted by Violin Thing
Damage already done there!
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