Singer Elvis Costello cancels concerts in Israel

BJK - exactly. I guess it was the only way for him to attract some attention.

disappointing fans

he has fans?

"Costello's cancellation drew an angry response from his Israeli fans. "There is an enormous group of people in Israel who are humanists and hunger for peace, who yearn for a normal life and are prepared to make painful concessions."

Translation: We are ready to whine and embarrass ourselves and our national pride cause some has been wont come play here.

Never mind that they think their painful concessions means all other Jews homes except theirs are returned to the Arab aggressors since where all Jews live is considered Arab or Muslim or whatever they call it this year.

ROFLMAO. Israel a serial human rights abuser but Hamas terrorist group controlled Palestine now that's a real stand up place for human rights.

lovecook74: You obviously didn't read the seeded article before your knee jerk reaction to my comment. Costello could no longer perform in Israel because of its inhumane treatment towards the Palestinians 42 years and counting. You are also trying to distract from the topic of this seed, but that's what one gets from an IDF Zombie.

Okay, what's IDF?
Since both sides of the conflict are culpable at this point, a musician boycotting essentially helps to fan the flames. Maybe Costello should be more detailed in his ideology regarding Israelis/Palestinians. What does he think should actually happen there? and why did he sign up to play in the first place? It's not like the conflict just suddenly made the news recently.

IDF = Israeli Defense Forces

As for Mr. Costello's "action", who cares other than his fans? Not me.

Costello could no longer perform in Israel because of its inhumane treatment towards the Palestinians 42 years and counting.

Or maybe he's too cheap to pay for a plane ticket :P

Something tells me most Palestinians have never even heard of Elvis Costello.

Lucky them.

I agree with you, Buzz

Who cares? Confessor watch your attacks, you are being reported.

Elvis Costello = has been. Or wait. Never was.

good riddens. Go perform in Dubai. Just don't do anything deemed indecent.

Confessor watch your attacks, you are being reported.

You can't be serious. You are reporting me then threaten me in the same sentence. Hilarious. Elvis Costello's conscience wouldn't allow him to perform in Israel anymore because of the brutal, repressive treatment of the Palestinians especially the Gaza Massacre of 2008. Who cares Gina? A lot more people than you realize. Burying your head in the sand won't make this issue go away.

Everyone is entitled to their own interpretation of what another person does. Either Costello was aware of events long before he contracted to perform, and then grandstanded to make headlines and sell his cds, or else he's so stupidly impressionable who would want to see him anyway. I repeat my post number 7, notwithstanding Confessor's opinion.

You can say that again. Oh, you did. :-)

kavlaq. I used to represent a lot of musicians and people in the entertainment business some years ago, and I have a pretty good idea of what they do for their own benefit, and the size of their egos. Take a look at my post number 7 above for an explanation of his little game.

Has he not been paying attention or something?

He probably did not sell enough tickets to make it profitable to perform in Israel, so he decided to make a "grand exit" and instead of simply canceling his performance, attached some politics to it.

And it worked - look we are discussing him here, some people probably hear his name for the first time. Some maybe would be interested in what he is doing.

Way to boost his popularity.

My point exactly, but the Israel bashers will use it in their diatribe anyway, which makes me think of Jack Nicholson's line in The Bucket List: "Never pass up a toilet."