Azealia Banks pulled out of a London festival and alleged that “the promoters” pressured her to support Palestine.
The 34-year-old singer slammed festival promoters in a lengthy post shared June 24 on X.
“So guys, I am cancelling Boomtown and Maiden Voyage, the promoters have been stressing me out for weeks trying to force me to say free Palestine and threatening to cut me from the bill because I won’t say free Palestine and I’m not dealing with the threats and I’m not putting on a fucking hijab,” she wrote.
Banks was slated to perform at Burgess Park, London’s Maiden Voyage festival and at Boomtown, Hampshire, in August, according to The Standard.
And no, I’m not saying fuck actual Palestine. But fuck your dumb ass slogans and performative bullshit. Yall wanna make a stance so bad but stand for absolutely nothing. As soon as the media says pedophilia is “natural and normal,”
You bitches will be right there talking about…— Azealia Banks (@azealiaslacewig) June 25, 2025
“They’re both basically trying to extort me – by insinuating that I need to say I support Palestine or they will drop me from the gig BUT I would much rather drop them and not associate with anything that has cheap group think bullshit attached to it,” Banks’ allegations continued.
“If they want to allow some no-name dj’s to bully them into desecrating the nature of this music ecosystem and make ME the issue – whilst there being absolutely no ethical consumption under capitalism. Then that’s fine,” she said.
“More thinly veiled racism And overt antisemitism from the fucking gays for Hamas,” Banks claimed, writing “#FUCKPALESTINE” at the end of her post.
She shared another post about the alleged political pressure and further clarified her stance.
“And no, I’m not saying fuck actual Palestine. But fuck your dumb ass slogans and performative bullshit.,” she wrote.
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“That war has been going on in the background for fucking decades . Way before anyone alive today was born And all of a sudden yall are throwing around words like genocide and Zionist not even knowing the meaning of those words,” Banks continued.
“While you drive around in ur teslas and leave comments from your iPhones all built off the backs and the blood of children working in mines from dusk til dawn There is zero ethical consumption under capitalism.EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED TO EVERYTHING.”
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Banks blasted the organizers again. “I don’t need to be on stage stressing out to appease some dumb ass protesters who literally rely on those people in Palestine being crushed so they can solicit donations they DO NOT give to the cause. Kiss my ass,” she wrote. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Nova Music Festival Survivor Shares Her Story, Calls Out Music Artists For Political Messaging)
Festival organizers denied applying pressure on Banks to support Palestine, according to The Standard.
