![]() BDS is a well-oiled guerrilla internet operation when someone announces a concert in Israel, they may all of a sudden get 650 messages on Facebook and that flips them out. “We raise this issue early on so that the minute they announce their concert, they know to possibly expect the BDSers. “As a promoter, we respect those who come and those who don’t,” he said. There are bands that “don’t want the headache” of an Israeli concert, and others who don’t think twice about it. “And bands come.”īDS, added Wachs, tends to have more of an effect on bands that generally don’t feel comfortable politically in Israel. But when “everything’s normal here, it’s normal,” said Wurtman. It’s not that there isn’t any pressure from the BDS sources, said Wurtman. It’s just “bullshit,” said Carmi Wurtman, Wachs’s partner in promotion and production company 2B Ventures. It’s also, “finally,” a concert for the young crowd, and not one of the old rock stars for the 50-plus crowd, he said.īut BDS? It isn’t a real obstacle to convincing musicians to come to Israel, agreed promoters. “DJs know that about Israel and these people know that about Israel, and they’re not influenced by this political shit.”ĭitto for ticket sales, he added, which “are flying high because this is hip hop and Wiz is a superstar.” “People know that Israel knows its EDM,” said Cohen. ![]()
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