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Musician Cat Power cancels Israel show

Thu Feb 9, 2012 7:04 PM EST
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<p>FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2006 file photo, singer Chan Marshall, also known as Cat Power, poses for a photo in New York. American musician Cat Power has canceled her show in Israel, joining a list of artists shunning the country over its conflict with the Palestinians. Marshall, better known by her stage name Cat Power, was to perform in Tel Aviv on Sunday. But she tweeted on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 that due to "much confusion" she felt she could not play for her Israeli fans and that she felt "sick in her spirit."(AP Photo/Jim Cooper, File)</p>

FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2006 file photo, singer Chan Marshall, also known as Cat Power, poses for a photo in New York. American musician Cat Power has canceled her show in Israel, joining a list of artists shunning the country over its conflict with the Palestinians. Marshall, better known by her stage name Cat Power, was to perform in Tel Aviv on Sunday. But she tweeted on Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 that due to "much confusion" she felt she could not play for her Israeli fans and that she felt "sick in her spirit."(AP Photo/Jim Cooper, File)

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JERUSALEM — American musician Cat Power has canceled her show in Israel, joining a list of artists shunning the country over its conflict with the Palestinians.

Charlyn Marie Marshall, better known by her stage name Cat Power, was to perform in Tel Aviv on Sunday.

But she tweeted on Friday that due to "much confusion" she felt she could not play for her Israeli fans and that she felt "sick in her spirit."

She had faced calls to boycott the Jewish state.

Elvis Costello and The Pixies have canceled their appearances, as did the British dance band Klaxon and the Gorillaz Sound System. Santana and Bjork also called off concerts, without explaining why.

Other musicians, such as Elton John, Paul McCartney and Madonna, have resisted the pressure.

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Second rate performers will do anything for publicity to sell their albums.

  • 4 votes
Reply#1 - Fri Feb 10, 2012 10:33 AM EST
IDFeb89

Who?

  • 3 votes
Reply#2 - Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:14 AM EST
aRTieA

I second that who. Imagine trying to get free publicity by saying you won't perform in Israel. Probably couldn't sell enough tickets and backed out.

  • 3 votes
Reply#3 - Fri Feb 10, 2012 4:16 PM EST
Meturaf

Who is she? American Idol runner up?

 

  • 2 votes
Reply#4 - Sun Feb 12, 2012 3:45 PM EST
stolz18

Who is she?

Just a person of Conscience...

...and Israel's world gets a little smaller.

  • 1 vote
#4.1 - Wed Feb 15, 2012 2:15 PM EST
aRTieA

Just a person of Conscience...

Like when she is not in a drug induced state! DUH! Person of unconsciousness is more correct.

Alcohol and mental health difficulties

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Power

By the turn of the century, Marshall's live performances had become erratic and unpredictable, with The New Yorker suggesting, "It is foolhardy to describe a Cat Power event as a concert," citing "rambling confessions" and "[talking] to a friend's baby from the stage."[33] Marshall later attributed this period to a drinking problem, telling HARP magazine in 2006 "I didn't know I was messed up."[32] Marshall has admitted abusing alcohol in the past; in a 2006 interview with The New York Times, she declared herself to be sober, which she defined as having had "seven drinks in seven months."[34]

  • 2 votes
#4.2 - Wed Feb 15, 2012 4:04 PM EST
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