{"id":565954,"date":"2026-08-11T18:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T18:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/565954\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T18:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T18:10:12","slug":"there-are-people-in-my-band-who-are-questioning-whether-theyll-perform-it-with-me-and-those-people-will-be-fired-boy-george-says-hell-sack-any-bandmates-who-refus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/565954\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThere are people in my band who are questioning whether they\u2019ll perform it with me. And those people will be fired\u201d: Boy George says he\u2019ll sack any bandmates who refuse to play his \u2018pro-Israel\u2019 song We Will Dance Again &#8211; MusicRadar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201cThere are people in my band who are questioning whether they\u2019ll perform it with me. And those people will be fired\u201d: Boy George says he\u2019ll sack any bandmates who refuse to play his \u2018pro-Israel\u2019 song We Will Dance Again<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;MusicRadar<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxPV0hOQjZ1RTR6T2tVbk9iNlRnNnBjM1NQM0xXZ0RxMnhRTVlXbnhKdENBbi1SUUtHdFdzbk12NmV6OE9kM3JBTkhpR1ktcnNJUUhQQjlTX1FYdlU3U2ptbVBvNDgwUTZQSGQ3aXFwZFFGWlZiYTcwT3ZMZUViMDBNc0UzSTF5bTNWbDRfcWF0cDJXWU9welBuZlNqMUVsVVdrU2dhUktB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Opinion | The haters come for Boy George over Israel. I know what it feels like.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxQTk4yT19xTGQyeDN2aEVZOUd5QXVWY2NHUkpYVnBrUHo0MGNkMGxMeUxaSmpISGRFNFRGcGt6a0JSZndiV2FXbC1mYmVqSXNxMHNrVm5fYkU2TkFIZzlGa1k1d1RrUjJ1c3FqVFNSWVVkM2FIcGhsQ1lQcHdmaEh3eXpSbThTdUVIWHBsSXhQR2Y?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Boy George threatens to sack musicians if they refuse to play pro-Israel song<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxOdUVpZEVNcDJWRWlQNW56NHFKVVlQU2hNaVNfWFdwdlFzeFl5U0lmRENxQnJ0N1JKN1Zra3ozdzdkVHpCZjUwWnhiU0M5djBCNkpGajZQcnJicUV0Vkh6d2lnLTlwc3hvN2F2djhTQTFxc2V3R0FoQ1ZkalVhaDFacWxYM0RlVVRDaGdQR0t1Ujg0c1VpTmFPM0JLc1BSeFJVTkR0RA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Boy George warns his band over his pro-Israel song<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThere are people in my band who are questioning whether they\u2019ll perform it with me. And those people&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-565954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}