{"id":722016,"date":"2026-08-01T02:17:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T02:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/722016\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T02:17:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T02:17:15","slug":"massive-attack-faces-singapore-investigation-for-pro-palestine-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/722016\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive Attack Faces Singapore Investigation for Pro-Palestine Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tEnglish trip hop group Massive Attack are under investigation by Singapore authorities after voicing support for Palestine during a recent show in the country, according to reports from the BBC and Channel News Asia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tMassive Attack played a concert in Singapore on Wednesday, and photos published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/uk-band-massive-attack-members-banned-flying-palestinian-flag-concert-6291536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Channel News Asia <\/a>showed the group holding up a Palestine flag, with the outlet reporting that the band shouted \u201cFree Palestine\u201d as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAuthorities <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cwyle421806o\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">also told the BBC<\/a> that \u201creports were lodged and investigations are ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAs the BBC notes, Singapore has policies barring \u201cpublic display of foreign national emblems,\u201d including flags, without prior permitting. The punishment is as much as about $400 or six months in jail. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tA rep for the group couldn\u2019t be reached. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tMassive Attack are known for their political activism and have been particularly vocal in their support for Palestine, with frontman Robert Del Naja getting arrested in London back in April over his participation at a protest linked to Palestine Action, which is proscribed in the U.K. Massive Attack are one of many groups who signed on for the No Music For Genocide movement, alongside the likes of Geese, Lucy Dacus, Hayley Williams and Rina Sawayama among more. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/israel-gaza-conflict\/\" id=\"auto-tag_israel-gaza-conflict_1\" data-tag=\"israel-gaza-conflict\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Israel-Gaza conflict<\/a> remains one of the most divisive topics in entertainment; On the other side, Boy George caught significant controversy this week after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/music\/music-news\/boy-george-jesus-christ-superstar-ai-israel-song-1236660409\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1236660409\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">releasing an AI-generated, pro-Israel song<\/a> that denied calling the conflict a genocide. Amid the controversy, the \u201cKarma Chameleon\u201d singer dropped out of an upcoming London production of Jesus Christ Superstar. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"English trip hop group Massive Attack are under investigation by Singapore authorities after voicing support for Palestine during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":722017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,90798,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-722016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-israel-gaza-conflict","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/722017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}