{"id":724205,"date":"2026-08-02T09:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T09:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/724205\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T09:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T09:47:12","slug":"boy-george-splits-from-label-manager-over-pro-israel-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/724205\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy George splits from label manager over pro-Israel song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Days after posting the new song on social media channels, the singer pulled out of a new production of <a class=\"ck-custom-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2026\/07\/30\/boy-george-pulls-out-west-end-show-pro-israel-song-uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jesus Christ Superstar<\/a> at the London Palladium.<\/p>\n<p>He was one of several stars who were due to rotate in the <a class=\"ck-custom-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/theatre\/what-to-see\/meet-the-herods\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">role of King Herod<\/a> in the production, which opens on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Kelmsley, Boy George\u2019s manager, revealed in a statement on Instagram that he would no longer appear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGeorge has never been afraid to stand by his personal convictions, and I have always respected him for that,\u201d Mr Kelmsley said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEqually, I believe it is my responsibility to make decisions that are in the best interests of my artist while also showing respect to others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this instance, I felt it was right to step aside, allowing the production to remain the focus, while ensuring everyone involved can move forward with mutual respect and goodwill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Boy George\u2019s pro-Israel statements have been criticised by many Palestinian sympathisers, he has garnered some new supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Lyman, a British military historian, wrote to him on X: \u201cYou might be losing old acquaintances but gaining new friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pontius has been contacted by The Telegraph for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Days after posting the new song on social media channels, the singer pulled out of a new production&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":724206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[299,121434,96,12389,7815,128,50,5438,208138,56,54,55,157732],"class_list":["post-724205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-anti-semitism","tag-boy-george","tag-entertainment","tag-freedom-of-speech","tag-israel-hamas-war","tag-music","tag-news","tag-standard","tag-sunday-telegraph-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-us-content"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724205","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=724205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/724206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}