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“I don't believe that a company like Barclays, given their financial ties to war crimes, has any place at a metal festival.” Why the conversation around Britain's summer festival season has been all about Gaza, Barclays, and boycotts

Barclays will no longer be sponsoring Download, Isle Of Wight or Latitude festivals following escalating protests and cancellations by musicians and comedians. Louder looks at how this discourse has dominated summer 2024 in the UK

Metal Hammer

Multiple bands pull out of Download festival over Barclays’ Israel ties

Acts including Speed, Scowl and Ithaca voice opposition to Barclaycard sponsorship over financial services provided to defence companies

The Guardian - UK

“We will not take part in an event whose sponsor profits from facilitating a genocide.” Scowl, Speed, Zulu, Pest Control boycott Download festival due to sponsor Barclays investing in companies supplying weapons and military technology to Israel

Six bands withdraw from Download 2024 in solidarity with the Palestinian people

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‘Go and talk to strangers – it’s fun’: why speed dating is having a moment

As more singles swear off ‘the apps’, a new generation is bringing back an old way of meeting in real life

The Guardian - AU

Investigation underway as spectator killed at speedway

An 18-year-old man has been killed at a regional speedway northwest of Melbourne when a driver lost control and struck a spectator.

AAP

Together, Verma siblings look to scale their dreams for India

It’s not everyday that you can get the chance to compete at the highest level of sports, with your brother or sister by your side. But that’s exactly what’s going to happen when Jamshedpur siblings Aman and Anisha Verma compete at Asian Games in the Sports Climbing event from Tuesday…

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