A global concert promoter that was acquired this year by a subsidiary of the private capital giant KKR has silently slapped all shows in Israel, a movement that seems to be part of a boycott about the war in Gaza, the post has learned.
Boiler Room, a station and promoter of club -based clubs based in the United Kingdom founded in 2010, has discreetly cleaned any trace of livestock of its previous events of Tel Aviv.
The Israeli DJs said that their performances were removed last weekend without prior notice or explanation of the brand’s website and the popular YouTube channel.
Yarin Lidor, one of the founders of the legendary Tel Aviv Kuli Alma Club, laughed the surprise movement, accusing the boiler room of a double standard since he never banned Russia’s events after the invasion of Ucrine.
“It feels less like a position of principles, and more as a symbolic movement to show that they are” clean “in the eyes of their audience,” said the 44 -year -old producer to The Post. “It’s not about values, but image.”
Lidor added that he had a “no dialogue” leg and that he only learned of the move when he was updating his own home page.
Boiler Room’s movements risk landing in hot water with their new lords of private capital: the two KKR surviving co -founders, Henry Kravis and George Roberts, are Jews, as well as the late Jerome Kohlberg Jr., who was Kravis’s cousin. The Kravis Foundation has donated to Israeli causes, including the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra.
The publication has approached Boiler Room, as well as its matrix entertainment superstructure and KKR companies to comment.
Two weeks ago, Boiler Rom chiefs Rasgaron Kkr after an online uproar on the acquisition of Supersruct, a promoter of the European headquarters in Europe.
Boiler Room Brass insisted that it will continue to be “without pro-palestine apologies” and claiming that KKR has investments linked to Israeli settlements and the country’s defense industry that “categoricular does not align with our values.”
“The boiler room has been through voluntary changes in control, investors, the joints and the property, and through this, our commitment to editorial and Palestine independence has never faltered,” said Israel’s brand in March
“We continually adhere to the BDS guidelines regarding the programming of artists and brand associations,” added the company based in London. “We maintain international law and human rights for all, regardless of identity.”
BDS means boycott, divestment and sanctions as part of a larger movement to punish those who do business with Israel.
The sets of the Israeli superstar DJs Guy Gerber and the red axes filmed outside Israel, however, remain on the YouTube channel of the boiler room.
But the movement to scrub their Tel Aviv events and prohibit all future actions there could cause accusations of hypocrisy equally among the supporters of the platforms.
“The assumption was that if they came to Tel Aviv, they were associated with Israeli entities and received locally, then they did not have a fundamental opposition to work here,” said Lidor.
The British brand social network channels woke up silently for 10 days after the Nova festival massacre on October 7, when Hamas terrorists murdered more than 380 people already 40 innocent civilians as hostages.
Then, the firm issued a warm statement on October 17 that said “our thoughts are with all those who suffer unimagered pain, trauma and fear” before asking “a high immediate fire.”
Meanwhile, several boxes of boxes held in Russia also remain online, including Moscow, St. Petersburg and Siberia parties. That despite the large -scale invasion of the country of Ukraine more than three years ago, with its aggression of the Armed Forces or its committing war crimes.
“I was not surprised to see the Russian sets still online,” said Tel Aviv Dj Lidor. “The inconsistency is clear. Cultural boycots seem to apply selectively, and Israel is of the exception.”
“It seems that they are trying to erase Israeli artists, and the fact that the Israelis are part of the musical community,” added Nova’s survivor and Long Island resident, Natalie Sanandaji. “It’s crazy that they are trying to do this.”
The global brand has housed hundreds of parties worldwide, with its transmission broadcasts accumulating billions of online visits.
