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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Martin Farrer

British indie band Pulp agree to play Adelaide festival after boycott U-turn

Pulp will perform in Adelaide after initially withdrawing over the ‘dreadful’ treatment of Randa Abdel-Fattah
Pulp will perform in Adelaide after initially withdrawing over the ‘dreadful’ treatment of Randa Abdel-Fattah Photograph: Eduardo Verdugo/AP

The British indie band Pulp will play at the Adelaide festival in February after initially pulling out of the event in protest at the cancellation of Palestinian writer Randa Abdel-Fattah.

The band issued a statement on social media on Thursday night announcing that they would “honour our invitation to perform in Adelaide on 27 February” after the festival organisers performed a U-turn, apologised to Abdel-Fattah for her treatment and invited her to speak at next year’s event.

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