More than 100 internationally-renowned musicians have joined a worldwide call for the release of the two jailed members of the Russian feminist punk group Pussy Riot ahead of their parole appeal hearings this week.
The full list of artists is:
Bryan Adams, Adele, Alt-J, Laurie Anderson, Animal Collective, Anti-Flag, Arcade Fire, Arch Enemy, Archive, Joan Armatrading
Joan Baez, Beardyman, Jeff Beck, Yasiin Bey, Björk, Rubén Blades, Billy Bragg, Jackson Browne, Peter Buck
Tracy Chapman, Chase & Status, The Chemical Brothers, Neneh Cherry, The Clash, Coldplay, Lily Rose Cooper
Dido, Django Django
Melissa Etheridge
Siobhan Fahey, Paloma Faith, First Aid Kit, Franz Ferdinand, Foster The People, fun.
Peter Gabriel, Bob Geldof, Kim Gordon
Debbie Harry, PJ Harvey, Don Henley, The Hidden Cameras, Niall Horan
Billy Joel, Sir Elton John
Ke$ha, Angelique Kidjo, The Knife, Mark Knopfler
Tom Lehrer, Sean Lennon, Annie Lennox, Lykke Li
Sir Paul McCartney, Romy Madley-Croft, Madonna, Zayn Malik, Stephen Malkmus, Marina & The Diamonds, Johnny Marr, Massive Attack, Mike Mills, Moby, Thurston Moor e, Tom Morello, Alanis Morissette, James Morrison
Graham Nash, Kate Nash, Youssou N’Dour
Karen O, Yoko Ono, Clock Opera, Ozzy Osbourne
Liam Payne, Peaches, Joe Perry, Phoenix, Rain Phoenix, Portishead, Portugal. The Man, Cat Power
Radiohead, Bonnie Raitt, Rise Against
Patti Scialfa, Scissor Sisters, Paul Simon, Sleigh Bells, Patti Smith, Esperanza Spalding, Bruce Springsteen, Dave Stewart, Sting, Michael Stipe, Harry Styles
Neil Tennant, Louis Tomlinson, Pete Townshend, K T Tunstall
U2
Eddie Vedder
In an open letter, coordinated by Amnesty International as part of its ongoing campaign to free 25-year-old Maria Alekhina and 23-year old Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, the artists pledge their support and state that the impact of Pussy Riot’s “shockingly unjust trial and imprisonment has spread far and wide, especially among your fellow artists, musicians and citizens around the world.”
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