Tuesday 23 July 2013

Pussy Riot : Springsteen, Adele, U2 and Paul McCartney join prison protest

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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