Singer, Lorde Cancels Isreal Show But Keeps Her Tour Dates In Russia

Lorde has decided to cancel her show next year in Isreal but kept her tour dates in Russia .

Lorde pulled the plug Sunday in reaction to backlash over her upcoming Tel Aviv concert next June , with some fans saying she shouldn’ t support what they call ” ethnic cleansing ” of Palestinians .

President Trump recently recognized Jerusalem as Israel’ s new capital , and stirred up a new wave of controversy in the region .

Lorde said in a statement , ” i’ ve received an overwhelming number of messages & letters and have had a lot of discussions with people holding many views , and i think the right decision at this time is to cancel the show .” She adds, ” i pride myself on being an informed young citizen … but I’m not too proud to admit i didn’t make the right call on this one .”

What’ s interesting is that Lorde has decided – at least for now -to keep her 2 Russia tour dates intact , which are set to take place in May . If she’s going the human rights route, she might want to rethink this one, too .