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Dua Lipa drops agent over campaign against pro-Palestine group Kneecap <article data-history-node-id="428983" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/dua-lipa-drops-agent-over-campaign-against-pro-palestine-group-kneecap" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/dua-lipa-drops-agent-over-campaign-against-pro-palestine-group-kneecap" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Dua Lipa drops agent over campaign against pro-Palestine group Kneecap</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>British popstar Dua Lipa has parted ways with her agent David Levy after he campaigned to stop pro-<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a> Irish rap group Kneecap from performing at Glastonbury festival. </p> <p>Levy, who works for the global talent agency William Morris Endeavour (WME), was the first signatory to an email sent to Glastonbury organisers, including Emily Eavis, accusing Kneecap of expressing support for "two banned terrorist organisations", Hamas and Hezbollah, at Coachella festival in April.</p> <p>"Whilst we all support free speech, we cannot accept it when it drifts into whipping up hateful rhetoric that is essentially denying <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>'s right to exist," the email read. </p> <p>In response, the popstar dropped Levy. "Dua made sure through her people that David Levy wasn't working on her music any more. She is very openly pro-Palestine and that doesn't align with David. She views him as being a supporter of Israel's war in Gaza," a music industry source <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15118465/Dua-Lipa-dumps-manager-tried-Kneecap-barred-Glastonbury-anti-Semitism-storm.html" target="_blank">told</a> the Mail on Sunday.</p> <p>Lipa, the daughter of Kosovan Albanian parents, is a vocal supporter of Palestinian liberation. "The whole world is mobilising to stop the <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/explainers/meaning-definition-what-genocide-israel-gaza" target="_blank">Israeli genocide</a>. Please show your solidarity with Gaza," she <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/trending/rafah-massacre-dua-lipa-calls-end-israel-genocide-gaza" target="_blank">posted</a> on Instagram in May 2024. </p> <p>In May this year, she was <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/over-300-artists-public-figures-call-uk-starmer-end-arms-sales-israel" target="_blank">among </a>hundreds of artists to call on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to end UK arms sales to Israel. </p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Dua Lipa performs onstage at Madison Square Garden on 20 September 2025 in New York City (Arturo Holmes/ Getty Images via AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="1dc9cbdd-3b9c-4d6e-a1c8-fcfa23d9f747" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/Dua%20Lipa%20afp.jpeg" width="1400" height="788" alt="Dua Lipa performs onstage at Madison Square Garden on 20 September 2025 in New York City (Arturo Holmes/ Getty Images via AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Dua Lipa performs onstage at Madison Square Garden on 20 September 2025 in New York City (Arturo Holmes/ Getty Images via AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url("https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png") rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article> https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/dua-lipa-drops-agent-over-campaign-against-pro-palestine-group-kneecap