 Genting Arena, where Bpoplive was set to be held | |
| Date | 8 May 2016 (cancelled) 19 June 2016 (cancelled) |
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| Location | Genting Arena, Birmingham |
| Type | Concert and political rally |
| Theme | Brexit |
| Organized by | Leave.EU and Brexit Live |
| Website | http://www.bpoplive.co.uk/ |
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Bpoplive (also marketed as Brexit Live presents bpopLIVE) was a planned music festival and political rally in support of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union ("Brexit"), supported by the pressure group Leave.EU and scheduled to be held on 19 June 2016 at Genting Arena, Birmingham.[1] The proposed line-up for the event was changed several times, as artists pulled out complaining that they had not been told that it was a political event.[1][2][3] The original plan was for three events to be held in the run-up to the EU membership referendum, but the concert, which was to be held on 8 May 2016, was cancelled when all of the line-up except Phats and Small pulled out.[4]
Leave.EU denied that the event was political, and said that it was a non-partisan event to increase voter registration among young people, claiming that the presence of Leave.EU logos and anti-EU speakers on Bpoplive promotional material was "a miscommunication",[2] but the event has been widely referred to in the media as a "Brexit concert"[3][5] or "anti-EU music festival"[2][4] and in the original press release as "the biggest political rally in modern British history".[6] Politicians from the Leave.EU campaign were also set to speak at the concert.[3]
- ^ a b Jim Waterson (24 May 2016). "Alesha Dixon Quits Anti-EU Music Festival". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ a b c Jim Waterson (4 April 2016). "Bands Pull Out Of Anti-EU Music Festival After They Learn It's Anti-EU". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ a b c Justin Harp (25 May 2016). "East 17 will NOT be performing at a pro-Brexit concert alongside Nigel Farage". Digital Spy. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ a b Marina Hyde (15 April 2016). "Clear your diary – the anti-Europe pop gig is off". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
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