Irish Comedian Joanne McNally pulls out of Latitude 2024

Joanne McNally has pulled out of Latitude 2024 making her the fourth Irish act to withdrawal from the festival.

British comedian Alexandra Haddow has also pulled out of the festival, the two were both set to be headline acts for the event.

McNally announced her withdrawal from the festival on social media last week:

“I’m getting messages today about me performing at Latitude when it’s being sponsored by Barclays” she said over Instagram.

“I’m no longer doing Latitude. I was due to close the comedy tent on the Sunday night but I pulled out last week.”

“I’m on the old artwork, but I haven’t been listed on the site since I pulled it out a week ago.”

McNally's decision to pull out of Latitude comes days after CMAT announced that she would be withdrawing from the festival due to the festival's main sponsors, Barclays, and their reported ties to Israel:

“You may or may not be aware, but Latitude’s main sponsor is Barclays bank, who have been revealed to have increased their financing of various companies who are supplying weapons and military technology to Israel”, she wrote on Instagram.

“Specifically, it has invested over £100 Million into General Dynamics which provides gun systems to the fighter jets which are being used by Israel to bombard Gaza.”

“I will not allow my precious work, my music, which I love so much, to get into bed with violence. Myself, and the entire CMAT touring crew who I love so much, refuse to be complicit in genocide.”

 

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Pillow Queens were the first band to announce that they were boycotting the festival, the six piece Irish band Thumper have also said that they will no longer be a part of Latitude 2024 in solidarity of Palestine.

The Latitude withdrawals follows the major boycott of the The Great Escape festival in Brighton last month, which saw over 100 acts pull out due to the festival's association with Barclays.

Latitude is renowned for being one of the largest festival's in Britain, headline acts this year include, Duran Duran, Kasabian, Rick Astley and Future Islands along with some Irish acts such as Lankum and The Mary Wallopers .The festival is set  to take place at Henham Park in Suffolk later next month between July 25 and 28.