Placebo drop out of Kazakhstan’s Yandex Park Live
The festival has now lost two major international acts after British rock band Editors pulled out over the alleged Russian links of the headline sponsor
News By Lisa Henderson | 3 September 2024
Placebo have cancelled their headline performance at Kazakhstan’s Yandex Park Live, with less than a week to go until the festival.
The new festival has been launched by the organisers behind Moscow’s Park Live, which fell over in 2022 when a raft of international acts pulled out over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Placebo were among the acts that dropped out of the event, alongside My Chemical Romance, Slipknot, Biffy Clyro, Iggy Pop, Deftones, Royal Blood and The Killers.
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