Benefits share powerful statement on Armistice Day and the Israel-Palestine war
nme.comBenefits has shared a powerful statement regarding the ongoing Israel-Palestine war as well as Armistice Day.On November 9, the band took to their official Instagram account to discuss the current state of the world, specifically the ongoing Israel-Palestine war. “For the last week, we’ve travelled around a chunk of Northern Europe going from major city to major city with absolute ease.
The people we’ve met on our travels couldn’t have been more welcoming, friendly and helpful,” began their statement.They went on to highlight the luck and privilege they have being in the position to be able to travel the world and play on stages alongside some of their heroes every night.
Their statement went in to discuss how they have “casually driven past fields where tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians died in our grandparents living memory.
Town and city names on road signs are familiar to us as battlegrounds or from old war movies.”The band goes on to share that they have “shuffled down the boulevards of cities that were bombed to ruins” and “performed in an ex Nazi bunker”, all done in total safety.A post shared by BENEFITS THE BAND (@benefitsuk)“You can see where I’m going here but, of course, wars aren’t comparable,” the statement continued. “History, and how it’s told, can play tricks.
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