Editors pull out of Park Live in Kazakhstan over Russian tech company sponsor
Editors have pulled out of Park Life festival in Almaty, Kazakhstan, due to concerns over its Russian sponsor.READ MORE: Editors – ‘EBM’ review: brooding bangers show flashes of their very bestThe Birmingham six-piece were due to play the festival in Kazakhstan’s largest city, but announced on Instagram earlier today (July 9) that they are no longer involved.“As some people are aware,” they wrote, “We have been in talks to play Park Live festival in Almaty, Kazakhstan.Editors, who recently played a show at the newly reopened O2 Academy Brixton, continued: “However, having now been informed who the sponsor of the event is, we have decided to withdraw our involvement. We dearly hope to come to Kazakhstan in the future, under different circumstances.”A post shared by EDITORS (@editorsofficial)Yandex, a Russian technology company based in Moscow, is sponsoring the festival, which is calling itself Yandex Park Live.