{"id":2444370,"date":"2019-05-19T10:24:12","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T16:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=837263"},"modified":"2019-05-19T10:24:12","modified_gmt":"2019-05-19T16:24:12","slug":"watch-madonna-and-quavo-perform-future-in-controversial-eurovision-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/music-news\/watch-madonna-and-quavo-perform-future-in-controversial-eurovision-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Madonna and Quavo Perform \u2018Future\u2019 in Controversial Eurovision Set"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/10240701b.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Despite calls for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/madonna\/\" id=\"auto-tag_madonna\" data-tag=\"madonna\">Madonna<\/a> to boycott Eurovision 2019 because of its location in Tel Aviv, Israel, the singer delivered what has been dubbed a controversial performance at the annual event Saturday. At the beginning of the night, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/madonna-new-album-madame-x-822165\/\"><em>Madame X<\/em><\/a> singer vaguely acknowledged the divisiveness of her appearance telling the audience, \u201cLet\u2019s never underestimate the power of music to bring people together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During a performance of her new single \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/madonna-quavo-future-song-listen-836542\/\">Future<\/a>,\u201d Madonna brought out Migos rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/quavo\/\" id=\"auto-tag_quavo\" data-tag=\"quavo\">Quavo<\/a> to perform a rendition in front of a projection of the phrase \u201cWAKE UP.\u201d The set also featured two dancers walking arm-in-arm with Israeli and Palestinian flags on their backs.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2ZjAbDnmsv8?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>While wearing <em>Game of Thrones<\/em>-like garb, Madonna also performed a haunting rendition of her 1989 hit \u201cLike A Prayer.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.7118644067797\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"fr\">Tremble Khaleesi ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Madonna?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@Madonna<\/a> et <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QuavoStuntin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@QuavoStuntin<\/a> viennent prendre le Tr\u00f4ne de Fer on dirait\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Eurovision?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">#Eurovision<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GameOfThrones?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">#GameOfThrones<\/a><\/p>\n<p>? La suite de leur performance sur <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hbLxAmmRIW\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/hbLxAmmRIW<\/a> : <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qGf5qWqlsM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/t.co\/qGf5qWqlsM<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u2kMSQXF5M\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/u2kMSQXF5M<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eurovision France ?? (@EurovisionF2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EurovisionF2\/status\/1129871573631098880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">May 18, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Palestinian Campaign For The Academic And Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PACBI\/status\/1128216262239297536\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">called<\/a>&nbsp;her set \u201cimmoral\u201d at a time when Palestinians are being brutally oppressed. \u201cAt a time when fewer and fewer major artists are performing in apartheid Tel Aviv, Eurovision is exactly what Israel\u2019s far-right government needs to distract from its crimes. Artwashing Israel\u2019s brutal oppression of Palestinians for a million dollars must be among the most immoral political agendas,\u201d the movement tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>The European Broadcasting Union, which co-produced Eurovision 2019 with Israel\u2019s national broadcaster released a statement following her performance&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-music-eurovision\/netherlands-wins-eurovision-contest-madonna-flag-display-causes-stir-idUSKCN1SO0RP?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=entertainmentNews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">saying<\/a> that Eurovision is non-political and it had no idea Israeli and Palestinian flags would be used. \u201cThis element of the performance was not cleared with the EBU and the Host Broadcaster, KAN,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-music-eurovision\/netherlands-wins-eurovision-contest-madonna-flag-display-causes-stir-idUSKCN1SO0RP?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=entertainmentNews\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">they said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/eurovision-song-contest\/\" id=\"auto-tag_eurovision-song-contest\" data-tag=\"eurovision-song-contest\">Eurovision Song Contest<\/a> is a non-political event and Madonna had been made aware of this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Madonna\u2019s 14th studio album <em>Madame X<\/em>&nbsp;is due June 14th, and features singles including \u201cFuture,\u201d \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-latin\/madonna-maluma-new-video-medellin-madame-x-826029\/\">Medellin<\/a>\u201d with Colombian pop star Maluma, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/hear-madonna-uplifting-new-single-i-rise-830753\/\">I Rise,<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/hear-madonna-swae-lee-team-up-crave-833798\/\">Crave<\/a>.\u201d She will also head out on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/madonna-madame-x-tour-831602\/\">North American tour<\/a> beginning September 12th at at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House in Brooklyn, New York for multiple nights.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/madonna-quavo-future-eurovision-controversy-837263\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite calls for Madonna to boycott Eurovision 2019 because of its location in Tel Aviv, Israel, the singer delivered what has been dubbed a controversial performance at the annual event Saturday. At the beginning of the night, the Madame X singer vaguely acknowledged the divisiveness of her appearance telling the audience, \u201cLet\u2019s never underestimate the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2444370","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 10:50:43","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444370\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}