Singer will headline the country's biggest music festival despite opposition from Islamist leaders over his homosexualityDespite opposition from Morocco's religious conservatives, the country's biggest music festival has announced that it will proceed with a concert by Elton John. Islamist leaders had called for him to be banned from the Mawazine World Rhythms festival for "bragging about his homosexuality".Unlike the Egyptian government, which recently called off a concert by John after lobbyin...
Reuters — RABAT (Reuters) - Elton John will headline Morocco's biggest music festival this week despite calls by religious conservatives for the gay singer to be turned away, the e... more info
Guardian Music — Singer will headline the country's biggest music festival despite opposition from Islamist leaders over his homosexualityDespite opposition from Morocco's religious conse... more info
ContactMusic — Sir Elton John is to headline a music festival in Morocco, despite protests from Islamic political parties.The openly gay musician has agreed to top the bill at... more info
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Elton John will be headlining Morocco's Mawazine World Rhythms festival despite protests from religious conservatives saying he should be turned away because o... more info