Stop Murder Music France peacefully protest Capleton's tour in Paris

STOP MURDER MUSIC CAMPAIGN
CAPLETON IN PARIS:

MUSIC IS A RIGHT, CALLING FOR MURDER IS NOT!

Paris, Thursday 15 July 2010
Press release No. TR10INT09H

Jamaican singer CAPLETON appeared at L’ÉLYSÉE MONTMARTRE in Paris on Tuesday 13 July, without having committed himself never to call for the murder of LGBT people (lesbians, gays, bi- and trans-sexuals) whether in Jamaica, France or anywhere else in the world.

[1]
In fact, CAPLETON is well known for his provocative lyrics, present in 29 of his songs, such as "Burn out a queer, Blood out a queer" (from Bun Out de Chi Chi), "Sadomite and batty man mi shot up" (from Woah!) and "Yow, string them up and hang them up alive" (from Hang Dem Up).

[2]
In 2005, in Jamaica, Steven HARVEY, an activist in the struggle against AIDS was murdered because of his homosexuality. The activists of TJENBÉ RÈD (an Afro-Caribbean organisation fighting all forms of racism, homophobia and AIDS) were therefore present in front of the concert hall and addressed the fans with the following slogans:

CAPLETON - 29 SONGS AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS!
1 HUMAN BEING = 1 HUMAN BEING!
1 HOMO = 1 HETERO!
1 DEATH = 1 DEATH!
MUSIC IS A RIGHT, CALLING FOR MURDER IS NOT!

TJENBÉ RÈD deplores the fact that a venue as well known as L’ÉLYSEE MONTMARTRE is not more consistent in its programme arrangements. We recall that it hosted the official Paris’ Gay Pride event on the 26th of June this year.

For Tjenbé Rèd,
Chair, David AUERBACH CHIFFRIN
+33 (0)6 10 55 63 60

In the event of any differences between the English translation and the French original, the French text shall prevail.

15 juillet 2010 - Campagne Stop Murder Music - Capleton à Paris : La musique est un droit, l’appel au meutre pas ! - Communiqué de presse n°TR10INT09H
http://www.tjenbered.fr/2010/20100715-00.pdf [fr]
http://www.tjenbered.fr/2010/20100715-09.pdf [en]

Tour Schedule:
[1] Capleton Tour in France : Monday 5 July Montpellier (Rockstore) ;

Friday 9 et Saturday 10 July near Saint-Malo (during the Summer Reggae Fest, Fort Saint-Père) ;

Monday 12 July at Golfe-Juan (théâtre de la Mer - Jean-Marais, near Cannes) ;

Tuesday 13 July at Paris (in l’Elysée Montmartre) ;

Wednesday 21 July at Villeurbanne (CCO, Cultural Centre , near Lyons); between Thursday 22 and Saturday 24July at Biarritz (during the Big Festival, in the Iraty venue) ;

Thursday 23 July at Six-Fours-les-Plages (near Toulon, île de Gaou) ;

Saturday 31 juillet at Faverge(during the Roots Reggae Festival, at Simon-Berger park, near Annecy).

Archival info:
[2] 31 décembre 2004 - OutRage!/ Stop Murder Music/ Dancehall Dossier
http://www.petertatchell.net/popmusic/Dancehall-Dossier-FINAL.pdf [en]
http://www.tjenbered.fr/2004/20041231-99.pdf [en]

[3] 13 juillet 2010 - Tract distribué lors du concert de Capleton à l’Élysée Montmartre http://www.tjenbered.fr/2010/20100713-97.pdf

[4] 13 juillet 2010 - Pancartes et slogans utilisés lors du concert de Capleton à l’Élysée Montmartre http://www.tjenbered.fr/2010/20100713-98.pdf

ENDS

Thanks to SMM France for this and for standing for the community on a principle in some respects we have failed to properly and continuously execute. Artists are free to express themselves but to advocate death is just too much, right is right.

Peace and tolerance.

H