MUSIC-NORTH KOREA/LAIBACH Pop group Laibach say they will play North Korea

Record ID: 146605

  • Title: MUSIC-NORTH KOREA/LAIBACH Pop group Laibach say they will play North Korea
  • Date: 15th July 2015
  • Summary: INTERNET (JULY 15, 2015) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF WEBSITE
  • Embargoed: 30th July 2015 13:00
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  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA8EU6RP35CQ13FHU52K4MBLCQW
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Controversial Slovenian pop group Laibach have announced on their website that they will be performing in North Korea in concerts scheduled for August 19 and 20 in Pyongyang.
    Called the 'Liberation Day Tour', the band says on its website that the concerts will 'coincide with the 70th anniversary of the Korean peninsula's liberation from Japanese colonization and subsequent division into two enemy states'.
    The concerts will also be subject of a documentary film scheduled to premiere in 2016.
    Talking to BBC News, the band's video director Morten Traavik said that the pop group, which tends to wear military uniforms stage, "wasn't a band making statements, but a band that is always questioning contemporary attitudes."
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