Suzanne Harrington: If we can see what's happening then so can global pop and sports icons

Jazz group The Cookers cancelled their New Year’s Eve concert at Washington’s Kennedy Centre — they have spoken out about not being morally able to perform in a 'a venue bearing a name… that represents overt racism'

Demonstrators protest at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts a day after a Trump-appointed board voted to add President Donald Trump's name to the Kennedy Center. Picture: AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson

We all have hopes and dreams for 2026. It’s 10 years on Saturday since David Bowie’s departure — and the world is overdue some hazy cosmic realignment after a decade of diamond dogshit. Dare we hope that 2026 is the year when our biggest global superstars find their voices and start speaking up?

Not just to sell us more of their product, but to start using their global platforms — and insane wealth — beyond their own interests. To speak up for those with no voices who are currently being pounded into the ground. Palestine, Sudan, Congo... take your pick.