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Taylor Swift may be one of the biggest pop stars on the planet, but her two Dublin dates (June 15 and 16) are part of a slew of concerts yet to sell out on her world tour. The Daily Telegraph reports that tickets are still available for all of the American singerās US and UK gigs. Meanwhile, with the pro- Palestinian boycott of Israel very much in the news recently following Lordeās cancellation of a gig in Tel Aviv, Irish opera singer Celine Byrne, pictured above, is among the artists facing calls not to perform in the Middle Eastern state. The 37-year-old soprano is due to appear in Mozartās Don Giovanni with the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv in February.
The Irish Palestinian Solidarity Campaign had called on Byrne to join a boycott that has been quite divisive in the music industry. Roger Waters of Pink Floyd has been among the most vocal proponents of an anti- Aparthied style cultural boycott of Israel, but Radiohead and Nick Cave were among the major acts who played in the country last year. Byrne looks set to join the latter camp, and earlier this week tweeted: āIām looking forward to performing @IsraeliOperaā.
