Dua Lipa drops agent over campaign against pro-Palestine group Kneecap

British popstar Dua Lipa has parted ways with her agent David Levy after he campaigned to stop pro-Palestinian Irish rap group Kneecap from performing at Glastonbury festival.

Levy, who works for the global talent agency William Morris Endeavour (WME), was the first signatory to an email sent to Glastonbury organisers, including Emily Eavis, accusing Kneecap of expressing support for "two banned terrorist organisations", Hamas and Hezbollah, at Coachella festival in April.

"Whilst we all support free speech, we cannot accept it when it drifts into whipping up hateful rhetoric that is essentially denying Israel's right to exist," the email read.

In response, the popstar dropped Levy. "Dua made sure through her people that David Levy wasn't working on her music any more. She is very openly pro-Palestine and that doesn't align with David. She views him as being a supporter of Israel's war in Gaza," a music industry source told the Mail on Sunday.

Lipa, the daughter of Kosovan Albanian parents, is a vocal supporter of Palestinian liberation. "The whole world is mobilising to stop the Israeli genocide. Please show your solidarity with Gaza," she posted on Instagram in May 2024.

In May this year, she was among hundreds of artists to call on British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to end UK arms sales to Israel.