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Sigur Ros Release Statement Ahead Of Margaret Court Arena Show

by Paul Cashmere on June 9, 2017

in News

Iceland band Sigur Ros have come out in support of Marriage Equality and against homophobe Margaret Court, whose name is wrapped around the Melbourne venue they are scheduled to play.

Sigur Ros say in their statement that they oppose Court’s views and will commission a special marriage equality t-shirt to be sold at the Melbourne show.

Tennis champ Margaret Court has made outrageous homophobic statements in the past month causing many to call for the removal of her name from the sports and entertainment venue.

Google Maps temporarily changed the name of the venue to Evonne Goolagong Arena this week.

here is the full Sigur Ros statement:

DEAR MELBOURNE & AUSTRALIA,

Since we formed Sigur Rós some twenty years ago, we have been lucky enough to visit Australia seven times. We’re very much looking forward to our eighth visit this July.

We are currently in the middle of our worldwide tour, playing more than 130 shows and visiting 39 countries. Along the way we have played some of the world’s finest venues, and we’re finishing with a residence at the Harpa Concert Hall in our home town of Reykjavík, Iceland at the end of this year.

Our next Melbourne show is set to take place on July 27th at Margaret Court Arena. Our fans and friends have made us aware of recent comments by Margaret Court regarding her opposition to Qantas’s support of same sex marriage in Australia, and her wider views on race and sexuality.

Iceland is a country where same sex partnerships have been recognised since 1996, and where same sex couples have enjoyed the same adoption rights as straight couples since 2006. Same sex marriages were unanimously approved in our parliament in 2010 (our then prime minister, JóhannaSigurðardóttir, was the world’s first openly gay pm, and one of the very first Icelanders to be married under this legislation). We are also happy to say that since 2008 the church of Iceland, and all other religions, were officially granted permission to bless same sex unions.

We know Margaret Court’s opinions are not shared by the majority of Australians. We want to add our voice to the call for marriage equality in Australia —right here on Margaret Court Arena itself. Australia should be a country that celebrates positivity and inclusion, as well as achievement on the sporting field.

We’ve decided to commission a special tee-shirt for this Melbourne show, which we’ll also sell at our Sydney show and at splendour in the grass, proceeds from which will go towards support of Australian marriage equality.
Let’s make July 27th Margaret Court arena’s most inclusive night ever and call for every Australian to have the same dignity and respect right here on centre court.

Takk fyrir,
SIGUR RÓS

#MARRIAGEEQUALITY #SRMELBOURNE

An Evening With Sigur Rós
Tue 25 Jul – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
Thu 27 Jul – Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne

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