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Boy George visits the Nova Music Festival memorial site and prays for peace at the Western Wall ahead of his concerts in Israel
Boy George visited the Nova music festival memorial site in southern Israel, where he met survivors, former hostages and bereaved families, and prayed for peace at Jerusalem’s Western Wall. The visits came ahead of two concerts in Tel Aviv and highlighted his support for the Nova community and those rebuilding their lives after the 7 October 2023 attack.
The singer, whose real name is George O’Dowd, is due to perform on 4 and 7 November; the first concert has sold out. The second, titled “We Will Dance Again” and dedicated to the Nova community, will include 1,500 donated tickets for survivors and bereaved families. He also met President Isaac Herzog, who presented him with a sculpture inspired by the red anemones at the memorial site.
In short
- Boy George visited the Nova memorial and prayed for peace.
- He is performing two concerts in Tel Aviv.
- 1,500 tickets for the second show were donated to the Nova community.
Explained simply
The Nova festival was a dance music event held in southern Israel near the Gaza border. On 7 October 2023, Hamas-led attackers killed and abducted people at the festival as part of a wider assault on Israel; some survivors and families of those killed or taken hostage have since formed a community supporting one another.
The Western Wall is a site in Jerusalem regarded as holy in Judaism, and the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, is the country’s head of state. Boy George, whose real name is George O’Dowd, is a British singer best known as the lead vocalist of Culture Club. His visits connect his planned performances with people affected by the attack and the ongoing efforts to remember those who were killed and support survivors.
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