"Exit-festivalen har aldrig ställt in någon artists framträdande på grund av deras politiska åsikter eller uttalanden", säger Bojan Boskovic vid ledningen för Exit-festivalen i serbiska Novi Sad i en kommentar till Iceland Review.Björks manager hävdade att den isländska superstjärnan petats från festivalen sedan hon tillägnat Kosovo låten "Declare Independence". Hur det egentligen blir med konserten är oklart. Boskovic dementerar visserligen att Björk ratats, men kan heller inte bekräfta att hon faktiskt kommer att få uppträda.
Under den pågående turnén har "Declare Independence" även tillägnats Färöarna, Grönland, Baskien och Tibet. Det senare skedde i Shanghai i söndags.
I en intervju före konserten i Kina sa hon så här till Smart Shanghai om "Declare Independence":
"In Iceland there's been a lot of talk, like everywhere on the planet, about terrorism and the war in Iraq and all this... Part of it, I find kind of very interesting and the other part of it I find almost close to ridiculous, so I think a lot of it for me is humor. I think this may be one thing that people don't realise about me. There is a lot of self-parody going on. For example with the track 'Declare Independence', every time I hear that track, the beginning of it, I just start laughing because it’s just so extreme and there is kind of like a totally "anti-everything" kind of person who is very ... walking with banners and protesting and very green ... and you know, I just find it very comical, these kinds of personalities. But, yeah, I do believe that music can solve things. Probably a bit naïve, but I think sometimes it's better just to go out on a Saturday night, have a few drinks, just go and thump your feet for a few hours and you wake up the next day and you have solved a couple of things."
Här kan du läsa om uppståndelsen kring uttalandena om Kosovo och här kring Tibet.
