Qatar World Cup music: The artists who refused to perform

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The real legacy of this tournament will be how Fifa, Qatar, and anyone profiting from this World Cup left families of thousands of migrant workers indebted after they died and left many migrant workers who had their wages stolen uncompensated,” a spokesperson warned in October. And the Iranians should be out too for supplying arms.” Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up Enjoy unlimited access to 100 million ad-free songs and podcasts with Amazon Music Sign up now for a 4 month free trial Sign up While Stewart did not appear to have been invited again, this time to perform at the World Cup, his comments were widely praised as a strong stance ahead of the event. Dua Lipa open image in gallery Dua Lipa said she would not go to the country until it had ‘fulfilled all the human rights pledges’ Dua Lipa is another artist to have dismissed any speculation that she will perform at the opening ceremony of the World Cup. I will be cheering England on from afar and I look forward to visiting Qatar when it has fulfilled all the human rights pledges it made when it won the right to host.” The Fifa World Cup will be taking place in Qatar between 20 November and 18 December.