The British musician affirms that “it would have been nice” to play his song ‘The Killing of Georgie’ during the World Cup, which narrates the murder of a gay friend in the 1970s
british musician Rod Steward has revealed that turned down an offer of over a million dollars (960,000 euros) to act during the World Cup in Qatar for moral reasons.
“They offered me a lot of money, more than a million dollars, to play there fifteen months ago. I turned it down” because “It’s not right to go” to that World Cup, Stewart told the British newspaper “The Sunday Times” in an interview in which he was asked about the lack of gay rights in Qatar.
“Fans should be careful,” said the musician, who assured that “it would have been nice” to play his song during the World Cup ‘The Killing of Georgie’, which chronicles the murder of a gay friend in the 1970s.
Born in London, although to a Scottish father, the 77-year-old musician regretted that Scotland did not qualify for the competition. Asked if he will back England, he wryly replies: “No, Brazil.”
The also British Dua Lipafor his part, denied that she was invited to perform at the World Cup in Qatar and assured that he will cheer on the English team “from afar”.
“I hope to visit Qatar when it has fulfilled all the human rights promises it made when it won the right to host the World Cup,” the 27-year-old artist said on Instagram.