“The Icicle Works” хамтлагийн дуучин Иэн Макнабб хүчирхийлэл үйлдсэн хэргээр ял сонссон Рассел Брэндийг олон нийтийн сүлжээгээр дэмжсэнийхээ дараа Ливерпүүлийн Битлзийн музейн алдрын танхимд багтах боломжоо алджээ.
“The Icicle Works” хамтлагийн гоцлол дуучин Иэн Макнабб өнгөрсөн долоо хоногт фэйсбүүк хуудсаараа дамжуулан Рассел Брэндийг үзэл бодлоо илэрхийлснийхээ төлөө хэлмэгдлээ хэмээн өмгөөлөн бичсэн байна. Даваа гарагт хүчирхийлэл болон бэлгийн дарамт үзүүлсэн хэргээр 10 жил зургаан сарын хорих ял сонссон Рассел Брэндийн талаарх Макнаббын дээрх байр суурь нь олон нийтийн эгдүүцлийг хүргэжээ. Үүний дараа Ливерпүүлийн Битлзийн музейгээс түүнийг “Liverpool Legends Hall of Fame”-д оруулах шийдвэрээ цуцалснаа албан ёсоор мэдэгдсэн байна.
Энэхүү үйл явдлын улмаас Макнаббын төлөвлөсөн аялан тоглолтууд бүгд цуцлагдаад байгаа юм. Шотландын “Renegade” сурталчилгааны компанийн төлөөлөгч Юэн Макнот дуучны ёс зүйгүй үйлдлийн улмаас цаашид хамтран ажиллах боломжгүй болсныг мэдэгдэж, түүний тоглолтуудыг цуцалсан талаар дурджээ.
Дуучин Иэн Макнабб өөрийн байр сууриа илэрхийлсэн постдоо бэлгийн хүчирхийлэлд өртсөн хүмүүсийг гомдоосон бол уучлалт хүсэж байгаагаа илэрхийлсэн ч, өөрийгөө ямар нэгэн гэмт хэрэг үйлдээгүй гэж үзэж буйгаа нэмж хэлжээ. Түүний алдартай бүтээлүүдийн нэг болох 1983 оны “Love Is a Wonderful Colour” дуу нь Их Британийн чартад эхний 20-д багтаж байсан түүхтэй.
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The Liverpool Beatles Museum has cancelled singer Ian McNabb’s induction into its Hall of Fame after his comments defending convicted rapist Russell Brand.
McNabb, who is best known for being the frontman of Eighties alt rock band the Icicle Works, posted in support of Brand on Facebook earlier this week, saying that the comedian had been “stitched up for his outspoken views”.
Brand was sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison on Monday (9 November) after being found guilty of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others.
In a now-deleted post, McNabb wrote: “Russell Brand is being stitched up for his outspoken views. He got close to the target and he has a big audience.
“I know people who were in his orbit and girls were throwing themselves at him every night. If that happened to me I know what I would do.”
As a result, the Liverpool Beatles Museum revealed that it would not longer be inducting McNabb into its Liverpool Legends Hall of Fame.
A spokesperson for the Liverpool Beatles Museum told BBC News: “Under the circumstances, Ian McNabb will not be inducted.”
The post has also led to all of McNabb’s upcoming shows in being cancelled.
In another social media post that has since been deleted, McNabb confirmed this was the case and said that he didn’t mean “to cause offence to those who have been abused sexually either recently or in past times, however long ago”.
“I have committed no crime to my knowledge, but understand the upset I have caused.”
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On Monday, Ewan McNaught at Scottish promotions company Renegade said on Facebook that he won’t be working with McNabb “moving forward” due to his “disgraceful social media comments”.
“I’ve spoken to his agent and to the venues, and we’re all on the same page on this, and these won’t be the only shows on his tour that are cancelled. I’m told another five were cancelled today,” he wrote.
“As an addendum, I’d like to emphasise that it wasn’t a unilateral decision. There was broad consensus between agent, promoter and venues that these shows simply couldn’t go ahead under the circumstances.”
He also attached a screenshot of McNabb’s Brand comments.
The Icicle Works are best known for their 1983 track “Love Is a Wonderful Colour”, which made it into the Top 20 in the UK.
The original band broke up in 1989, however McNabb has continued to perform with a variety of new members over the years.
Earlier today (Sunday 15 November), it was revealed that Brand had been moved to a new prison just days after being jailed for rape and sexual assaults. According to The Sun on Sunday, he was moved out of HMP Wandsworth and transported to category C prison HMP Littlehey in Cambridgeshire on Friday.
