Nick Cave speaks out against boycotting songs because of creators’ actions

Australian singer-songwriter told the Hay festival that ‘the best of artists shouldn’t be punished because of the worst of them’

Nick Cave has said that boycotting songs because of the actions of the artist “is not a very good way to go about things”.

The Australian singer-songwriter told the Hay festival: “Making art – especially making music – it prevents you from becoming the worst aspects of your character, and that’s why I very much think we need to be very, very careful about the music we don’t think people should listen to any more because of what the artist who has made that music may have been like,” the Australian singer-songwriter said.