U2 to Face Protesters at Glastonbury
June 24, 2011
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With U2 landing at Glastonbury this weekend with their enormous stage and coming off being awarded the title of highest-grossing touring act of all time and highest earning musicians of the year, a gaggle of protesters has decided to face the rock band with placards and signs denouncing their tax evasion practices. U2 often promote civil rights and debt relief among other social causes but have moved their entire corporate base out of Ireland to the Netherlands which doesn’t tax music royalties as heavily. Protesters claim that U2 moved a significant amount of wealth out of Ireland at a time when the country is facing austerity measures and could use the taxes from the money U2 earns to help face the economic downturn.
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