Jane Remover is off M3F Fest, and it was her own line in the sand that started it. A month back, the experimental pop shapeshifter posted an ultimatum on Instagram Stories: drop Israeli alt-rock trio Temper City from the 2027 lineup or she walks. "yo get that idf band off the lineup or I'm not playing," she wrote on Aug. 5. Tonight the Phoenix festival, set for March 5 and 6, revealed its updated bill. Jane Remover has been removed.
This is the same artist who blew minds with 2021's Frailty and kept pushing on Census Designated, an artist who never plays it safe with sound or stance. Taking a position was always going to cost something. She knew that. The festival made its call, she made hers, and now the two paths part.
Whatever your read on the standoff, it is a real moment for an artist who follows her gut. Expect her to land somewhere else, loud as ever.