The New Zealand promoter of the Big Day Out claims he was not aware of Beenie Man's homophobia controversy and will soon discuss the matter with the event's Aussie managers.
In a message sent to GayNZ.com and many alarmed music fans who contacted him to question why the anti-gay hate-mongering Jamaican reggae star was added to January's Gay Day Out line-up, Big Day Out's Kiwi promoter Campbell Smith promised to respond "substantively" to their concerns.
"We were not aware of this history regarding Beenie Man," read an emailed statement from a Big Day Out. Campbell Smith will be discussing this matter with the Big Day Out producers, and he will respond substantively as soon as he can."
Beenie Man is also scheduled to appear at Big Day Out dates in Sydney, the Gold Coast, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.
From Beenie Man's songs:
Han Up Deh
"Hang chi chi gal wid a long piece of rope" (Hang lesbians with a long piece of rope)
Damn
"I'm dreaming of a new Jamaica, come to execute all the gays"
Batty Man Fi Dead (Queers Must Be killed)
"All batty man fi dead!" (All faggots must be killed!)
From you fuck batty den a coppa and lead (If you fuck arse, then you get copper and lead [bullets)]
Nuh man nuh fi have a another man in a him bed.
(No man must have another man in his bed)
Roll Deep
"Roll deep motherfucka, kill pussy-sucker" (Pussy-sucker:a lesbian)
"Tek a Bazooka and kill batty-fucker" (Take a bazooka and kill gay men)
