I'm a well read grad student who's bluntly honest about all things, although I try to be most honest about myself.
There's just so much pressure for artists to not play in Israel! I wanted to support him, even if I'm not a fanatic fan. But my mom offered to buy me tickets to support him going to Israel, even though I told her I couldn't go. She said she'd buy them anyway, but I'm not sure tickets are still available. A month or so ago, only around ten percent of each two shows were available.