British duo Sleaford Mods have cultivated a reputation as a fearlessly political group, but they disappointed a lot of people when they seemed appalled at the idea of taking a stand on the issue of Israel’s weeks-long bombardment of Gaza. Earlier this month, Sleaford Mods cut a Madrid show short after someone threw a Palestinian scraf onstage. On Twitter, singer Jason Williamson write, “Don’t be asking me to pick sides for something I ain’t got any real idea about, at a gig.” Now, the group appears to be changing its tune a bit.

In a new social-media statement, Jason Williamson writes that he wants to give “some context” for what happened in Madrid. He says that the group left the stage after repeated “interruptions” from someone in the crowd, which he found ‘distracting and upsetting.” He also writes, “I don’t have the answers,” and he joins the growing number of people demanding a ceasefire in Gaza: “There needs to be a meaningful ceasefire. The slaughter needs to stop.” Here’s the full statement.

Some context is needed about Madrid.

I’m horrified by the atrocities committed in Gaza and Israel and I’m horrified by the atrocities committed elsewhere in the world that are not in the current news cycle.

I’m angry about the manipulation of human grief and rage by politicians, the media, agitators, and social media platforms to stoke the fire of separation, dehumanisation, division and hate.

In Madrid the show was repeatedly interrupted by someone in the audience shouting and throwing a flag/scarf on stage. I stopped the show to make comment, condemned civilian deaths and called for no more killing.

This wasn’t enough and the interruptions continued. I walked off stage after 80 minutes as the cumulative effect was distracting and upsetting.

The tweet in the aftermath was an attempt to apologise to those at the show, not comment widely on the ongoing atrocities.

I’m as overwhelmed as you are and I don’t have the answers, all I know is we are all human and there needs to be a meaningful ceasefire. The slaughter needs to stop.

No more. No more killing. NO MORE.

Jason.