Roger Waters

2023 - 3 - 16

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Roger Waters threatens legal action over German concert ... (The Guardian)

Waters was accused of being 'a widely known antisemite' in Frankfurt council instruction to cancel concert, with other German cities also proposing ...

Mr Waters believes that if this blatant attempt to silence him is left unchallenged it could have serious, far-reaching consequences for artists and activists all over the world.” Tickets are currently still on sale for all of his German tour dates. A plaque was installed in 1991 to commemorate the events there. “The city of Munich is wasting taxpayer money on something that cannot be successful,” Höcker said. A coalition of parties in Munich’s city council also filed a motion for Waters’ concert at the city’s Olympiahalle on 21 May to be cancelled. He has long denied antisemitism and claimed that his enmity is with Israel rather than Judaism, and has accused Israel of “abusing the term antisemitism to intimidate people, like me, into silence”. The Star of David represents Israel and its policies and is legitimately subject to any and all forms of non violent protest.

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Roger Waters takes legal action over axing of concerts he calls a ... (Sky News)

Pink Floyd co-founder and bassist Roger Waters has vowed to take legal action after a planned concert in Frankfurt was cancelled by officials who branded ...

A spokesperson for Frankfurt City Council told Sky News that event organiser Messe Frankfurt will be instructed to terminate the contract with the concert agency, adding that "the letter of termination for this is currently being voted on". "He repeatedly called for a cultural boycott of Israel and drew comparisons to the apartheid regime in South Africa, and put pressure on artists to cancel events in Israel." But a statement issued by Frankfurt City Council said: "The background to the cancellation is the persistent anti-Israel behaviour of the former Pink Floyd frontman, who is considered one of the most widely spread antisemites in the world. [Waters](https://news.sky.com/topic/roger-waters-7117) denies being antisemitic and in a statement issued on Thursday has described the cancellation as a "blatant attempt to silence him". However, Frankfurt city council and the Hessian state government agreed to cancel the show in a bid to "set an example against antisemitism" last month. Waters, 79, has lashed out at the "unjustifiable decision" to cancel a planned show at Frankfurt's Festhalle in May as part of his This Is Not A Drill European tour - but officials said they wanted to "set an example against" antisemitism.

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Roger Waters takes legal action over German concert cancellation (Crow River Media)

Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters has vowed to take legal action against officials in Frankfurt and Munich over their plans to cancel his gigs due to ...

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Roger Waters threatens to take legal action against “unjustifiable ... (NME.com)

Roger Waters may take legal action following motions to cancel upcoming show – something which he believes to be an attempt to “silence him”.

[labelling him as “another brick in the wall” of Russian propaganda](https://www.nme.com/news/music/ukraine-ambassador-calls-roger-waters-another-brick-in-the-wall-of-russian-propaganda-3395274). currently “taking advice as to his position” regarding the claims. Here, Samson described the musician as “antisemitic to [his] rotten core” and “a Putin apologist and a lying, thieving, hypocritical, tax-avoiding, lip-synching, misogynistic, sick-with-envy, megalomaniac.” The motion, made by the Hessian State Government, led to Waters’ concert in Frankfurt (May 28) being cancelled, and a similar motion arising against his show in Munich (May 21). He added that he was. [David Gilmour](https://www.nme.com/artists/david-gilmour) and his wife, Polly Samson, [took to social media last month to share their thoughts on the musician](https://www.nme.com/news/music/david-gilmour-attacks-former-pink-floyd-bandmate-roger-waters-social-media-3393588).

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Roger Waters takes legal action after German concerts cancelled (Far Out Magazine)

Former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters is taking legal action following some of his German shows being cancelled for alleged antisemitism.

On 28 February 2023, a motion was introduced in the Munich City Council to cancel the concert scheduled for 21 May 2023, in the Munich Olympiahalle. The statement adds: “In February 2023, the Hessian State Government and then the Magistrate of the City of Frankfurt announced their extraordinary and prejudicial intention to cancel a concert scheduled to be performed by Roger Waters at the Festhalle in Frankfurt on 28 May. Now, in a press release from Mark Fenwick Management – London, on behalf of “Mr George Roger Waters”, it has been revealed that he is taking legal action following his cancelled shows in Germany.

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Roger Waters is pursuing legal action against the “unconstitutional ... (BusinessMole)

Roger Waters has announced that he is pursuing legal action against the “unconstitutional” decision of a German city council to cancel his May 28 concert ...

Just a few days later, on 28 February, a proposal was submitted in Munich’s City Council to annul the performance booked for 21 May at Munich Olympiahalle. As a result of this unilateral, politically motivated action, Mr Waters has instructed his lawyers to take all necessary steps to overturn this unjustifiable decision as soon as possible. Freedom of speech is defended by Roger Waters against cancel culture

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Roger Waters takes legal action over axed gigs (IQ Magazine)

The Pink Floyd co-founder has hit back at attempts to cancel his upcoming shows in Frankfurt and Munich over allegations of antisemitism.

[a cross-party group of politicians in Germany joined forces to demand the cancellation of Waters’ Cologne date](https://www.iq-mag.net/2023/02/calls-to-cancel-roger-waters-concerts-in-germany/) due to his comments on the war in Ukraine. The site is also of historical significance as [Two scheduled concerts by Waters ](https://www.iq-mag.net/2022/09/roger-waters-poland-gigs-off-amid-ukraine-row/) [at Tauron Arena in Krakow, Poland, ](https://www.iq-mag.net/2022/09/roger-waters-poland-gigs-off-amid-ukraine-row/) [were cancelled](https://www.iq-mag.net/2022/09/roger-waters-poland-gigs-off-amid-ukraine-row/) last year over the same issue. [address the UN Security Council via video link last month](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64580688), Waters used the platform to condemn Russia’s “illegal” invasion of Ukraine “in the strongest possible terms”, but repeated his claim that it “was not unprovoked, so I also condemn the provocateurs in the strongest possible terms”. The Pink Floyd co-founder was scheduled to perform in Germany at Barclays Arena in Hamburg (7 May), Cologne’s Lanxess Arena (9 May), Mercedes Benz Arena in Berlin (17-18 May), Munich’s Olympiahalle (21 May) and Festhalle Frankfurt (28 May) as part of his This Is Not a Drill tour. [moves to cancel his upcoming concerts](https://www.iq-mag.net/2023/02/calls-to-cancel-roger-waters-concerts-in-germany/) in Frankfurt and Munich.

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Who is Roger Waters? Pink Floyd co-founder tries to keep German ... (Evening Standard)

Frankfurt City Council has called off the singer's May concert amid antisemitism allegations.

He condemned Russia’s invasion, but said it was “not unprovoked” and that he “condemned the provocateurs in the strongest possible terms”. He said America was “the main aggressor” and that the war was “provoked beyond all measure”. Waters said it was one of several religious and political symbols in the show and not an attempt to single out Judaism. [to make serious accusations](https://twitter.com/PollySamson/status/1622513762602205184?lang=en) against Waters. The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, his debut solo studio album, has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In a 2017 interview, Waters again likened Israel’s public diplomacy to Nazi Germany: “The thing about propaganda – again, it’s not hard to go back to [Paul Joseph] Goebbels [the propagandist for the Nazi Party] or the 1930s. [Frankfurt](/topic/frankfurt) City Council last week called off the singer’s concert, scheduled for May 28, saying Waters was [“considered one of the most widely spread antisemites in the world”](https://www.jta.org/2023/02/27/default/frankfurt-cancels-roger-waters-concert-calling-him-one-of-the-worlds-most-well-known-antisemites). Waters’ solo career has included four studio albums: The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking (1984), Radio K.A.O.S. He has long denied antisemitism and claimed that his enmity is with Israel rather than Judaism, and has accused Israel of “abusing the term antisemitism to intimidate people, like me, into silence”. Waters began a legal dispute over the use of the band’s name and material. [Israel](/topic/israel). Since Waters’ exit, the band members have been engaged in a notorious on-and-off feud.

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