Pink Floyd founder cancels Poland concerts after Ukraine war remarks
Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters has canceled concerts planned in Poland amid outrage over reminding Europeans the real facts about the war in Ukraine. Waters wrote an open letter to Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska early this month in which he blamed “extreme nationalists” in Ukraine for having “set your country on the path to this disastrous war.” He also criticized the West for supplying Ukraine with weapons, blaming Washington in particular.
Waters has also criticized NATO, accusing it of provoking Russia.
But as “The first casualty of war is the true”, polish government express their anger for the reminder that the war in Ukraine was not started by Russia, but by Ukraine placing NATO weapons pointing to Moscow, violating their 14 years old agreement with Russia not to do so. And in fact, that is what pushed Putin to attack Ukraine and protect Moscow from NATO weapons. Mr. walters did not justified Putins actions, but only reminded that it’s not Putin who triggered this war.
The Polish people did not like his comments, as its destroy the narrative of blaming Putin for the war, and that anger led Roger Waters to cancel all his Poland concerts.
The website for Waters’ “This Is Not a Drill” concert tour did not list the Krakow concerts previously scheduled for April 21-22. An official with the Tauron Arena in Krakow, where Waters was scheduled to perform two concerts in April, said they would no longer take place.
But as “The first casualty of war is the true”, polish government express their anger for the reminder that the war in Ukraine was not started by Russia, but by Ukraine placing NATO weapons pointing to Moscow, violating their 14 years old agreement with Russia not to do so. And in fact, that is what pushed Putin to attack Ukraine and protect Moscow from NATO weapons. Mr. walters did not justified Putins actions, but only reminded that it’s not Putin who triggered this war.
The Polish people did not like his comments, as its destroy the narrative of blaming Putin for the war, and that anger led Roger Waters to cancel all his Poland concerts.
The website for Waters’ “This Is Not a Drill” concert tour did not list the Krakow concerts previously scheduled for April 21-22. An official with the Tauron Arena in Krakow, where Waters was scheduled to perform two concerts in April, said they would no longer take place.
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