Roger Waters gigs in Poland cancelled amid Ukraine backlash

[EX500rider]

Planned concerts in Poland by Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters have been cancelled amid outrage over the musician's stance on the Ukraine war.

The controversy was triggered by an open letter Waters wrote to Ukraine's first lady, Olena Zelenska.
In it, he said, "extreme nationalists" in Ukraine "have set your country on the path to this disastrous war".

He accused her husband, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, of failing to fulfil his election campaign promises to bring peace to the Donbas region and and made no mention of Russia's responsibility for the war.

In response, Mrs Zelenska wrote on Twitter that it was Russia which invaded Ukraine and was now destroying its cities and killing civilians. "Roger Waters, you should ask for peace from the president of another country," she wrote.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63026101

Well that's disappointing.

[Botany]

1. Well Roger Waters can join Eric Clapton & Van Morris in my DTMC

DTMC dead to me club

[Elwood P Dowd]

6. My collection is down to The Wall, DSOTM, Wish You Were Here,

Moondance, and EC's The Breeze tribute to JJ Cale from those three clowns.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

2. It sure is...

[patphil]

3. Roger Waters should go to Ukraine and see first hand what has happened there.

Zelensky can't bring peace when the opposition brings guns.
Putin's idea of peace is complete surrender to his will.

[Tetrachloride]

7. Good idea. He should go.

bluntly, go take a look.

[bigtree]

4. Waters is a Russia appeasing putz

...

[Justice matters.]

5. I'm throwing my collection into the recycle bin. eom

[CentralMass]

8. My opinion of Waters has dropped even lower then it was.

[FreepFryer]

9. "Mother, do you think they'll drop the bomb?" -- Roger Waters, "Mother"

“If we are extreme nationalists, we apparently have it coming.” — Roger Waters’ mother

[hlthe2b]

10. Another intensely talented, yet brainwashed performer.

Saddens me... I will still respect his music, but...