![]() He is one of the most vocal supporters of the. Pitchfork has reached out to representatives for Radiohead for comment. Waters expends a great deal of energy attempting to convince artists to embrace the cultural boycott of Israel and refrain from performing there. “This is something that they started that they have organized, and they have made an appeal to all artists, writers, musicians, actors, directors, anybody in the rest of the world to observe the picket line, which they have drawn.” Watch Waters’ full interview below. “The people of the United States have not got together as a civil society and asked performers from the rest of the world not to come and perform in the United States, because they are an occupied people and there is an organized resistance against the occupying army,” he said. Department of Justice in Washington in August 2022. during the Trump administration, citing the existence of the BDS Movement as a key reason for that belief. Roger Waters at a rally to Free Julian Assange outside the U.S. Waters continued on to explain that he believes Radiohead performing in Israel is different from the band playing in the U.S. That is why Radiohead are being so soundlyĬriticized by anybody with progressive ideas about human rights, The former Pink Floyd bassist, long an opponent of Israel’s stance toward. ![]() City officials had previously tried to cancel the show due to what. Roger Waters penned a long open letter to Bon Jovi slamming the group ahead of their October 3rd concert in Tel Aviv. That they do endorse policies of the government, whatever they say,īecause that is what will be reported in Israel and that is what gets Roger Waters will be allowed to perform a concert in Frankfurt on May 28, an administrative court in the German city has ruled. But sources say an explosive new interview with founding member, main songwriter and stakeholder Roger Waters in which he makes extensive remarks about Israel, Ukraine, Russia, the U.S. When they cross the picket line, they are making a public statement What a wonderful and precious democracy Israel is. Roger Waters has been an outspoken critic of Israel’s treatment of PalestiniansRob Grabowski/Invision/AP A petition was launched last month to reverse the decision made by Frankfurt City. To their hasbara, which is the explaining to the rest of the world Said how excited they are, that this is the best thing that’s happened Thom Yorke is wrong about not endorsing the policies of the Israeli
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