Pink Floyd founder cancels Poland concert events after battle remarks

WARSAW, Poland — Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters has canceled concert events deliberate in Poland amid outrage over his stance on Russia’s battle in opposition to Ukraine, Polish media reported Saturday.

An official with the Tauron Enviornment in Krakow, the place Waters was scheduled to carry out two concert events in April, stated they might now not happen.

“Roger Waters’ supervisor determined to withdraw … with out giving any purpose,” Lukasz Pytko from Tauron Enviornment Krakow stated Saturday in feedback carried by Polish media shops.

The web site for Waters’ “This Is Not a Drill” live performance tour didn’t record the Krakow considerations beforehand scheduled for Apr. 21 and 22.

Metropolis councilors in Krakow had been anticipated to vote subsequent week on a proposal to call Waters as a persona non grata, expressing “indignation” over the musician’s stance on the battle in Ukraine.

Waters wrote an open letter to Ukrainian first girl Olena Zelenska early this month during which he blamed “excessive nationalists” in Ukraine for having “set your nation on the trail to this disastrous battle.” He additionally criticized the West for supplying Ukraine with weapons, blaming Washington particularly.

Waters has additionally criticized NATO, accusing it of frightening Russia.