The 79-year-old musician was supposed to perform in Krakow next April at the “Taron Arena” concert hall, but, according to some Polish media, Polish authorities want to declare Roger Waters ‘persona non grata’.
However, the co-founder of Pink Floyd has already written on his social media that he is not the one who canceled two concerts.
Roger Waters’s stance on the war between Russia and Ukraine is problematic because he claims Ukrainian “radical nationalists” are responsible for the start of the war.
British musician criticizes NATO and West for supplying arms to Ukraine
Meanwhile, representatives of the ultra-conservative Polish Law and Justice (PiS) party have called for a vote on Wednesday on a resolution declaring all those who publicly support the Kremlin ‘persona non grata’.
Proponents of the proposal express their anger at Waters’ stance, considering “criminal Russian aggression against Ukraine and war crimes committed by Russian soldiers.”
In a Facebook post today, Roger Waters wrote that the effort by Polish MPs was due to their efforts to “negotiate peace with all those involved in the devastating war in Ukraine, especially the US and Russia”.
The musician characterized the two concerts as “severe censorship”, noting that he is “looking forward to sharing his message of love with the Polish people”.
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