Screenshot from Facebook. The Pink Floyd tribute band UK Pink Floyd Experience will be performing in Israel after initially canceling their concerts after protests from Roger Waters.
Waters, the former bassist and frontman of Pink Floyd, wrote in a Dec. 7 Facebook post that he was “aghast” that the band was scheduled to perform in Tel Aviv, Haifa and Beersheba on Jan. 4, 5, and 6, respectively.
“To sing my songs in front of segregated audiences in Israel, and contribute to the cultural whitewashing of the racist and apartheid government of that country, would be an act of unconscionable malice and disrespect,” Waters wrote.
The UK Pink Floyd Experience had canceled the shows as a result of the post, but Israeli musician and producer Ziv Rubinstein persuaded them to nix the cancellations.
“They wanted to come,” Rubinstein told the Times of Israel. “They’ve been here before, but they were scared. They were threatened by Mr. Waters.”
The band will be performing with Echoes, an Israeli Pink Floyd tribute band.
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