JAKARTA - Germany's two major festivals removed Pantera from their line-ups for protests over allegations of racism in the past.
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Now, organizers are releasing statements saying they have been crossed out of line-up following the protests.
"Band Pantera will not appear at Rock Im Park and Rock Am Ring 2023 as announced," read a statement from the festival on Monday, quoted from NME.
In recent weeks, we have had many intensive conversations with artists, our partners and you, festival fans, we continue to face criticism together and decide to get the band out of our program," the statement continued.
The allegations of racism began in 2016 when frontmanganmo left his band Down after an incident in which he was filmed saluted Nazi-style and shouted "white power".
He was forced to apologize after being caught in the film saluting at the end of his appearance at Dimebash 2016, a festival held in Hollywood as a tribute to his late bandmate Dimebag Kalimantan.
He initially considered his actions lelucon before making a statement that reads:Every citizen around the world has an irreversible right to live with dignity and respect without hatred or oppression. And I mean this, with all my hearts broken, but guilty.
It is common knowledge that we can choose to learn from our mistakes, or continue the path of insensitivity and destruction. I am completely responsible for the mistakes I have made, and can only give you my words to no longer do so at the present, through actions, not just mere words.
My bandmates are now experiencing the consequences of my behavior, and now I also publicly apologize to them. Never in my entire life, I will drag them with me, and I personally advise them to keep going without me."
He also described himself as "faced up with my own actions", saying that he " forwarded me if I wasjauated until I fell".
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