JAKARTA - A petition was launched to overturn a decision that barred Roger Waters from appearing in Frankfurt, Germany.
Former Pink Floyd members are scheduled to appear in the city on May 28 as part of the This Is Not A Drill tour. However, the show was banned by officials at the Frankfurt City Council following anti-Semitic allegations.
Now, famous faces including Eric Total, Tom Morello of Rage Against The Machine and Pink Floyd's Nick Mason support Roger through a petition on Change.org aimed at overturning the decision.
Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel and founder of Soft Machine Robert Total have also shown their solidarity, as well as actor Susan Sarandon and Julie Christie, as well as film director Ken Loach. Until this news was written, the petition had more than 10 thousand signatures.
Waters criticism for Israel's treatment of Palestinians is part of its long-term advocacy on behalf of human rights around the world, reads a description alongside the petition.
Officials who slander Waters are involved in a dangerous campaign that deliberately incorporates criticism of Israel's illegal and unfair policies with anti-semitism.
"Officers in Germany, concert organizers, and music platforms should not give in to pressure from individuals and groups who would rather see Waters music removed than engage with issues highlighted by the music."
The second petition has also been launched online, against the first.
The decision to cancel the upcoming concert came last month, in which the city council cited Roger's "unrelent anti-Israeli behavior" as their reason. Similar motions also surfaced against the Munich concert, which was set on May 21.
Last week, management confirmed Roger was willing to take legal action against the decision, branded the ban "unconstitutional", "without justification", and attempts to "silence it".
Roger's former bandmate at Pink Floyd, David Gilmour and his wife, totaling Samson, took to social media last month to criticize the musician as "anti-semit" and "misognist".
[He] is an apologist Putin and a liar, thief, hypocritical, tax evader, lip-synchronization, misogynist, hurt, megalomaniac," tweeted cap.
This comment was later denied by Waters, who issued a statement describing the allegations as "burning and highly inaccurate".
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