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Roger Waters
Former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters
September 6, 2024, 4:06 pm
Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour calls Roger Waters a ‘crank’
Gilmour’s wife Polly Samson previously accused 81-year-old Pink Floyd songwriter of being “antisemitic to your rotten core”.
By Jewish News Reporter
from Campaign Against Antisemitism
October 6, 2023, 2:14 pm
Antisemitism charity launches petition against Waters’ Palladium shows
Campaign Against Antisemitism on target for 5,000 signatures to the venue's owner, Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber
By Michelle Rosenberg
Musician Roger Waters planned to write “Dirty kyke” on an inflatable pig at his concerts and spray audiences with confetti in the shape of swastikas and Stars of David.
October 2, 2023, 11:49 am
Roger Waters defends using anti-Jewish slur revealed in documentary
In a statement posted to his website and shared on X, Waters said: "They are not the manifestation of any underlying bigotry as the film suggests. Quite the opposite.”
By Jewish News Reporter
Roger Waters on stage
September 27, 2023, 6:00 pm
VOICE OF THE JEWISH NEWS: Roger Waters’ dark side
This week's editorial reflects on an email Roger Waters wrote in which he suggested inscribing the appalling racist slur “Dirty Kyke” on an inflatable pig at his concerts.
By Voice of the Jewish News
Musician Roger Waters planned to write “Dirty kyke” on an inflatable pig at his concerts and spray audiences with confetti in the shape of swastikas and Stars of David.
September 27, 2023, 6:00 pm
Roger Waters email reveals he wanted to write ‘Dirty kyke’ on inflatable pig
The musician also planned for his audience to be “bombed” with swastika and Star of David-shaped confetti, a new documentary produced by Campaign Against Antisemitism reveals.
By Richard Ferrer
Former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters
June 2, 2023, 12:45 pm
Khan raises ‘significant concerns’ with London concert venue chiefs over Waters gigs
Ahead of next week's Roger Waters gigs the Mayor of London meets with AEG Europe, the O2 Arena venue operator responsible for programming, 'to express concerns and the issues raised by the Jewish community'
By Lee Harpin
Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) performs live on stage
June 1, 2023, 12:39 pm
Waters tells UK fans: ‘They’re trying to cancel me like they cancelled Corbyn’
Ex-Pink Floyd star Roger Waters avoids Nazi uniform stunt, and the inflatable pig does not feature a Star of David, as he performs first UK concert amid allegations of antisemitism on his European tour
By Lee Harpin
May 30, 2023, 1:34 pm
Protester crashes stage of Roger Waters concert with Israeli flag
Other people in the audience stood up and waved Israeli flags while singing "Am Israel Chai" (The people of Israel live).
By JN Reporter
"The context of the clothing is capable of approving or justifying the violent rule of the Nazi regime in a manner that violates the victims," Berlin police told Jewish News
May 25, 2023, 4:50 pm
EXCLUSIVE: Berlin police launch criminal investigation into Roger Waters
"The context of the clothing is capable of approving or justifying the violent rule of the Nazi regime in a manner that violates the victims," Berlin police told Jewish News
By Jotam Confino in Israel
Inflatable pig with Star of David used during Roger Waters concerts
May 25, 2023, 1:28 pm
Home Office alerted to communal fears over Roger Waters UK concerts
Penny Mordaunt MP noted the 'shocking' examples of 'antisemitism' at the ex-Pink Floyd star's concerts, raised in the Commons by Labour's Christian Wakeford, saying she would inform the home office
By Lee Harpin
Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) performs live on stage
March 24, 2023, 11:20 am
Mayor of Munich says he can’t block Roger Waters concert
Waters is suing the Frankfurt municipality after the city blocked him from performing at the Festhalle, a venue that was also the site of the deportation of 3,000 Jews during the Holocaust. 
By David I Klein (JTA)
Roger Waters
March 17, 2023, 12:43 pm
Roger Waters launches legal action against German city authorities for branding him a ‘well known antisemite’
Former Pink Floyd bassist takes action against authorities in Munich and Frankfurt, where his concerts have been cancelled.
By Michelle Rosenberg
Ex-Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters
February 7, 2023, 10:14 am
Roger Waters branded ‘antisemitic to your rotten core’ by Floyd guitarist Gilmour’s wife
Polly Samson, the novelist wife of Dave Gilmour, tweets the claim about the ex-Floyd star , which he denies, after Waters tells German newspaper he stood by a comparison of Israel with the Nazis because it was 'committing genocide'
By Lee Harpin
Former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters
February 9, 2020, 10:03 am
Major League Baseball won’t schedule any more advertising for Roger Waters
B'nai B'rith International wrote to sporting body saying the ex-Pink Floyd man is 'an avowed antisemite whose views on Jews and Israel far exceed the boundaries of civil discourse'
By Jewish News Reporter
Kamila Shamsie at Hay Festival 2016 (Wikipedia/Andrew Lih)
September 24, 2019, 12:53 pm
Author stripped of prestigious literary prize over support for BDS
Roger Waters and Brian Eno among 250 people who co-sign letter of support for British-Pakistani writer Kamila Shamsie, after she is denied the Nelly Sachs prize
By JTA
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