(ANSA) - BELGRADE, FEB 28 - The world-renowned Slovenian band
Laibach's March 31 concert in Kyiv has been canceled, according
to Slovenian news agency STA. The industrial rock group
confirmed the event's cancellation to the STA on Monday, saying
the decision was made because the announcement of the event had
generated too much controversy in Ukraine.
"The announcement of the Laibach concert in Kyiv caused
considerable controversy due to comments made by the band at the
start of this unjust war," Laibach wrote on Facebook.
"Ukrainians were divided in the face of Laibach's claims that
the current war is a geopolitical conflict between Russia and
the US on Ukrainian territory," STA wrote. Laibach also said
that it had been asked to say categorically that all Russians
are bad and that all Russian art is worthless, which was
something they could not agree to. In this "senseless war
between Russia and Ukraine, we are wholeheartedly on the side of
Ukraine and its people, who - as in the old biblical story of
David and Goliath - are fighting with dignity against a stronger
enemy," Laibach stressed. (ANSA).
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Slovenia: Laibach concert in Ukraine cancelled
Due to controversies over the band in Kyiv