Calls are growing for the AO Arena to reconsider allowing Roger Waters to perform next month over antisemitism concerns. The former Pink Floyd bassist is due to perform in Manchester on June 10, as part of his global tour, This is not a Drill.
His tour has sparked controversy in Germany, where the Frankfurt local authority had tried to block Waters from performing, while in Berlin the 79-year-old appeared to wear an SS (Nazi military) uniform on stage. The show also included the name of Anne Frank - the young Jewish girl that kept a diary of life under Nazi persecution, who later died at a concentration camp - shown on a screen above the stage.
An inflatable pig with a Star of David on it has also previously been seen at one of Waters' gigs. Following concerns raised by Labour MP Christian Wakeford, whose Bury South constituency includes a large Jewish community, it was confirmed that the matter would be raised with the Home Office.
