Rogers Waters is doing his best to piss off his fans [Updated!]

If you’ve managed to see any of the shows on Roger Waters’ This is Not a Drill tour, you’ll know that it’s awfully political. Which is fine–except for the fact that the evils and war criminals he calls out don’t include people like Vladimir Putin. In fact, among all the politicians that get skewered, I can’t remember a single mention of Putin and his war crimes in Ukraine. Not. One.

Now we heard that he’s canceled some shows in Poland. The cancelations appear to be related to since stance against Ukrainians, a nation that has been illegally invaded by Russia. This puts him in the same company as North Korea, Belarus, and China.

Gigs in Krakow scheduled for next April have been called off without reason. Then again, city councilors are set to vote on a resolution basically declaring Waters is an asshole. Okay, they’re actually voting to express “indignation” over his position on Ukraine.

Wait. So this is Ukraine’s fault?

This seems to come as the result of a letter Waters wrote to Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska earlier this month, blaming “extreme nationalists” in Ukraine for the war, saying that they “set your country on the path to this disastrous war.”

Oh, yes. He also blames NATO for provoking Russia into invading Ukraine. And he’s criticizing the West for sending arms to Ukraine so it can defend itself.

I vote with the councilors of Krakow.

UPDATE: Waters denies that he’s canceled the shows.