	HALESTORM's LZZY And AREJAY HALE Open Up About Mental H... 42
	STEVE MORSE On DEEP PURPLE: SIMON MCBRIDE 'Is Fitting T... 39
	28
	MANOWAR's ERIC ADAMS: 'If You Believe In What You&... 28
	21
	DEEP PURPLE Announces New Album '=1' 19
	ACCEPT’s WOLF HOFFMANN – “People Ask Me, &... 16
	HELLBUTCHER Featuring Former NIFELHEIM Members Announce Debu... 14
	Watch: SLIPKNOT Plays First Concert With New Drummer 13
	ARCH ENEMY's ALISSA WHITE-GLUZ Named One Of Executive P... 11

все новости группы

Pantera

США

Glam Metal
Power Metal
Thrash Metal

http://www.officialpantera.com/
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/pantera
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Pantera/

24 апр 2024 :	PANTERA's CHARLIE BENANTE: 'We Really Became More Of A Band' On February 2024 Tour
23 апр 2024 :	PANTERA's REX BROWN: ABBOTT Brothers Are 'Looking Down' On Us And 'They're Digging What They're Seeing'
15 апр 2024 :	ZAKK WYLDE Says He 'Feels' DIMEBAG 'All The Time' On PANTERA Tour: It's 'Him Pushing This Thing Along, Willing It To Happen'
14 апр 2024 :	DISTURBED's MIKE WENGREN Says He Could Fill In For CHARLIE BENANTE In PANTERA
12 апр 2024 :	CHARLIE BENANTE On Reaction From PANTERA Fans To Seeing Band Play Live: 'Some Of Them Are Crying Because It's A Part Of Their Youth'
10 апр 2024 :	PANTERA's BROWN And ANSELMO Pay Tribute To JERRY ABBOTT: 'He Was A Huge Influence On Us In Our Formative Years'
8 апр 2024 :	ZAKK WYLDE's BLACK LABEL SOCIETY Bandmate JEFF FABB On Reformed PANTERA: 'Those Guys Sound Great'
7 апр 2024 :	REX BROWN On Reformed PANTERA: 'We're Not Doing This For Ourselves; We're Doing It For The Brand'
4 апр 2024 :	REX BROWN On Reformed PANTERA: 'This Is No Tribute Band'
29 мар 2024 :	VINNIE PAUL 'Was Never Behind' The Idea Of A PANTERA Reunion, Says His HELLYEAH Bandmate CHAD GRAY
25 мар 2024 :	REX BROWN Is 'Absolutely' Open To Writing New PANTERA Music
19 мар 2024 :	CHARLIE BENANTE Says There Has Been Talk Of Current PANTERA Lineup Releasing A Live Album
15 мар 2024 :	ZAKK WYLDE On His Involvement With Reformed PANTERA: 'I'm Honored Every Night'
4 мар 2024 :	Watch: PANTERA's REX, ZAKK And CHARLIE Perform 'Floods' During Soundcheck In Memphis
1 мар 2024 :	REX BROWN On PANTERA's Return: 'We're Having The Time Of Our Lives'
29 фев 2024 :	ZAKK WYLDE On Playing With Reformed PANTERA: 'It's A Beautiful Thing, Man'
27 фев 2024 :	Watch: Young DIMEBAG Lookalike Joins PANTERA On Stage To Sing 'F***ing Hostile'
25 фев 2024 :	ZAKK WYLDE Is Open To Making New Music With PANTERA, But Says 'You Would Have To Call It Something Else'
25 фев 2024 :	Watch: PANTERA Headlines Madison Square Garden For First Time
7 фев 2024 :	Watch: PANTERA Joined By CHRIS JERICHO For 'Walk' Performance In Tampa
5 фев 2024 :	Watch: PANTERA Performs 'Floods' For First Time Since 2001 At Opening Concert Of February 2024 North American Tour
25 янв 2024 :	COAL CHAMBER's DEZ FAFARA: 'PANTERA Is The Best Heavy Metal Band On Earth'
22 янв 2024 :	SAXON's BIFF BYFORD Supports PANTERA's Return: 'The Music Should Be Played Live'
30 дек 2023 :	SKID ROW's RACHEL BOLAN Says New PANTERA Lineup Is 'Out There Killing It Now'
27 дек 2023 :	ZAKK WYLDE On Playing With PANTERA: 'I'm Really Happy People Can Still Hear VINNIE PAUL And DIMEBAG's Greatness'
19 дек 2023 :	PANTERA - Funko Pop! Vinyl Figure 4-Pack Coming In May

1 мар 2023

PANTERA Announces Two German Shows To Replace Canceled Festival Appearances Following Outcry Over Accusations Of Racism

PANTERA has announced two concerts in Germany after the band's festival appearances in the country were canceled following an outcry over singer Philip Anselmo's previous racist remarks.

The reformed group — featuring PANTERA's surviving members Anselmo and Rex Brown (bass) along with guitarist Zakk Wylde (OZZY OSBOURNE, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY) and drummer Charlie Benante (ANTHRAX) — will now perform on June 2 at Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart and on June 3 at Messe Dresden in Dresden.

PANTERA was scheduled to appear at Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park, two simultaneous rock festivals, which will take place June 2-4 in Nürburgring and Nürnberg, respectively. However, after intensive discussions with artists, partners and fans, the festival promoters decided to remove PANTERA from the bill in late January.

Most of the backlash that led to the German concert cancelations stemmed from the fact that Anselmo made a Nazi-style salute when he performed at the January 2016 "Dimebash" event at the Lucky Strike Live in Hollywood in honor of late PANTERA guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott. He also appeared to say "white power" as he made the gesture, but later claimed he was joking about drinking white wine backstage and was reacting to the audience members up front who he says were taunting him.

There was additional criticism with regard to the fact that Rock Im Park takes place in Nürnberg (known in its English form as Nuremberg),where Hitler supporters held a series of mass Nazi party rallies between 1933 and 1938.

In calling for Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park organizers to cancel PANTERA's appearances at the festivals, the German Green Party said in the Nürnberg city council that Anselmo "repeatedly and deliberately made Nazi gestures and yelled racist slogans." Réka Lörincz, the spokeswoman for the Greens against racism and right-wing extremism, added that "the former Nazi party premises" were "being deliberately misused for the staging and reproduction of racist and inhuman ideology." The Green Party rep told Germany's Stern magazine that Anselmo's apology for his white power outburst was "not credible enough" and that hosting the band on the former Nazi Party rally grounds "clearly exceeds the limit of what is bearable."

“We are relieved about the organizer's decision not to offer the band PANTERA a stage. Their singer Phil Anselmo had repeatedly attracted attention with anti-Semitic and racist incidents," Lörincz wrote in a statement on the Green Party's web site. "Therefore, a performance was unimaginable for us — especially on the former Nazi party rally grounds."

Back in May 2019, Anselmo was asked by U.K.'s Kerrang! magazine if he feels the "Dimebash" debate is something he has moved past. He responded: "I feel like it's ridiculous. I made an off-color joke and 'Boom!' — it's like I'm literally Hitler! I'm not. I take each individual one at a time, in the way that any logical individual will. I have love in my heart. Over the years, I've learned to take the first step with love and to put good faith first. I get along with everybody. If there's any doubt about my political leanings, people should get it out of their heads. I was raised amongst a dazzling [cast of characters] from the theatre, from the mental hospital, from all walks of life — all colors, creeds and kinds. It's absurd to me that anyone in this day and age would judge anyone by the color of their skin, their heritage or their religion. I'm a harmless guy. I'm a reactionary, not a troublemaker."

In the days following the "Dimebash" incident, MACHINE HEAD's Robb Flynn — who played PANTERA songs with Anselmo at the event — released an eleven-minute response video in which he denounced Anselmo as a "big bully" and a racist. He concluded by saying that he would never play another PANTERA song again. ANTHRAX's Scott Ian, who is Jewish, released a statement on his official web site saying, "Philip's actions were vile" and invited Anselmo to make a donation to the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

Former PANTERA drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott, who hadn't spoken to Anselmo since the band's split in 2003, was dismissive when asked for a comment on the singer's white-power salute. "I can't speak for him," Vinnie said in a 2016 interview. "He's done a lot of things that tarnish the image of what PANTERA was back then and what it stood for and what it was all about. And it's sad."

In 2017, Anselmo blasted "false journalism in the metal community" for suggesting he was racist because of his actions at "Dimebash".

In the weeks after the "Dimebash" incident, Anselmo's DOWN project canceled a number of shows, including at France's Hellfest, Dutch festival FortaRock and U.K.'s Download. The singer wrote an open letter to the Hellfest organizers in which he said it was not the right time for DOWN to tour. He also revealed that he was suffering from a recurring knee injury and needed rehabilitation.

2 more European shows! 2 June - Stuttgart & 3 June - Dresden. Public onsale starts 3 March at 11am CET.

Posted by Pantera on Tuesday, February 28, 2023

-1

Комментарии могут добавлять только зарегистрированные пользователи.
Вы можете зарегистрироваться на сайте или залогиниться через социальные сети (иконки вверху сайта).

Сообщений нет