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Friday, August 12, 2022

Roger Waters Doubles Down After Calling Biden A 'War Criminal'

In a recent interview with CNN, Roger Waters explained why he labelled President Joe Biden a "war criminal" in a video he projected to the audience before a show during his current "This Is Not a Drill Tour."

Biden is fueling the war in the Ukraine, according to the Pink Floyd founding member.

"That is a huge crime. Why won't the United States of America encourage [Volodymyr] Zelensky to negotiate, obviating the need for this horrific, horrendous war?" Waters said while answering a question from CNN's Michael Smerconish.

In Waters' opinion, it was NATO which was responsible for the root cause of the war.

"Well, any war, when did it start? What you need to do is look at the history, and you can say, 'Well, it started on this day.' You could say it started in 2008," he said. "This war is basically about the action and reaction of NATO pushing right up to the Russian border, which they promised they wouldn't do when [Mikhail] Gorbachev negotiated the withdrawal of the USSR from the whole of Eastern Europe."

When Smerconish noted that China is "too busy encircling Taiwan as we speak," Waters replied, "They're not encircling Taiwan! Taiwan is part of China! That has been absolutely accepted by the whole of international community since 1948."

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Whitesnake Cancel North American Tour With The Scorpions Due To Health Issues

Whitesnake have canceled their North American tour with the Scorpions due to singer David Coverdale's health issues.

"It is with profound disappointment and a heavy heart that I must announce that Whitesnake will no longer be able to join The Scorpions on their US and Canadian tour due to my continued treatment for a persistent upper respiratory infection that affects my ability to perform," Coverdale said in a statement. "This includes the cancellation of our own headlining shows as well."

"While Whitesnake will no longer be on the tour, the Scorpions will be continuing on. We Wish Our Good Friends, The Scorpions Every Success," added the founder of the hard rock band.

Despite Whitesnake pulling out of the North American tour, Scorpions will carry on with the tour, featuring support from the Swedish band Thundermother.

The trek will kick off on August 21 in Toronto, Canada, and wrap up two months later in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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ABBA To Release 30th Anniversary Editions Of 'Gold'

ABBA are set to release 30th anniversary editions of their Gold greatest hits collection on September 23 via UMC/Polydor.

The special editions will come as a 2LP gold-colored vinyl package as well as a 2LP picture disc and a gold cassette version.

The 19-track ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the Swedish pop group. It was released on September 21, 1992 through PolyGram.

With sales of 30 million, Gold is the best-selling ABBA album as well one of the best-selling albums worldwide. It has been previously reissued a number of other times, including in 1999 to mark the 25th anniversary of the beloved quartet winning the Eurovision Song Contest with their hit "Waterloo" and then again in 2002 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the greatest hits comp's original release.

The collection contains some of the pop legends' biggest hits including "Dancing Queen," "Knowing Me, Knowing You," "Take A Chance On Me," "Mamma Mia" and "The Winner Takes It All."

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