Roger Waters Drops Nazi-Esque Imagery From Argentina Shows After Legal Threat

Roger Waters was forced to remove some controversial Nazi-inspired imagery from his live shows in Argentina this week following a legal threat from several Jewish groups.

An Argentine court ordered the Pink Floyd co-founder to refrain from making anti-Semitic remarks or discriminatory acts during the concerts after the Delegation of Israeli-Argentine Associations (DAIA) called for the shows to be canceled, the Buenos Aires Herald reports.

Dr. Ariel Gelbung, director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) Latin America, told the Jerusalem Post, "A legal firm denounced, together with an affidavit subscribed by myself, that if he did the same show he had been doing on tour, where he dressed as a Nazi, used the Star of David on the flying pig and compared Shireen Abu Akleh to Anne Frank, that it would be considered a crime."

A court in Chile ruled that Waters' upcoming concerts in Chile this weekend can proceed, despite similar attempts by the Representative Committee of Jewish Entities in Chile to block the performances due to his alleged "history of incitement to anti-Semitic hatred," NME reports.

"Hey guys! I’m not a you know what! Get over it 😂🕊️," the musician wrote on X (formerly Twitter) in response to the legal action.

Although Waters has faced criticism for the use of Nazi-esque imagery and outfits in his concerts, which triggered an investigation by German police, he maintains that the symbolism is "quite clearly" intended as an anti-fascist statement.

A documentary released last month on YouTube, The Dark Side of Roger Waters, also accused Waters of having a history of making anti-Semitic remarks.

Waters, who recently signed a Pro-Palestinian Artists Against Apartheid letter, has long been an outspoken critic of the Israeli government but denied all accusations of anti-Semitism.

In response, Waters called the film a "flimsy, unapologetic piece of propaganda" that "manipulates footage and quotations to serve its agenda and is seriously misleading in many respects."