US-Tour von Taake und King Dude: Es hat nicht sollen sein

Die erst unlängst angekündigte US-Tour der True-Norwegian-Black-Metaller TAAKE steht unter keinem guten Stern: Zunächst wurde die New-York-Show vom Veranstalter gecancelt. Grund dafür sollen politisch motivierte Diskussionen auf Basis des den Swastika-Skandals um TAAKE-Fronter Hoest aus dem Jahr 2007 (!) gewesen sein.

Hoest hat dazu einmal mehr eine Klarstellung veröffentlicht, die TAAKE von jedweder rechten Gesinnung distanziert und den Vorfall als einzelnen Fehltritt und missratenen Provokationsversuch erklärt:

„I have clearly explained many times throughout the years that me wearing a swastika once at a German concert was not at all meant to show support for the nazi ideology.
It was all about doing something extreme for the sake of it, which certainly backfired.
But it has now been 11 years and the band has even performed in Israel (!)
Anyway, similar incidents have not happened in Taake’s 25 year long career and will obviously not happen again. But certain parties seem to find this cold case unforgivable nevertheless, insisting on wilful misunderstanding.
So, once and for all, Taake is not a racist band. Never has been, never will be. Still claiming so is as ridiculous and unfounded as are the attempts at sabotaging our highly anticipated shows“
-Hoest-

Aus nicht näher bekannten Gründen hat nun auch KING DUDE, der von vornherein etwas gewagt gewählte Support-Act, seine Teilnahme an der Tour abgesagt. Als Luziferaner wolle er nicht in einem von Hass geprägten Umfeld frei von politischer Diskussion auftreten. Auch von KING DUDE gibt es ein Statement:

„For reasons out of my control, and frankly out of my realm of understanding, I will be removing myself from the tour with Taake. It must be made clear that I am a Luciferian and do not preach hate, nor would I endorse a setting that allows hate to happen. I believe in both personal and spiritual growth as well as the spread of knowledge beyond all sacrifice and at all costs. The banner under which people enter a King Dude concert must be welcoming to all people of all walks of life, race, religion, gender etc. This should go without saying as this has always been the way I have conducted my concerts and I’m not sure why it should change for this tour. I absolutely do not welcome political discourse at my concerts as it has no place there. My concerts are a place that should be a sanctuary for everyone, a place for people to find church without having to go to one.

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Publiziert am 19. Februar 2018 von Moritz Grütz