Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters dropped by music publisher BMG over Israel comments

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Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters has reportedly been dropped by music rights company Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) over his inflammatory remarks about Israel, Ukraine and the United States. The news was reported by Variety, which notes that Waters’ antisemitic statements “infuriated his former bandmates, as they have driven off several suitors interested in acquiring the wizening band’s recorded-music catalog, which was said to be on the market for half a billion dollars.” The Berlin-based company signed a deal with Waters, 80, back in 2016 and planned to release a newly re-recorded version …

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