Get the latest gossip

Serj Tankian Compares Imagine Dragons’ Azerbaijan Concert to Playing Nazi Germany


Serj Tankian responded to Imagine Dragons singer Dan Reynolds' recent interview and doubled down on criticism of the band's 2023 Azerbaijan concert.

System of a Down frontman's statements come in response to Imagine Dragons singer Dan Reynolds' recent Rolling Stone interview “Respectfully, I draw the line at ethnic cleansing and genocide,” he wrote, citing two examples of Azerbaijan’s alleged human rights violations. “Azerbaijan’s dictatorship with popular support was already into a nine-month starvation blockade of Nagorno-Karabagh qualified as genocide by former [International Criminal Court] prosecutor [Luis Moreno Ocampo] when they decided to play Baku.

Get the Android app

Or read this on RollingStone

Read more on:

Photo of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Photo of Nazi

Nazi

Related news:

News photo

Daniel Brühl to Direct Nazi Era Tennis Biopic ‘Break’ With ‘All Quiet on Western Front’ Team, ‘Night Manager’ Producers

News photo

Daniel Brühl To Direct Felix Kammerer As Nazi Era Tennis Star In Bio-Pic ‘Break’, Reuniting ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’ Team

News photo

Shane Gillis jokes about collecting Nazi memorabilia while eating spicy wings on Hot Ones... amid calls to apologize for 'offensive racial remarks' during stand-up