Get the latest gossip

System Of A Down's Serj Tankian hits back at Imagine Dragons' Azerbaijan gig defence: "Respectfully, I draw the line at ethnic cleansing and genocide"

System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian has once again hit back at Imagine Dragons for proceeding to perform in Azerbaijan.

The likes of Brian Eno, Thurston Moore and Pink Floyd ’s Roger Waters also took the time to share an open letter last August asking Imagine Dragons to back out from the gigs. Earlier this week, Reynolds opened up about the band’s decision to proceed with the gigs, telling Rolling Stone: “I don’t believe in depriving our fans who want to see us play because of the acts of their leaders and their governments. He continued: “Azerbaijan’s dictatorship with popular support was already into a 9 month starvation blockade of Nagorno-Karabagh qualified as Genocide by former @icc prosecutor @luismorenoocampo when they decided to play Baku.

Get the Android app