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Kosheen Cancel Gig At Former Nazi Death Camp

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Kosheen cancelled a gig at Belgrade's Poseidon Hall, which had been scheduled to take place this last weekend (November 3), after the band discovered that the venue used to be part of a World War II Nazi death camp, reports NME.The hall was part of the Sajmiste concentration camp site during the conflict, and around 48,000 Jews, Serbs and gypsies were killed there.The British trip hop released the following statement: "Kosheen have been distressed and sorry to learn in the past few days of Poseidon Hall's former use. If Kosheen had known it's true history, they would never have agreed to play the venue, and as such have canceled their show." Kosheen "Harder" off of their 2001 release ??Resist??.
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  1. emit
    emit says Hmm, yeah, nice stand, and all, but... Let me see, most building from before WWII still standing in Europe were either: a) Police/army headquarters for your evil political superpower of choice b) Concentration camps/gulags of your evil political superpower of choice. c) A nice front-end and/or symbol of the display of nationalism, patriotic spirit and pointless imperial pretensions of your evil political superpower of choice. (Palaces, Governmetn builidings, stadiums and other sports facilities). And "your evil political superpower of choice" here can be anyone from the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, the British Empire, the French "Republic"... I mean, talking about WWI and WWII, not even purportedly neutral states, such as Belgium and Switzerland, have come out with their reputation unscathed. Specifically, talking about the ex-Yugoslavia, the probability of any large building having served either as a Nazi concentration camp, a Communist detention centre, an Ustasha death camp or an oh-so-much-more modern Serbian detention centre from the ethnic cleansing campaigns of the 90's Civil War, really leaves you with few choices of venue - you'd be better off setting up a tent in a field someplace. But do look up stuff on what and when happened on that field too, just in case. I mean, Europe does have a complicated history, but refusing to face it doesn't seem to always be the best option. Did anyone cancel a gig or a tour as a sign of protest for the war in Iraq?
    Permalink posted 11/06/2007
  2. champersnova
    champersnova says Very considerate of Kosheen! If only more artists could show the same respect to the past. I wonder how Kosheen got to learn the history of the venue, and decided to cancel at last minute. Probably the rising protests of people whose grandparents / parents had suffered in similar places?... Emit, I hear you! You're totally right. It feels like to "some"; human beings are split into two: first class folk and second class folk. And the sufferings of the second class don't mean much to those "some" no matter how big the humanism mask they put on. Sadly!
    Permalink posted 11/06/2007

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