Roger Waters says accusations he’s ‘glorifying the Third Reich’ are ‘deeply insulting and upsetting’ because his father died fighting Nazis – as Pink Floyd rocker wears SS-style uniform at O2 gig again and insists it’s ‘theatre’

Roger Waters today said claims that he is an anti-Semite are ‘bull***’ and ‘vicious lies’ after he was condemned for wearing a ‘Nazi-style’ trench coat on stage – including in Germany.

In a furious rebuttal, the Pink Floyd musician, 79, said he was ‘upset beyond all measure’ by the ‘deeply insulting’ accusations, which he branded an attack on him and his father – who died fighting Hitler’s Third Reich in the Second World War.

The controversial coat was first met with outcry in Berlin last month, prompting German police to launch an investigation. It was then worn again in London on Tuesday, attracting criticisms form Sir Keir Starmer and Michael Gove.

Speaking to Double Down News, the singer-songwriter said he wears the trench coat – which features a red armband emblazoned with two hammers – during his performance of The Wall, which he brands a ‘piece of theatre’ he has been doing for ‘more than 40 f***ing years.’

He goes on to brand Labour MP Christian Wakefield ‘scum’ for trying to have him ‘banned’ from gigging in Manchester, and blames Israel for the current backlash because the country sees him as an ‘existential threat’ due to his pro-Palestine views.

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