Pantera removed from Rock am Ring and Rock In The Park 2023
Photos by Scott Dudelson, Ethan Miller, Sergione Infuso - Corbis, Aldara Zarraoa
Getty ImagesAs two of Europe's biggest rock festivals announce that they're removing Pantera from their lineups, the band's controversial reunion faces its first major snag.
In Germany, Rock Am Ring and Rock in the Park festivals share lineups across two different sites over the same weekend in June. After talking to a lot of festival partners, bands playing this year's lineup, and ticket buyers, Pantera's appearance has been canceled.
The festival organizers shared the following translated statement on their Facebook pages:
Pantera will not be performing at Rock am Ring and Rock in the Park 2023, as announced. In the last few weeks, we have had many intensive conversations with artists, our partners and you, the festival fans, we have continued to deal with the criticism together and decided to remove the band from the program.
Featuring founding members Phil Anselmo on vocals and Rex Brown on bass, and Zakk Wylde and Charlie Bentate on guitar and drums, Pantera's reunion has been extremely divisive. Some fans are thrilled that Pantera's classic tracks will be played live once again, while others are cynical about the prospect of any Pantera tour without the Abbott brothers, Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul, who was very against a Pantera reunion before he passed away.
In 2016, Anselmo's white power outburst shocked the metal community. He initially hesitated to apologize for the incident, but later issued a statement saying he was "100% sorry for anything you took offense to, because you ought to have taken offense."
Last year, Vinnie Paul's estate shared its feelings on the idea of Pantera having a reunion:
There can never be a Pantera reunion without Vinnie and Dime. However, there is no better way to celebrate and honor Vinnie and Dime's legacy, than to bring the music of Pantera directly to the fans. We are honored that Charlie and Zakk, their very close friends and musical brothers, will share the stage with Philip and Rex, to unleash the power of Pantera live around the world.
65 comments
Post CommentCan't they just pretend they don't know anything about it and move on, definitely what Germans are best at anyway
They've been back for like a month and they're already being racist again
2016. That was 7 years ago. Get the f*ck over it gaygots.
Does that mean Metallica will never play Rock Am Ring again? Because James, Lars and Jason made the nazi salute in the past. Same for Gary Holt from Exodus and Andreas Kisser from Sepultura. Those bands are also banned from the festival? Bunch of assholes with their virtue signaling.
Meanwhile we have to look at that stupid hardcore pod with Colin "I lift weights now I wear sleeveless shirts" and Fat bo from harms way
Good thing Dimebag never said anything he could be cancelled for in 2023... If you removed them for the Abbott brothers not being there, fine, say so. Otherwise this is purely modern German (pathetic) behavior.
Marty from Zao here. I usually don't eat at Panera either.
Germany, the country that enables As I Lay Dying to still have a career touring Europe. Gaygot shit let the kill some jews
Pantera sucked then and new Pantera sucks too. Walk on home, boy.
I think it's funny and good. I laugh at it and say tee hee.
wait is this ACTUALLY about that supposed white power BS years ago? Basically "We're pathetic Eurotrash commie fggts who caved to the perpetual outrage mob."
^ It's a bunch of virtue signaling. Hitler played the mainstage at Nuremburg in the 1930s.
Porch monkey from ZULU here. Didn't everyone get the memo? It's only ok to be racist against whites. #ABOLISHWHITEHARDCORE
I saw Hans Carste mit Seinem Orchester open for Hitler at the Krupp factory back in 33
Jungle Bunny from Jesus piece here: anyone spare an extra sandwich?
Woke, rainbow culture where all the people in that community live their lives like Saints and have never done one single wrong doing EVER strikes again. f*ck those people forever. True pieces of shit. Whatever happened to forgiveness and Jesus' word?
Considering the history of that country, this is actually laughable. If you don't like the reunion, don't watch the show. Simple.
I just realized virtue & turns are the only things worth signaling
anonymous 55 minutes ago ^ It's a bunch of virtue signaling. Hitler played the mainstage at Nuremburg in the 1930s. ^^ Nuremberg, but I laughed hard at this hahaha. Germany is nation full of hypocrites anyway. Maybe second to Austria for producing Hitler and more recently for blocking Romania's access to the Schengen zone while lumbering the f*ck out of that country.
Why even book them if they're just going to drop them a few weeks later. None of the controversies cited are new in any way, not like they were recent revelations
Euro cucks gonna euro Pantera always welcome in south america brother
f*cking hypocrite krauts. All the other bands should cancel in protest if they have any balls.
These promoters should be forced by the courts to work with Pantera. That's what freedom is.
For the best. We don't want to make the 6 blacks who attend these 99.9% white Liberal fiddler fests feel anxious and unsafe.
"Porch monkey from ZULU here. Didn't everyone get the memo? It's only ok to be racist against whites. #ABOLISHWHITEHARDCORE" pantera is far beyond washed, cope more incel
Like Pantera needs these festivals - the events are hurting themselves more than the band. Just bought tickets to the Pantera/LOG tour this morning. Yesterday don't mean shit.
Germany, the country that enables As I Lay Dying to still have a career touring Europe. Gaygot shit let them kill some jews
"rick_tocchet 5 hours ago Woke, rainbow culture where all the people in that community live their lives like Saints and have never done one single wrong doing EVER strikes again. f*ck those people forever. True pieces of shit. Whatever happened to forgiveness and Jesus' word?" You should just forgive them then bro... The irony is that you are criticizing a group of people for "living like saints" while in the same breath invoking Jesus's teachings regarding forgiveness. Further, you are saying "f*ck them forever, true pieces of shit" while saying they should forgive phill for his white power remarks.. Do you realize how f*cking dumb, unaware, and contradictory you are as a human? Like do you look in the mirror and cry when you reflect about how f*cking stupid and idiotic you sound on a daily basis? I don't know whether to hate you or pity you.
Biggest pussy shit I ever heard. Self destructive weasel Euros.
Promoters should have to bake gay wedding cakes for Pantera and/or let Pantera be on the women's swim team. That's how courts in America work.
^ the supreme court ruled that the baker DIDNT have to bake the cake for the gay couple you f*cking troglodyte
^ the supreme court ruled that the baker DIDNT have to bake the cake for the gay couple you f*cking troglodyte Supreme Court ruled I don't have to believe in troglodytes. The earth is 6k yrs old.
That they/them going after Rick really gave it their all. gAy for effort.
lol at all the butthurt Nazis from alabama complaining even though they're too poor to even travel to germany to watch their favorite racist band "perform"
^^Alabama has the 5th highest African American population in the USA at over 25%. How dare you attack them for being economically disadvantaged.
Liberal here, I'm still pissed Egyptians had slaves 5000 years ago. WE MUST HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE!!!
If the woman beater in chamber can play hometown shows, pantera should be able to play this!!!
Remember the white chick who was dancing on the seattle motorway at 2am in honour of big floyd and blm, then a Somalian smashed his car into her at 130mph, turning her into pink dust. That was really showing it to white power.
you can watch video footage of it at www.twogirls,onecup.com
^Is there a video? I'd love to see it. Lol. Just search '2 women hit by car on seattle highway bloomberg' on tube
The Nazi SOCIALIST party was left wing just like this green group that is cancelling pantera. Hilarious. Nazi party/modern liberals: dependence on centralized government, no private firearm ownership, in favor of abortion, vegetarian, subjugate people based on skin color and immutable characteristics, punishment for disagreeing with gov authority, control of media and information...I could continue...
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