PANTERA's concert in Austria this spring has been canceled following an outcry over singer Philip Anselmo's previous racist remarks. Réka Lörincz, the spokeswoman for the Greens against racism and right-wing extremism, added that "the former Nazi party premises" were "being deliberately misused for the staging and reproduction of racist and inhuman ideology." "Therefore, a performance was unimaginable for us — especially on the former Nazi party rally grounds." In 2017, Anselmo blasted "false journalism in the metal community" for suggesting he was racist because of his actions at "Dimebash". In the weeks after the "Dimebash" incident, Anselmo's DOWN project canceled a number of shows, including at France's Hellfest, Dutch festival FortaRock and U.K.'s Download.
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