System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian campaigns for Imagine Dragons to cancel Azerbaijan concert

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System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian has called for Imagine Dragons to cancel their upcoming concert in Baku, Azerbaijan this September.Last night (August 16), Tankian took to social media to publicly urge Imagine Dragons to call off their Baku concert after he had sent them a private letter but received no response.In his post, the System Of A Down frontman pointed out how “Azerbaijan’s petro-oligarchic dictatorial regime was starving 120k people in Nagorno-Karabagh which is now being called a Genocide by the former prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.”Per Tankian’s post, he had sent a “kind letter” to the band through representatives “urging them to reconsider” the show.

His post also includes a change.org petition.Tankian wrote: “As the humanitarian crisis worsens in Nagorno-Karabagh with starvation already being recorded I am forced to publicize this letter and their disregard for this humanitarian catastrophe.

Maybe they felt they had a legal liability to play the show, maybe they just don’t care. My whole life I have been an advocate for genocide recognition and have always said there has to be a price to pay for Genocidal regimes or deniers.

Another genocide is looming by Azerbaijan and while this happens they get to enjoy an American band from LV. Fuck that! That’s not right.”Read Serj Tankian’s full post below.Now it has to be said.A few months ago, it came to my attention that Imagine Dragons had planned a show on Sept 2nd in…Posted by Serj Tankian on Wednesday, August 16, 2023In his letter to Imagine Dragons, Tankian started off by congratulating the American band on their success thus far.