Pink Floyd legend Roger Waters cancels gigs amid uproar after he ‘blamed Ukraine’ for Putin’s bloody war

PINK Floyd legend Roger Waters has cancelled his upcoming gigs in Poland amid outrage over his comments on Vladimir Putin's war.

The musician, 79, has previously appeared to blame Ukraine for its own people being slaughtered and criticised the West's support.

An official with the Tauron Arena in Krakow, where Waters was scheduled to perform two concerts in April, said they would no longer take place.

"Roger Waters' manager decided to withdraw ... without giving any reason," the arena's Lukasz Pytko told Polish media.

The website for Waters' This Is Not A Drill concert tour does not list the Krakow concerts previously scheduled for April 21 and 22.

City councillors in Krakow were expected to vote next week on a proposal to name Waters as a persona non grata, expressing indignation over the musician's stance on the war in Ukraine.

Waters wrote an open letter to Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska earlier this month in which he blamed "extreme nationalists" in Ukraine for having "set your country on the path to this disastrous war."

He also criticised the West for supplying Ukraine with weapons, blaming Washington in particular.

Waters has also slammed Nato, accusing it of provoking Russia.

Waters was not involved in Pink Floyd's recent protest song about the situation in war-torn Ukraine.

The song Hey Hey Rise Up, released in April, was the band's first music since 1994 and was made in response to Putin's invasion.

It is not the first time Waters has expressed controversial views on international affairs.

In 2019, he criticised a Live Aid-style concert for humanitarian aid in Venezuela, claiming it was a US-backed effort to tarnish the socialist government.

The show in the Colombian border city of Cúcuta aimed to raise millions of dollars to provide food and medicine for Venezuelans suffering widespread shortages.