The Killers apologized on Tuesday after inviting a Russian drummer on stage during a concert in Shekvetili, Georgia, and telling the booing crowd that he was their “brother.”
Videos posted on social media showed the crowd booing and gesturing with their thumbs down while The Killers’ frontman and singer Brandon Flowers said: “We don’t know the etiquette of this land but this guy’s a Russian, are you okay with a Russian coming up here?” Following the negative reaction from the crowd, Flowers added: “You can’t recognize if someone’s your brother, he’s not your brother? We’re all separate? We all separate on the borders of our countries? … So I’m not your brother? Am I...
The two countries have had no formal diplomatic relations since Russia invaded Georgia in 2008 and, since winning its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Georgia has played a balancing act between pro-European sentiment among its citizens and the geopolitical aims of its neighbor. The Killers issued a statement following the concert, saying “it was never our intention to offend anyone.
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