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Rock group is barred from Russian fete over flag flap

Source: Agencies | August 4, 2013, Sunday | Print Edition

American rock group Bloodhound Gang has been barred from a music festival in Russia, the Russian Culture Minister said, after a band member shoved the country’s flag into his underpants during a gig.

The incident took place when the band, famous for its sexually explicit songs and on-stage antics, played a concert in Ukraine. On a video, posted on YouTube, bassist Jared Hasselhoff is seen pushing the Russian white-blue-red tricolor into the front of his pants and then pulling it out of the back. “Don’t tell Putin!” he says to applause from the audience in the city of Odessa on Wednesday.

Moscow reacted angrily, barring the band from performing at a festival in the Krasnodar Black Sea region, also known as Kuban. The event, held on August 1-7, is expected to feature bands, including The Prodigy, Guano Apes and Scooter.

“I spoke to the Krasnodar region authorities. Bloodhound Gang is packing their suitcases. These idiots will not perform in Kuban,” Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky said on Twitter on Friday.

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