Bloodhound Gang has been banned from a Russian music
festival after a band member stuffed the Russian flag into his underpants on
stage.
Culture
Minister Vladimir Medinsky described the band as "idiots" and said
they were "packing their suitcases".
Bass player Jared
Hasselhoff was seen in a video pushing the flag into the front of his pants and
pulling it out of the back.
Hasselhoff
later apologised for the stunt, local media reported.
The incident
took place in a 31 July concert in the Ukrainian city of Odessa.
"Don't
tell Putin," Hasselhoff said to applause as he grabbed a Russian flag from
the wall behind and performed the stunt.
'Idiots'
The band had
been expected to play at the Kubana festival, held in the first week in August
in Russia's southern Krasnodar region, also known as Kuban.
But their
performance billed for Friday was cancelled.
"I spoke
to the Krasnodar region authorities. Bloodhound Gang is packing their
suitcases," Mr Medinsky said on Twitter.
"These
idiots will not perform in Kuban."
Festival
organiser Ilya Ostrovsky told gazeta.ru: "We're here to make friends or
listen to music. We will not allow anyone to insult the inhabitants of any
country."
Local media
reports later said that Hasselhoff had been questioned by police.
The head of
Russia's Investigations Committee, Vladimir Markin, said his department was
prepared to pursue criminal charges against "all those involved" if
prosecutors decided there was a case.
The band is
still in Russia but has left Anapa, the town where the festival is being held.
Source: BBC
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