Prejudice based on someone's race or skin color. - D'Agostino's song will not be allowed during Oktoberfest.
Because of the adding of conservative lyrics, the organizers of Oktoberfest are hesitant to play the song "Forever Love" at all. "We'll ban it and I'll ban it," said Oktoberfest head Clemens Baumgärtner to the German Press Agency about the track by Italian DJ Gigi D'Agostino. "There's no room for right-wing rubbish at Oktoberfest." According to the "Münchner Merkur," this was previously reported.
The song itself isn't right-wing radical, but it's taken on a "very clear right-wing radical connotation," said Baumgärtner. The terms of Oktoberfest allow for the prohibition of such statements or content. Oktoberfest is described as a "casual and lovely" event with numerous international guests. Right-wing slogans have been stopped in the past and should not occur in the future. "Oktoberfest is apolitical."
The song is frequently used for racist slurs. In the past few days, a video has caused outrage that depicts visitors in a bar on Sylt screaming "Foreigners out" and "Germany for Germans" to the beat of the party track "Foreigners out." The state protection is investigating. Two visitors of a festival in Erlangen shouted racist phrases to the same song on Friday night. At a Pentecost festival in the Upper Palatinate, it's said that spectators yelled "Foreigners out" while the song was being played.
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- Despite the controversy surrounding the song "Forever Love" by Gigi D'Agostino, Clemens Baumgärtner, the head of Oktoberfest in Bavaria, Germany, is firm on its prohibition due to its perceived right-wing connotations.
- Bavaria's beloved Oktoberfest, known for being a "casual and lovely" event with international guests, has a history of banning right-wing slogans and will continue to do so in the future.
- Clemens Baumgärtner, the DJ responsible for playing music at Oktoberfest, was quoted by the German Press Agency saying, "There's no room for right-wing rubbish at Oktoberfest."
- The Italian DJ Gigi D'Agostino's song "Forever Love" has been banned from Oktoberfest due to its association with racist slurs, a problem that has been prevalent in various locations across Germany lately.
- The song "Gigi D'Agostino's Forever Love" has unfortunately been linked to racism in recent events, with visitors at bars and festivals in Germany screaming racist phrases to the beat of the song.
- In response to the increase in racism in Germany, the German Press Agency reported that Oktoberfest head Clemens Baumgärtner is committed to maintaining the event's apolitical nature and will not tolerate any form of racism.
- In light of the current controversy surrounding the song "Forever Love" and its connection to racism, the future of a criminally-fixed music scene and the promotion of unity and love, as encapsulated in the song "L'amour toujours" by Gigi D'Agostino, remains to be seen.
Source: www.stern.de
