The Roundhouse has issued an apology following the alleged display of antisemitic imagery during a Primal Scream performance at the Camden venue on Monday evening, after the CST made a report to the MET.
A spokesperson for the venue described themselves as "appalled" by what was shown on stage during the Scottish rock band's concert.
"We deeply regret that these highly offensive images were presented on our stage and unequivocally apologise to anyone who attended the gig, and to the wider Jewish community," the venue stated.
The Roundhouse emphasised that the visual content appeared without their prior knowledge and ran contrary to their organisational values.
Primal Scream (Andrew Innes, Robert Young, Henry Olsen, Phillip Tomanov and Bobby Gillespie), pop group, circa 1990
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The venue declared it "absolutely condemns antisemitism in every form" and expressed solidarity with the Jewish community, pledging to maintain spaces where all visitors feel secure and respected.
The controversial visuals allegedly emerged during the band's performance of their 2000 track "Swastika Eyes" at a one-off anniversary concert celebrating 25 years of their album XTRMNTR.
Sources say footage screened behind the group depicted the Star of David intertwined with a Nazi swastika symbol and images of destruction in Gaza preceded the merged symbols.
Antisemitic symbols were allegedly displayed during a Primal Scream concert in London
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According to reports, the display then featured photographs of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alongside other political figures including Donald Trump and Sir Keir Starmer, with the combined Star of David and swastika graphic rotating within their eyes.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also appeared with the merged symbols shown in her eyes.
The visual sequence concluded with text reading "Our Government is complicit in genocide".
The Community Security Trust, which provides protection for Jewish communities across the UK, reported the band to police following the incident.
Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream
|A CST spokesperson said the organisation was "appalled by the grossly antisemitic image displayed at Primal Scream."
"Entwining a Star of David with a swastika implies that Jews are Nazis and risks encouraging hatred of Jews," the charity stated.
The CST called for an immediate inquiry into how the imagery came to be shown, demanding "an urgent investigation by the venue and the promoter about how this happened."
Under the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition adopted by the UK government, drawing comparisons between Jewish people and the Nazis, who murdered two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population, constitutes antisemitism.
Alex Hearn, director of the campaigning group Labour Against Antisemitism, condemned the visual display as "unambiguously racist."
"It takes the symbol under which Jews were murdered and uses it to incite more hatred against Jews - casting Jewish symbols as representations of evil itself," he told the Daily Mail.
Hearn characterised the imagery as "dehumanising propaganda that has historically preceded violence against Jewish communities" rather than legitimate protest art.
He argued the incident demonstrated systemic failures in addressing such displays.
The band have recently been on tour
|"That this can happen at a public concert shows how deeply we've been failed," Hearn stated.
He criticised authorities for what he described as inaction that has "normalised what should be prosecuted as racial hatred."
A 47-year-old Jewish concert-goer, who wished to remain anonymous, told the Daily Mail he was forced to temporarily leave the venue after witnessing the imagery.
"When I saw this image - pure racism - I felt sick," he said.The fan, who described himself as a longtime supporter of the band, said he had anticipated political content given frontman Bobby Gillespie's known sympathies towards Palestinians.
However, he maintained that combining the Jewish star with a swastika was "pure antisemitism" and not a grey area in debates about criticism of Israel.
"I just thought about my grandparents, who were both Holocaust survivors, and what they would think about me paying money to see a band that would do this," he added.
Primal Scream has been approached for comment but has not responded.
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