Limp Bizkit’s Estonia Show Reportedly Spiked Over Fred Durst’s Resurfaced Pro-Putin Comments

A recently announced Limp Bizkit show in Tallinn, Estonia has been canceled, reportedly due to frontman Fred Durst’s resurfaced comments praising Russian president Vladimir Putin. According to Estonia’s ERR news agency, the show planned for May 31 at Unibet Arena was called off by promoter the Baltic Live Agency (BLA), which announced on Thursday (Nov. 13), “we inform you that due to circumstances beyond the organizer’s control, the Limp Bizkit concert planned for May 31, 2026 is canceled. Our apologies!”

Ticket pre-sales for the show announced on Nov. 7 were set to begin on Monday (Nov. 10) but were reportedly postponed. The announcement of the gig from the newly resurgent nu-metal band reportedly sparked concern in Estonia — which declared independence from former occupier Russia in 1991 —  due to previous comments from Durst supporting Russia’s military campaigns.

Specifically, the site reported that the concerns were tied to Durst holding up a sign in 2015 that reportedly read “Crimea=Russia” and “welcome” after the Russian military annexation of Crimea in 2014. After the show was announced last week, ERR reported that the nation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said there was no place in Estonia for support of aggressor state Russia.

“Estonia supports Ukraine’s territorial integrity and the principle that every last centimeter of Ukrainian territory belongs to Ukraine,” ministry media adviser Brita Kikkas told ERR. Foreign Affairs minister Margus Tsahkna added, “My position is clear, and I will repeat it: Russia is the aggressor, and Crimea is occupied by Russia. Those who justify Russia’s aggression and the occupation of a neighboring country are not welcome in Estonia. They have no place on Estonian stages and should not be earning income here.”

At press time, spokespeople for the band and the promoter had not returned Billboard‘s request for comment. In addition, the show is not listed on the group’s official tour routing and no longer appears on the site for the Arena; attempts to purchase tickets through Ticketmaster takes fans to an error page reading “the page you requested was not found.”

Promoter BLA told ERR that it was aware of Durst’s sign and that the only explanation was that “at the time (until 2019), Fred Durst was married to a Russian Crimean woman and evidently living in a distorted information bubble.” TMZ reported in 2018 that Durst filed for divorce from his third wife, Ukrainian makeup artist Kseniya Beryazina Durst, after six years.

Durst was reportedly banned from entering Ukraine — which has been at war with Russia since Putin’s forces launched an unprovoked invasion in Feb. 2022 — for five years in 2015 after holding up the abovementioned sign and reportedly expressing interest in buying a house in Crimea a year after Russia’s 2014 annexation of the peninsula widely recognized as part of Ukraine. The singer had earlier claimed that he planned to move to Crimea to produce film and TV content there.

ERR also reported that following Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula, Durst praised Russian dictator Putin, calling him a “great guy with clear moral principles and a nice person.” In 2023 the band dropped a video for “Out of Style,” in which Durst was deepfaked to appear as Putin, while DJ Lethal was mocked-up as Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and guitarist Wes Borland portrayed a smiling President Biden.