Who is roger waters

Because that was when I was in my early twenties and I was copying shit out of books of Chinese poetry. Last year, you had some kind of attempted peace meeting between you and David Gilmour. What happened there? I did. There was a drummer in the room! Nick [Mason] was there. Only three of us are alive. It was just, Can we release the remastered vinyl version of Animals without it turning into the third world war?

God knows why. It would be fucking awful. But I had to live through it. Along with reviving his live performing career, he attempted to launch a Broadway adaptation of The Wall and released two antiwar songs on the Internet in "To Kill the Child" and "Leaving Beirut. Greeted by rave reviews, the band nevertheless didn't capitalize on it, choosing to stay separated. Waters released his opera Ca Ira in , and beginning in , he spent two years touring The Dark Side of the Moon.

The success of this tour led to Waters launching a touring rendition of The Wall and its success eclipsed Dark Side ; in , it held the record for being the highest-grossing solo tour. Two years later, Waters decided to document this successful production of The Wall through a new theatrical documentary called Roger Waters' The Wall , which was accompanied by the release of a soundtrack of the same name in November The LP appeared in June , debuting at three on the U.

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The album was the first of Waters' to hit the top of the charts — albeit only in Switzerland. Later that year, the Pink Floyd exhibition opened in London, where Waters was on hand with his former bandmate Nick Mason, who has referred to Waters as his oldest friend. Waters has been criticized in recent years for his attitude to Israel. So much so that he has been accused of anti-Semitism. In , he called upon the "Rock'n'Roll family" for a cultural boycott of Israel, with his stated aim of ending the occupation of the Palestinian territories.

Time and again, he has put massive pressure on fellow musicians who want to perform in Israel. He left Europe behind at the end of the summer and will begin concerts in South America in October. Although the music veteran has seen his image crumble as a result of his anti-Israeli statements, which he also makes in his concerts, concert tickets are still selling well. The sensational show covered some of his greatest hits, but Waters does not hold back with his controversial political attitude; during his concerts, he has been known to make anti-Israeli statements.

He did just that at his two sold-out concerts in Berlin in June. The Musikexpress later wrote that: "Without the big show in the Mercedes-Benz Arena, he would have simply seemed like a confused old anti-Semite who somehow got lost on one of the biggest stages in the city. The majority in the audience thought it thoroughly spoiled the concert and many left the arena with boos or in an embarrassed silence.

Read more: Calls to boycott Roger Waters due to anti-Semitism. For the most part, music fans tend to find political statements by engaged musicians a good thing.

Waters' criticism of Israel, however, goes too far for many; they accuse him of anti-Semitism. Fans are not impressed by Waters' urging fellow musicians to cancel scheduled concerts in Israel.

Waters is one of the most outspoken members of the BDS Movement — an organization that operates worldwide under the slogan "Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions" and denounces above all the oppression of the Palestinians in Israel.

The campaign started in in light of Israeli occupation policy and calls for the exclusion of Israel from international organizations and a complete cultural boycott of the country.

On the grounds that through their appearances in Israel, musicians were supporting an unjust regime with policies comparable to apartheid in South Africa, the BDS movement puts artists and musicians under massive pressure. The singer Lana del Ray has just canceled a concert at the Israeli "Meteor" festival after Waters put her under considerable pressure on social media ahead of the event.

She is not the only one who has experienced that in recent years. Read more: BDS: 6 questions and answers about the movement boycotting Israel.