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Roger Waters Still Headed to Germany Despite Concert Ban: “We’re Coming Anyway”

by Tina Benitez-Eves April 17, 2023, 8:13 am

Roger Waters is still heading to Frankfurt, Germany on his This is Not A Drill Tour , despite local authorities attempt to ban his concert on May 28.

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The City of Frankfurt previously cancelled Waters’ upcoming show at the Festhalle concert hall and  cited Waters  as “one of the world’s most well-known antisemites” as the reason for the cancellation. Waters called the accusations “unjustifiable” and began fighting the cancellation with his lawyers.

“Not that it matters much,” said Waters in a statement about his intent to still go to Frankfurt. “We’re coming anyway, because human rights matter. Because free speech matters.”

In support of Waters, Pink Floyd ’s Nick Mason, Eric Clapton, Peter Gabriel , Brian Eno, Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello , and actress Susan Sarandon, among nearly 35,000 others have signed a change.org petition to have the decision to cancel his concert overruled.

The city council referenced Waters’ previous antisemitic behavior and activity, including his boycott of Israel and his comparisons of Israel to apartheid South Africa. They also cited his self-declared ties with the Islamist militant group Hamas and his use of a pig-shaped balloon showing the Star of David on previous tours. In a  recent interview,  Waters stood by his comparison of Israel to Nazi Germany and accused Israel of committing genocide. 

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The historical significance of the Festhalle concert hall also played a role in the decision by the city council since the venue was once used for the internment of 3,000 Jewish men who were arrested during Kristallnacht in 1938. On November 9 and 10, 1938, which became known as Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass), Nazis destroyed Jewish-owned businesses, homes, and synagogues.

In his statement, Waters also referenced the Nazi attacks on Jews at Kristallnacht. “We remember Kristallnacht. Like Sophie Scholl, our fathers stood with those 3,000 Jewish men, and today we stand with the Palestinians,” wrote Waters. “We’re coming to Frankfurt on the 28th of May.”

The cancellation comes several months after Polly Samson, wife of Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, also called Waters “antisemitic”  and a “Putin apologist.” Soon after, Gilmour retweeted her post and stated “Every word demonstrably true.”

Waters’ Frankfurt show is part of the European leg of his This Is Not a Drill Tour. He is still scheduled to play five shows in Germany, including dates in Munich, Cologne, and Hamburg, in addition to two nights in Berlin.

Earlier in 2023, Waters also revealed that he re-recorded  Pink Floyd ‘s classic 1973 album  The Dark Side of the Moon  without his remaining band members. In 2022, Waters also released a more somber version of Pink Floyd’s iconic  The Wall  track “ Comfortably Numb .”

During the pandemic, Waters began revisiting and remixing a number of Pink Floyd classics, along with some of his solo songs and continued recording a number of other tracks, including his new version of “ Comfortably Numb 2022 ,” which he worked on during the U.S. leg of his  This Is Not A Drill  Tour.

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Roger Waters Sets Rescheduled Tour Dates, Teases His ‘First Farewell Tour’

By Kory Grow

Roger Waters will embark on what he’s cheekily teasing as his “first farewell tour,” officially dubbed This Is Not a Drill, next summer. He was supposed to launch the trek last year, but pandemic lockdowns sidelined his plans. The new run of dates will kick off in Pittsburgh on July 6th, 2022.

Tickets are on sale now via RogerWaters.com . Those who held onto tickets for the 2020 dates will get an email with further information about the new dates. Those tickets will be valid for the new dates.

“This Is Not A Drill is a groundbreaking new rock & roll/cinematic extravaganza, performed in the round,” Waters wrote in a statement. “It is a stunning indictment of the corporate dystopia in which we all struggle to survive, and a call to action to love, protect, and share our precious and precarious planet home. The show includes a dozen great songs from Pink Floyd ‘s Golden Era alongside several new ones — words and music, same writer, same heart, same soul, same man. Could be his last hurrah. Wow! My first farewell tour! Don’t miss it. Love, R.”

When Waters announced the tour last year , he promised an all-new production, following his Us + Them and the Wall tours, that would be presented in the round.

When he was originally planning it, he had timed it to run up to the 2020 election. “[The new tour] will be even more political than Us + Them was — political and humane,” Waters told Rolling Stone in 2019. “We were listening to songs and looking at setlists today. We were talking about, what should we call it? I shouldn’t be giving this away, but I don’t give a shit because it will probably all change, but imagine the iconic helicopter that normally comes before ‘Happiest Days’ and ‘Brick 2’ — that noise that we all know and love — and imagine a megaphone, somebody abused this device before, I know — but, ‘This is not a drill.’ I thought that could be a good title for the show: This Is Not a Drill. The ruling class is killing us.”

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Live In The Round: Roger Waters This Is Not A Drill 2022 Nordamerika-Tour

von Werner · Veröffentlicht 8. April 2021 · Aktualisiert 10. April 2021

Nach einer Vielzahl von Bands und Musiker, die ihre Tourneen von 2021 auf 2022 verschoben, folgte jetzt Roger Waters ihrem Beispiel und gab die neuen Termine seiner This Is Not A Drill Nordamerika-Tour bekannt.

ROGER WATERS: This Is Not A Drill is a groundbreaking new rock & roll/cinematic extravaganza, performed in the round. It is a stunning indictment of the corporate dystopia in which we all struggle to survive, and a call to action to love, protect, and share our precious and precarious planet home. The show includes a dozen great songs from Pink Floyd’s Golden Era alongside several new ones — words and music, same writer, same heart, same soul, same man. Could be his last hurrah. Wow! My first farewell tour! Don’t miss it. Love, R.

Die Tour umfasst 36 Shows, sechs davon auf kanadischen Boden. Die Shows in Mexiko City der 2020er Tour sind noch offen.

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Ich danke Thomas Zeidler für den Hinweis.

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Super! New York first night! Das passt! I‘ll be there! Und ich sah mich schon innerlich mein Ticket für den Madison Square Garden verkaufen, weil es im Herbst 2021 nicht gepasst hätte….

Das bedeutet: Europa frühestens 2023. Da wird Waters 80.

Wie immer, topaktuell! Habe heute auch die Nachricht von den Zettelmeistern bekommen, ich habe nun einen Monat Zeit mein Geld zurückzufordern, doch eine innere Stimme sagt mir voller Hoffnung nächstes Jahr wird alles besser und ich sehe mich Ende August mit einem Hot Dog in der Hand zum Pennsylvania Plaza Nummer 4 schreiten, cross your fingers 😉

Abschieds- und Comebacktourneen sind ja sehr beliebt geworden. Wenn Waters nun auf diesen Zug aufspringt, könnten uns noch viele Jahre Konzerte mit ihm bevorstehen. Er weißt ja drauf hin, das es seine erste sei. (Da fällt mir ein: Ne Abschiedstournee von Pink Floyd steht noch aus… so ne kleine Überraschung würde mir gefallen. So aus dem Nichts heraus – wie damals bei The Police)

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Mein New York Ticket werde ich wohl auch behalten. Washington gebe ich vermutlich zurück und suche nach einer anderen Stadt, die zeitlich näher am New York Termin liegt. Hauptsache Roger bleibt gesund und fit und kann seine Abschiedstour 2022 durchführen und genießen.

…da sollten wir uns doch im Big Apple auf ein Hopfenkaltschalengetränk treffen, Marcus! Mit oder ohne heissen Hund 😉 Oh bytheway, schönes Wochenende allen Floydianern da draussen an dein Heim- und Mobilbildschirm-Endgeräten 😉

Hi Oliver! Das wird leider nix mit uns in New York. Schade! Der Sohn meiner Stellvertretung hat gerade in dem Zeitraum Kindergarten-Ferien und Familien mit Kindern haben berechtigterweise Urlaubsvorrang. Ich habe nun meine Karten zurück gegeben und weiche auf Ende September aus mit 1x San Francisco und 2x Los Angeles.

Schade, grüsse mir SF und LA, da würde ich auch gern nochmal hin, 1994 konnte ich in Oakland PINK FLOYD völlig ohne das vorher geplant zu haben sehen, damals machte ich mit Frau in SF Urlaub und habe mich dann einfach von SF über die Bridge zum Konzert verabschiedet, unvergesslich, denn deshalb hatte ich einen heftigen Ehekrach, but hey, die Frau ist weg und die Erinnerung bleibt 😉 Cheers.

@ChrisHB and other Ihr wisst schon wie alt Waters ist oder? Man kann froh sein wenn die Tour überhaupt noch stattfindet würde ich mal so sagen.

Da hast du natürlich recht! Allerdings hätte ich den Einwand auch schon vor 10 oder 15 Jahren gelten lassen ;-).

Das ist richtig, Waters wird im September nächsten Jahres 79. Dann ein Jahr später noch auf eine Europa-Tour zu hoffen, ist optimistisch. Von daher freue ich mich sehr, dass ich ihn nächstes Jahr noch mal in New York sehen kann. Ich habe übrigens noch ein weiteres Ticket für New York MSG am 30.08.2022 übrig. Falls jemand Interesse hat, kann ja Werner vielleicht den Kontakt herstellen. Die Kulanzzeit zur Ticketrückgabe bei Ticketmaster geht bis 8. Mai.

Moin Michael! Hätte ggf. Interesse! Wo genau wirst Du/wir dann sitzen? Gerne PM über Werner hier…

Nunja, stimmt schon, Roger ist nicht mehr der jüngste, aber letzten Endes hängt es weniger von seinem genauen Alter und der entsprechenden Zahl ab, sondern wie fit er eben ist. Manche sind mit 80 noch fitter als andere mit 60/70. Und sonderlich fordernd sind seine Konzerte ja zumindest physisch nicht.

Find es ja generell interessant wie viele Musiker es in dem Alter gibt die immer noch weiter machen. Einige wollen/können einfach nicht aufhören, da es eben seit Jahrzehnten fundamentaler Bestandteil ihres Lebens ist. Ich denke bei vielen ist es auch gerade das was sie im Alter noch fit und munter hält.

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Antisemitism officials call for roger waters' germany tour to be cancelled.

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 27: Roger Waters performs onstage at Crypto.com Arena on September 27, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Some of Germany’s top government officials responsible for combating antisemitism have called on German music venues to cancel the German leg of former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters' forthcoming tour.

Mr Waters, a long-time critic of Israel and a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, has a history of using his platform to make controversial statements.

Antisemitism Commissioner for the State of Berlin, Samuel Salzborn, called for the cancellation of Mr Water’s upcoming Berlin concert in May.

During an interview with Berliner Zeitung Magazine, Mr Salzborn described the 79-year-old as “one of the loudest voices in the music business spreading anti-Israel and antisemitic [rhetoric].”

Mr Salzborn was not alone in calling for the dates of Mr Water’s “This is Not A Drill” tour in Germany to be scrapped.

Last month, Bavaria’s antisemitism commissioner Ludwig Spaenle asked the city of Munich to cancel the concert to be held in the Olympiahalle venue if Mr Waters did not distance himself from the BDS movement.

Uwe Becker, the central state of Hesse’s antisemitism commissioner and Representative for Jewish life and the Fight against antisemitism, also wished to see Mr Waters barred from performing in Frankfurt, the largest city in Hesse.

Mr Becker said last month that Mr Waters had “developed more and more into a hateful opponent of Israel.

“For years, Mr Waters has been using his reputation to agitate against the Jewish state in a defamatory way and to question its legitimacy.

“Waters is a bad example of aggressive, Israel-related antisemitism and he should therefore not be given an artistic platform in Hesse.”

Mr Water’s “This is Not A Drill” 2023 tour will see him playing at venues across Europe. Concerts in the German cities of Hamburg, Cologne, Berlin, Munich, and Frankfurt will take place in May 2023.

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The organisers of Mr Water’s tour, FKP Scorpio, have distanced themselves from the musician’s political positions.

A spokesperson told the German Press Agency DPA that they had signed the tour contract with Mr Waters before they became aware of individual statements made by the artist that they themselves found “problematic and does not at all reflect our own reviews”.

At the end of his 2018 concert in Berlin, Mr Waters repeatedly promoted the BDS movement.

At the time the Mayor of Munich Dieter Reiter slammed Mr Waters for stoking antisemitism and said the Olympic Hall would not be rented to him in the future, due to his advocacy for BDS.

Mr Reiter said, “It is important for me to make it unmistakably clear that antisemitic propaganda of Roger Waters is neither welcome in Munich nor will it remain unanswered.”

In a post to his website on November 4, 2022, Mr Waters said: “I’ve heard there is a rumour going round that I may not be coming to Germany on my European tour, because of opposition from the Israeli lobby. RUBBISH! I WOULDN’T MISS MY GIGS IN GERMANY FOR ANYTHING!

“The Mayor of Munich and some members of the Green and SDP political parties and some other mouthpieces for the Israeli lobby have been slandering me, accusing me of being an antisemite and also a Putin apologist,

“I am neither of those things. Never have been and never will be.

“Your Ruling Class and your media want to ban me from bringing my message of love and peace and revolution to enrich your lives. WELL I’M COMING, and together we will raise the roof on this charade, this looking the other way, as one ethnic group commits slow genocide upon another.”

Dear German fans, I’ve heard there is a rumor going round that I may not be coming to Germany on my European tour, because of opposition from the Israeli Lobby. RUBBISH! I WOULDN'T MISS MY GIGS IN GERMANY FOR ANYTHING! Read more: https://t.co/NnADgM43DE pic.twitter.com/V7wk8y7TXq — Roger Waters ✊ (@rogerwaters) November 4, 2022

Mr Waters drew condemnation earlier this year when, a week before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, he told an interviewer of the state-controlled Russia Today that the talk of an imminent attack was “BS” and propaganda meant to demonise Russia.

Following the invasion, Mr Waters accused the West, led by the US, of having invested interests in prolonging the war and that Russia was responding to NATO provocations.

His comments over Ukraine caused widespread outrage in Poland and led to Mr Waters being labelled a “persona non grata” by Kraków’s city council.

Roger Waters’ manager has cancelled the April concert dates in Kraków “without reason”. Mr Waters accused a Kraków a councillor of attempting to censor him.

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Roger Waters Kicks Off 2022 Tour: Set List, Photos and Videos

Roger Waters began the first night of his 2022 This Is Not a Drill tour with a cheerful message projected onto the screens above the stage: “If you don’t agree with Roger’s politics, you might do well to fuck off to the bar right now.”

For the most part, the crowd at the PPG Glass Arena in Pittsburgh Wednesday night laughed, roared and whooped their tacit acknowledgment of the Pink Floyd co-founder’s advice.

While decidedly political, Waters’ first tour in five years is more than just a strident pulpit for his progressive (some prefer the word “radical”) views. Yes, This Is Not a Drill takes to task everyone from the past six U.S. presidents to rich oligarchies to foreign fascists. However, it also acts as a signal boost for both compassionate altruism and revealing aspects of Waters’ mythology.

You can see photos, the full set list and fan-shot videos of the show below.

Waters and his band performed in the middle of the PPG floor, surrounded by catwalks, stage extensions and an elongated hi-tech screen system above the musicians. The screen was used repeatedly for excellent dramatic (and political) effect, displaying short films, disturbing animation and archival footage of his first band. The proceedings began with a widescreen panorama of a skyline of dilapidated, semi-destroyed skyscrapers, best described as somewhere between such dystopian sci-fi classics as Blade Runner and I Am Legend . It was the perfect visual for Waters’ opening salvo, a lugubrious droning arrangement of Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” performed by him and backing vocalists Shanay Johnson and Amanda Belair channeling some version of a celestial choir.

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And that was only the beginning of an arresting evening filled with dynamic playing, personal history, political invective and one new, as-yet-unrecorded Waters composition. He accompanied himself on piano during “The Bar,” describing the song not as the place where naysayers who didn’t like his beliefs could go, but rather as a place where people with shared beliefs “can be better people for all our fellow human beings.”

That poignancy gave way to Pink Floyd’s cynical “Have a Cigar,” one of the best songs to ever smack down music industry egos. Then Waters (via typed narrative text on the screen) discussed the roots of his friendship with tragic genius and Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett . That then led to him describing a breakdown that led to the creation of the song “Wish You Were Here” and excerpts from the Barrett paean “Shine On You Crazy Diamond.” These personal moments would give way to the footage of Reuters journalists being killed via drone strikes, material that was leaked to the internet by Chelsea Manning and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Waters was running both sonic and psychic roller coasters to his listeners in the hopes of consciousness- and/or hell-raising before breaking for a 20-minute intermission.

For the second set, Waters and his band tempered their headline-news warnings with fan favorites and more unlikely twists and turns. Donning a full-length leather duster and aviator sunglasses (and flanked by a faux security detail), Waters delivered a scathing take on Pink Floyd’s “In the Flesh,” ramming home the rock-star-as-fascist-despot role with great aplomb. A spirited version of “Run Like Hell” followed, with that crucial line (“ They’re gonna send you back to mother in a cardboard box, you better run! ”) still capable of turning your blood to Freon, decades after its release. Waters continued his activist awareness with passionate performances of “Deja Vu” and the pointed “Is This the Life We Really Want?”

Watch Roger Waters Perform 'Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 + Part 3'

But fans who came to This Is Not a Drill with a great sense of the apolitical were still rewarded. The band delivered stellar versions of all the tracks on Side Two of both 1973's The Dark Side of the Moon and 1975's Wish You Were Here . Some people would think Waters would be eye-rolling his way through these fan-service gestures, playing songs older than everyone currently in the SoundScan Top 100. But Waters did not need to deny his past or come off cloying.

He commandeered guitarist Jonathan Wilson to sing the classic “Money” so he could put his bass on and get in the trenches with the rest of his backing band. Contemporary versions of “Us And Them,” the wondrously psychedelic instrumental “Any Colour You Like” and the FM-playlist staples “Brain Damage” and “Eclipse” were delivered with enough contemporary energy and wondrous musicianship that it didn’t come off like a cover band phoning it in quickly for free drinks and middle-aged divorcees at the bar, post-show.

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After wrapping up the concert with “Two Suns in the Sunset” (Waters’ ode to the Doomsday Clock from Pink Floyd’s The Final Cut LP) and a reprise of “The Bar” segueing into “Outside the Wall,” Waters and band said farewell and played themselves offstage as a video crew followed them into their dressing room, projecting the exit onscreen in real time. Waters showed gratitude to both his touring crew’s professionalism and wherewithal in building the elaborate in-the-round set and to his audience for their continued dedication.

But it’s those fans who understand without question Waters’ passion and dedication to his craft. At 78, Roger Waters can stay at his home in the Hamptons with his wife and collect mechanical royalties from a career that’s been both lucrative and alluring for well over half a century. With the U.S. looking irredeemably polarized, Waters is either ambitious or audacious in his desire to wake the populace in the best way he sees fit. He doesn’t need to be traversing our highways spreading a message. After all, it's right there in the name of the tour.

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Roger Waters, 7/6/22, PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pa. 1. "Comfortably Numb" 2. "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" 3. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2" 4. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 3" 5. "The Powers That Be" 6. "The Bravery of Being Out of Range" 7. "The Bar" 8. "Have a Cigar" 9. "Wish You Were Here" 10. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX)" 11. "Sheep" 12. "In the Flesh" 13. "Run Like Hell" 14. "Déjà Vu" 15. "Is This the Life We Really Want?" 16. "Money" 17. "Us & Them" 18. "Any Colour You Like" 19. "Brain Damage" 20. "Eclipse" 21. "Two Suns in the Sunset" 22. "The Bar (Reprise)" 23. "Outside the Wall"

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Roger Waters threatens legal action over German concert cancellations

Waters was accused of being ‘a widely known antisemite’ in Frankfurt council instruction to cancel concert, with other German cities also proposing cancellations

Roger Waters has said he will take legal action against city authorities in Germany over the threatened cancellation of concerts there, after the former Pink Floyd frontman was accused of antisemitism, which he denies.

In February, magistrates in Frankfurt instructed the venue for Waters’ 28 May concert in the city to cancel it, arguing that Waters was “one of the most widely known antisemites” in the world.

Waters has long been an opponent of Israel over its activity in Palestine, describing it as an “apartheid state” that is guilty of “ethnic cleansing”, and supports a cultural boycott of the country. He has long denied antisemitism and claimed that his enmity is with Israel rather than Judaism, and has accused Israel of “abusing the term antisemitism to intimidate people, like me, into silence”.

Frankfurt’s council also highlighted Waters’ historical use of a Star of David emblazoned on a pig prop as part of his stage show. In 2013, Rogers was accused of antisemitism for using the image, but he countered that the pig, which he said represented “evil, and more specifically the evil of errant government”, also featured “the crucifix, the crescent and star, the hammer and sickle, the Shell Oil logo and the McDonald’s sign, a dollar sign and a Mercedes sign … The Star of David represents Israel and its policies and is legitimately subject to any and all forms of non violent protest. To peacefully protest against Israel’s racist domestic and foreign policies is not antisemitic.”

A coalition of parties in Munich’s city council also filed a motion for Waters’ concert at the city’s Olympiahalle on 21 May to be cancelled. A similar motion was tabled in Cologne in February, with management of the concert venue Lanxess Arena claiming “there is currently no legal basis for an extraordinary termination” of Waters’ concert there.

Waters has now instructed the Höcker law firm to resist any concert cancellations. Speaking to the Guardian, the firm’s partner Ralf Höcker explained that they would file interim injunctions against the councils if venues or promoters are instructed to cancel the concerts.

“The city of Munich is wasting taxpayer money on something that cannot be successful,” Höcker said. “The legal situation is really clear and they’re still going forward with this, and that’s unacceptable.” Regarding the injunctions, he said “we’re very optimistic we’ll be successful” if they were filed.

A joint statement from Höcker and Waters’ UK manager reads: “These actions are unconstitutional, without justification, and based upon the false accusation that Roger Waters is antisemitic, which he is not … Mr Waters believes that if this blatant attempt to silence him is left unchallenged it could have serious, far-reaching consequences for artists and activists all over the world.” Tickets are currently still on sale for all of his German tour dates.

The Festhalle venue in Frankfurt, which would host the Waters concert, has a painful history: during the Kristallnacht pogrom in 1938, it was used to house Jewish men from the area who had been rounded up, before being deported to concentration camps. A plaque was installed in 1991 to commemorate the events there.

As well as continuing his This Is Not a Drill world tour, Waters is preparing the release of a re-recorded version of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon , made solo without the involvement of his long-estranged bandmates.

Divisions intensified recently when band lyricist Polly Samson accused Waters of being “antisemitic to your rotten core. Also a Putin apologist and a lying, thieving, hypocritical, tax-avoiding, lip-synching, misogynistic, sick-with-envy, megalomaniac” – allegations Waters denied.

Waters has been criticised more widely for his characterisation of the conflict in Ukraine, after calling it a “proxy war” that was “not unprovoked”, and claiming that Nazis were “in control of the [Ukraine] government”.

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Roger Waters Opens 2022 Tour, ‘This Is Not a Drill’

Roger Waters on opening night of his 2022 tour (Photo: Kate Izor; used with permission)

After a 4-year hiatus from the road, Roger Waters finally opened his 2022 tour, “This Is Not a Drill,” on Thursday night (July 6), at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Penn. The Pink Floyd singer-songwriter-bass guitarist will play 43 shows, in the round for the first time, across the U.S., Canada and Mexico, in a tour delayed two full years due to the ongoing pandemic.

The show’s 23 songs including ones from Pink Floyd’s vast catalog as well as many from Waters’ solo career, including  the spellbinding opening number, “Comfortably Numb,” plus “Us and Them,” “Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2),” “Brain Damage” / “Eclipse” and “Wish You Were Here.” Waters also previewed a new song, “The Bar.”

“I wasn’t completely idle during lockdown,” he told the audience. “I wrote a couple of new songs.”

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“Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome,” said Waters , “to every man and woman in this arena.” He then described a new song, “The Bar,” before premiering it.

Waters is on lead vocals, guitars, bass and piano and is joined on stage by Jonathan Wilson on guitars and vocals; Dave Kilminster on guitars and vocals; Jon Carin on keyboards, guitar and vocals; Gus Seyffert on bass and vocals; Robert Walter on keyboards; Joey Waronker on drums; Shanay Johnson on vocals; Amanda Belair on vocals and Seamus Blake on saxophone.

Towards the end of the first set, Waters and his band performed “Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX).”

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Roger Waters, PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA, July 6, 2022, Setlist Set 1 Comfortably Numb The Happiest Days of Our Lives Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3

Roger Waters on opening night of his 2022 tour (Photo: Brian Lima; used with permission)

The Powers That Be The Bravery of Being Out of Range The Bar Have a Cigar Wish You Were Here Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX) Sheep

Set 2 In the Flesh Run Like Hell Déjà Vu Is This the Life We Really Want? Money Us and Them Any Colour You Like Brain Damage Eclipse Two Suns in the Sunset The Bar (Reprise) Outside the Wall

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Roger Waters (born September 6, 1944) is a world-renowned, seminal British musician who rose to recognition as the conceptual leader of the progressive rock outfit Pink Floyd, hailing from Great Bookham, Surrey, England.

Born in Great Bookham, Surrey, Roger Waters’ father was a conscientious objector for the early part of WW2, however later changed this stance and was killed in action at Aprilia when Roger was five months old. Following his fathers death, Roger moved with his mother to Cambridge, which is where he met future band mates Syd Barrett and David Gilmour. Upon subsequently enrolling at Regent Street Polytechnic, Waters met Pink Floyd founding members Nick Mason and Richard Wright. The three members went on to play music together for the first time in the autumn of 1963, dubbing themselves Stigma 6 and occasionally the Meggadeaths.

By 1966 the moniker Pink Floyd had been settled on with a lineup consisting of Roger Waters, Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright. Together Pink Floyd would prove to be one of the most influential, open-minded and ultimately successful rock bands of all time. In 1968 Barrett left the group and was replaced by David Gilmour, as a result Waters took the band’s conceptual reigns and began honing the distinctive Punk Floyd sound. This included the second best-selling record of all time “The Dark Side of the Moon” (1973), “Wish You Were Here” (1975), “Animals” (1977), “The Wall” (1979), and “The Final Cut” (1983), culminating in over 250 million copies sold worldwide.

Waters departed Pink Floyd in 1985 and following a legal dispute regarding the rights to the name and material, the musician began crafting solo material. The esteemed singer-songwriter’s debut solo album, “The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking”, arrived in 1984, featuring Eric Clapton and David Sanborn. Following the release and disappointing supporting tour, Waters scored the soundtrack to the animated film “When the Wind Blows” in 1986, after which he released his second full-length album “Radio K.A.O.S.”. Issued in 1987, the record is a concept album based on a Welsh mute who can physically tune his mind into radio waves, and earned more popular reviews than its predecessor.

In November 1989, the world’s most polarising symbol, the Berlin Wall, fell. In 1990 Waters staged arguably the largest and most impressive rock concert in history, The Wall Live. Playing to in excess of 200,000 people, alongside fellow musicians Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Cyndi Lauper, and the Scorpions, a double live album “The Wall - Live in Berlin” was subsequently released to platinum sales. After a move to Columbia Records, Waters released his third studio album, “Amused to Death”, in 1992. Drawing greater comparisons to his Pink Floyd output, the record was his best-received to date, spawning the single “What God Wants, Pt. 1”.

In 1999 the extolled musician began touring again after a seven-year hiatus, playing a combination of solo and Pink Floyd material. The tour proved a huge success, constantly expanding to play larger venues and more dates, including a final show at 2002’s Glastonbury Festival. Following a reunion with Mason, Wright, and Gilmour in 2005 for Live 8 in London’s Hyde Park, Waters released the operatic album “Ça Ira”, based on the French Revolution. In 2010 Waters’ The Wall Live tour began, which by 2013 became the highest-grossing tour by a solo artist of all time.

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Roger Waters: Us + Them

This was one of the most spectacular concert experiences of my life, and I have seen hundreds of shows. I was blown away a few years ago by Roger's The Wall tour and really did not know what to expect from Us + Them.

When I saw the tour was kicking off close to my home I immediately got online to buy a ticket, took the day off from work, and drove to Kansas City to see the opening show of the tour. It was unbelievable and exceeded my expectations. I thought it would just be a singular concert limited to Roger's new album, "Is This the Life We Really Want?", which would have been just fine with me, but it was so much more. If you loved or even just liked The Wall tour you will be equally impressed by Us + Them. I do not make that comparison lightly. The Wall is the gold standard of rock shows in my opinion.

There was so much going on as far as music, videos, and props it is hard to believe that any one person could possibly take it all in. The images were so vivid and carefully constructed it was almost impossible to keep from being overwhelmed by the impact on the audience.

As with much of Pink Floyd music there was a multitude of political statements, mostly critical of Trump and the shameful things going on in the United States today.

The music was a mixture of Roger's solo and Pink Floyd tunes, borrowing heavily from Darkside of the Moon, The Wall, and Animals. You don't have to be a Pink Floyd fan or a Roger Waters fan to love this show. It comes easily if you go by nothing more than spectacle. If you are a Pink Floyd fan you will look at the music in a whole new way. If that's even possible over all these years.

I highly recommend this show to anyone who loves rock 'n' roll, statement theatre, and high production values. The use of stadium sized HD video screens, and the pig and moon drones, followed by the laser pyramid at the end..., you have no idea what you are in for.

The Sprint Center was filled to near capacity with absolutely thrilled fans. There was no barring of video or photography, and there is no way that any one person could take all of the imagery in.

I think if you review setlist.com and look at YouTube videos of the show it will make you want to see the show more and not feel like you've already seen it. Video and photographs do not do justice to everything that was going on nor do they capture the scope and scale.

While watching, I thought of all my friends and family who would enjoy the show, and wish they could've been there with me to experience the sheer joy of this production.

I must also point out how genuinely appreciative and blown away Roger was by the positive response from the audience during his stage interactions. He was clearly pleased with his creation and it's effect on everyone present. As usual he delivers his message in a spot-on manner and clearly connects with what people are feeling in the age of Trump. It is impossible to comment on all the messages and imagery employed during Roger's commentary. Suffice to say that Roger is a master wordsmith and musician and proves it again with Us + Them. He is truly a treasure to be savored. I cannot wait to see him again. His polish, professionalism, and production values blow 99% of other rock acts completely out of the water. What an experience! I highly recommend this show.

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I saw the man, (the "legend"!), on his 2010 "The Wall" tour, at the Staples Center here in Los Angeles. I also went to see the "Pros and Cons.." & "Radio Kaos" tours, years back. I expected a lot from "Roger Waters' - The Wall", I have to admit; for I'd read & heard reviews, & knew that Roger was quite proud of the show. I've listened to the original "The Wall" album maybe a thousand or more times since it came out in 1980,(no exaggeration, either), for I truly do love the album. I know it word for word, & note for note. What I got to witness at this concert, though, even exceeded my expectations! It was far and away the best rock concert I've ever experienced 'in my life' - & I say this, after going to maybe 70 major rock concerts over the last 40 years. The sound was amazing, the visuals were mind-boggling, & Roger still sings and plays so incredibly well. Outside of his music, I see Mr. Waters (the man) as a pretty awesome person, too. A creative genius, a true humanitarian who 'cares' about others, & I very much relate to his political views. Just,.. if there is any 'one person' that I consider a "hero" of mine, I suppose it would have to be Roger Waters. In concert, there just is no better, (well, except for maybe Led Zeppelin)LoL; so, in a word, "GO!" (You won't be sorry.)

Roger Waters is an English musician, singer, songwriter and composer best known as the bassist and vocalist with Pink Floyd. However, as a solo artist, he still puts on great concerts. Waters has had a solo career for about thirty years and has come to recent prominence with his anti-war sentiment. During the United States invasion of Iraq led to two new tracks on the Internet: "To Kill the Child", inspired by the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and "Leaving Beirut", an anti-war song inspired by his travels in the Middle East.

Waters puts on a good show that is pretty simple in nature. The focus is on him on the stage as he generally is in skinny tattered jeans and a grungy t-shirt with just him, his guitar, and a microphone. He is still an amazing performer and fills the room with his powerful voice and lyrics. I've seen him play a stadium and he still managed to wow the whole place and it was impossible to stay seated. I wasn't the only one - everyone was standing up and singing along. The epic guitar riffs backed up by drums, keys and a light show and set that was just as epic, making it one scorcher of a concert.

You would be hard pressed to find another show that captures an amazing sound, displays some of the most cutting-edge theatrics, and packs a more powerful message all in one show.

If you are a fan of Pink Floyd, DO NOT MISS THIS SHOW!!! If you are a casual fan, I suspect you would still enjoy this show immensely, though anyone who is an actual fan of the band/Roger knows he wears his political views on his sleeves. If you are completely oblivious to this you are either not a huge fan, or just don't care about politics anyway. It would be like me going to see Ted Nugent and expecting him to say something I wouldn't find repellent- that would be on me.

So, to summarize, if you love the work of Pink Floyd & specifically much of what Roger wrote, plus you are either left-leaning politically (or couldn't be bothered), them go. Otherwise, stay home so actual fans don't have to hear inane chit-chat behind us while trying to enjoy the show.

The music was excellent.

Every Pink Floyd song was spot on.

The sound system sounded great even in the cheap seats. The show was nearly, if not completely sold out and I saw no empty seats. The crowd was well behaved while security was thorough they were not obnoxious.

The only negative was the overbearing Anti-Trump rhetoric with a continuous "F" Trump message splashed across the big screen during many songs. The obligatory flying pig even had Anti-Trump slogans! It was sad that musical performances and artist feel they need to push a political agenda! I felt the whole time this was displayed that if identical slurs had been made against our previous President, the media would have a melt down! CNN, ABC, CBS, MSNBC would have been proud!

WOW! That is all one can truly say about this performance! The theatrics were incredible, the band was top-notch, and Waters himself, hasn't lost a thing, and obviously was deeply moved-by, and appreciative-of his fans. I was pleased to see a sold-out arena for the evening, composed of all age-groups and backgrounds. Personally, my favorite portion, or aspect, of the experience was the political critiques being cast through the imagery and music, with a nice-touch of synchronized youth from the Philadelphia area during 'Another Brick Part 2'. Very dark and thought provoking, as Floyd has been for me through my life. Please return next year! I can-not wait to see The Wall! Thank you for your work to assist in raising awareness! RESIST.

The show was spectacular a real treat for the ears and eyes, I have seen Pink Floyd live (1980, The Wall) David Gilmour live (2016, Royal Albert Hall) and now Roger Waters. All were superb.

What was amazing was the near 10 minute standing ovation near the end of the show - even Roger was somewhat taken aback.

A big age range was in the audience I saw one woman must be near 80 right down to kids around the 10 year old mark.

Sitting beside me was a girl around the 20 mark, who clearly knew all the lyrics and had never seen any Pink Floyd stuff done live before - she was in tears for about half the show, she enjoyed it that much.

Excellent show, pass it on to Roger and his superb band.

Most recent time I have seen Roger Waters was in Birmingham as part of the Us & Them tour. I expected something spectacular and it certainly was visually amazing, and musically excellent with some very good musicians and singers aswell. There was quite a lot of politics, most of which was very relevant, and the audience was very supportive.

If you are expecting more from Roger Waters than merely going through Pink Floyd songs then I definitely recommend seeing him. This show was excellent and definitely not boring - in fact on the 3 occasions I have seen him he has held my interest throughout.

Absolutely stunning! Roger once again managed to completely blow my mind. It was not the show I was expecting but in fact it surpassed my expectations - just the right balance of Floyd with his new material although I would have welcomed a track or two from his first three albums.

I discovered new meaning in all of the Floyd material which is a true testament to the magnitude of their greatness. Was wonderful hearing Roger call out Trump, Putin, et al but also hold the audience accountable - he owned us in the best way possible.

Worth every penny!

All I can say is AWESOME!!! Just what I expected! I can't get one of the new songs he played out of my head and I dreamed about it that night. VERY powerful! David Kilminster played all the Pink Floyd stuff spot on!!! The singers Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig helped make it an amazing show as well but all the people on stage did! Out show was in Vancouver and he got local kids up and singing for "Another Brick in the Wall" which also was spot on. Loved and agreed with all his comments to the audience.

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Roger Waters Brings Stunning Visuals, Fiery Politics to NYC on This Is Not a Drill Tour

Like or loathe what he has to say, the Pink Floyd veteran puts on one hell of a show.

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Before Roger Waters even took the stage Wednesday (Aug. 31) night for the second Madison Square Garden show on his This Is Not a Drill tour, the British rocker’s genial yet prickly voice issued forth a pre-recorded warning from the speakers: “If you’re one of those, ‘I like Pink Floyd but I can’t stand Roger’s politics’ people, you might do well to f–k off to the bar night now,” he said with a laugh.

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It was a fair warning, as the 78-year-old legend’s current tour – rescheduled from 2020 due to the pandemic – is as heavy on no-holds-barred political commentary as it is on music from the influential psych-rock band that made him famous. And there’s certainly no shortage of Floyd songs (which account for more than half of his setlist) over the course of his generous two-act show involving harrowing dystopian visuals, remote-controlled floating animals and a ton of smoke. (Well, the smoke wasn’t so much from Waters’ 140-person crew as it was the gray-headed fans who sparked up the moment he began singing “Another Brick in the Wall” near the top of the show.)

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If there were any “shut up and sing” types in the audience that night, they were either strangely silent or took his advice about f–king off to the bar. The crowd’s response was either supportive or respectfully neutral to images branding everyone from Ronald Reagan to sitting President Biden a “war criminal.” There were claps, and even tears, when he ran footage of police officers mercilessly beating unarmed, nonviolent civilians along with the names of murder victims from George Floyd in Minneapolis to journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Palestine. All of that went down during a driving, funky take on “The Powers That Be” from his 1987 solo album Radio K.A.O.S. , which sounds pretty dated if you’re listening to the studio version (the MOR ’80s rock production is strong on that one) but boasts a weightier urgency when delivered by his current touring band.

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Waters deserves credit for forcing 20,000 nostalgia-seeking Floyd fans to face uncomfortable realities that most concerts serve as an escape from. He reminded everyone that MSG (and all of New York City) sits on land stolen from the Munsee-Lenape people centuries ago. And during a thumping version of “Run Like Hell” that segued into an acoustic “Déjà Vu” from his most recent solo effort, Is This the Life We Really Want?, he made us Americans confront the bone-chillingly blasé footage of U.S. troops gunning down two Reuters journalists in a peaceful public space after they mistook cameras for weapons back in 2007. (After Chelsea Manning’s decision to leak the footage caused a reckoning three years later, a spokesperson for U.S. Central Command said, “We regret the loss of innocent life,” although no one was ever punished for the deaths. A “Free Julian Assange” message accompanied the footage).

Significantly less laudable, however, are Waters’ ongoing comments on the war in Ukraine, which he doubled down on Wednesday night. Fresh off a euphoric, laser-laden performance of the entire second side of The Dark Side of the Moon , Waters chided the U.S. and NATO for not ending the war in Ukraine. “What we are doing, poking sticks in Russian bears, is completely insane,” he offered, while seated at a piano toward the end of the show.

The audience, at that point, was either too hypnotized by the music or stoned off second-hand smoke to do much other than exchange quizzical glances, wondering if they’d heard him correctly; presumably, not everyone in attendance was familiar with Waters’ recent comments on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, where he has faulted both Biden and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy for insufficient negotiations with Russia, which many have seen as a victim-blaming stance, considering that Russia was the invading aggressor. He’s also insisted Russia was pushed into this war, saying , “This war is basically about the action and reaction of NATO pushing right up to the Russian border,” a line of logic not too dissimilar from someone trying to say Nazi Germany was pushed to invade Poland because of stiff reparations imposed on the country after World War I — as if explaining the cause of a hostile invasion somehow frees the invading country of moral responsibility.

The muted response to his cringe-worthy Ukraine comments could also have simply been a result of the crowd giving him a pass, considering how astonishing This Is Not a Drill looks and sounds; it’s an arresting spectacle complemented by an equally immersive sonic experience that manages to be loud as hell without veering into head-splitting levels that have you reaching for earplugs. And when that inflatable sheep made the rounds above the heads of fans during, naturally, “Sheep,” the visible delight on everyone’s face was as life-affirming as the darker imagery was depressing. (Plus, there’s a delicious irony in watching hundreds of people reflexively pull out their cell phones the moment a giant sheep appears above their heads.)

All in all, Waters’ This Is Not a Drill tour serves as a reminder of two important truths: His visual and musical art remains as vital, timely and invigorating as ever, and if someone talks politics at you for two hours, they’re eventually going to say something that does indeed find you wishing you were at the bar instead.

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Roger Waters Announces Rescheduled North American Tour for Summer 2022

Roger Waters will play 36 shows across the US and Canada starting in Pittsburgh on July 6, 2022 at the PPG Paints Arena

AEG Presents/Concerts West is pleased to announce the new dates for Roger Waters This Is Not A Drill tour in the Summer of 2022.

This Is Not A Drill scheduled for 2020 was postponed due to the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic. We are thrilled to announce these dates for the summer of 2022 while keeping in mind the safety of all parties.

Roger Waters will play 36 shows across the US and Canada starting in Pittsburgh on July 6, 2022 at the PPG Paints Arena.

Ticketholders for the previously announced 2020 tour dates will receive an email with further information. Fans are encouraged to hold onto their original tickets as they will be valid for the new 2022 dates. For any further ticketing inquiries fans should reach out to their point of purchase.

“This Is Not A Drill is a ground breaking new rock and roll/cinematic extravaganza, performed in the round, it is a stunning indictment of the corporate dystopia in which we all struggle to survive, and a call to action to LOVE, PROTECT and SHARE our precious and precarious planet home. The show includes a dozen great songs from PINK FLOYD’S GOLDEN ERA along side several new ones, words and music, same writer, same heart, same soul, same man. Could be his last hurrah. Wow! My first farewell tour! Don’t miss it. Love R.”

Roger Waters: This Is Not A Drill – 2022 North American Tour Dates

7/6/22 Pittsburgh, PA PPG Paints Arena

7/8/22 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena

7/9/22 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena

7/12/22 Boston, MA TD Garden

7/15/22 Montreal, QC Bell Centre

7/17/22 Quebec, QC Videotron Centre

7/20/22 Albany, NY Times Union Center

7/23/22 Detroit, MI Little Caesars Arena

7/26/22 Chicago, IL United Center

7/28/22 Milwaukee, WI Fiserv Forum

7/30/22 Minneapolis, MN Target Center

8/2/22 Cincinnati, OH Heritage Bank Center

8/5/22 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center

8/6/22 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center

8/16/22 Washington, D.C. Capital One Arena

8/18/22 Raleigh, NC PNC Arena

8/20/22 Atlanta, GA State Farm Arena

8/23/22 Miami, FL AmericanAirlines Arena

8/25/22 Orlando, FL Amway Center

8/27/22 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena

8/30/22 New York, NY Madison Square Garden

8/31/22 New York, NY Madison Square Garden

9/3/22 Kansas City, MO T-Mobile Center

9/6/22 Denver, CO Ball Arena

9/8/22 Salt Lake City, UT Vivint Arena

9/10/22 Portland, OR Moda Center

9/13/22 Edmonton, AB Rogers Place

9/15/22 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena

9/17/22 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome

9/20/22 Sacramento, CA Golden 1 Center

9/23/22 San Francisco, CA Chase Center

9/24/22 San Francisco, CA Chase Center

9/27/22 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center

9/28/22 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center

10/1/22 Las Vegas, NV T-Mobile Arena

10/8/22 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center

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