“What do you mean you can’t repeat the past, of course you can.” – Bob Dylan “How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat?” – Pink Floyd You can never travel back in time to the ‘70s and ‘80s to see those golden rock concerts of yore, when rock dinosaurs like [...]
Pink Floyd The Wall – Immersion Edition EMI Rating: There is an oddly satisfying irony to releasing a version of Pink Floyd’s The Wall meant to please the work’s biggest fans. Roger Waters conceived the work as an exploration of isolation and cultural and societal repression, starting with a now famous incident in which he [...]
Watch Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, Roger Waters, and Nick Mason Perform “Outside The Wall”
On May 12, Roger Waters welcomed two special guests on stage at London’s 02 Arena for the closing number as part of his The Wall Live tour. Those guests were long estranged bandmates David Gilmour and Nick Mason. The trio last performed together as part of the Live 8 concert in 2005, alongside keyboardist Richard [...]
Pink Floyd’s Waters And Gilmour Tear Down The Wall
Update: Oh, it’s on, people. After performing together at London’s Hoping Foundation benefit, David Gilmour has agreed to join Roger Waters on his Wall anniversary tour for a single date. And who knows what will happen next? According to Rolling Stone: “Gilmour will join Waters for a single date during his 94-stop tour, which begins [...]
New Roundup: Hank Williams Lands Pulitzer, Roger Waters Revives The Wall, Songwriters Slam Spotify
Don’t tear down the wall just yet. Roger Waters, the creative genius behind Pink Floyd’s multi-platinum 1982 double LP The Wall, has announced that he will perform the album on tour for 35 dates this fall. The concert will be an updated version of the original theatrical performance, last staged in 1990 in front of [...]