My basic ethos and philosophy hasn’t changed at all over the years. And the fact is, because, whether it’s new material or from my solo career – from Amused to Death or Radio KAOS or Pros and Cons (of Hitchhiking) – or whether it’s anything from the records that I did in Pink Floyd, there is a general thread running through it. “You know, if people are going to come see me in arenas or stadiums from Shreveport, Louisiana to Shanghai, China, and if I want them to listen carefully to what I have to say, and I do, I think it is absolutely essential that I give them a lot of songs that they recognize. The balance between old and new material in next year’s set will be “most likely 80/20, I would think,” Waters says. The fact that the tour is named after a Floyd song and not one of the new ones is testament to that. That’s not to say that his vision of moving on means foregoing vintage material in the Us + Them show. But moving on, we’ve got to save the world, man!” he laughs. I think it’s a great body of work, and I was just happy to use this weekend to tip my hat to them and to that band.
This Desert Trip thing I accepted given the way the weekend was planned, which was sort of Rolling Stones/Beatles/Pink Floyd, and I thought, well, if I’m being given the mantle of Pink Floyd, it behooves me to take a good, strong, long, loving, nostalgic look at the work that David and Rick and Nick and Syd and I did together between 19. Obviously I won’t play the whole new record live, but I will definitely be playing some of the music of it. “I’ve got a lot to say, and I’ve got a huge amount of material. “My plan absolutely is to move on,” Waters tells Billboard. But while it might be tempting to imagine his massive Indio gigs (and a trio of dates in Mexico City that preceded them) as a dry run for the Us + Them tour, he says this fleeting desert stand truly is a one-off, and the tour that begins next May will be substantially if not completely different. Waters’ first set at Desert Trip was heralded by many attendees as the highlight of a three-day jam that had such non-slouches as Paul McCartney and the Rolling Stones for competition.
11 on the US Billboard 200.Ĭurrently on a three-week break from his North American tour, Waters will return to live action on September 7 at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ.Roger Waters Eviscerates ‘Racist, Sexist Pig’ Trump at Desert Trip The set topped the album charts in several countries, including Poland, Switzerland, Norway and Scotland, while peaking at No. Waters teamed up with Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich in London and Los Angeles for his first new album of original material in 25 years. local time, while seats for the New Zealand shows will be available September 8 at noon local time. Tickets for the Australian concerts will go on sale September 8 at 10 a.m.
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