![]() 1984–1989: The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking and Radio K.A.O.S.He has toured extensively as a solo act since 1999 he performed The Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety for his world tour of 2006–2008, and the Wall Live tour of 2010–2013 was the highest-grossing tour by a solo artist at the time. Later that year, he reunited with Pink Floyd bandmates Nick Mason, Richard Wright, and David Gilmour for the Live 8 global awareness event, the group's only appearance with Waters since 1981. As a member of Pink Floyd, he was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. In 1990, Waters staged one of the largest rock concerts in history, The Wall – Live in Berlin, with an attendance of 450,000. In 2005, he released Ça Ira, an opera translated from Étienne and Nadine Roda-Gils' libretto about the French Revolution. (1987), Amused to Death (1992), and Is This the Life We Really Want? (2017). Waters's solo work includes the studio albums The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (1984), Radio K.A.O.S. ![]() ![]() Amid creative differences, Waters left in 1985 and began a legal dispute over the use of the band's name and material. By the early 1980s, they had become one of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful groups in popular music. Pink Floyd achieved international success with the concept albums The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977), The Wall (1979), and The Final Cut (1983). ![]() Waters initially served as the bassist, but following the departure of singer-songwriter Syd Barrett in 1968, he also became their lyricist, co-lead vocalist and conceptual leader until his departure in 1983. In 1965, he co-founded the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. Frankfurt City Council retain the right the appeal the decision.George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. The court's ruling has been condemned by the International Auschwitz Committee and the Central Council of Jews in Germany. “Not that it matters much! We’re coming anyway! Because human rights matter! Because free speech matters! Yes!"įrankfurt’s administrative court has now declared that the show can go ahead, calling the show's use of "symbolism manifestly based on that of the National Socialist regime" tasteless, but citing artistic freedom among the reasons for the decision and confirming that the concert should be "viewed as a work of art." The court also ruled that Waters' show “did not glorify or relativise the crimes of the Nazis or identify with Nazi racist ideology." “Did they? Nobody knows? We can only guess at what’s going on in Frankfurt? Are they playing for time? Who knows? “Frankfurt Council were legally required to respond to Roger Waters interim injunction by midnight April 14,” Waters wrote. Last month Waters' received support in the form of a petition that included signatures from his former Pink Floyd bandmate Nick Mason alongside Rage Against The Machine‘s Tom Morello, Brian Eno and Eric Clapton, before revealing earlier this month that he taken legal action against the council. The council had originally moved to deny Waters the right to perform at the venue – which is 60% owned by the city – amid accusations of antisemitism, saying Waters "repeatedly called for a cultural boycott of Israel and drew comparisons to the apartheid regime in South Africa" and referencing Waters' use of a pig-shaped balloon emblazoned with a Star of David alongside corporate logos on previous tours.
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