Roger Waters

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
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
16, Mar, 2023 @4:52 PM

Roger Waters reveals first music from re-recorded solo Dark Side of the Moon
Controversial former bandleader says he wanted to ‘re-address the political and emotional message’ of album that turns 50 years old this week
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
03, Mar, 2023 @10:27 AM

Andy Fairweather Low: ‘Jimi Hendrix sidled over and politely told me: you’re in the wrong key’
Kate Bush loved his voice, Clapton hired him and Paul Weller mocked his hair. Having gone from top of the charts to living with his mum, one of rock’s nice guys is back with a new album at 74
Dave Simpson
28, Feb, 2023 @8:38 AM

Putin is gambling on the west growing impatient with Ukraine. We have to prove him wrong | Jonathan Freedland
A year into his country’s fight for its very survival, Volodymyr Zelenskiy knows some in Europe are looking for a way out, says the Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
Jonathan Freedland
10, Feb, 2023 @5:15 PM

Pink Floyd lyricist calls Roger Waters an antisemite and ‘Putin apologist’
Waters has replied that he ‘refutes entirely’ the ‘incendiary and wildly inaccurate comments’ made by Polly Samson, lyricist and wife of guitarist Dave Gilmour
Shaad D'Souza
07, Feb, 2023 @4:14 PM

Roger Waters cancels gigs in Poland amid row over Ukraine war comments
Pink Floyd co-founder's stance on Russia's war against Ukraine has sparked ‘indignation’ in Kraków
Nadeem Badshah and agency
24, Sep, 2022 @7:41 PM

Beyoncé rocks, but so did Woodstock | Brief letters
Brief letters: Roger Waters | Rock concerts | Use-by dates | Exercise | Smartphones
Letters
21, Apr, 2019 @4:43 PM

Roger Waters is too simplistic on Israel | Letters
Letters: Readers share their views on the musician’s call for other artists to stay away from Israel over its human rights record
Letters
18, Apr, 2019 @4:50 PM

It shouldn’t take Pink Floyd to rescue Isis fighters’ abandoned children | Letta Tayler
Governments with nationals trapped in Syria should do what Roger Waters did, says Human Rights Watch researcher Letta Tayler
Letta Tayler
30, Jan, 2019 @11:00 AM

British cultural figures urge BBC to boycott Eurovision in Israel
Vivienne Westwood, Mike Leigh and Julie Christie are among those calling for coverage to be cancelled, citing human rights violations
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
29, Jan, 2019 @4:59 PM

Roger Waters divides crowd with anti-Bolsonaro comments at Brazil concert
Ex-Pink Floyd bass player warns that ‘Neo-fascism is on the rise’ at São Paulo gig, drawing cheers and jeers from audience
Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent
10, Oct, 2018 @3:57 PM

Roger Waters review – raging at the dark side of the Earth
The former Pink Floyd bandleader is full of air-punching vigour as his Us + Them tour makes a stand for ethical resistance
Dave Simpson
04, Jul, 2018 @11:14 AM
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