Roger Waters Wants To Perform The Wall On Mexican Border - Noise11.com
Roger Waters. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Roger Waters. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Roger Waters Wants To Perform The Wall On Mexican Border

by Paul Cashmere on February 22, 2017

in News

On July 21, 1990, Roger Waters performed the Pink Floyd album The Wall in Berlin, Germany to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall eight months earlier.

Now, Waters is considering another performance but, this time, for a wall that has yet to be built, the one threatened by Donald Trump along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Waters has made anti-Trump statements in the past, He has projected Trump on the giant screens behind him at shows in comment on his policies which Waters considers far-right.

Roger recently said that The Wall is “very relevant now with Mr Trump and all of this talk of building walls and creating as much enmity as possible between races and religions … There will first need to be an awakening against these far right policies. The sewers are engorged by greedy and powerful men as I speak to you. Music is a legitimate place to express protest, musicians have an absolute right, a duty, to open their mouths to speak out.”

Meanwhile, Nick Mason has raised the idea of Pink Floyd possibly reuniting to play Glastonbury. Mason told The Guardian “I don’t think it is very likely but yes, I would do it given the opportunity”.

As far as Gilmour and Waters, Mason recently told Waters “I heard he’d retired and then he seemed to unretire, so we don’t know.” Waters also said that the prospect was “boring”.

A retrospective of Pink Floyd will open at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London in May.

vvnmusic.com

Related Posts

George Thorogood and The Destroyers photo by Ros O'Gorman
George Thorogood Plays First Aussie Show Ahead of Red Hot Summer This Weekend

The first of the Australian shows for George Thorogood & The Destroyers have kicked off and this weekend the first of the shows for ZZ Top in Australia will also begin with Red Hot Summer in Bendigo on Saturday and Mornington on Sunday.

4 hours ago
John Lennon’s Last Autograph Up For Auction

On December 7, 1980 Willie Nile and John Lennon were recording at The Record Plant studio in New York City when engineer Thom Panunzio called saying, “John broke a string on his guitar. Do you have any extra strings?"

2 days ago
Neil Young Coastal
Neil Young Coastal Is Rare Glimpse Into The Reality Of Neil Young

Daryl Hannah’s Neil Young ‘Coastal’ movie is beautiful and rare behind the scenes insight into Neil’s first live shows after four years in 2023 in California.

4 days ago
Roger McLachlan photo by Jason Rosewarne
Little River Band Co-Founder Roger McLachlan Dies At Age 71

Roger McLachlan, the New Zealand born bass player and co-founder of Little River Band, has died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 71.

5 days ago
Steve Lukather Toto Melbourne 16 April 2025 photo by Winston Robinson
Toto Returns To Melbourne #Review

Toto’s 2025 setlist focuses on the heritage of the band. The setlist was interesting. Compared to how it was curated for Australia in 2019 this time Toto kept to the albums of the 1900s. Mind you, there were no complaints from the audience for doing that. The biggest hits came from those early years.

5 days ago
Christopher Cross Melbourne 16 April 2025 photo by Winston Robinson
Christopher Cross Performs In Melbourne #Review

That first Christopher Cross album was so huge that it became all about the songs, not the musician. Until you see Christopher Cross live you forget what a great guitarist he is.

5 days ago
Judas Priest Stained Class
Les Binks of Judas Priest Dies Aged 73

Former Judas Priest drummer Les Binks has died aged 73.

7 days ago