May 24, 2017
Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters begins his much anticipated Us + Them Tour on Friday night in Kansas City, but held a dress rehearsal in New Jersey beforehand.Inviting roughly 1,000 friends, family and contest winners to the show, Waters was backed by his full band, which includes Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig, the vocalists from Lucius....
May 9, 2017
When an architect first proposed to fly Pink Floyds famous Battersea flying pigs in front of Trump Tower in November as a blunt political statement, there were a number of hurdles to jump.Namely, Roger Waters himself would need to sign off on the project, for reasons of reappropriation, as he owns the creative rights...
Apr 25, 2017
Roger Waters is gearing up to release his first solo album since 1992s Amused To Death. The Pink Floyd bassist has now given press additional details on the album.The appropriately titled Is This The Life We Really Want? was produced by Radiohead production mastermind Nigel Godrich, and will be released May 19.A pairing...
Jul 27, 2015
Roger Waters may seem like an unlikely headliner choice for the iconic Newport Folk Festival, but the Pink Floyd bassist certainly did it right.Performing a set of Pink Floyd songs, covers and originals, the songwriter was backed by My Morning Jacket for the entirety of the performance, as well as the singers of Lucius....
Apr 22, 2015
Reflecting on 50 Years of Pink Floyd: The Circle Is Completed (Part 3 of 3)By: Matt FricksThis is the third in a three part series in which Matt explores Pink Floyds unique career over three distinct eras and fifty years of constant change. It chronicles the internal and external forces that established them as one of the...
Jun 9, 2012
Two of Chicago's best rock journalists have weighed in with interesting takes on the Pink Floyd bassist's stadium sized spectacle at the historic ballpark. Here's Greg Kot's take from the Tribune.And another view from Thomas Conner at The Sun Times.
Oct 21, 2011
Pink Floyd week continues...So Theo Epstein is not the only one scouting at Wrigley Field these days. Roger Waters also dropped by recently to figure out how a stadium sized version of The Wall might work for 2012.There probably won't be much in the way of musical surprises given that he's playing the landmark...