Roger Waters
Roger Waters in Stavanger, Norway, 2006.
Background information
Birth name	George Roger Waters
Born	6 September 1943 (1943-09-06) (age 64) Surrey, England
Genre(s)	Progressive rock, psychedelic rock, art rock, folk rock, avant-garde, opera
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter, composer, producer
Instrument(s)	Vocals, bass guitar, synthesizer
Years active	1964–present
Label(s)	Capitol, Columbia, Sony, EMI, Harvest
Associated acts	Pink Floyd Sigma 6 The Screaming Abdabs The Bleeding Hearts Band
Website	Roger-Waters.net

George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English rock musician; singer, bassist, guitarist, songwriter, and composer. He is best known for his 1965–1985 career with the band Pink Floyd; he was credited as their main songwriter (after the departure of Syd Barrett), bass player and one of their lead vocalists (along with David Gilmour and, to a lesser extent, Richard "Rick" Wright). He was also the lyrical mastermind behind many of the band's concept albums, especially The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall, and The Final Cut, as well as being the originator of much of the band's well-known symbolism, such as the Pink Floyd pigs. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (631x835, 549 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Roger Waters ... 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Following this, he began a moderately successful solo career releasing three studio albums and staging one of the largest concerts ever, The Wall Concert in Berlin in 1990. In 2005 he released an opera, Ça Ira, and joined Pink Floyd at the Live 8 concert in London, on 2 July 2005, for their first public performance with Waters in 24 years. The Wall: Live in Berlin (1990) On 21 July 1990, Roger Waters produced a massive concert staging of The Wall in Berlin. ... For other uses, see Opera (disambiguation). ... Ça Ira (French for Itll do and Everything will be okay, translated here as There is Hope) is an opera in three acts by Roger Waters to a French libretto by Étienne Roda-Gil and his wife Nadine, based on the historical subject of the French Revolution. ... Official Live8 DVD, released in November 2005 Live 8 was a series of concurrent benefit concerts that took place on 2 July 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Biography

(1943–1965) Early years

Born George Roger Waters in Great Bookham, Surrey near Leatherhead, Waters grew up in Cambridge. Statistics Population: About 10,000 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TQ1354 Administration District: Mole Valley D.C. Shire county: Surrey Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Surrey Historic county: Surrey Services Police force: Surrey Police Ambulance service: South East Coast Post office... This article is about the English county. ... For other uses of this name, see Leatherhead (disambiguation). ... This article is about the city in England. ...

Although his father Eric Fletcher Waters had been a Communist and ardent pacifist, he fought in World War II and died in action at Anzio in 1944, when Waters was only five months old. Waters would refer or allude to the loss of his father throughout his work, from "Corporal Clegg" (A Saucerful Of Secrets, 1968), through "Free Four" (Obscured By Clouds, 1972) and the sombre "When the Tigers Broke Free", first used in the movie version of The Wall. Eric Fletcher Waters (born 1913 - died February 18, 1944) was a soldier in World War II. He was the father of Roger Waters, an English rock musician and songwriter, and was a major influence on his songwriting, despite never having met him. ... This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ... Pacifism is the opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes or gaining advantage. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Combatants United States, United Kingdom Germany Commanders Harold Alexander Mark W. Clark John P. Lucas Lucian Truscott Albert Kesselring Eberhard von Mackensen Strength 22 Jan 1944: 36,000 soldiers and 2,300 vehicles End May:150,000 soldiers and 1,500 guns 22 Jan 1944: 20,000 soldiers End May... When the Tigers Broke Free is a song by Roger Waters describing the death of his father, Eric Fletcher Waters, in World War II. The song was written specifically for the 1982 movie version of Pink Floyds album The Wall and first released as a 7 single on July... Pink Floyd The Wall is a 1982 film by British director Alan Parker based on the 1979 Pink Floyd album The Wall. ...

Waters' loss is expressed in this latter song:

"And kind old King George sent Mother a note when he heard that Father was gone.
It was, I recall, in the form of a scroll, with gold leaf and all.
And I found it one day in a drawer of old photographs, hidden away.
And my eyes still grow damp to remember, His Majesty signed in his own rubber stamp."

Another reference to the loss of his father appears in "Three Wishes" from Amused To Death (1992), with the line, "I wish when I was young, my old man had not been gone".

Distrust of authority, particularly government, educational, religious and military institutions, is a recurring theme in Waters' writing, and this is perhaps best evidenced in 1979's "The Wall" and 1983's The Final Cut (the latter album, pointedly, is dedicated to his father's memory). The Final Cut is a rock album by Pink Floyd recorded at several studios in the UK from July to December 1982. ...

He and Syd Barrett attended the Morley Memorial Junior School on Hills Road, Cambridge, and later both attended the Cambridge County School for Boys (now Hills Road Sixth Form College), while fellow band member David Gilmour attended The Perse School on the same road ^[1]. He met Nick Mason and Rick Wright while attending the Regent Street Polytechnic school of architecture. He was a keen sportsman and was fond of swimming in the River Cam at Grantchester Meadows. At 15 he was chair of YCND in Cambridge. Hills Road Sixth Form College (HRSFC) is a state funded co-educational sixth form college in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. ... The Perse School is a fee-paying secondary day school for boys 11–18 and girls at 16+ situated in Cambridge, England. ... Nicholas Berkeley Nick Mason (born January 27, 1944 in Birmingham, England) is the drummer for Pink Floyd. ... Richard Wright, also known as Rick Wright (born July 28, 1945), is the keyboard player of Pink Floyd. ... The University of Westminster is a university in London, England, formed in 1992 as a result of the Further and Higher Education Act, 1992, which allowed the London Polytechnic (Polytechnic of Central London or PCL ) to rename itself as a university. ... View north from Kings College bridge The River Cam is a tributary of the River Great Ouse in the east of England. ... Grantchester Meadows is a song from the second half of the experimental Pink Floyd album Ummagumma. ... CND redirects here. ...

(1965–1985) Pink Floyd years

In 1965, Roger Waters co-founded Pink Floyd (after many different incarnations—see Pink Floyd) along with Syd Barrett, Richard Wright and Nick Mason. Although Barrett initially did most of the songwriting for the band, Waters wrote the song "Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk" on their debut LP, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. The album was a critical success and positioned the band for stardom. Barrett's deteriorating mental health led to increasingly erratic behaviour, rendering him unable to continue in his capacity as Pink Floyd's lead singer and guitarist. Waters attempted to coerce his friend into psychiatric treatment; this proved unhelpful, and the band approached David Gilmour to replace Barrett at the end of 1967. Even the band's former managers felt that Pink Floyd would not be able to sustain its initial success without the talented Barrett. Filling the void left by Barrett's departure, Waters began to chart Pink Floyd's new artistic direction. The lineup with Gilmour and Waters eventually brought Pink Floyd to prominence, producing a series of albums in the 1970s that remain among the most critically acclaimed and best-selling records of all time. Pink Floyd are an English rock band that initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. ... Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk is a song by British psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, and appears on their debut album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967). ... The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is Pink Floyds debut album and the only one made under Syd Barretts leadership, although he made some contributions to the follow-up, A Saucerful of Secrets. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, also called The Seventies. ...

In 1970, Waters collaborated with British composer Ron Geesin (who co-wrote Pink Floyd's title suite from Atom Heart Mother) on a soundtrack album, Music from "The Body", which consisted mostly of instrumentals interspersed with songs composed by Waters. Within Pink Floyd, Waters became the main lyrical contributor, exerting progressively more creative control over the band: he produced thematic ideas that became the impetus for concept albums such as The Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here, for which he wrote all of the lyrics and some of the music. After this, Waters became the primary songwriter, composing Animals and The Wall largely by himself (though continuing to collaborate with Gilmour on a few tracks). Probably best known as the co-author of Pink Floyds Atom Heart Mother in 1970, composer, performer, sound architect, writer, lecturer, broadcaster and interactive designer Ron Geesin also collaborated with Roger Waters on the innovative Music from the Body in 1970, a recording that employed organic sounds as instruments. ... Atom Heart Mother is a 1970 (see 1970 in music) progressive rock album by Pink Floyd. ... {{ Album infobox | | Name = Music from The Body | Type = LP/CD | Artist = Roger Waters | Cover = Roger_Waters_The_Body. ...

Waters' band-mates were happy to allow him to write the band's lyrics and guide its conceptual direction while they shared the opportunity to contribute musical ideas (Gilmour described Waters as "a very good motivator and obviously a great lyricist,"^[2] even at the height of the acrimony between them in 1995). Some of the band's most popular and beloved songs, including "Echoes", "Time", "Us and Them", "Wish You Were Here" and "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", feature the strong synergy of Waters' sharp lyrical instincts combined with the melodic talent of Gilmour, the soft, precise drumming of Nick Mason, and atmospheric patterns of keyboardist Richard Wright ("Us and Them", for instance, began as a sweetly melodic Wright keyboard instrumental and gained poignancy when Waters added plaintive antiwar lyrics). Unfortunately, this give-and-take relationship began to dissolve: a consequence of the band's collective ennui, according to Waters. Song-writing credits were a source of contention in these difficult years; Gilmour has noted that his contributions to tracks like "Another Brick in the Wall, Part II", with its blistering guitar solo, were not always noted in the album credits. Nick Mason addresses the band in-fighting in his memoir, Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd, characterizing Waters as being egomaniacal at times. It was while recording The Wall that Waters decided to fire Wright, after Wright's personal problems began to affect the album production. Wright stayed with the band as a paid session musician while Waters led the band through a complete performance of his opus on every night of the brief tour that followed (for which Gilmour acted as musical director). Boring and Bored redirect here. ... Guitar solos are a melodic passage, section, or entire piece of music written for an electric guitar or an acoustic guitar. ...

In 1983, the last Waters–Gilmour–Mason collaboration, The Final Cut, was released. The sleeve notes describe it as being a piece "by Roger Waters" that was "performed by Pink Floyd" (rather than an actual Pink Floyd record). So, to many the album came across more like a Roger Waters solo album than Pink Floyd (similar to A Momentary Lapse of Reason and, to a smaller extent, The Division Bell being tagged as Gilmour solo albums). It was the lowest selling Pink Floyd album in a decade without a hit single. Gilmour unsuccessfully tried to delay production on the album until he could author more material; Waters refused, and in 1985, he proclaimed that the band had dissolved due to irreconcilable differences. The ensuing battle between Waters and Gilmour over the latter's intention to continue to use the name Pink Floyd descended into threatened lawsuits and public bickering in the press. Waters claimed that, as the original band consisted of himself, Syd Barrett, Nick Mason and Richard Wright, Gilmour could not reasonably use the name Pink Floyd now that it was without three of its founding members^{[citation needed]}. Another of Waters' arguments was that he had written almost all of the band's lyrics and a great part of the music after Barrett's departure. However, through agreement, Gilmour and Mason won the right to use the name and a majority of the band's songs, though Waters did retain the rights to the albums The Wall (save for three of the songs that Gilmour co-wrote), Animals, and The Final Cut, as well as claiming ownership of the famous Pink Floyd pigs (although Gilmour neatly circumvented the latter by equipping the 1987 version of the band's pig with a splendid pair of testicles).^{[citation needed]} Alternate cover US remaster cover A Momentary Lapse of Reason is Pink Floyds 1987 album, the bands first release after the official departure of Roger Waters from the band in 1985. ... This article is about the Pink Floyd album. ...

For many fans and casual listeners, the collaborative years of 1971–1979 remain the "classic" Pink Floyd years due to the albums released and prominence of Pink Floyd in music culture; a 1987 end-of-year review in Rolling Stone noted that Waters' solo effort Radio K.A.O.S. and the post-Waters Pink Floyd album A Momentary Lapse of Reason, if taken together, might have made a nice follow-up to The Dark Side of the Moon. In 2005, Waters agreed to rejoin Pink Floyd on stage for Live 8, and on 2 July 2005, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Rick Wright performed together on-stage for the first time since the June 1981 Wall concerts at Earl's Court in London. This article is about the music magazine. ... This article is about the Roger Waters album. ... is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

(1985–2005) Early solo years

After his departure from Pink Floyd, Waters embarked on a solo career producing three concept albums and a movie soundtrack which did not garner impressive sales. His solo work has managed critical acclaim and even some comparison to previous work with Pink Floyd.^[3].

His first truly solo album, 1984's The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, was a project about a man's dreams across one night. The list of musicians helping Waters during recording included legendary guitarist Eric Clapton and jazz saxophonist David Sanborn. Conceived around the same time as The Wall, the concept was shown and demos played to the Pink Floyd members, but they chose to proceed with The Wall over The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, rejecting the latter as "too personal" (Gilmour was later to claim that this was not as obvious a task as might first seem, as, in his opinion, both demos, "were terrible" and "sounded exactly alike").^{[citation needed]} The album, not aided by Gerald Scarfe artwork that some claimed was sexist^{[citation needed]}, received mixed reviews, with Kurt Loder describing Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking in Rolling Stone as a "strangely static, faintly hideous record," adding that "Waters sounds like the kind of guy who'd bring Hershey bars and nylons along on a first date." (Loder gave the album one star out of five, though user ratings have averaged four out of five).^[4] On the other end of the spectrum, Mike DeGagne of the All Music Guide praised the album for its "ingenious symbolism and his brilliant use of stream of consciousness within a subconscious realm," rating it four out of five stars.^[5]. The resulting concert tour featuring a set design by Marc Brickman and Mark Fisher of Park Display, and, on the first leg, Clapton on lead guitar, was not a success.^{[citation needed]} The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking is a concept album by British musician Roger Waters. ... Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born 30 March 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. ... For other persons named David Sanborn, see David Sanborn (disambiguation). ... Promotional photo of Kurt Loder Kurt Loder (born May 5, 1945) is a film critic, author, and television personality. ... A 1/2 pound movie theater Hershey Bar. ... A pair of dark grey nylon stockings. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ...

In 1986 Waters contributed songs and a score to the soundtrack of the movie When the Wind Blows, based on the Raymond Briggs book of the same name. His backing band, featuring Paul Carrack, was credited as The Bleeding Heart Band. (Waters' then legal wranglings with Gilmour over the Pink Floyd brand are alluded to on the soundtrack album's "Folded Flags", where the vocal transforms from "This is my land" into "This is my band"). For other uses, see When the Wind Blows. ... Paul Carrack (born April 22, 1951 in Sheffield, England) is an English keyboardist, singer and songwriter. ...

In 1987 Waters (still accompanied by the Bleeding Heart Band, although not always credited as such) released another concept album, Radio K.A.O.S., about a man named Billy who can hear radio waves in his head. Waters followed the release with a supporting tour, also in 1987. The sound system for the arena portion of the tour used numerous speakers which created a surround sound effect (Waters had already employed Holophonics (only the second act to do so, after Psychic TV) on The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, and QSound on Amused To Death; whilst K.A.O.S. does not feature any system of spatial encoding, it was lauded for its production and stereo imaging^{[citation needed]}, courtesy of long-time collaborator James Guthrie). Though applauded by many for its contemporary sound^{[citation needed]}, the album did not garner the impressive sales he had achieved in Pink Floyd (years later, Waters himself would express dissatisfaction at the album, expressing distaste for the production, and particularly regretting his decision to trim the album from a double to a single, losing much of the concept in the process).^{[citation needed]} This was possibly attributable to the fact that he was now competing with a reformed Pink Floyd who were touring to support their 'comeback' release, A Momentary Lapse of Reason (which Waters described as, "A very facile but quite fair forgery"^{[citation needed]}). Multichannel audio is the name for a variety of techniques for expanding and enriching the sound of audio playback by recording additional sound channels that can be reproduced on additional speakers. ... Holophonics is a form of binaural sound recording using a dummy head arrangement which is best heard on headphones. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... QSound is a sound enhancement system from QSound Labs to create 3D audio effects from a stereo source. ...

After the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, Waters staged a gigantic charity concert of The Wall in Berlin on July 21, 1990 to commemorate the end of the division between East and West Germany. The concert took place on Potsdamer Platz (a location which was part of the former "no-man's land" of the Berlin Wall), and featured many guest superstars: The Band, Bryan Adams, Cyndi Lauper, Van Morrison,Sinéad O'Connor, The Hooters, The Scorpions, Marianne Faithfull, and Joni Mitchell. It was one of the biggest concerts ever staged with an attendance of over 300,000 and was watched live by over five million people worldwide. However, the initial funds raised from the concert barely covered expenses, although syndication and home-video sales allowed Waters to present his chosen charity to benefit from the event, The Leonard Cheshire Foundation, with a sizeable donation.^{[citation needed]} View in 1986 from the west side of graffiti art on the walls infamous death strip Walls poster in memory of the fall. ... The Wall: Live in Berlin (1990) On 21 July 1990, Roger Waters produced a massive concert staging of The Wall in Berlin. ... is the 202nd day of the year (203rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the state which existed from 1949 to 1990. ... Roof of Sony Center. Potsdamer Platz is an important square and traffic intersection in the center of Berlin, Germany, lying about 1 km south of the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag (German Parliament Building), and close to the south east corner of the Tiergarten park. ... For other uses, see Band. ... For other persons of the same name, see Brian Adams. ... Cynthia Ann Stephanie Cyndi Lauper (born June 22, 1953) is an American Grammy Award- winning singer, MTV VMA-winning video and Emmy Award-winning film, television and theatre actress. ... George Ivan Morrison OBE (generally known as Van Morrison) (born August 31, 1945) is a Grammy Award-winning Irish singer, songwriter, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist, who has been a professional musician since the late 1950s. ... Sinéad Marie Bernadette OConnor (IPA: [1]) (born December 8, 1966) is a Grammy Award winning Irish singer and songwriter. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... The Scorpions were a beat goup, originally from Manchester in Engeland, but they have become popular notably in the Netherlands. ... Marianne Faithfull (born 29 December 1946) is an English singer and actress whose career spans over four decades. ... Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943) is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter. ...

1992's Amused to Death, about the corrupting, desensitizing nature of television, is perhaps Waters' most critically acclaimed solo recording, with music critics comparing it to later Pink Floyd work, such as The Wall (Waters himself describes the record as the third in a thematically-linked trilogy, after Dark Side Of The Moon and The Wall). The album had one hit which was "What God Wants, Pt. 1" which hit #4 on Mainstream Rock charts. Jeff Beck, another legendary guitarist, saw action on Waters' album as he played lead guitar. There was no tour in support of this record, although Waters would later perform several songs from this record nearly eight years later on his In the Flesh tours. Amused to Death is a solo album by former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters, released in 1992 (see 1992 in music). ... What God Wants is a series of songs written and released by ex-Pink Floyd frontman, Roger Waters on his third solo album, Amused to Death. ... Geoffrey Arnold (Jeff) Beck (born June 24, 1944 to Arnold and Ethel Beck in Wallington, Greater London) is an English rock guitarist. ... In the Flesh is also the name given to the promotion tour of Animals Returning from a 12-year long hiatus from the road, Roger Waters In The Flesh concert tours were a showcase of his best known work from his days with Pink Floyd to his most recently released...

In 1999 Waters embarked on the In the Flesh tour which saw him performing some of his most famous work, both solo and Pink Floyd material. The tour was a success in the US, and after Waters had booked mostly smaller venues (after the let-down in attendance from his 1987 tour), tickets sold so well that most of the concerts had to be upgraded to larger venues. With Gilmour's Pink Floyd retiring after 1994, and many Floyd albums selling at the pace of Beatles records^{[citation needed]}, Waters was in great demand. The tour eventually stretched across the world. Tickets were at such high demand, that the tour had to be spanned over three years. Almost every show was sold out with some venues garnering more sales than Pink Floyd shows of early touring years.^{[citation needed]} One concert (Filmed in Portland, Oregon) was released on CD and DVD, named In the Flesh Live, after the tour. During this tour he played two new songs from his next solo album, "Flickering Flame" and "Each Small Candle", as the final encore to the show. Returning from a 12 year long hiatus from the road, the In The Flesh tours were a showcase of Roger Waters best known work from his days with Pink Floyd to his recently released solo album Amused to Death. ...

Waters, performing live in 2006

In 2002 Waters performed at a concert organised by the Countryside Alliance ^[6]. In June of 2002 Waters played the Glastonbury Festival performing many classic Pink Floyd songs. This was the first time a special speaker system had been set up among the Glastonbury audience to enable sound effects to appear to be moving around amongst the crowd. Image File history File linksMetadata RogerWaters. ... Image File history File linksMetadata RogerWaters. ... The Countryside Alliance. ... The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or Glasto, is the largest[1] greenfield music and performing arts festival in the world. ...

Miramax Films announced in mid-2004 that a production of The Wall was to appear on Broadway with Waters playing a prominent part in its production. Reports stated that the musical contained not only the original tracks from The Wall, but also songs from Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here and other Pink Floyd albums, as well as new material. ^[7] Miramax is a Big Ten film distribution and production company. ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ...

On the night of 1 May 2004, the overture for Ça Ira was pre-premièred on occasion of the Welcome Europe celebrations in the accession country of Malta, performed over Grand Harbour in Valletta and illuminated by light artist Gert Hof. The event was broadcast over all EBU television stations.^[8] is the 121st day of the year (122nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Overture (French ouverture, meaning opening) in music is the instrumental introduction to a dramatic, choral or, occasionally, instrumental composition. ... Ça Ira (French for Itll do and Everything will be okay, translated here as There is Hope) is an opera in three acts by Roger Waters to a French libretto by Étienne Roda-Gil and his wife Nadine, based on the historical subject of the French Revolution. ... The European Union (EU) was created by six founding states in 1957 (following the earlier establishment by the same six states of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1952) and has grown to 27 member states. ... Grand Harbour (in Maltese: Il-Port il-Kbir) is a natural harbour on the island of Malta. ... Valletta (Maltese: , commonly referred to as Il-Belt - The City) is the capital city of Malta. ... EBU redirects here. ...

In September 2004, Waters released two new tracks, "To Kill The Child" and "Leaving Beirut". These were released only on the Internet. Both of these tracks were inspired by the U.S./UK 2003 invasion of Iraq. Waters, who currently resides in the U.S., has said that the songs were written immediately after the start of the war, but he delayed releasing them until just before the 2004 Presidential election, hoping to derail George W. Bush's re-election. The lyrics in "Leaving Beirut" included "Oh George! Oh George! That Texas education must have fucked you up when you were very small". Although the songs' criticism was primarily aimed at the American government, Tony Blair is also referenced: "Not in my name, Tony, you great war leader, you". The songs were also released as a limited edition on CD in Japan. This article is about the 2003 invasion of Iraq. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the forty-third and current President of the United States of America, originally inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... For other uses, see Texas (disambiguation). ... For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency...

After the 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and subsequent tsunami disaster, Waters performed "Wish You Were Here" with Eric Clapton during a benefit concert on the American network NBC^{[citation needed]}. The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake,[1] was a great undersea earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC (07:58:53 local time) December 26, 2004 with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. ... For other uses, see Tsunami (disambiguation). ... Wish You Were Here is the title track on Pink Floyds 1975 album Wish You Were Here. ... Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born 30 March 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. ... A benefit concert is a concert featuring musicians, comedians, or other performers that is held for a charitable purpose, often directed at a specific and immediate humanitarian crisis. ... This article is about the television network. ...

(2005–present) Later solo years

Roger Waters performing on his Dark Side Of The Moon Live tour at the Members Equity Stadium in Perth, Australia in 2007

On July 2, 2005 Waters and Pink Floyd reunited for a performance at the Live 8 concert. They played a six-song, 23-minute set, including "Speak to Me/Breathe"/"Breathe (Reprise)", "Money", "Wish You Were Here", and "Comfortably Numb". Before going into "Wish You Were Here", Waters said: Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 524 pixel Image in higher resolution (1024 × 671 pixel, file size: 253 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Roger Waters performing on his Dark Side Of The Moon Live tour at Equity Members Stadium, Perth, Australia in 2007. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 524 pixel Image in higher resolution (1024 × 671 pixel, file size: 253 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Roger Waters performing on his Dark Side Of The Moon Live tour at Equity Members Stadium, Perth, Australia in 2007. ... Location of Perth within Australia This article is about the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia. ... is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pink Floyd are pioneers in the live music experience, renowned for their lavish stage shows that combine over-the-top visual experiences with music to create a show in which the performers themselves are almost secondary. ... Speak To Me is a song by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd. ... Breathe[1] is the second track[2] from British progressive rock band Pink Floyds 1973 album, The Dark Side of the Moon. ... Breathe (Reprise) is a song by Pink Floyd. ... Money is the 5th/6th song on Pink Floyds famous album Dark Side of the Moon. ... Wish You Were Here is the title track on Pink Floyds 1975 album Wish You Were Here. ... The Wall Disc Two track listing Comfortably Numb is a song by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd, which was released on the 1979 double album The Wall. ...

Waters remarked shortly after Live 8 to the Associated Press that, while the experience of playing as Pink Floyd again was positive, the chances of a bona fide reunion would be "slight", considering his and Gilmour's continuing musical and ideological differences. During an interview with Rolling Stone, Waters further denied the possibility of a future Pink Floyd tour, saying "I didn't mind rolling over for one day, but I couldn't roll over for a whole fucking tour."^[9] He has since stated on a radio interview that he would be interested in the possibility of recording a new album with the rest of Pink Floyd as long as he had creative control. However, David Gilmour has said on several occasions that he is retired from extensive touring, shedding more doubt on the possibility of a bona fide Pink Floyd reunion tour. The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ...

Waters is known to be working on two new solo albums (as remarked to Jim Ladd, with whom he worked on Radio K.L.O.S.): one has the working title of Heartland. Two new songs that might appear on this album have been released on Flickering Flame: The Solo Years Vol. 1: "Each Small Candle" and "Flickering Flame". The other of the two albums deals with the theme of love, much in the vein of Pros and Cons. A work-in-progress, which may appear on this album and was dubbed "Woman" by bootleggers, was heard during the sound checks for the In the Flesh tour. However, in a recent telephone interview, he confirmed that the release of his next project has been delayed due to not having a concept to draw all the individual songs together into one piece. Jim Ladd (born January 17, 1948), an American disc jockey, radio producer and writer, is one of the few notable remaining freeform rock DJs in United States commercial radio. ... Flickering Flame: The Solo Years Vol. ... Each Small Candle is a song by Roger Waters. ...

In February of 2005 , it was announced on Roger Waters' website that his opera, Ça Ira, had been completed after 16 years of work. It was released as a CD/DVD set by Sony Classical on September 27, 2005 with Baritone Bryn Terfel, soprano Ying Huang and tenor Paul Groves. The original libretto was written in French by the late Étienne Roda-Gil, who set the opera during the optimistic days of the early French Revolution. From 1997 Waters rewrote the libretto in English. Sony Classical is the successor to the Columbia and CBS Masterworks labels, assuming its new identity after the purchase of CBS Records by Sony Corporation. ... is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Bryn Terfel The Welsh baritone Bryn Terfel, CBE (born November 9, 1965) is one of the best-known contemporary opera and concert singers. ... Paul Groves (born 1966) is an English footballer. ... Étienne Roda-Gil (born 1 August 1941 in Septfonds, Tarn-et-Garonne, France; died 31 May 2004 in Paris) was a songwriter and screenwriter. ... The French Revolution (1789–1815) was a period of political and social upheaval in the political history of France and Europe as a whole, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudal privileges for the aristocracy and Catholic clergy, underwent radical change to forms based on...

On May 20, 2006 he performed with a set band consisting of Roger Taylor and Eric Clapton and former band-mate Nick Mason performing two songs, "Wish You Were Here", and "Comfortably Numb". is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born 30 March 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter and composer. ... The Wall Disc Two track listing Comfortably Numb is a song by the British progressive rock band Pink Floyd, which was released on the 1979 double album The Wall. ...

Solid state laser system designed by Marc Brickman that depicted Dark Side of the Moon album art, used on Waters' latest tour.

Roger Waters toured Europe during the Summer of 2006 and North America in the fall for his The Dark Side of the Moon Live Tour. As part of his performance he played a complete run-through of the 1973 Pink Floyd classic, The Dark Side of the Moon, as the second half of the show. The first half was a mix of Floyd classics and Waters' solo material. Elaborate staging designed by Marc Brickman, complete with projections, and a full, 360 degree quadrophonic sound system were used. This new Waters' solo tour is expected to be as successful as his previous In the Flesh tour. His former Pink Floyd bandmate, Nick Mason joined Waters on some of the tour dates. Richard Wright was invited to participate on the tour as well but he declined the offer to work on solo projects.^[10] There is also a 2007 leg of the Tour, starting in January in Australia, followed by New Zealand and going through Asia, Europe, South America, and finally North America in June. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 600 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (849 × 849 pixel, file size: 87 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Roger Waters User:Darth Skynyrd User... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 600 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (849 × 849 pixel, file size: 87 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Roger Waters User:Darth Skynyrd User... After hinting in the aftermath of his Live 8 reunion with Pink Floyd to his possible interest in touring Dark Side Of The Moon again, Roger Waters is staging a worldwide tour of this seminal album, beginning at the Rock In Rio festival on June 2, 2006. ...

Waters' former bandmate Nick Mason began patching their relationship in 2002. After speaking to Mason and Bob Geldof about a possible Pink Floyd reunion at Live 8, Waters contacted Gilmour by phone and e-mail, and it appears that they have buried the hatchet since the historic concert and now communicate on a friendly basis. Waters has made overtures to Richard Wright, as well. Syd Barrett, who died on Friday 7 July 2006, remained an emotional subject for most of his friends and former colleagues. Waters said in interviews before Barrett's death that it would be difficult and inappropriate for him to try to insert himself back into his old friend's life. Waters performed another Dark Side of the Moon concert in the summer of 2007. Robert Frederick Xenon Geldof[1], KBE[2], known as Bob Geldof (born 5 October 1951) [3], is an Irish singer, songwriter, actor and political activist. ... is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

He contributed to the The Last Mimzy soundtrack with award-winning composer Howard Shore in March 2007. His song, "Hello (I Love You)", was played during the credits of the film. Waters commented on its development: "I think together we've come up with a song that captures the themes of the movie - the clash between humanity's best and worst instincts, and how a child's innocence can win the day."^[11] The Last Mimzy is a 2007 science fiction family film directed by Bob Shaye. ... Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is an Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy Award-winning Canadian composer, best known for composing the scores to The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and films of David Cronenberg. ... Hello (I Love You) is a song performed by Ex-Pink Floyd member Roger Waters. ...

In March 2007, Roger Waters told Rolling Stone magazine that he would be a performer at the U.S. leg of the Live Earth event--an international multi-venue concert aimed to raise awareness about global climate change. At that time he also confirmed that his former Pink Floyd bandmates would not be joining him at the event. ^[12] On July 7th, 2007, Waters played at Live Earth, performing the intro to "In the Flesh", "Money", "Us and Them", "Brain Damage", and "Eclipse". Waters finished off with "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" and "Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)", featuring the Trenton Youth Choir and his trademark inflatable pig. The Live Earth concert for North America was held at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA (near New York City) on July 7, 2007. ... Live Earth was a series of worldwide concerts held on 7 July 2007, that initiated a three-year campaign to combat climate change. ... The Live Earth concert for North America was held at Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA (near New York City) on July 7, 2007. ... Nickname: Location of Trenton inside of Mercer County Coordinates: , Country State County Mercer Incorporated November 13, 1792 Government  - Mayor Douglas H. Palmer Area  - City  8. ...

Waters has also recently become a spokesperson for Millennium Promise, a non-profit organization that helps fight extreme poverty and malaria. He wrote a special commentary for CNN's website on June 11, 2007 about the topic.^[13] Millennium Promise is a non-profit organization dedicated to ending extreme poverty by 2025. ... is the 162nd day of the year (163rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

Roger Waters will continue his The Dark Side of the Moon Live tour in 2008. It is still unknown how many dates are planned, but as of December 21, 2007, a concert in The Netherlands May 11, and a concert in Denmark May 13, have been announced and are currently on sale.^[14] Waters will also be performing at the Coachella Festival in April.^[15] He will also be performing at the Liverpool Echo Arena on May 15th and at Londons O2 Arena on the 18th. After expressing an interest in reviving The Dark Side of the Moon following his performance with Pink Floyd at Live 8, Roger Waters announced that he would be staging The Dark Side of the Moon Live, a worldwide concert tour. ... Motto: Je Maintiendrai (Dutch: Ik zal handhaven, English: I Shall Uphold) Anthem: Wilhelmus van Nassouwe Capital Amsterdam1 Largest city Amsterdam Official language(s) Dutch2 Government Parliamentary democracy Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Beatrix  - Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende Independence Eighty Years War   - Declared July 26, 1581   - Recognised January 30, 1648 (by Spain... The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (commonly known as Coachella) is a three-day (formerly a one or two-day) annual music and arts festival held at the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California. ...

Pink Floyd Songs composed solely by Roger Waters

• "Take Up Thy Stethoscope and Walk" from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967).
• "Julia Dream" from Single B-side to "It Would Be So Nice" (1968).
• "Let There Be More Light" from A Saucerful of Secrets (1968).
• "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" from A Saucerful of Secrets (1968).
• "Corporal Clegg" from A Saucerful of Secrets (1968).
• "Cirrus Minor" from Music from the Film More (1969).
• "The Nile Song from Music from the Film More (1969).
• "Crying Song" from Music from the Film More (1969).
• "Green is the Colour" from Music from the Film More (1969).
• "Cymbaline" from Music from the Film More (1969).
• "Grantchester Meadows" from Ummagumma (1969).
• "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict" from Ummagumma (1969).
• "If" from Atom Heart Mother (1970).
• "Biding My Time" from Relics (1971).
• "San Tropez" from Meddle (1971).
• "Free Four" from Obscured by Clouds (1972).
• "Money" from Dark Side of the Moon (1973).
• "Brain Damage" from Dark Side of the Moon (1973).
• "Eclipse" from Dark Side of the Moon (1973).
• "Have a Cigar" from Wish You Were Here (1975).
• "Welcome to the Machine" from Wish You Were Here (1975).
• All tracks on Animals except track 2 (1977).
• All tracks on The Wall except tracks 9, 19, 22 and 25 (1979).
• All tracks on The Final Cut (1983).
• "Embryo" from Works (1983).

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Hits and awards

Waters' solo singles have seen little chart activity; "What God Wants, Pt. 1" reached #35 in the UK in September 1992^[16]. His first major solo album, The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, has been certified Gold by the RIAA, and his opera Ça Ira reached #1 on both the UK and U.S. Classical Charts. Waters has also been inducted into the U.S. and UK Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pink Floyd, and received a "Media Event of the Year" award for mounting The Wall Live in Berlin. What God Wants is a series of songs written and released by ex-Pink Floyd frontman, Roger Waters on his third solo album, Amused to Death. ... The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking is a concept album by British musician Roger Waters. ... The RIAA Logo. ...

Equipment and instruments

Though Waters does not talk a lot about the musical equipment he uses in his tours and during his recordings, it is known that when he first started playing with Pink Floyd he used a Hofner bass, quickly replacing that with a Rickenbacker 4001S bass guitar. In the early 1970s, he switched to a Fender Precision Bass. He often plays with a pick, but is also known to play fingerstyle occasionally. He also uses RotoSound Jazz Bass 77 bass guitar strings. On his current tour, Waters uses Ashdown Engineering amplifiers. He is known to use delay and flanger pedals in his music. Rickenbacker 330JG Rickenbacker International Corporation, also known as Rickenbacker (pronounced ) [1]), is an electric guitar manufacturer, notable for having invented the first electric guitar during the 1930s. ... Fender redirects here. ... The Fender Precision Bass, known as P-bass for short, is the first model of the electric bass designed by Clarence Leonidas Fender and brought to market in 1951. ... Various guitar picks A plectrum is a small flat tool used to pluck or strum a stringed instrument. ... Fingerstyle guitar is the technique of playing the guitar by plucking the strings directly with the fingertips, fingernails, or picks attached to fingers, as opposed to flatpicking (picking individual notes with a single plectrum called a flatpick) or strumming all the strings of the instrument in chords. ... RotoSound is a guitar and bass string manufacturing company based in England. ... Ashdown Engineering is a British manufacturer of instrument amplifiers, particularly for bass, but also recently moving into the guitar amp market. ... Delay is an audio effect which records an input signal to an audio storage medium, and then plays it back after a period of time[1]. The delayed signal may either be played back multiple times, or played back into the recording again, to create the sound of a repeating... Flanging is a time-based audio effect that occurs when two identical signals are mixed together, but with one signal time-delayed by a small and gradually changing amount, usually smaller than 20 ms (milliseconds). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Effects unit. ...

While usually credited only as a bass guitarist and vocalist, Waters is also known to play electric guitar (as he did on Wish You Were Here and Animals, where he played rhythm guitar on tracks "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"-part 9, "Pigs (Three Different Ones)"^{[citation needed]} and "Sheep") as well as add synthesizer and tape effects, both to Pink Floyd and his solo works. He also plays acoustic guitar frequently during his live tours, mostly on tracks from The Final Cut and on the track "Mother". Rhythm guitar is a guitar that is primarily used to provide rhythmic and harmonic accompaniment for a singer or for other instruments in an ensemble. ... Shine On You Crazy Diamond is an epic nine-part Pink Floyd composition with lyrics written by Roger Waters, in tribute to former band member Syd Barrett, and music written by Waters, Richard Wright, and David Gilmour. ... Pigs (Three Different Ones) is a song from Pink Floyds 1977 album Animals. ... Sheep is a song by the English band Pink Floyd. ... Synth redirects here. ... Musique concrète is the name given to a class of electronic music produced from editing together fragments of natural and industrial sounds. ...

The following is a list of equipment Waters either has used on his solo or Pink Floyd recordings, as well as on tours. ^[17][18][19]

Bass guitars

• Hofner bass guitar. His first bass.
• Rickenbacker RM-1999(also known as 4001S). Fireglo with rosewood fretboard. Used between 1966-1969.
• Fender Precision Bass. Waters was first seen in 1968 with a Precision. After 1970 he has rarely used any other bass guitars.
  • Sunburst with rosewood fretboard. First seen in September 1968. Also used in the early 70's.
  • White with black pickguard and rosewood fretboard. Appears on back cover of Ummagumma 1969. Seen used at the KQED TV recording April 1970.
  • Multi-coloured with rosewood fretboard. Actual colours of bass are unknown since only black and white footage/photos exist. This is a WWII German camouflage pattern. Used extremely rarely in early 70s.
  • Black with white pickguard, maple fretboard. First seen in a concert in London in 1972. Also used live during the 70's. In the late 70's Phil Taylor (David Gilmour's guitar technician) replaced the white pickguard with a black. During the Wall sessions and tour Waters had three of them.
  • Sunburst with maple pickguard. Used during the Dark Side of the Moon recordings.
  • Black with maple fretboard. His main bass guitars during the 1980s solo album and tours.

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• Black with maple fretboard Fender Precision - currently used on Live 8, The Dark Side Of The Moon Live 2006-2008

Guitars

• CBS Fender Stratocaster. Black with white pickguard, maple fretboard. First seen in Live at Pompeii.
• CBS Fender Stratocaster. Black with maple fretboard. Used on the 1977 tour.

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• Fender Stratocaster. Black with white fretboard. Used on The Wall recording sessions.
• Ovation Legend acoustic/electric guitar. Used on the 1977 tour.
• Ovation Legend 1619-4 acoustic guitar. Used on The Wall recording sessions and tour. Also used on The Pros & Cons of Hitch Hiking Tour.
• Ovation Classical 1613 acoustic guitar. Used on The Wall tour.
• Washburn electric-acoustic guitar. Blue. Used on Radio K.A.O.S. tour. and The Wall Live in Berlin.
• Gibson Les Paul guitar. Black. Used on Radio K.A.O.S. tour.
• Unknown Fender Telecaster copy. Black, with three control knobs. Used exclusively at the The Wall Live in Berlin, on "Hey You".
• Martin 000-28EC acoustic guitar. Used on In the Flesh tour.
• Martin 000-28ECHF Bellezza Nera acoustic guitar. Used on Dark Side of the Moon Live tour.
• Washburn RR300 electric guitar (hi-strung). Sunburst. Used on In the Flesh tour.
• Fender Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster. Red with white pickguard. Used on In the Flesh tour.
• Fender Stratocaster. All black. Used on 2002 In the Flesh tour.

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Personal interests and trivia

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• Waters has a chip in his teeth that was caused by someone throwing a (pre-decimal) penny at him during a performance in West London in the 1960s, as described in Nick Mason's book, Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd. The incident apparently took place in The Feathers (now The Town House) pub, Ealing Broadway.

• Waters is 6 feet, 3 inches (190 cm) tall ^[3].

• Waters has been married three times, and has two children: India, who is a model and Harry who is currently playing keyboards on The Dark Side of the Moon Live Tour. India and Harry can both be heard speaking on The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking. Waters first married Judy Trim in 1969 and they divorced in 1975. He married again in 1976 to Lady Carolyn Christie who gave birth to his children. They divorced in 1992. He married a third time to the actress Priscilla Phillips on 28 July 1993 and they subsequently divorced in 2001. As of 2005 Waters is engaged to marry a fourth time to actress Laurie Durning with whom he is understood to have had a long term relationship.

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Solo discography

For his work with Pink Floyd, see Pink Floyd discography between 1967 and 1985 This page lists Pink Floyd albums and singles, both official and unofficial, as well as various awards. ...

is the 332nd day of the year (333rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... {{ Album infobox | | Name = Music from The Body | Type = LP/CD | Artist = Roger Waters | Cover = Roger_Waters_The_Body. ... Probably best known as the co-author of Pink Floyds Atom Heart Mother in 1970, composer, performer, sound architect, writer, lecturer, broadcaster and interactive designer Ron Geesin also collaborated with Roger Waters on the innovative Music from the Body in 1970, a recording that employed organic sounds as instruments. ... is the 148th day of the year (149th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking is a concept album by British musician Roger Waters. ... is the 166th day of the year (167th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the Roger Waters album. ... is the 202nd day of the year (203rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... The Wall: Live in Berlin (1990) On 21 July 1990, Roger Waters produced a massive concert staging of The Wall in Berlin. ... is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Amused to Death is a solo album by former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters, released in 1992 (see 1992 in music). ... is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Flickering Flame: The Solo Years Vol. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To Kill the Child/Leaving Beirut is a 2004 CD single (released in Japan only) and a digital download written and performed by Roger Waters. ... is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ça Ira (French for Itll do and Everything will be okay, translated here as There is Hope) is an opera in three acts by Roger Waters to a French libretto by Étienne Roda-Gil and his wife Nadine, based on the historical subject of the French Revolution. ... is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Hello (I Love You) is a song performed by Ex-Pink Floyd member Roger Waters. ...

References

Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

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• Roger Waters Official website
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• 2007 interview in Colombia
• "Dark Side of the Moon Live", June 6, 2007 in Ottawa photos
• Audio interview with Roger Waters
• Roger Waters Live Earth Video Interview
• Roger Waters Fanpage Europe