he's very handsome

the Gilmour show was one of the best i've seen. the second night he played Wots... Uh, The Deal. Unreal.

Gilmour was a great show. However, the new songs didn't really thrill me; at least they were mostly salvaged by one of his guitar solos.

But the Floyd set was incredible, and in particular, the transcendent version of "Echoes", accompanied by an epilepsy-inducing lighting display, was jaw-dropping.

why dont waters and gilly juss grow some balls and reunite for forks sake... or at least team up with danger mouse to form dikembe mutrombone

gilmour said to the toronto star in an interview that he just didnt want to at this point. so dont expect anything, he said "im too old"

Kind of bummed that Gillmore won't be there. But frigin psyched that Mason will be on drums! Hell yeah.

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Presale tickets went on sale today. You need to use an American Express card to buy them. Use the 800# on the back of your card for the best seats, but also more pricey seats. Tickets are available through ticketmaster.com

Presale tickets went on sale today. You need to use an American Express card to buy them. Use the 800# on the back of your card for the best seats, but also more pricey seats. Tickets are available through ticketmaster.com

Hi, Where in the USA,is Nick Mason performing with Roger Waters, in the upcoming USA tour?
Thanks,Mina

Roger Waters went on and on for years about how he hated playing big open air venues, yet there he was playing Hyde park in London in July. I am a life long Floyd/Waters fan but did not go becuase I cant think of a worse enviroment to see him perform. People I know went and said it was ok, but only ok. That gig at Hyde park was also the only UK show he is doing on this tour but, he is going all over the U.S. playing up to about 20 shows. So much for the fans at home ay Rog. He knows what side his bread is buttered. The sell out.

Roger Waters went on and on for years about how he hated playing big open air venues, yet there he was playing Hyde park in London in July. I am a life long Floyd/Waters fan but did not go becuase I cant think of a worse enviroment to see him perform. People I know went and said it was ok, but only ok. That gig at Hyde park was also the only UK show he is doing on this tour but, he is going all over the U.S. playing up to about 20 shows. So much for the fans at home ay Rog. He knows what side his bread is buttered. The sell out.

Well, I actually went to the hyde park gig, have seen Waters and Floyd play before the reunion and I must say I have never seen anything quite so astonishing in my life. Most of the people I knew who also went to the gig came away saying it was the greatest gig they had ever seen. I saw grown men crying at the end of Dark Side of the Moon

If any of our US cousins aren't sure about whether to go and see Rog on this tour, all I can say is throw caution to the wind and go, you will not be dissappointed...

Saw the show at PNC 9/6/06
he ruin his show with a Bush and Christian bashing song that everyone boo'd
Other then that the Floyd songs where great

I saw the show last nigth at PNC (9/6/06), too. Fantastic show until he played his anti-American song. He certainly made sure we heard each and every lyric since he posted them on the screen as he sang. He comes to our country to play for his fans & this is what we get treated to? My husband and I were so turned off by that song that it partially ruined the 2nd half of the incredible show. I now have to say that I love the music but don't care much for the man. We're seeing him again in 2 weeks at the Tweeter Center with my son & at least I'm prepared for that song. Maybe he'll have the good sense to remove it from his otherwise excellent set list.

I saw the show last nigth at PNC (9/6/06), too. Fantastic show until he played his anti-American song. He certainly made sure we heard each and every lyric since he posted them on the screen as he sang. He comes to our country to play for his fans & this is what we get treated to? My husband and I were so turned off by that song that it partially ruined the 2nd half of the incredible show. I now have to say that I love the music but don't care much for the man. We're seeing him again in 2 weeks at the Tweeter Center with my son & at least I'm prepared for that song. Maybe he'll have the good sense to remove it from his otherwise excellent set list.

I, too, was at the concert last night (9/6/06) at PNC. It was fantastic until Waters ruined it by playing his anti-American song. He certainly wanted us to know every last word of that song since he posted the lyrics on the screen as he sang. My husband & I were really angry to hear it. He comes to our country to play for his fans & this is what we're treated to? As amazing as the concert was, it was hard to enjoy the 2nd half. We're going to see him again in 2 weeks at the Tweeter Center in Philly with my son & I hope he removes that song from his set list. I now have to say that I love the music but don't care for the man.

Comes to our country?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't Roger lived in NYC for many, many years?

Sorry for the 3 posts! The first 2 didn't go thru, or so I thought, & then they all showed up.

wow, was the song really that offensive? i am curious what the lyrics are now

I was absolutely flabbergasted at the crowd’s reaction to Beirut. I enjoyed the song very much. That being said, I find it highly amusing that the most “patriotic” (read “jingoistic”) right-wingers in the audience, always first to defend “American rights and freedoms”, were the most offended by Roger’s display of free speech (remember the 1st amendment to the constitution?). Pure hypocrisy which aptly characterizes the present administration. I’d like to publicly apologize To Roger and the band for this boorish display. Get a life people.

The booing that occurred during Leaving Beirut is reflective of ill-informed, ignorant fans who were clearly there to enjoy the retro trip of Dark Side. Thank you fellow fans who clearly understand that the meaning of life is to be; which has always been the message of Roger Waters.

Let's face it, its what has driven the man to create the very same albums that they were all there to hear. The level of ignorance in the crowd last night was astounding in my opinion. I thought following up with the song "Sheep" was exactly appropriate, and I'm sure its placement after "Leaving Beirut" in the setlist was not an accident.

Let the people jeer, then bring out the inflatable pig and watch them cheer again.

I love ya Rog, and Happy Birthday my friend!

Stuart, freedom of speech is the ability to say whatever one wants to. It is not also protection from the consequences of speech. Those in the audience who booed were not offended by his exercise of his right to free speech but by the content of his speech. And they merely exercised their own right to free speech by booing. Regardless of whether or not the booing was rude or what have you, it's not hypocritical as you claim.

Yes you make a good point; however we digress - The essence of my post is to point out that paying a fair whack of cash for a ticket to a ROGER WATERS(!) gig and completely mis-interpreting the message and therfore failing to grasp the entire Pink Floyd legacy, is merely indicative of the a certain level of idiocy.

I am certainly happy that the majority of American people at the gig who can actually think for themself, made themselves known. I guess some just can't comprehend the bigger picture.

i only saw half the show my brother passed out drunk and i had to go with him to the hospital but it was still the best show i have ever seen

latest dates

Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Holmdel, NJ: PNC
Friday, May 19th - On Sale Date

Friday, September 08-09, 2006
Boston / Tweeter
Saturday, April 29th

Tuesday, September 12, 2006
New York City: MSG
Monday, May 15th

Wednesday, September 13, 2006
New York City: MSG
Monday, May 15th

Friday, September 15, 2006
Wantagh, NY Jones Beach
Friday, May 19th

Saturday, September 16, 2006
South Jersey/Philadelphia: Camden
Saturday, May 13th

Monday, September 18, 2006
Detroit / The Palace
Saturday, May 6th

Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Toronto / Air Canada
Monday, May 1st

Thursday, September 21, 2006
Montreal Bell Centre
Monday, May 1st

Saturday, September 23, 2006
Bristow, VA Nissan
Saturday, May 20th

Sunday, September 24, 2006
Pittsburgh: Post Gazette Pavilion
Monday, May 1st

Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Cleveland/Gund
Saturday, April 29th

Friday, September 29, 2006
Chicago: First Midwest Bank Amp.
Monday, May 1st

Saturday, September 30, 2006
Indianapolis-Verizon Wireless
Monday, May 1st

Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Phoenix-Cricket Pavilion
Saturday, April 29th

Thursday, October 05,06,08, 2006
Los Angeles: Hollywood Bowl
Sunday, April 30th

Sunday, October 08, 2006
Las Vegas: Theater Under the Stars - CANCELLED
TBA

Tuesday, October 10, 2006
San Francisco: Shoreline
Sunday, May 7th

Thursday, October 12, 2006
Seattle, WA: Key Arena
Saturday, May 6th

On the day after we memorialize my cousin, my FDNY Brothers, NYPD, and thousands of innocent Americans who were muredered that black day, this guy has the temerity to come to America, bash her, her president and his prime minister, while waxing poetic and all nostalgic for the good old days in Beirut with a loving Moslem family???? And then he bashes "Right Wing Christians"? Try singing about "Right Wing Moslems" with the same contempt in lovely Beirut and see what THEY do to your dhimmi, infidel neck as they saw through. "Right Wing Christians" will fight to defend his right to sing whatever he wants in our great America, and they will pray for his soul in the bargain. Not drive a plane into his arena.
Hey Rog, don't mind putting those American Benjamins in your pocket do ya?
I proudly booed, walked out went with my date and listened to the DVD of Paul McCartney's OCT 20, 01 concert at the Garden and relived the gratitude and love as he sang "Fight for Your Right For Freedom" for my city, my Firefighter brothers, NYPD and the heroes wives, and children.
Hearing David Bowie sing "Heroes", and James Brown sing "Fire and Rain" will always ring in my heart.

Grateful to be an American, always

I, too, was at the concert the day after the 5 year anniv. and thought it hard to embrace that song. There was a gentleman and a woman sitting next to us who left during the song and yelled out something less than kind. I saw this song hit a cord and got a very strong feeling that this man had been directly affected by the sept. 11th events. The whole "he has a right to freedom of speech thing" is bull_ _ _ _ . He has a right to speak his mind and portray that through his music. However, the day after the 5th anniv. of the most horrific day in America he has a concert and goes on about this family who gave him a car ride and the correlation of that family to how good these people are and how bad we are. Wake up, this man hates our Goverment, he hates our President and he hates Americans. It doesn't take a genius to figure it out. I don't give a hoot that he lived in this country for a period of time. So, too, did the hijackers on 9/11. Different time, different place, the song might not have met with such disgust(it's called discretion). This man has not one ounce of apathy towards Americans. I love the music but dislike the man, not because of his views but because of his lack of humanity.

to jimkearney,
you may have been the one sitting next to us at the concert!

to jimkearney,
you may have been the one sitting next to us at the concert!

Well, those that booed and walked out during his set and what he said obviouly don't get it, and may never will. The Bush admin is so outof control and wrong in so many ways. That does not mean that the 'Al Qaeda' Terrorists are right, because they are so wrong in so many ways as well.

Roger's opinions with our Gov't in the USA are with the majority of the american people now, so he is with the concensus of americans.

His story about this family was a true story, adn the point was TO MAKE YOU THINK!!!

THINK!!!

THINK!!!

The show was awesome, and I applaud Roger, because he's right.

I don't get some of you neo-cons... you obviously aren't Roger waters fans if that song offended you. This is not exactly the first time (by far) he has written a song like this. God, you sound like Rush Lintball.

He does not hate America. Like most of the world, he can't stand our corrupt government. Why do I bother- I'm sure you sat down and fell asleep after you heard "Money" and the Wall segment. Apathy towards Americans?! Do you know how much money he has donated and fundraisers he was apart of? Let me ask you, chief: What have YOU done for your country? Go back to your desperate housewives and leave music to the artists. As far as 911, what facts do you think you know? You'll believe anything they tell ya.

I hear ya, Zax. It's pretty sad that even now, there are still people who live in such fear and refuse to see how things are. Some folks don't want to think, because it may threaten there convictions. Why do they insist on equating loving the administration with loving America. As if it's the same thing. Um, Mr. Kearney: since when did Jesus teach your right wing Christians to kill innocent people in the wrong country? Think about it- what was the point of Jesus dying to begin with? I suggest you check your bible and political facts before posing an argument.

LOL- I was just thinking the same thing! I thought Jesus taught stuff like "Turn the other cheek" and "If man be your enemy, show him love." It's funny, but if you really read the new testament, you'll see that Jesus was a pretty big liberal. Anyway, ALL OF US were effected by 911 (I know some of us here have been closely effected). I'll stand and clap for Roger tonight. Why? Because I do love America.

Gail, when you say:

"This man has not one ounce of apathy towards Americans. I love the music but dislike the man, not because of his views but because of his lack of humanity."

Wow...... lack of humanity? He's all about humanity. Who's next on the list, Peter Gabriel?

Yeah, unless you own the karaoke versions of Roger's albums, it's difficult to love his music, but say he's inhumane.
One thing I'll admit, is that we can all debate something here- but I know we're all good people. If we weren't, would we spend time on message boards?

Couldn't have said it better, brother. I'll drink to that!

Couldn't have said it better, brother. I'll drink to that!

LOL!!!!!!!!! Can you imagine singing karaoke at a bar, with the little ball bouncing over the lyrics of "Too Much Rope?" That would be something. Sorry, just thought I'd lighten the mood.

Im just glad i dont have to watch it in america and get to watch it in montreal... where i might add everyone one of those people in that stadium will no doubt be giving him a standing ovation to that song. screw you Jim Kearney, if you dont get Pink Floyd wtf bother going? Mindlessly sitting there listening to his music because you want a break from your 9-5 job and want to veg out is exactly what is wrong with your country. Taking in each lyric and digesting the meaning of their music is why its held the test of time. Catchy music doesn't hold the test of time except for the sheep. it the message musicians bring to their music that keep us comming. I find it hilarious you found solace in listening to paul mccartney after the concert seeing as how he was part of the beatles and the most anti-war rock and roll peace loving group in all of history. Get a life buddy. Go listen to christian rock, or country western music about drinking your face off and being ignorant to the atrocities of the world if you cant understand the message of rock and roll. Didn't 'the fletcher memorial home' make any sense to you of where pink floyd's ideologies lie when you were younger or are you mentally insane?

Jack, you're right. The sad part is, most people here don't even know the Final Cut album (my personal favorite). We can blame the media here, or the government or whomever else, but honestly, some people just don't care to understand what's going on in the world and the music that reflects it... perhaps this was why Roger took exception with part of his audience in the past. It's not enough to get drunk and smoke up at a concert til you pass out- and then wake up and scream "America: love it or leave it!"

"This man has not one ounce of apathy towards Americans. "

anyone get this yet???
apathy = lack of concern

"This man has not one ounce of 'lack of concern' for Americans."

So, he does care about us Yanks!
So, whatcha complaining about?
You GO, Rog!

"This man has not one ounce of apathy towards Americans. "

anyone get this yet???
apathy = lack of concern

"This man has not one ounce of 'lack of concern' for Americans."

So, he does care about us Yanks!
So, whatcha complaining about?
You GO, Rog!

sorry about the double post...it was an internal server error made me do it...

HAHA!!!! That's great. Well Rog-haters, I hate to piss on your picnic, but this may be up your alley: Britney Spears just gave birth to a second child. Her site must have a message board... go check it out!

I gotta point something out here:

Jack wrote, "screw you Jim Kearney, if you dont get Pink Floyd wtf bother going? Mindlessly sitting there listening to his music because you want a break from your 9-5 job and want to veg out is exactly what is wrong with your country."

But Jim Kearney began his post with "On the day after we memorialize my cousin, my FDNY Brothers, NYPD..." To me, that indicates he's part of a fire department, if not the FDNY.

Though that's not a strong argument, is it?

I hope tonight's show at Jones Beach doesn't cancel. It's pouring here.

Re: Jack's Comments
I for one will proudly go the concert in Detroit even though I live in Canada. And I will proudly and loudly boo this anti-American and anti-Christian song if it's played. You say you're going to Montreal to watch it. No doubt with Quebecs' mentally defective left wing skewed politics people there will like it. You would rather be part of Europe instead of North America anyway. Just remember the atrocities are being commited by al qaeda and the Taliban, but I guess that's just hunky dory according to your myopic view of things. They should send windbags like you to Iraq and Afghanistan and see how quick you change your pathetic little tune.
Waters has a right to play this tune and I have a
right to boo.( Ijust think he's an asshole for playing it here with soldiers fighting for freedom at this time)
That being said, hope you enjoy the concert and HAVE A NICE DAY!

"I just think he's an asshole for playing it here with soldiers fighting for freedom at this time."

Guess that means you're against any anti-Vietnam war songs written in the '60's as well.

Vietnam was a whole different ballgame.
We didn't have have nutjobs crashing planes into buildings, beheading innocent hostages, holding public hangings at soccer stadiums and keeping women as slaves with no education or human rights.
How come nobody writes a song about that. Why do these people always blame the USA for what's going on and nobody else. Blaming the US for the world's problems is the latest cause for the left wing Hollywood,rock star,ultra rich and famous braindead morons that are only in touch with the uneducated and uninformed and not the regular folks that pay blood,taxes and tears to keep our way of life alive. Once again, I love the old Floyd stuff, I just think he's being an insensitive idiot by playing it at this time.

What, Don?

"he's being an insensitive idiot by playing it at this time."

Did you even see his show? My wife and I just got back from his Jones Beach concert. We, along with 15,000 other New Yorkers applauded "Leaving Beruit." If there were any boo's at all, they were completely drowned out by cheer. I am sick to my stomach at the ignorance of such comments. If you knew anything about his music, you'd know of plenty written in regards to your above examples. In fact, nothing you said is accurate.
"left wing Hollywood,rock star,ultra rich and famous braindead morons that are only in touch with the uneducated and uninformed and not the regular folks that pay blood,taxes and tears to keep our way of life alive."
Uh my God, good luck with this idiot, guys.

SERIOUSLY. Don, I don't think you know what an "insenitive idiot" YOU are..... and how many hard working New Yorkers you may have offended. I didn't go to the Jones Beach show tonight, but I was at MSG in Manhattan a couple of days ago. Michael, you're dead on. I heard one guy booing behind us. Sure he had the right to, but his booing was based on CLEAR misinterpretations. Roger really does care about us here... that was his whole point! Forget it, bro. You'll never get through to this dude. Don, if you feel so strong about the war in Iraq, what the heck are you doing on this message board?! Go sign up for the Army and quit being an arm-chair republican. HAVE A NICE NIGHT, DONNY-BOY!!!

Let's not waste any more time on this one. He's so proud to come and boo Roger in Detroit (based on a show he hasn't seen), but he's currently living in Canada? Yeah, a real proud American indeed.

Not to mention New York is a blue state (by a large majority), so he just called millions of us New York left-wingers morons. All because there are people with a different set of beliefs than his.

i just got in from the show. it was amazing.
i lost 2 close friends on 911. don, you should be ashamed of yourself. maybe if we place a windbag like you overseas, perhaps you'll sing a different tune.

When people like Don start whingeing about "left wing Hollywood,rock star,ultra rich and famous braindead morons", they forget that most of these people they call elite started out like us. Most of them came from working class families - blue and white collar. Most of them - especially the ones who have staying power - worked to get where they are - like the rest of us. Some are brilliant, most are average, and some are morons - like the rest of us.

Contrast with our current administration: born into wealth and privilege, gaining their public status and power through cronyism and nepotism - not hard work. These people are far less like us average Americans (and average people as a whole), and they know it best. They are the true elite and they speak down to us like we're children. Stop accepting that insult! Pay Attention! Think!

Or just start by growing the hell up enough to realize that when someone expresses a disagreeing or critical point of view it doesn't mean they hate you.

Personally, I'd lend an ear to someone who puts thought to produce their own expression (whether I agree with it or not) well before I put unquestioning faith in someone who constantly attempts to sway me with speech based upon "talking points" written by hired hands based upon the work of their public relations teams.

BTW, great show tonite.
There were a coupla booers (boors-ha!) in my nosebleed section, but us folks in the row V applauded and cheered.
And the pig was hysterical - fly away! Look out for that heavy NY air traffic!

I wonder where that pig landed? It's probably on the roof of Don's house. We'll see it on eBay for 8,000 clams. What a great show, rain and all.

I wonder where that pig landed. Probably on Don's roof. we'll find it on eBay for 8,000 clams. Great show, rain and all.

Michael said :"My wife and I just got back from his Jones Beach concert. We, along with 15,000 other New Yorkers applauded "Leaving Beruit." If there were any boo's at all, they were completely drowned out by cheer." I was there too and I heard plenty of booing. I was just in shock at the set this guy has...I paid big bucks for only "decent" seats to hear what I thought was going to be a relaxing night listening to Dark Side of the Moon (I did not check any reviews first, so I did not expect this song), not to listen to his political jabbering in the form of a "new" song that he hopes I like.

I paid too much money to leave...but I wanted to. Luckily my hubby calmed me down and reminded me that I never liked Roger Waters, I like Pink Floyd and sadly, this is closest we'll get to the band.

If I had it to do over again, I would not have gone...plain and simple. Don't take my money and then politicize the show...play what we came to hear!

Shine on Don!
These are the same dummies that believe "if we stop, they'll stop!"

By the way...anyone seen the new commericals for "the other Iraq"? Tell me we are not doing good over there!

This is way off course, though. The concert was less than it should have been because of the political musings of the songster. Definitely my mistake, not his - I should have expected it!

"Luckily my hubby calmed me down and reminded me that I never liked Roger Waters, I like Pink Floyd and sadly, this is closest we'll get to the band."

If you never liked Roger, then you never liked Pink Floyd. And yeah, you should've expected it, Robin.
"These are the same dummies that believe 'if we stop, they'll stop!'" I've met some pretty ignorant people, but I'm glad I'll never have to meet you.
If you despise politics in music, go listen to Michael Bolton.

Like him or hate 'em, he's got you on message boards on a Saturday night. Get a life, guys. Robin, you sound like my high school students. Bye, now.

Kris, what are you doing here then?

Robin: you never liked Waters, but you liked Floyd? What albums did you actually enjoy? What you saw on stage was something Floyd did for nearly 40 years. I'm sorry, who's the dummy?

Oh, that's right. You were there for Dark Side. I guess you also had the karaoke version without the lyrics.

What's Kris, the high school teacher, doing here on a Saturday night? Taking a break from doing some of the after-hours work her (or his) job requires is a good bet.

Does anyone know what was written on the pig at the Tweeter Center last night, all I could see was "Free at Last"????? Thanks

Yeah, it said "Hilary for President"...

Hillary Clinton is NOT looked upon fondly by Americans who protest the war in Iraq and thus is probably not looked upon fondly by Roger Waters, either.

I think that the Pig said "Out of Iraq"?

waters was the best show i have ever seen

simply "Amazing"
Sold out show at the air canada centre in Toronto. "keep hope alive Roger Waters!"

Jesse Jackson is posting here now?

ROGER WATERS MONTREAL(09/21/06) You all Seem to complain about the concert, Most dont, Don't blame it all on the singer or band you all paid BIG money to go see! Blame it on your self.. The concert was AWESOME!(MONTREAL CANADA 09/21/06 Bell Center) My Complaint, Too many POT smoking concert goers...I always Try to get the (young) involved in Pink Floyd!~! Roger Waters (Dont have to explain) TAKE it to the (OUT SIDE) or (BATH ROOM) people....Was disappointed with the so called Pink Floyd ADULTS (loads of middle aged Roger Water fans) concert goers who smoked there drugs 1 row above a 1 row below and 2 seats to my left and 2 seats to my right as my 14 year old daughter GAGGED!!!, The smell of drugs was so overwelming WOW!! SOO.. We finally left our (Very Expensive seats) to stand in the entrance way!! Other then that, The concert and Roger Waters will always RULE!! Sweet Concert Thanks Roger !!! And so Will The Gossip, Love Your Children and the rest will follow. Wanna complain about Roger Waters (LYRICS) GET REHAB !! Like always for 30 years, We Enjoy your music, SIR Waters and Peace All !!

ha,ha,ha,ha...OH YOU SILLY MAN with your 14yr. old at a PF Concert!! And how old are you? Judging by your stupidity, you would seem to be much more clueless than might be expected of your 14 yr.old! Ha...leaving good seats just to escape the, as you implied, 'brain damaging potential effect' of the wicked weed on your daughter! The only danger you face is looking like a complete A-hole by leaving your seats
and a major Hypocrite...Ha,ha,ha...thanks for the laugh...you fool!

LIBERALISM is an insidious, awful disease. Not unlike a cancer. We can only sympathize with these poor souls. Hopefully one day someone will find a cure.

I have no problem with Roger expressing his LIBERAL (diseased) views at his performance. I actually find it comical and pathetic at the same time.

"Harmlessly passing your time in the grassland away;
Only dimly aware of a certain unease in the air.
You better watch out,
There may be dogs about
Ive looked over jordan, and I have seen
Things are not what they seem.

What do you get for pretending the dangers not real.
Meek and obedient you follow the leader
Down well trodden corridors into the valley of steel.
What a surprise!
A look of terminal shock in your eyes.
Now things are really what they seem.
No, this is no bad dream.

The lord is my shepherd, I shall not want
He makes me down to lie
Through pastures green he leadeth me the silent waters by.
With bright knives he releaseth my soul.
He maketh me to hang on hooks in high places.
He converteth me to lamb cutlets"

You say liberalism is a disease? I say you read the lyrics above you idiot - doubtful that this time round you'll understand! Maybe you might just stare at them blankly and then rabble on about Rog "dissing" the USA and her army.

but let's not get involved in politics, I'm from Scotland, praise be, hallelujah to the liberals, haha. Oh, it should be at this point in time which will draw the obligatory xenophobic comment from some brainless neanderthal redneck.

Anyway, cousins, brothers and friends - we will always have the satisfaction that there is no hope for the peasants; purely because we use the one thing we have more of - and that is our MINDS

Stuart- you don't know your coley from your mackeral my Scottish friend. I am a Canadian, and support my American brothers in their righteous fight against evil. Have a nice day.

Stuart- another thing your band Suspire is REALLY BAD.

Stuart- another thing your band Suspire is REALLY BAD.

i get to go see the show on saturday in indianapolis. hopefully most will be too high to spoil a good time by booing a song. it's a song. many americans need to realize that we know 1/100th of what really goes on in this world. the media is given information by people that decide what we get to know, then further filter and twist it before it reaches our pretty little heads.
if the song isn't your cup of tea, shut up and wait for the next one. i hate how people in a crowd expect to be number 1. my friends, this is why The Wall was written in the first place. if anyone is that offended, i welcome s/he to leave. it'll be that easier getting out of the hell that is the parking lot.

Oh man...this is such a Intellectually HIP forum, awsome! and entertaining too, the majority of it anyway...the Scottish writer (Stuart) should be given the Nobel Prize, he is sooo Right On and did not offend me, a WELL informed American woman, but I would reccomend some maybe SHOCK therapy for GAry though...that might be what it takes for him to wake up to the situation in the Mideast and other places in the world that my government is involved in dominating at the moment in order to expand its Empire...Thanks buddy...Neandrathal Rednecks!hahaha! Great description of that bobble-headed Idiot-excuse-for-a-Prez, doesn't it? I Love YOU Stuart! And, I bet your band is sounds phenominal! Venus, Laguna Beach, California, USA

haha! thanks, click on my name below and you can decide for yourself. It's always encouraging, Venus, to hear from folk who are capable of using the organ in their heads. Well in my friend.

Gary from Canada, I'm afraid I don't know my coley from my mackerel (thats mackerel with an E Gary)- I leave the fishing to fat businessmen tourists, and old men with wellington boots; so you can take the medias - oh, sorry - the governments war on evil, all the coley and mackerel in the world, roll it up and smoke it.

Another thing, when we do tour America, I hope peasants like you pay upwards of $50 for a ticket and boo, so I can laugh at another little piece of history repeating.

I saw Roger last night in Pittsburgh, everything was excellent until he started flashing Bush photos along with Bin Laden and Hussein and mocked him by referring to him as Georgie. It ruined my whole experience. How repulsive that I paid such a price to see this uninformed musician make a horrible political statement. I don't recall Pink Floyd doing this, ever, in all of the past concerts that I attended.

He's not even a citizen of our country, what right does he have to push his pitiful agenda when I'm paying for it? Since thats how he really feels, I wish he'd just kept it to himself or at least not performed the song on American soil.

I was so angry, I'll never listen to his material again, I was really was shocked. How would Roger like it if Godsmack when to London, and burned an effigy of the Queen on-stage and then burnt their flag. I'm sure he'd be really put off also.

Wether you agree with our leadership or not, a concert is not a forum to push a political agenda and bash our president, particularly when we are at war and he's not a citizen of this Great Nation.

Mark

Michael Smerconish | ROGER WATERS: THE PINKO IN FLOYDFOR THE second time in my life, I'm writing a column about Pink Floyd. Specifically, about the man I've always considered to be the brains of the band: Roger Waters. The first time I wrote about him was 26 years ago when I was a high school senior at Central Bucks West in Doylestown and editor of the school paper, the Chatterbux.

Back then, I was one of the lucky few to see Pink Floyd perform "The Wall," live at the Nassau County Coliseum on Long Island, N.Y. My review earned me an invitation to the principal's office. I was encouraged to write a retraction on the grounds that I'd promoted a band whose lyrics the principal associated with drug use.

It was a moment straight out of "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2," "We don't need no education" indeed. I told the principal to pound sand. Maybe even called it a matter of "free speech."

For three decades, the Floyd has never left my playlist.

In fact, I have done what I call "the cycle" for every Floyd and Roger Waters recording, meaning I bought it in all forms in which it was released: album, 8-track, cassette and CD. I once made a London taxi driver take me to the Battersea Power Station just so I could photograph the image that appears on the cover of my favorite album, "Animals." No one was more pleased when the band reunited to headline at Live 8. And in the never-ending debate among Floyd fans on David Gilmore vs. Rogers Waters, I've always sided with Waters.

My affinity for Waters has always been in spite of his politics. Chalk that up to spending too much time studying song lyrics back in the day when they printed such things. I thought rock stars had all the answers.

Fast-forward 25 years.

Last Wednesday, I sat in the front row for a Roger Waters performance at Madison Square Garden. (The same show came to the Tweeter Center in Camden Saturday night.) The crowd was diverse, but mostly like me: white middle-aged guys with receding hair and expanding waists.

It should have been a night to have a few beers and enjoy the soundtrack of my life. Instead, I sat there in my expensive seat, and heckled the guy whose music I know by heart.

Waters' politics are no longer just liberal, they're over the top.

I was expecting the line about "incurable tyrants and kings" when he sang "Fletcher Memorial Home," and I knew there'd be references to Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan.

What I wasn't prepared for was a photo montage featuring Osama, Saddam and George W. Bush. Especially not two days removed from the anniversary of Sept. 11 in the city where the most death and destruction occurred.

I'm sick and tired of entertainment types arguing a moral equivalency between our president and the Butcher of Baghdad and the architect of 9/11.

It's not that I object to the criticism of the president or his policy. But Waters and others lose all credibility when they treat Bush and bin Laden the same way. And that was before Waters announced he was beginning the "controversial" part of the show.

I held my breath as he introduced "Leaving Beirut" with a long-winded story about his teens. Then came:

Are these the people we should bomb

Are we so sure they mean us harm

Is this our pleasure, punishment or crime

Is this a mountain that we really want to climb

The road is hard, hard and long

Put down that two by four

This man would never turn you from his door

Oh, George! Oh, George!

That Texas education must have f------ you up when you were very small.

This is Waters' ridiculous ode to some guy who gave him a lift and a meal when he was hitching in Beirut at 17. According to the logic of his lyrics, because he received this courtesy, we're supposed to overlook the murder of innocents at the hands of radical Islam, including the close to 3,000 who died almost five years to the day, and just blocks from where I was hearing him sing.

I couldn't take it any more. "Go visit Ground Zero!" I shouted from the front row. He heard me, and proceeded to avoid our corner of the stage except to oblige a hottie who wanted to take his picture with her cell phone.

Then the pig came out.

I refer to a giant inflatable pig, a hallmark of many Floyd shows, and the symbol of my aforementioned favorite album. Only this time, the pig was a billboard for Waters' twisted priorities. "Habeas Corpus Matters," it said, among other things. How appalling. I wondered how many in the New York audience had lost relatives or friends in the 9/11 attack and now were witness to his call for more rights for the murderers?

"Go visit Ground Zero," I yelled again.

Roger Waters still has free-speech rights. Bald, bespectacled and willing to shell out for a front-row seat, so do I

Michael Smerconish | ROGER WATERS: THE PINKO IN FLOYDFOR THE second time in my life, I'm writing a column about Pink Floyd. Specifically, about the man I've always considered to be the brains of the band: Roger Waters. The first time I wrote about him was 26 years ago when I was a high school senior at Central Bucks West in Doylestown and editor of the school paper, the Chatterbux.

Back then, I was one of the lucky few to see Pink Floyd perform "The Wall," live at the Nassau County Coliseum on Long Island, N.Y. My review earned me an invitation to the principal's office. I was encouraged to write a retraction on the grounds that I'd promoted a band whose lyrics the principal associated with drug use.

It was a moment straight out of "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2," "We don't need no education" indeed. I told the principal to pound sand. Maybe even called it a matter of "free speech."

For three decades, the Floyd has never left my playlist.

In fact, I have done what I call "the cycle" for every Floyd and Roger Waters recording, meaning I bought it in all forms in which it was released: album, 8-track, cassette and CD. I once made a London taxi driver take me to the Battersea Power Station just so I could photograph the image that appears on the cover of my favorite album, "Animals." No one was more pleased when the band reunited to headline at Live 8. And in the never-ending debate among Floyd fans on David Gilmore vs. Rogers Waters, I've always sided with Waters.

My affinity for Waters has always been in spite of his politics. Chalk that up to spending too much time studying song lyrics back in the day when they printed such things. I thought rock stars had all the answers.

Fast-forward 25 years.

Last Wednesday, I sat in the front row for a Roger Waters performance at Madison Square Garden. (The same show came to the Tweeter Center in Camden Saturday night.) The crowd was diverse, but mostly like me: white middle-aged guys with receding hair and expanding waists.

It should have been a night to have a few beers and enjoy the soundtrack of my life. Instead, I sat there in my expensive seat, and heckled the guy whose music I know by heart.

Waters' politics are no longer just liberal, they're over the top.

I was expecting the line about "incurable tyrants and kings" when he sang "Fletcher Memorial Home," and I knew there'd be references to Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan.

What I wasn't prepared for was a photo montage featuring Osama, Saddam and George W. Bush. Especially not two days removed from the anniversary of Sept. 11 in the city where the most death and destruction occurred.

I'm sick and tired of entertainment types arguing a moral equivalency between our president and the Butcher of Baghdad and the architect of 9/11.

It's not that I object to the criticism of the president or his policy. But Waters and others lose all credibility when they treat Bush and bin Laden the same way. And that was before Waters announced he was beginning the "controversial" part of the show.

I held my breath as he introduced "Leaving Beirut" with a long-winded story about his teens. Then came:

Are these the people we should bomb

Are we so sure they mean us harm

Is this our pleasure, punishment or crime

Is this a mountain that we really want to climb

The road is hard, hard and long

Put down that two by four

This man would never turn you from his door

Oh, George! Oh, George!

That Texas education must have f------ you up when you were very small.

This is Waters' ridiculous ode to some guy who gave him a lift and a meal when he was hitching in Beirut at 17. According to the logic of his lyrics, because he received this courtesy, we're supposed to overlook the murder of innocents at the hands of radical Islam, including the close to 3,000 who died almost five years to the day, and just blocks from where I was hearing him sing.

I couldn't take it any more. "Go visit Ground Zero!" I shouted from the front row. He heard me, and proceeded to avoid our corner of the stage except to oblige a hottie who wanted to take his picture with her cell phone.

Then the pig came out.

I refer to a giant inflatable pig, a hallmark of many Floyd shows, and the symbol of my aforementioned favorite album. Only this time, the pig was a billboard for Waters' twisted priorities. "Habeas Corpus Matters," it said, among other things. How appalling. I wondered how many in the New York audience had lost relatives or friends in the 9/11 attack and now were witness to his call for more rights for the murderers?

"Go visit Ground Zero," I yelled again.

Roger Waters still has free-speech rights. Bald, bespectacled and willing to shell out for a front-row seat, so do I

Michael Smerconish | ROGER WATERS: THE PINKO IN FLOYDFOR THE second time in my life, I'm writing a column about Pink Floyd. Specifically, about the man I've always considered to be the brains of the band: Roger Waters. The first time I wrote about him was 26 years ago when I was a high school senior at Central Bucks West in Doylestown and editor of the school paper, the Chatterbux.

Back then, I was one of the lucky few to see Pink Floyd perform "The Wall," live at the Nassau County Coliseum on Long Island, N.Y. My review earned me an invitation to the principal's office. I was encouraged to write a retraction on the grounds that I'd promoted a band whose lyrics the principal associated with drug use.

It was a moment straight out of "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2," "We don't need no education" indeed. I told the principal to pound sand. Maybe even called it a matter of "free speech."

For three decades, the Floyd has never left my playlist.

In fact, I have done what I call "the cycle" for every Floyd and Roger Waters recording, meaning I bought it in all forms in which it was released: album, 8-track, cassette and CD. I once made a London taxi driver take me to the Battersea Power Station just so I could photograph the image that appears on the cover of my favorite album, "Animals." No one was more pleased when the band reunited to headline at Live 8. And in the never-ending debate among Floyd fans on David Gilmore vs. Rogers Waters, I've always sided with Waters.

My affinity for Waters has always been in spite of his politics. Chalk that up to spending too much time studying song lyrics back in the day when they printed such things. I thought rock stars had all the answers.

Fast-forward 25 years.

Last Wednesday, I sat in the front row for a Roger Waters performance at Madison Square Garden. (The same show came to the Tweeter Center in Camden Saturday night.) The crowd was diverse, but mostly like me: white middle-aged guys with receding hair and expanding waists.

It should have been a night to have a few beers and enjoy the soundtrack of my life. Instead, I sat there in my expensive seat, and heckled the guy whose music I know by heart.

Waters' politics are no longer just liberal, they're over the top.

I was expecting the line about "incurable tyrants and kings" when he sang "Fletcher Memorial Home," and I knew there'd be references to Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan.

What I wasn't prepared for was a photo montage featuring Osama, Saddam and George W. Bush. Especially not two days removed from the anniversary of Sept. 11 in the city where the most death and destruction occurred.

I'm sick and tired of entertainment types arguing a moral equivalency between our president and the Butcher of Baghdad and the architect of 9/11.

It's not that I object to the criticism of the president or his policy. But Waters and others lose all credibility when they treat Bush and bin Laden the same way. And that was before Waters announced he was beginning the "controversial" part of the show.

I held my breath as he introduced "Leaving Beirut" with a long-winded story about his teens. Then came:

Are these the people we should bomb

Are we so sure they mean us harm

Is this our pleasure, punishment or crime

Is this a mountain that we really want to climb

The road is hard, hard and long

Put down that two by four

This man would never turn you from his door

Oh, George! Oh, George!

That Texas education must have f------ you up when you were very small.

This is Waters' ridiculous ode to some guy who gave him a lift and a meal when he was hitching in Beirut at 17. According to the logic of his lyrics, because he received this courtesy, we're supposed to overlook the murder of innocents at the hands of radical Islam, including the close to 3,000 who died almost five years to the day, and just blocks from where I was hearing him sing.

I couldn't take it any more. "Go visit Ground Zero!" I shouted from the front row. He heard me, and proceeded to avoid our corner of the stage except to oblige a hottie who wanted to take his picture with her cell phone.

Then the pig came out.

I refer to a giant inflatable pig, a hallmark of many Floyd shows, and the symbol of my aforementioned favorite album. Only this time, the pig was a billboard for Waters' twisted priorities. "Habeas Corpus Matters," it said, among other things. How appalling. I wondered how many in the New York audience had lost relatives or friends in the 9/11 attack and now were witness to his call for more rights for the murderers?

"Go visit Ground Zero," I yelled again.

Roger Waters still has free-speech rights. Bald, bespectacled and willing to shell out for a front-row seat, so do I

Hey, Kathy, don't you read the newspapers...? or, do you just get Murdock's corporate media's spin about these rather important issues? Maybe if you could trouble yourself to pick up the NY Times and read Seymore Hirsch's columns...hmmm, oh well. What about Michael Moore's outstanding efforts to reveal the truth surrounding the Terrorist's attacks? Or is he just another "entertainment type"? What is an entertainmet type anyway? How does one still equate the Terrorist hit, as shocking as it is/was with the overthrowing and occupation of Iraq? What is taking up so much of your time that you cannot be more informed before you open your mouth? Why are you and the people like you in this forum so surprised even offended that someone has the guts to speak the Truth...Who else did the same thing and received the same reaction by people like you...huh? Well, since you don't have a clue, does "Living is easy with Eyes Closed, Misunderstanding all you see." Look what happened to him...Thanks Stuart, you were the only one who had anything to say. Good luck. I'm outta here...
Venus#9

Michael Smerconish | ROGER WATERS: THE PINKO IN FLOYDFOR THE second time in my life, I'm writing a column about Pink Floyd. Specifically, about the man I've always considered to be the brains of the band: Roger Waters. The first time I wrote about him was 26 years ago when I was a high school senior at Central Bucks West in Doylestown and editor of the school paper, the Chatterbux.

Back then, I was one of the lucky few to see Pink Floyd perform "The Wall," live at the Nassau County Coliseum on Long Island, N.Y. My review earned me an invitation to the principal's office. I was encouraged to write a retraction on the grounds that I'd promoted a band whose lyrics the principal associated with drug use.

It was a moment straight out of "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2," "We don't need no education" indeed. I told the principal to pound sand. Maybe even called it a matter of "free speech."

For three decades, the Floyd has never left my playlist.

In fact, I have done what I call "the cycle" for every Floyd and Roger Waters recording, meaning I bought it in all forms in which it was released: album, 8-track, cassette and CD. I once made a London taxi driver take me to the Battersea Power Station just so I could photograph the image that appears on the cover of my favorite album, "Animals." No one was more pleased when the band reunited to headline at Live 8. And in the never-ending debate among Floyd fans on David Gilmore vs. Rogers Waters, I've always sided with Waters.

My affinity for Waters has always been in spite of his politics. Chalk that up to spending too much time studying song lyrics back in the day when they printed such things. I thought rock stars had all the answers.

Fast-forward 25 years.

Last Wednesday, I sat in the front row for a Roger Waters performance at Madison Square Garden. (The same show came to the Tweeter Center in Camden Saturday night.) The crowd was diverse, but mostly like me: white middle-aged guys with receding hair and expanding waists.

It should have been a night to have a few beers and enjoy the soundtrack of my life. Instead, I sat there in my expensive seat, and heckled the guy whose music I know by heart.

Waters' politics are no longer just liberal, they're over the top.

I was expecting the line about "incurable tyrants and kings" when he sang "Fletcher Memorial Home," and I knew there'd be references to Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan.

What I wasn't prepared for was a photo montage featuring Osama, Saddam and George W. Bush. Especially not two days removed from the anniversary of Sept. 11 in the city where the most death and destruction occurred.

I'm sick and tired of entertainment types arguing a moral equivalency between our president and the Butcher of Baghdad and the architect of 9/11.

It's not that I object to the criticism of the president or his policy. But Waters and others lose all credibility when they treat Bush and bin Laden the same way. And that was before Waters announced he was beginning the "controversial" part of the show.

I held my breath as he introduced "Leaving Beirut" with a long-winded story about his teens. Then came:

Are these the people we should bomb

Are we so sure they mean us harm

Is this our pleasure, punishment or crime

Is this a mountain that we really want to climb

The road is hard, hard and long

Put down that two by four

This man would never turn you from his door

Oh, George! Oh, George!

That Texas education must have f------ you up when you were very small.

This is Waters' ridiculous ode to some guy who gave him a lift and a meal when he was hitching in Beirut at 17. According to the logic of his lyrics, because he received this courtesy, we're supposed to overlook the murder of innocents at the hands of radical Islam, including the close to 3,000 who died almost five years to the day, and just blocks from where I was hearing him sing.

I couldn't take it any more. "Go visit Ground Zero!" I shouted from the front row. He heard me, and proceeded to avoid our corner of the stage except to oblige a hottie who wanted to take his picture with her cell phone.

Then the pig came out.

I refer to a giant inflatable pig, a hallmark of many Floyd shows, and the symbol of my aforementioned favorite album. Only this time, the pig was a billboard for Waters' twisted priorities. "Habeas Corpus Matters," it said, among other things. How appalling. I wondered how many in the New York audience had lost relatives or friends in the 9/11 attack and now were witness to his call for more rights for the murderers?

"Go visit Ground Zero," I yelled again.

Roger Waters still has free-speech rights. Bald, bespectacled and willing to shell out for a front-row seat, so do I

Michael Smerconish | ROGER WATERS: THE PINKO IN FLOYDFOR THE second time in my life, I'm writing a column about Pink Floyd. Specifically, about the man I've always considered to be the brains of the band: Roger Waters. The first time I wrote about him was 26 years ago when I was a high school senior at Central Bucks West in Doylestown and editor of the school paper, the Chatterbux.

Back then, I was one of the lucky few to see Pink Floyd perform "The Wall," live at the Nassau County Coliseum on Long Island, N.Y. My review earned me an invitation to the principal's office. I was encouraged to write a retraction on the grounds that I'd promoted a band whose lyrics the principal associated with drug use.

It was a moment straight out of "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2," "We don't need no education" indeed. I told the principal to pound sand. Maybe even called it a matter of "free speech."

For three decades, the Floyd has never left my playlist.

In fact, I have done what I call "the cycle" for every Floyd and Roger Waters recording, meaning I bought it in all forms in which it was released: album, 8-track, cassette and CD. I once made a London taxi driver take me to the Battersea Power Station just so I could photograph the image that appears on the cover of my favorite album, "Animals." No one was more pleased when the band reunited to headline at Live 8. And in the never-ending debate among Floyd fans on David Gilmore vs. Rogers Waters, I've always sided with Waters.

My affinity for Waters has always been in spite of his politics. Chalk that up to spending too much time studying song lyrics back in the day when they printed such things. I thought rock stars had all the answers.

Fast-forward 25 years.

Last Wednesday, I sat in the front row for a Roger Waters performance at Madison Square Garden. (The same show came to the Tweeter Center in Camden Saturday night.) The crowd was diverse, but mostly like me: white middle-aged guys with receding hair and expanding waists.

It should have been a night to have a few beers and enjoy the soundtrack of my life. Instead, I sat there in my expensive seat, and heckled the guy whose music I know by heart.

Waters' politics are no longer just liberal, they're over the top.

I was expecting the line about "incurable tyrants and kings" when he sang "Fletcher Memorial Home," and I knew there'd be references to Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan.

What I wasn't prepared for was a photo montage featuring Osama, Saddam and George W. Bush. Especially not two days removed from the anniversary of Sept. 11 in the city where the most death and destruction occurred.

I'm sick and tired of entertainment types arguing a moral equivalency between our president and the Butcher of Baghdad and the architect of 9/11.

It's not that I object to the criticism of the president or his policy. But Waters and others lose all credibility when they treat Bush and bin Laden the same way. And that was before Waters announced he was beginning the "controversial" part of the show.

I held my breath as he introduced "Leaving Beirut" with a long-winded story about his teens. Then came:

Are these the people we should bomb

Are we so sure they mean us harm

Is this our pleasure, punishment or crime

Is this a mountain that we really want to climb

The road is hard, hard and long

Put down that two by four

This man would never turn you from his door

Oh, George! Oh, George!

That Texas education must have f------ you up when you were very small.

This is Waters' ridiculous ode to some guy who gave him a lift and a meal when he was hitching in Beirut at 17. According to the logic of his lyrics, because he received this courtesy, we're suppo