The controversial show of Roger Waters who now affects the theaters

The controversial show of Roger Waters who now affects the theaters


The presentation of the latest Pink Floyd tour, this is not a drill, will be released in rooms around the world next July




A show from one of the most controversial tours of Roger Waters “Although the controversy has been involuntarily generated”, it will reach theaters around the world on 23 and 27 July. The presentation belonged to the tour This is not a drill And was recorded in the Prague O2 Arena, in the Czech Republic, in May 2023.

Tickets for Roger Waters this is not a drill: Live from Prague – The film It will be on sale from this Thursday 12. The website rogerwaters.film Will provide more information on the date. It is not yet known if there will be an exhibition in Brazil. The material will also be released in LP, CD, Blu-ray and digital audio on August 1st.

Directed by Sean Evans and Roger Waters, the film combines classic from Pink Floyd With songs from your solo career. In a note, the artist says that production is dedicated “For our brothers and sisters all over the world who are engaged in the existential battle by the soul of humanity”.

The performance took place on a 360 ° phase, with a rectangular center and catwalks extending on both sides, creating an elongated cross. Above it, there is a series of 12 surface LED giant screens, for a total of 650 square meters, which design various messages and images.

The disputes of this are not a drill

Some situations led to This is not a drill Being marked as one of Roger Waters’ most controversial, even if the tour presented a less competitive tone than the artist’s precedents. The most famous situation was in the middle of 2023, when the musician played in Berlin, Germany, and accused him of using images and customs associated with Nazism.

The moment took place during the music “In the meat”Trace of the albums The wall (1979), when Waters adopted a red clamp with crossed hammers: the Nazis wore a similar piece, but with the figure of a swastika. At this point in the championship, the controversy did not make sense, since Roger uses pieces for decades and in a critical tone.

Even so, the former Pink Floyd member was the goal of an investigation by the German authorities and canceled the presentations to Frankfurt and Monaco. It was necessary that the artist will resort to court to obtain the right to perform. In Brazil, Ary BergherVice President of the Israeli Confederation of Brazil (Conib) and the President of the Holocaust Memorial Institute, asked the Ministry of Justice to cancel a tour of the tour that would have been carried out here at the end of that year. The action was presented and the performances in the national territory have occurred normally.

Critic to the Israeli government among the conflicts in the Gaza Strip, Waters also had complications during the visit to South America. As mentioned, everything was quietly in Brazil, but hotels in Uruguay, Argentina and Colombia, countries where they would have performed their reserves and team reservations. Relationships stress that the musician had to remain in San Paolo and go back and forth from other South American countries.

Tracklist of the new live work of Roger Waters

Watch Roger Waters’ tracklist This is not a drill: Live from Pest – The Movie:

  1. Introduction
  2. Comfortably Numb
  3. The happiest days of our life
  4. Another brick in the wall, pt. 2
  5. Another brick in the wall, pt. 3
  6. The powers that are
  7. The courage to be out of reach
  8. The part of the bar 1
  9. Cigar
  10. I wish you were here
  11. Crazy Diamond shines on you
  12. Sheep
  13. In flesh
  14. Run like hell
  15. Déjà vu
  16. Is this the life we ​​really want?
  17. Money
  18. We and them
  19. Any color you like
  20. Brain damage
  21. Eclipse
  22. Two only at sunset
  23. The bar starts 2
  24. Out of the wall

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Source: Terra

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