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Roger Waters joined forces with Lucius on-stage this week to perform Pink Floyd’s ‘Mother’ – check out the moment below.The duo, made up of Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig, have previously toured with Waters, who was formerly the bassist/vocalist in Pink Floyd.During Lucius’ gig at New York’s Beacon Theatre on Wednesday (May 4), Waters joined them on-stage for the encore to perform the Pink Floyd classic ‘Mother’ from ‘The Wall’.Check out their acoustic rendition of the track here:Pink Floyd recently released their first new music in decades to aid the relief effort in Ukraine.The track, titled ‘Hey, Hey, Rise Up’, features a sample of Andriy Khlyvnyuk, the singer of Ukrainian band Boombox, and is the band’s first original music to be released since their 1994 album ‘The Division Bell’. All proceeds from the song go to Ukraine Humanitarian Relief.Discussing the new song in a statement, Gilmour said: “I hope it will receive wide support and publicity.

Ukraine, the band announced Thursday.“Hey Hey Rise Up” features Pink Floyd members David Gilmour and Nick Mason, with vocals from Ukrainian singer Andriy Khlyvnyuk of the band BoomBox.The track features Khlyvnyuk singing a patriotic Ukrainian song from a clip he recorded in front of Kyiv’s St. Sophia Cathedral and posted on social media.Gilmour, who performed with BoomBox in London in 2015, said the video was “a powerful moment that made me want to put it to music.”After Russia’s invasion, Khlyvnyuk cut short a tour of the U.S.

Chris Willman Music WriterPink Floyd has announced that a newly recorded single under the band banner, “Hey Hey Rise Up,” will come out Friday, with lead vocals not by David Gilmour but rather a Ukrainian singer, whose a cappella vocals from an Instagram post shot in Kyiv’s Sofiyskaya Square have been set to music by the veteran band.The music for the new song was recorded March 30 by longtime members Gilmour and Nick Mason, along with longtime bass player Guy Pratt and keyboardist Nitin Sawhney. (Roger Waters, who split from the group in the mid-1980s, did not participate.)The vocalist grafted into the new Pink Floyd track is Andriy Khlyvnyuk of the Ukrainian band Boombox.

Over the two-plus decades from 1999-2022, 58 acts have headlined the Coachella Music and Arts Festival (59 if you count Tupac’s hologram).

the band’s Twitter account states.The included works that are set to be leaving Russian and Belarusian streaming platforms are Pink Floyd studio albums “A Momentary Lapse of Reason” (1987), “The Division Bell” (1994) as well as 2014’s “The Endless River.” Gilmour has released four solo studio albums in his career, the most recent being “Rattle That Lock” in 2015. His entire solo discography is also being removed from streamers.Last week, Gilmour tweeted in support of Ukraine, writing, “Russian soldiers, stop killing your brothers.

Wedding bells are ringing! Roger Waters announced that he married his fifth wife Kamilah Chavis in an Instagram post on Thursday October 14. The 78-year-old rocker married Kamilah at his New York estate in Bridgehamton, according to the DailyMail. The Pink Floyd bassist sweetly captioned the lovely photos of him and his beautiful bride with a romantic message. “I’m so happy, finally a keeper,” he wrote.

Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters has tied the knot with Kamilah Chavis – the rocker’s fifth marriage. The ceremony is believed to have taken place at Roger's $16.2 million home in New York, on his Bridgehampton estate.The singer and bassist took to Instagram to announce their happy news as he called new wife Kamilah a “keeper”.

Fifth times a charm?

Roger Waters saying that he felt bullied by members in Pink Floyd.The former Floyd drummer said in a new interview that he was surprised to hear Waters claim last month that ex-guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour and ex-keyboardist Richard Wright were “always trying to drag me down”.“I’m slightly flabbergasted by it,” Mason told journalist Jim DeRogatis of The Coda Collection.

Pink Floyd‘s David Gilmour has shared a demo version of ‘Yet Another Movie’ ahead of the reissue of the band’s 1987 album ‘A Momentary Lapse of Reason’ – hear it below.The album, which was the band’s first following the departure of Roger Waters, will be reissued on October 29 via Sony and feature a “Remixed and Updated” edition on vinyl, CD, DVD and more.It will also be available in 360 Reality Audio, described as “a new immersive music experience that closely mimics the omni-directional

Ethan Shanfeld UPDATED: At a recent pro-Julian Assange event, Roger Waters said Facebook offered him a big chunk of change to use the 1979 Pink Floyd hit “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2” in an upcoming advertisement for Instagram.“It arrived this morning, with an offer for a huge, huge amount of money,” Waters said. “And the answer is, ‘Fuck You.

Rolling Stone reported. “And the answer is, ‘F–k you.

Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters gave a firmly negative response to Facebook’s request to use ‘Another Brick In The Wall’ in an upcoming ad for Instagram.Speaking at a forum in support of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, as reported by Rolling Stone, Waters read out an email he claimed to have received from Mark Zuckerberg requesting the right to use the song.“It’s a request for the rights to use my song, ‘Another Brick in the Wall, Pt.

Roger Waters has posted the liner notes written for Pink Floyd’s ‘Animals’ remaster, claiming his ex bandmate David Gilmour wanted them removed because of credit disputes.The former Pink Floyd bassist/vocalist has alleged that guitarist/vocalist Gilmour wanted the true extent of his songwriting and artistic contributions buried because, as Rogers put it, Gilmour intended to “claim more credit…than is his due”.Waters detailed in a message on his website yesterday (May 31) that Gilmour “does not

Tom Morello, Brian Eno, Roger Waters and more are all set to play a special livestream fundraiser gig today (April 10).Live For Gaza aims to raise funds for musicians in the Gaza Strip in Palestine.Waters is set to perform his 1992 track ‘The Bravery of Being Out of Range’ at the event, while Eno has created a special audiovisual piece specifically for the concert.

Sign up for our What's On newsletter - for all the latest whether you're staying in or heading out and aboutLiam Gallagher is among a string of celebrities who have criticised the Government’s Brexit deal for not including visa-free travel for musicians.Sir Elton John, Roger Waters and Ed Sheeran are also amongst those who have also signed a letter saying performers have been “shamefully failed” by the post-Brexit travel rules.The letter, published in The Times, states that there is a “gaping

Elton John, Liam Gallagher and Ed Sheeran have all signed an open letter to criticise the UK Government’s Brexit deal, which has shunned the chance for touring musicians to enjoy visa-free travel in Europe.More than 100 musicians say they have been “shamefully failed” by the post-Brexit trade deal in a new open letter published in The Times.The letter, which has also been backed by the likes of Queen‘s Brian May and Roger Waters, calls on the government to “urgently do what it said it would do

Amanda Holden has scored the highest-charting debut album for a British female soloist of 2020 so far. 

John Prine has slammed Donald Trump as a “fucking idiot”, after the American musician died of coronavirus earlier this year.Prine passed away in Nashville in April this year, with his passing prompting an outpouring of tributes from the likes of Elvis Costello and Roger Waters.His widow, Fiona Whelan Prine, reacted angrily after Trump boasted about his handling of the crisis during Tuesday night’s first presidential debate with Joe Biden.“Can someone get that f****** idiot off the stage.

Pink Floyd‘s Roger Waters has been accused of anti-semitism due to comments he made about Jewish billionaire Sheldon Adelson.Waters has been criticised for comments he made while speaking with the Middle East Media Research Institute.In the interview, Waters called Adelson “the puppet master pulling the strings of Donald Trump, Mike Pompeo, and what’s his name… the Ambassador [to Israel]…”“And Sheldon Adelson is a right-wing fascist racist bigot who doesn’t understand the first thing about the

Roger Waters, live in a studio setting, recorded a socially distanced take on Pink Floyd's "Two Suns in the Sunset," the closing track from the band's 1983 album The Final Cut.

We’ve just been sent along some release info for the documentary film Roger Waters: Us + Them which comes to digital download next month through Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Roger Waters has accused his former bandmate David Gilmour of banning him from using Pink Floyd’s website to promote his work.

Former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters has taken to social media to rail against long-ago partner David Gilmour for considering him “irrelevant” and “banning” him from the group’s website and social media, complaining that his solo projects are not allowed to come up for mention while those of Gilmour’s wife are promoted.

"Just change the name of the band to Spinal Tap".

By Chris Willman

"'Mother' reminds me just how irreplaceable the joy of being in a band is"

Following one of music’s nastiest, most litigious splits, Pink Floyd bassist/songwriter/singer Roger Waters went solo while his bandmates carried on without him.

Roger Waters announced today (March 27) that he will postpone the entirety of his This Is Not a Drill North American dates.