PERU: Former Pink Floyd star Roger Waters performs in Lima

Record ID: 601900

  • Title: PERU: Former Pink Floyd star Roger Waters performs in Lima
  • Date: 16th March 2007
  • Summary: LIMA, PERU (MARCH 10, 2007) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) ROGER WATERS SAYING: "I have a lot of things that I half recorded, fully recorded over but they haven't found the way to be born yet you know …. I hate you lump you guys all together but in Latin America, people are extremely passionate about their music. And so I am very happy to be here." WATERS PUTTING ON MACCHU PICCHU T-SHIRT GIVEN TO HIM BY COMMERCE MINISTER MERCEDES ARAOS WATERS SIGNING BASS GUITAR AND LEAVING
  • Embargoed: 31st March 2007 13:00
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  • Location: Peru
  • Country: Peru
  • Topics: Entertainment
  • Reuters ID: LVAD9VGQ8R2FDFX53G6NB7YDYNE0
  • Story Text: Roger Waters, the leader of the legendary English rock band Pink Floyd, played in Lima, Peru on Monday (March 12).
    Waters took advantage of the rapt attention of nearly 14,000 fans to not only play his hits that defined a generation, but to speak out against U.S. president George W. Bush, who is currently on his own tour of Latin America.
    According to Washington, Bush's current trip is designed to strengthen relationships with allies in the region, but many analysts see it as effort to neutralize the growing influence of Venezuela's leftist president Hugo Chavez.
    At a news conference , Waters spoke about a recent incident on his tour stop in Mexico, referring to a giant inflatable pig he had on staged, decorated with political slogans.
    "And then I have a joke that I wrote witch is "Kafka Rules". So ok, so it's graffiti. And then, you know round the asshole, I wrote Impeach Bush Now , so that's me writing on the pig (the Mexicans) They wrote Pig Bush tear down the border wall, because they are very angry," Waters said.
    "I wouldn't trust him (Bush) as far as I can spit," he added.
    The rock star also talked about upcoming projects and his fan base in Latin America
    "I have a lot of things that I half recorded, fully recorded over but they haven't found the way to be born yet you know …. I hate you lump you guys all together but in Latin America, people are extremely passionate about their music. And so I am very happy to be here," he said.
    Peru's Minister of Commerce gave Waters a t-shirt and the musician singed autographs before leaving the news conference.
    As at the news conference, Waters was just as political when he took the stage at Lima's Monumental Stadium.
    Waters got help from a 30-foot-tall inflatable pig with political leanings similar to his own. Lowered onto to the stage, the pig flashed sentences like "All Peruvians are the same", "Fear builds walls", and "Stop Bush" to loud applause from the crowd.
    But for enthusiastic fans, Waters' rants and political pig were secondary to the music, and when the British rocker delved into song list of the 1973 Dark Side of the Moon album, the crowd exploded.
    As the show drew to a close, Waters invited a children's chorus on the stage to sing "Another Brick in the Wall", the anti-establishment anthem that encourages young people to rebel against 'thought control'.
    Waters, who has upcoming shows scheduled in Chile, Argentina and Brazil, also played songs from albums like Wish You Were Here and The Final Cut.
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