Pink Floyd Reunites with Roger Waters to Help Starving Nations at Live8 Concert
So someone mentioned something about the Live8 Concert to me the other day. I had no idea what they were talking about, but they said Pink Floyd was playing.
I'd been to www.PinkFloyd.com as recently as a couple weeks ago (which prompted me to buy Nick Mason's new book Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd) and there was nothing on the site about any tour dates. But I went there again to check, and sure enough, not only is Pink Floyd playing at one of the Live8 venues, but Roger Waters will be a part of it!
Wow. By most accounts, Roger Waters and David Gilmore have not even been on speaking terms.
David Gilmore said:
"Like most people I want to do everything I can to persuade the G8 leaders to make huge commitments to the relief of poverty and increased aid to the third world. It's crazy that America gives such a paltry percentage of its GNP to the starving nations. Any squabbles Roger and the band have had in the past are so petty in this context, and if re-forming for this concert will help focus attention then it's got to be worthwhile."
Needless to say, I'll be watching. If nothing else, to see Pink Floyd.
The only American Venue for this world wide concert occuring simultaneously on July 2 is Philadelphia (and of course, Pink Floyd is playing at the venue in Britain)
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