![]() With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press. He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. In other Big Gig news, Pollstar reports that Foreigner is booked for July 3 and all four original members of Asia perform on July 4.īorn in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side. Ticket information for the Marcus Amphitheater performance has not yet been released. The tour begins in May in Florida and runs through mid-July, ending with a July 14 date in Toronto. Waters’ band includes Andy Fairweather-Low (guitar and vocals), Snowy White (guitar), Dave Kilminster (guitar and vocals), Jon Carin (keyboards and vocals), Graham Broad (drums), Harry Waters (Hammond organ), and Ian Ritchie (saxophone) and Katie Kissoon, PP Arnold and Carol Kenyon (vocals). The second set is the performance of 1973’s “Dark Side of the Moon.” The first is a selection of songs from his solo career and his years as the principal songwriter, singer and bassist for Pink Floyd. Waters also lashed out at then-presidential-candidate Donald Trump during his 2016 Coachella set.Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters will perform at Summerfest on July 2 as part of a North American tour during which he’ll perform the band’s classic “Dark Side of the Moon” record in its entirety. He has previously spoken out against singers Nick Cave and Radiohead's Thom Yorke for performing in Israel. The singer-songwriter, who shares in the interview that his "natural instinct" is to "tell the truth," isn't one to mince words when it comes to his musical peers. ![]() The old bands go out and trundle through their hits year after year after year." "I don’t go to those kinds of shows, because I don’t like them. ![]() "I don’t know who you are, but I thank you for noticing that it wasn’t just a sing-along party of old hits," said Waters, referring to some unnamed acts that rose to fame at the same time as Pink Floyd. Waters also responded to complaints from concert-goers who said his show wasn't "upbeat." I’ve got nothing against him," he continued. "I have no idea what or who the Weeknd is, because I don’t listen to much music. The "Wish You Were Here" co-writer went on to clarify that he's not particularly familiar with his fellow musicians because he doesn't actually spend time listening to music. ![]() "There is stuff going on here that is fundamentally important to all of our lives," he added. ![]() Waters emphasized that he was scheduled to perform two nights in a row, and that the content of his work was more reflective of what's currently happening in the world. And, by the way, with all due respect to the Weeknd or Drake or any of them, I am far, far, far more important than any of them will ever be, however many billions of streams they’ve got," Waters told the Globe and Mail. "I’m not trying to make a personal attack. (Photo: Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Images) Musician Roger Waters, 78, says he's 'far more important' than young performers like The Weeknd and Drake. ![]()
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