Роджер Уотерс / Roger Waters

Live 8 - London
British rock stars (L-R) Dave Gilmour and Roger Waters of Pink Floyd perform at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park in London, July 2, 2005.

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на премьере фильма 'Squid And The Whale' в сентябре этого года

Just returned from the ceremony in London.

Nick and David appeared in person. Roger appeared by video link. Rick was

absent.

Dave said something along the lines of "Rick can't be here as he's in
hospital for an eye operation - poor sausage." Before going to thank the
departed (Steve O Rourke, Michael Kamen, etc.). Roger appeared by video
link
and spoke briefly, talking about how much he enjoyed Live8 ("Fantastic" was

the word he used), before revealing that Rick hadn't had an eye operation,

but had eloped to live a life of sin with Roger in Rome. Nick told a
drummer
joke and thanked everyone in regards to their fantastic journey. It felt
like the closing of the chapter.

And then Angus Young came on and Ozzy Osbourne did "Crazy Train", and I
went home.

Mark

(из Echoes Digest)

Legends turn out for Hall of Fame
By Ian Youngs
BBC News entertainment reporter at Alexandra Palace, London

Rock heroes Pink Floyd, The Who and New Order have been saluted by the
music
industry at a ceremony to induct them into the UK Music Hall of Fame.
Posthumous places went to John Peel and Jimi Hendrix while Prime Minister
Tony Blair led praise for the Eurythmics.

But Ozzy Osbourne, whose band Black Sabbath were also honoured, stole the
show with a bottom-baring performance.

"That was a lot of fun," he said after mooning at the crowd which gave him
a
standing ovation at the London event.

Wednesday's show was the second annual Hall of Fame ceremony, after the
likes of The Beatles, Madonna and U2 were honoured last year.

Ozzy moons

"Considering the amount of talent that comes out of this country, it should

have been done 20 years ago," Osbourne said.

Black Sabbath were presented with their award by Queen guitarist Brian May,

then Osbourne went on to moon at the Alexandra Palace crowd.

Pink Floyd were honoured after reforming at Live 8 in July.

"It's nice to be loved and for one's contribution to be recognised in some

way," singer and guitarist Dave Gilmour said.
"I suppose I agree that we have had an influence on modern popular music."

Gilmour accepted the award with drummer Nick Mason. Roger Waters was live
on
screen from Rome, where his opera Ca Ira is being staged.

The tensions between Gilmour and Waters rose to the surface when Gilmour
thanked "all the passengers on this fabulous ride we've been on".

Waters responded: "I confess I've never felt like a passenger."

Gilmour played down suggestions of a further reunion, saying: "The Live 8
moment was a wonderful moment.

"But we've all moved on and there are lots of other things to be thrilled
about these days."

Peel inspiration

Mason said there were "no plans" to get back together but he would like to

do so.


If they did, it would probably be "for the same sort of reason" as Live 8,

he said.

John Peel's honour was accepted by his wife, Sheila, after an introduction

from Blur and Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn.

"John Peel was somebody that we could all trust," Albarn said. "Throughout

his life, he gave people a sense of a bigger world out there."

Steve Winwood and former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash covered Jimi Hendrix

songs while Alanis Morissette performed a tribute to Bob Dylan.

Jamie Cullum starred in an Aretha Franklin tribute and the Eurythmics
performed a medley of their hits.

Mr Blair was seen in a video message to the Eurythmics, recalling hearing
Sweet Dreams around the time he became an MP in 1983.

"It was just completely new, a different sound," he said. "They're two
remarkable people - very talented, very original."

Ceremony organisers are considering building a real Hall of Fame
attraction,
possibly in the Millennium Dome.

"Meetings are happening at the top level and we hope to make an
announcement
shortly," a Hall of Fame spokesman said.

The ceremony will be screened on Channel 4 on Thursday.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/entertainment/4441786.stm

LONDON - NOVEMBER 16: (UK TABLOID NEWSPAPERS OUT) Nick Mason (L), David Gilmour (R on stage) and Roger Waters (video link) receive the induction award for Pink Floyd at the live final of the UK Music Hall Of Fame 2005, the culmination of the two-week Channel 4 series looking at 1950's-1990's popular music, at Alexandra Palace on November 16, 2005 in London, England. Acts are selected by a panel of over 60 artists, journalists, broadcasters and executives, with artists including Alanis Morissette, The Pretenders and Slash paying tribute to their fellow musical artists at the event. (Photo by Dave Hogan/Getty Images)

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Да, Родж так и не появился!

Что ж,будем ждать известий с ПРЕМЬЕРЫ ОПЕРЫ МИСТЕРА ПИНКА ФЛОЙДА В РИМЕ!;)

LONDON - NOVEMBER 16: (UK TABLOID NEWSPAPERS OUT) Nick Mason (L) and David Gilmour (R) receive the induction award for Pink Floyd on stage at the live final of the UK Music Hall Of Fame 2005, the culmination of the two-week Channel 4 series looking at 1950's-1990's popular music, at Alexandra Palace on November 16, 2005 in London, England. Acts are selected by a panel of over 60 artists, journalists, broadcasters and executives, with artists including Alanis Morissette, The Pretenders and Slash paying tribute to their fellow musical artists at the event. (Photo by Dave Hogan/Getty Images)

Посетившие лично церемонию.

Старина Пит Таншуенд приглашает на сцену Пинка Флойда - вернее двоих из группы.

музыканты Пинка Флойда, получающую прмиюза всюгруппу - Ник и Дэйв Гилмор.

Церемонимесйстр Пит

Пит в ударе

Пит Таншэнд

Флойд принимают награду от Пита

Новое интервью Уотерса
Сара Леонард - второе сопрано - первое будет Инь ...
Как обычно - хочет с тройкой из ПФ нового....
4 любимых альбома - Луна Желание Стена Амьюзд-...
как переведу - выложу )))

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7 m.b. ника и дейва в Зале славы

It's a different form but the intention is the same, still just trying to create an emotional response, communicate a feeling," Waters said in an interview with Reuters at the end of the opera's dress rehearsal in Rome's Music Park.

"I am writing for other voices that's why it's different. I can't sing this stuff."

Waters has been working on the opera since 1989 -- the bicentenary of the French Revolution -- when friends Etienne and Nadine Roda-Gil, both now dead, asked him to set their libretto about the historic events to music.

He met French songwriter Etienne in 1968 when student revolts shook Paris. The rock star, whose career began amid the psychedelia of the 1960s, plays down the era's myth, but says he still believes in revolutionary change for the better.

"I'm not sure that those days were particularly heady, but there was in the late 60s a notion that by making a lot of noise one could change things."

The desire for change is still there, he says, although young people's idealism is these days in danger of being subverted by religious bigotry -- but despite the dark edge to much of his work, he is an optimist.

MORE FLOYD?

He seemed to have little but pessimism, however, towards the rest of Pink Floyd over the last two decades, and at one point unsuccessfully sued the others to stop them using the band's name.

They put their differences aside to play the Live8 concert organised to campaign against world poverty. Waters says he doubts the band will get back into the studio, but does not rule out future concerts if the others agreed.

"(A reunion) is very unlikely. But it always was very unlikely. That's not to say that I didn't enjoy Live8, I did. I thought it was great and I'd always be up for doing something else."

The foray into opera does not mean the young-looking 62-year-old is too old to rock. He is working on two new albums and plans to tour in 2007. But for the meantime he hopes to see "Ca Ira" performed again after the two shows in Rome this week.

"We had a letter yesterday from the mayor of Paris saying we've got to get this thing on in Paris," said Waters, who put on one of the world's biggest gigs in 1990, a version of "The Wall" performed at Potsdamer Platz, after the Berlin Wall fell.

"I can't think of anything I'd like to do more," he said, relishing the idea of a bigger stage for his classical work.

"Next summer, I can see it now, in the Place de la Concorde, open air, you know, the same sort of thing, in French obviously."

© Reuters 2005. All Rights Reserved

ЛЕТО 2006 - ОПЕН-ЭЙР СА ИРА В ПАРИЖЕ!!!!

http://bobclose.narod.ru/reuters171105.html

Roger не дирижировал.
Nick не приехал.
Roger говорил по итальянски три минуты.
Безукоризненно!
Естественно читал.
Спектакль стратосферный.
Они дали нам книжечку, на англ и итал .
Были проекции на макси-экране, которые освещали произведение.
Было два экрана с подзаголовками на итал.
(watersmaniaco)

Фотки с Римской Премьеры Оперы Роджера!

Anteprima mondiale ieri sera all'Auditorium di Roma per Ça ira, l'opera dedicata alla rivoluzione francese scritta dall'ex leader dei Pink Floyd Roger Waters. A eseguire le musiche è stata l'orchestra Roma Sinfonietta diretta da Rick Wentworth.