Music: Furious Pink Floyd fans slam Roger Waters after he spent 'an hour reading from his autobiography instead of singing'

[Hammettf2b]

Roger Waters fans walk out of gig after being told to 'f*** off'

The musician, 80, read out pages of notes about his pets, including a duck called Donald, which he discussed for 20 minutes - leaving audience members stunned.

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I've always heard about his shenanigans during live shows but nothing like this. oof

 

[Gordon Lightfoot]

Haha. Maybe I’d be annoyed but if it’s the only time he does this you can think it’s a cool novelty

 

[kook10]

It sounds like he's doing Leonard Cohen on his remake of Dark Side

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Dude’s always been a self-indulgent prick so I dunno why people are so shocked he’d pull shit like this.

 

[Hippasus]

Dude’s always been a self-indulgent prick so I dunno why people are so shocked he’d pull shit like this.

I've heard these sorts of stories about him. I think a lot of artist-types are hyper-focused and sometimes not so mindful of others, for better or worse. That, he's had some sort of breakdown, or both. At least read some good shit to fans of the band that paid to see them. Why wouldn't the rest of the band have intervened? It's not a solo project anyways.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Dude’s always been a self-indulgent prick so I dunno why people are so shocked he’d pull shit like this.

Yup.

One of the biggest egomaniacs in music history and that's a tough nut to crack.

 

[Satans Hockey]

Apparently this was advertised as "an evening with Roger Waters" I wouldn't have expected him to read his book but I would have maybe expected some stories and what not.

Saw this comment so it seems like the mail who aren't exactly known for telling the truth seemed to leave some stuff out too...

 

[Jumptheshark]

Apparently this was advertised as "an evening with Roger Waters" I wouldn't have expected him to read his book but I would have maybe expected some stories and what not.

Saw this comment so it seems like the mail who aren't exactly known for telling the truth seemed to leave some stuff out too...

There is some dispute over just how much of the darkside he played. Some reports are he played only a few songs complete and did bits of others but not complete

 

[VMBM]

"An Evening with Roger Waters"... Can't think of anything more tedious.

 

[S E P H]

Those fans should've known better.

 

[I am not exposed]

 

[Skiiiiiiinerrr]

I'd be livid. Play the damn music!!!

 

[The Marquis]

This is precisely why, when prompted with the option to see his show, or not. I went with not.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

"An Evening with Roger Waters"... Can't think of anything more tedious.

Talk about pissing your $ away, amirite??

 

[PANARIN BREAD FAN]

i'm definitely the minority but as stories are concerned i would to know if he has any tales about playing pocket pool, whether it's 9 ball or snooker. i read somewhere he can hold his own. it would be interesting if he's played against any of the greats like strickland or reyes in 9 ball or jimmy white or ronnie o'sullivan in snooker over the years.

 

[Mike C]

"An Evening with Roger Waters"... Can't think of anything more tedious.

Your invite to Thanksgiving with my in-laws just went out!

 

[Hierso]

Roger Waters is like evil David Lynch so i'm not chocked

 

[Hippasus]

Celebrity news.

 

[Jumptheshark]

For those curious. The London Palladium where this happened does a lot of "an evening with"--usually about 1/4 the show is Q and A and Waters did not do any really Q and A's during his things