With Roger Waters' opening concert
on his 2006 tour a week and a half away, AOL UK have today announced
that they will be broadcasting the show live, worldwide! The concert promises a blend of
old Pink Floyd songs (including a second half devoted to their 1973
classic, Dark Side Of The Moon), and Roger's solo material.
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Roger Waters - Warsaw Press Conference |
The concert
is being held in Lisbon, Portugal, on June 2nd,
and is part of the Rock In Rio festival which takes place over five
days. Other stars taking part include Sting and Guns N' Roses.
Sponsored by UK telecoms giant O2, and run in conjunction with Network Live, www.aol.co.uk/rio
will be airing the full performances of ALL the artists, free of
charge, on May 26th and 27th, and June 2nd, 3rd and 4th. The
performances will remain available for 30 days following the show at
the same place.
To see and hear Roger in action,
you will need to "tune in" at 11:45pm GMT, on June 2nd, when his part
of the show is due to start. We understand that he will be performing
his full set at this show. As yet, we don't know if this is one of the
shows that Nick Mason, his friend and former Pink Floyd colleague, will
be guesting at.
On the subject of Roger's shows,
he was in Warsaw, Poland, at the beginning of this month to talk about
the forthcoming Ca Ira show in Poznan, on July 7th. He held a press
conference on May 8th, of which edited highlights can now be seen. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD or VIEW but be aware, it is only suitable for those with fast connections. The five minute video is around 20MB in size!
On the left in the video is the
Ca Ira show director Janusz Jozefowicz. The subtitles that appear
during the recording translate thus:
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"o polskiej wersji widowiska"
= about the Polish version of the show. Jozefowicz says: "I read the
opera in my own way and I don't wanna do the show about the French
Revolution. I think that nobody cares about the storming of the
Bastille nowadays. Today people care about tearing down the Twin
Towers. I want to tell about revolutions as a way to improve the world.
So we will start with the French Revolution, but we will talk then
about Spring of Nations, Communist Revolutions and so on. We will talk
about freedom, about the quest for freedom. It will be more
contemporary than historical.
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"rock a Ca Ira" = rock music in Ca Ira
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"inspiracja Procol Harum?" = Procol Harum as inspiration?
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"Pink Floyd z Watersem?" = Pink Floyd with Waters?
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"plany na przyszlosc" = future plans
It is an interesting insight into
Roger's current plans, and what he wants to do for the future. He
mentions that, once he has finished the rock tour, he intends making "a
rock and roll album - but I've been saying that for the last twelve
years! I keep writing songs and then deciding they don't quite express
exactly what it is I'm trying to say!"
Our thanks to Marek Grzesiak for all his help with this.
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