Hal (aka Harry) Waters, son of former Pink Floyd front man Roger Waters, has been keeping himself busy recently, as our report from Brain Damage contributor Thomas Haaning Christiansen reveals...

On November 13th I went to see Marianne Faithfull in concert, live in Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark. I was surprised, to say the least, to see a familiar face walk on stage to accompany her on the keyboards - none other than Hal Waters. What a treat!!

And it only got better. Halfway through the show the lights focussed on Harry, and he and the band started playing Incarceration Of A Flower Child - of course a cover version from Marianne's 'Vagabond Ways'. Absolutely amazing - Waters Jr. playing great keyboards on "The old man's" old song.

Anyway, I had a small chat with Harry just after the show (forgot to ask him why he turned into Hal - the computer?). He is touring with Faithfull for about four weeks - 20 shows or so around Europe, and the Copenhagen show was only the second on the tour. According to Hal they had a terrible premiere (in fact, the worst live show any of them had ever done) in Iceland two nights ago. Much more satisfying last night. He claimed that playing "Incarceration..." was Marianne's choice.

Basically confirmed what we already knew about 'The old man' - as he constantly referred to him. Too much work on the opera, but hoped that Roger would tour in 2005 - and hoped that he (Harry) would be included. He did think so!

I asked him how Roger was coping now - after November 2nd. They had not spoken since ... so he did not know!

He was certainly in a great mood and was kind enough to provide me with a signature on the ticket. Enough for now, catch the show if it comes anywhere close to you ...

Many thanks to Thomas for this report!