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Showing Original Post only (View all)Pink Floyd's David Gilmour Will 'Absolutely Not' Perform With Roger Waters: I 'Steer Clear' of Those Who 'Support Genoci [View all]
David Gilmour has shut down any suggestions that he and his former Pink Floyd bandmate will perform together again.
In a new interview with The Guardian, Gilmour said he would "absolutely not" perform with Waters ever again. Gilmour has previously stated as much, citing Waters' political beliefs and inflammatory comments about Israel, Ukraine and the United States.
"I tend to steer clear of people who actively support genocidal and autocratic dictators like [president of Russia Vladimir] Putin and [president of Venezuela Nicolás] Maduro," Gilmour told the publication. "Nothing would make me share a stage with someone who thinks such treatment of women and the LGBT community is OK. On the other hand, I'd love to be back on stage with [late Pink Floyd keyboardist] Rick Wright, who was one of the gentlest and most musically gifted people I've ever known."
Among many other provocative statements, Waters has compared Israel to Nazi Germany and said Russia's invasion of Ukraine was "not unprovoked." Gilmour's wife, writer Polly Samson, crtized Waters on X, writing, "You are anti-Semitic to your rotten core." Gilmour chimed in, agreeing with his wife, adding "Every word demonstrably true." Waters refuted their comments as "incendiary and wildly inaccurate."
In a new interview with The Guardian, Gilmour said he would "absolutely not" perform with Waters ever again. Gilmour has previously stated as much, citing Waters' political beliefs and inflammatory comments about Israel, Ukraine and the United States.
"I tend to steer clear of people who actively support genocidal and autocratic dictators like [president of Russia Vladimir] Putin and [president of Venezuela Nicolás] Maduro," Gilmour told the publication. "Nothing would make me share a stage with someone who thinks such treatment of women and the LGBT community is OK. On the other hand, I'd love to be back on stage with [late Pink Floyd keyboardist] Rick Wright, who was one of the gentlest and most musically gifted people I've ever known."
Among many other provocative statements, Waters has compared Israel to Nazi Germany and said Russia's invasion of Ukraine was "not unprovoked." Gilmour's wife, writer Polly Samson, crtized Waters on X, writing, "You are anti-Semitic to your rotten core." Gilmour chimed in, agreeing with his wife, adding "Every word demonstrably true." Waters refuted their comments as "incendiary and wildly inaccurate."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/pink-floyd-s-david-gilmour-will-absolutely-not-perform-with-roger-waters-i-steer-clear-of-those-who-support-genocidal-and-autocratic-dictators/ar-AA1rFasK?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=633eabd7d99d4e278eb3caaa14183594&ei=32
I don't give a fuck what Roger Waters has to say, he is a proven anti-semite, pro authoritarian and David is making the right decision.
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Pink Floyd's David Gilmour Will 'Absolutely Not' Perform With Roger Waters: I 'Steer Clear' of Those Who 'Support Genoci [View all]
MarineCombatEngineer
Oct 2024
OP
If his IQ actually was 10,000 that would still be well below what he thinks it is.
TheKentuckian
Oct 2024
#18
Good for Gilmour! I always thought he was a greatly under-rated guitarist
LymphocyteLover
Oct 2024
#3
Gilmour has class and discernment and talent. Waters has one of these but supports fascists.
lark
Oct 2024
#4
I've always liked David Gilmour. Anybody who can make a guitar sing like he does
catbyte
Oct 2024
#5
Just enjoy their last joint performance before all this Waters BS--2005 Live 8 Concert and cement it there...
hlthe2b
Oct 2024
#7
I read an interview with Gilmour's wife. She said it was hard to get him to open up about his feelings.
catbyte
Oct 2024
#11
Nearly ten years ago this very week, Waters posted an open letter to the band Bon Jovi
Rocknation
Oct 2024
#12
The man renowned for The Wall, one of the greatest anti-fascist critiques set to music
Tarc
Oct 2024
#20
I walked out of the last Waters concert i went to. He praised Hamas freedom fighters....
LexVegas
Oct 2024
#22