Roger Waters

Roger Waters, Mona Miari re-record “Comfortably Numb”

Posted June 15, 2026 by Floydian Slip

Roger Waters and Palestinian singer-songwriter Mona Miari have re-recorded “Comfortably Numb” as a tribute to Gaza. The two share vocals on the track, with Miari singing in Arabic.

The Pink Floyd co-founder and Miari began corresponding after a film project they were involved with about artists in Gaza died in development. “After the demise of the previous project we got together and said, ‘How about Comfortably Numb?,” Waters recalls in a YouTube video. “Is there some way you and I could reimagine this and make it relevent for today?”

They re-wrote much of the song’s lyrics going back and forth with one another via email. “It became almost like penpals with her writing in Arabic and me responding in English,” he explains.

Miari’s lyrics focus on the plight of the Gazan people. “‘I feel your pain from New York City.’ Those were the first eight words I wrote down,” Waters says.

The new recording is available on streaming platforms, with proceeds to be donated to the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. The video will be posted to YouTube June 17.

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Harry Waters searching for father’s sound-alike

Posted April 7, 2026 by Floydian Slip

Harry Waters, son of Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters, is fronting “Legacy,” a new Floyd tribute scheduled to debut in 2027. And he’s looking for a vocalist.

“We’re looking for a singer who can sound like Dad did when he was young,” his website reads. “Are you that person?”

The project is billed on his site as “a Pink Floyd show performed by the Harry Waters Band” and “presented” by Roger Waters. The band plans to begin touring in February next year for 20 weeks, five weeks at a stretch with breaks in between.

“My son Harry has put a great band and show together to go on the road next year to pay tribute to the music from the golden era of Pink Floyd and maybe a couple of songs from my subsequent solo career,” a message from the elder Waters reads on the site.

“Harry’s band is missing one thing. The voice I had when I was young.

“Back in the day, I could sing everything from the soft urgency of ‘Hello, is there anybody in there?’ from ‘Comfortably Numb’, to the high-pitched scream of ‘You know how I need you to beat to a pulp on a Saturday night’ from ‘Don’t Leave Me Now’.

“Can you do that? Are you that missing voice? If you are, this is your chance. This is an open invitation to audition for Harry’s band. I’m serious.”

The site includes a form for singers to submit audition tapes. “You can pick whichever songs you want to sing/record in any manner you wish,” the form explains. “Just be sure it’s a Roger song.”

Audition deadline is April 30.

Harry, who toured with his father for 15 years, is a pianist, songwriter and composer. He’s also performed with Eddie Vedder, Tom Jones, Marianne Faithfull, Ween, Ozric Tentacles, Les Claypool and Sean Ono Lennon.

He compares his piano style to Vladimir Horowitz, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Arthur Rubinstein, Dr. John and Professor Longhair.

Learn more at harrywaters.com.

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Enter to win: “This is Not a Drill: Live from Prague”

Posted October 20, 2025 by Floydian Slip

Enter to win a double-CD copy of Roger Waters’s “This is Not a Drill: Live from Prague,” a document of Roger’s 2022/23 tour of the same name.

The performance includes two dozen numbers from his solo catalog and the Pink Floyd catalog, as well as the new track “The Bar.”

Prizes courtesy of Sony/Legacy.

Enter to win now. Deadline to enter: End of day Oct. 26.

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Winners: “This Is Not a Drill” Tickets

Posted July 21, 2025 by Floydian Slip

This Is Not a Drill concert film poster Congratulations to winners of tickets to see Roger Waters’ concert film “This Is Not a Drill” in theaters July 23 and 27:

Bill Armstrong, Chapell Hill, NC
Henry Armstrong, Malvern, PA
Michael Bland, Surfside Beach, SC
Michael Hudson, Glen Allen, VA
Paul Lopez, Coalinga, CA
Michael Offen, Dansville, NY
Andre Puccio, Willits, CA
Beth & Richard Rauch, Cedar Rapids, IA
Valerie Smalley, Honolulu, HI
Richard Torres, Fort Worth, TX
Roque Volpe, Toluca, IL

Prizes courtesy of Trafalgar Releasing.

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Win: “This Is Not a Drill” Tickets

Posted July 14, 2025 by Floydian Slip

This Is Not a Drill concert film poster Enter now to win a pair of tickets to see the Roger Waters concert film “This Is Not a Drill,” in theaters July 23 and 27. Shot in Prague, the film is a document of Waters’s 2022/23 tour of the same name.

Winners have their choice of date and theater. Prizes courtesy of Trafalgar Releasing.

Enter to win now. Deadline: End of day July 20.

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Roger Waters “This Is Not a Drill” concert film coming

Posted June 5, 2025 by Floydian Slip

Roger Waters in This Is Not a Drill

Sony Music Vision and Trafalgar Releasing will release in July “This Is Not a Drill – Live from Prague The Movie,” a document of Roger Waters‘ 2022/23 tour of the same name. The film and its soundtrack will be available for purchase Aug. 1.

This Is Not a Drill concert film poster

Recorded and filmed in 8k during Waters’ live show at the O2 Arena in the Czech Republic May 25, 2023, the film is directed by Sean Evans, Waters’ “long-term collaborative partner,” according to a news release.

The performance includes 20 numbers from Waters’ solo catalog and the Pink Floyd catalog, as well as the new track “The Bar.”

Waters’ band for “This Is Not a Drill,” which was billed as his “first ever farewell tour,” includes Jonathan Wilson, Dave Kilminster, Jon Carin, Gus Seyffert, Joey Waronker, Robert Walter, Shanay Johnson, Amanda Belair and Seamus Blake.

The film will show July 23 and 27 in select cinemas worldwide. Tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. June 12 at rogerwaters.film.

Physical product coming Aug. 1 includes a 4-LP set, DVD, 2-CD set, Blue-ray and digital audio. It’s available now for pre-order.

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Roger Waters to release “Dark Side of the Moon Redux” picture disc

Posted April 19, 2024 by Floydian Slip

Cooking Vinyl will release a special picture disc version of Roger Waters‘s “The Dark Side of the Moon Redux” (2023) for Record Store Day.

The limited edition 1LP picture disc will be individually numbered in a die-cut sleeve. Only 3,000 copies will be pressed.

Record Store Day is tomorrow, Saturday, April 20. Independently-owned brick-and-mortar record stores around the world participate. Many recording artists will offer limited-edition products for sale tomorrow only.

“Redux” is a complete reimagining of Pink Floyd‘s seminal 1973 album. Read more: “Re-do of “Dark Side of the Moon” coming from Roger Waters.”

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Roger Waters makes Variety list of worst songs

Posted December 23, 2023 by Floydian Slip

Roger Waters‘s 2023 re-recording of “Money” was named the 5th worst song of 2023 by Variety magazine.

“There’s something deeply perverse about doing a remake of one of the most-loved songs in the 1970s rock canon, cutting out the instrumental solos, and replacing David Gilmour’s contribution in the middle of the tune with a four-minute poem about… boxing,” Chris Willman writes. “If you’re looking for positive assessments of this bizarre re-do, it’s no surprise that they’re giving none away.”

The new version of “Money” is part of Waters’s “The Dark Side of the Moon Redux,” a re-recording of Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon,” which was released Oct. 6.

Variety’s Top 3 worst songs from this past years are:

“Try That in a Small Town”/Jason Aldean
“Vultures”/Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign featuring Bump J
“We Didn’t Start the Fire”/Fall Out Boy

See the full list here

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Radio KAOS’s Jim Ladd dies at 75

Posted December 18, 2023 by Floydian Slip

Radio personality Jim Ladd died Saturday at his home near Carmichael, CA. He was 75 and had suffered a heart attack.

The inspiration for Tom Petty‘s “The Last DJ,” Pink Floyd fans know Ladd for his appearance on Roger Waters‘s “Radio K.A.O.S.” album in 1987.

Ladd had been heard since 2011 on satellite radio Sirius XM, but his broadcasting roots went back to the heyday of FM radio with time logged at KMET and KLOS. He was also host of “Innerview,” a syndicated program that aired on more than 160 stations from 1974 to ’86.

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