By Mark Gray
4:30am PDT, Oct 11, 2023
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Roger Waters angered Pink Floyd fans on Sunday, Oct. 8, when he chose to spend the first hour of his concert reading from his unpublished autobiography rather than singing. He also reportedly insulted annoyed fans who had gathered to watch him perform Pink Floyd's iconic "Dark Side of the Moon" album.
Following the concert, several attendees blasted the rocker on social media, and one said the night was "ruined" by Roger's rants.
Keep clicking to see what the Pink Floyd co-founder said to frustrated fans — then look back at how his past antics have ruffled feathers…
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Roger Waters was supposed to perform Pink Floyd's "Dark Side Of The Moon" album on Oct. 8 at the London Palladium. He did, to be fair, but he had other ideas before diving into the music. For the first hour of the show, Roger decided to read snippets of his unpublished book to the audience — at one point he even spoke of pets, including a duck named Donald. Adding to the uncomfortableness, Roger told fans to "f*** off" if they didn't like it, DailyMail.com reports.
"If you want to tell stories tell them in your own time to your own audience in your own f****** theatre," he reportedly said. "By the way, if you can show constraint and stop shouting again."
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Although Roger Waters did eventually begin performing, the 60-minute rant left many fans with a bad taste in their mouths.
"I am sorry to say but tonight's concert was such a let down. The actual songs were great but the self-indulgent crap was interminable and finishing over 1 hour later than timetabled is inexcusable," one attendee vented on X.
Another said, "When he sticks to his fantastic music he is brilliant. But 60mins of music over two and a half hours is barely a concert. The rambling nonsense ruined a wonderful last 50mins."
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The Independent said Roger Waters read his unpublished memoir while sitting behind a desk on stage. He also ranted about WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who's been locked up in London's Belmarsh prison since April 2019 after being found guilty of breaching the Bail Act.
The musician recently visited Julian in his London prison and has argued for his release.
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Roger Waters has a history of controversial comments and antics. He has been highly complimentary towards Russian President Vladimir Putin and said the war in Ukraine "was not unprovoked."
The rocker's comments were addressed by Ukrainian ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya at the UN security council's meeting in February. There, the Ukrainian politician referenced the ban Pink Floyd faced in the Soviet Union in 1979 for protesting the invasion of Afghanistan.
"It is ironic, if not hypocritical, that Mr. Waters attempts now to whitewash another invasion," the Ukrainian diplomat said. "How sad for his former fans to see him accepting the role of just another brick in the wall – the wall of Russian disinformation and propaganda.
"Keep strumming the guitar, Mr. Waters," he continued. "It suits you more than lecturing the security council on how to do its job. No flying pigs here, please."
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Over the years, Roger Waters has been accused of being an anti-semite, as well, which he denies. In May, he donned a Nazi-style coat during a concert in Berlin. He later said his outfit was "quite clearly" a statement against fascism, injustice and bigotry.
"Attempts to portray those elements as something else are disingenuous and politically motivated," he wrote on X.
Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour once said Roger is "antisemitic to [his] rotten core."
In the documentary "The Dark Side of Roger Waters," it was alleged that he called his agent a "f****** Jew" and once referred to the cuisine at a Lebanese restaurant as "Jew food."
