Roger Waters

The Pink Floyd bassist and singer gave the interview to a Canadian publication.

“This is the deal of this era in arts: it’s hard to be original because there is no real staying power for experimental artists. A boring version of the Beatles,” one user tweeted, while another wrote: “Pink Floyd is amazing but to say you’re more important than someone is wild. “Pink Floyd is the most overrated rock band of all time.

Former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters has offered some of his rather… unfiltered thoughts on just where his music stands against acts like The Weeknd and ...

The (very honest) interviewer admitted that he was assigned to cover The Weeknd’s concert at the nearby Rogers Centre and told Waters that his show “wasn’t the biggest in town that night,” to which the man replied, “I have no idea what or who the Weeknd is, because I don’t listen to much music. Would it not have been possible to review his show one night and my show another night?” “What’s interesting about you being here with me now is that none of the newspapers in Toronto sent anybody to review my shows,” he said.

In an interview, the British musician and former Pink Floyd band member said he was 'far, far more important' than the Canadian artists.

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Pink Floyd musician Roger Waters called himself "far, far, far more important" than Canadian pop stars the Weeknd and Drake.

When Waters said, "There is stuff going on here that is fundamentally important to all of our lives," he seemed to be referring to the political messages in his shows. In the Globe and Mail interview, he went on to talk about a pro-Palestine event he was participating in while in Canada. As noted by Brooklyn Vegan, Waters displays a message during his show that reads, "If you're one of those 'I love Pink Floyd but I can't stand Roger's politics people,' you might do well to [expletive] off to the bar right now." There is stuff going on here that is fundamentally important to all of our lives." Would it not have been possible to review his show one night and my show another night?" In the interview with The Globe and Mail, Waters questioned why journalists from Toronto publications weren't there to cover his performances. The "Blinding Lights" singer's concert was postponed due to a network outage.

When Brad Wheeler explained he was assigned to review The Weeknd's tour kick-off at the Rogers Centre on July 8 (a show that was cancelled at the last-minute ...

“I don’t know who you are, but I thank you for noticing that it wasn’t just a sing-along party of old hits. I don’t go to those kinds of shows, because I don’t like them. There is stuff going on here that is fundamentally important to all of our lives.”

Hating from outside the club when you can't get in is a very real thing. Pink Floyd's Roger Waters engaged in peak hater behavior during a Friday interview ...

There is stuff going on here that is fundamentally important to all of our lives.” Waters said to the interviewer: “What’s interesting about you being here with me now is that none of the newspapers in Toronto sent anybody to review my shows. Would it not have been possible to review his show one night and my show another night?”

The former Pink Floyd man has been in typically pugnacious form, taking aim at Drake, The Weeknd, audiences who just want the hits and the bands who cater ...

“I have been more inspired and creative during the pandemic than I might normally be,” he told Tmrw Magazine (opens in new tab) in 2021. Speaking to Rolling Stone (opens in new tab) a year before about a forthcoming tour, Waters also stated, “It will be even more political than Us + Them was – political and humane… Waters said that if anyone comes to his show and expects old Pink Floyd then they have misunderstood what he has been about his whole career. “They were always trying to drag me back from my natural instinct, which is to tell the truth,” he said. “There is stuff going on here that is fundamentally important to all of our lives.” “I have no idea what or who the Weeknd is, because I don’t listen to much music,” Waters responded.

Roger Waters, the former Pink Floyd frontman, is bringing his “This is Not a Drill” tour to Upstate New York this Wednesday, July 20 (7/20/2022) with a show ...

Waters co-founded Pink Floyd in 1965, and began a solo career in 1984. However, fans searching for deals on the best seats in the house might want to check resellers like StubHub, VividSeats and others. The cheapest tickets available are regularly priced standard admission tickets from TicketMaster, which are $35.50 a head.