Pink Floyd's Roger Waters announces 2017 North American tour October 13, 2016 - 19:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Pink Floyd's Roger Waters has announced a North American tour for 2017, NME reports. Having headlined Desert Trip festival last weekend, Waters has now confirmed that he'll tour the U.S. and Canada next year. The'Us + Them' tour will kick off in May in Kansas City, with the stint running until October. In a press release, Water says that he will perform new material during the stint: "Probably 75% of it will be old material and 25% will be new, but it will be all connected by a general theme". See the full list of tour dates here. Waters used his set at last weekend's Desert Trip to launch a scathing attack against Donald Trump, slamming him as a 'sexist and racist pig'. As he performed 'Pigs (Three Different Ones)' from 'Animals, Waters displayed images of Trump as a sheep, holding a dildo as a rifle, in a KKK hood, making a Nazi salute, as well as showing him with sagging breasts and a micro-penis. When he sang the line "ha ha, charade you are," the screens showed Trump's face with the word "CHARADE" written across it. A series of Trump's most infamous quotes were also displayed. The iconic Pink Floyd inflatable pig also made an appearance, this time with the slogan 'fuck Trump and fuck his wall'. "It's rare somebody like me gets a platform like this, so I'm going to use it," said Waters, before paying tribute to the people of Palestine and honouring the BDS Movement. "I encourage the government in Israel to end the occupation."  Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news Protesters rally as Georgia debates 'foreign agent' bill  Georgian critics label the bill "the Russian law", comparing it to legislation used by the Kremlin to crack down on dissent.Former Pashinyan envoy urges end to Genocide speculation Marukyan has urged authorities in Armenia stop discussions about verifying the names of 1.5 million victims.Azerbaijan, Jordan sign deal on defense cooperation Azerbaijan and Jordan have signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of defense, according to an official statement.First Canadian expert join EU mission in Armenia The first Canadian expert to join the European Union’s civilian mission in Armenia has arrived in Armenia. |
