Happy birthday Roger Waters - new poem and Toronto appearance! |
Written by Matt | |
Saturday, 06 September 2014 | |
It has been confirmed that Roger and co-director Sean Evans will be walking the red carpet for the premiere of the live concert film at the Elgin & Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto tonight, which starts at 8:30pm. There are two more public screenings in Toronto of the film during the coming week. As yet, no details are available of when it will be released on DVD/Blu-ray. Roger started his Wall tour in Toronto back in 2010, so it brings things full circle to launch the film there. Cameron Bailey, TIFF’s artistic director, noted how Roger wanted to reconnect with Toronto audiences: "The great thing is he's actually doing it twice: the Saturday night at the Elgin and the Sunday at the Ryerson. He has promised that he will attend both screenings to introduce them and do a Q&A, and he's very excited about this. He's a rock god and this is an amazing thing." For all of you fortunate enough to be attending, have a great time and don't forget to tell us all about it! Any pictures of the red carpet arrival or the Q&A session would be much appreciated, too. In separate Waters news, he has recently had a piece published on the Salon.com website, talking at length about the situation in Gaza. Whilst his views on the subject prove divisive, you can read his article in full here. At the bottom of the article, he also adds a poem that he wrote in August about the subject:
Crystal Clear Brooks [Poem: copyright Roger Waters 2014] |