Pink Floyd reuniting for Live 8..WITH EFFING ROGER WATERS, folks!

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/12/pink.floyd.reut/index.html

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Four members of seminal British rock band Pink Floyd will play together for the first time in 24 years at London's Live 8 charity concert for Africa on July 2, publicists for the event said on Sunday.

Guitarist David Gilmour, drummer Nick Mason and keyboard player Richard Wright will be on stage with bassist Roger Waters for their first public performance since they played at London's Earls Court in 1981.

The rock legends will join a star-studded line-up including Coldplay, Elton John and Paul McCartney at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park, organized by activist rocker Bob Geldof to pressure rich nations to ease African poverty.

"Like most people I want to do everything I can to persuade the G8 leaders to make huge commitments to the relief of poverty and increased aid to the third world," said Gilmour. "Any squabbles Roger and the band have had in the past are so petty in this context, and if reforming for this concert will help focus attention then it's got to be worthwhile."

[bbernardini]

1. I'll believe it when I'm downloading it. :)

[redsoxliberal]

2. INCREDIBLE!!!!!!

WOW I AM SO FUCKING EXCITED RIGHT NOW I MAY JUST COME ON MY KEYBOARD!!!!!!!!!!!

WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I CANT FUCKING WAIT NOW!

[SlavesandBulldozers]

3. nice

this is great to see they are putting squabbles behind them.

[lenidog]

4. I will believe that when I see it with my own eyes

Then again I might not want to see it. It could be a sign of the apocalypse.:P

[ET Awful]

5. Damn!

Double damn even.

This is gonna be one hell of a show :).

[lenidog]

7. Its full of surprises so far

I was shocked when Geldof said he was going to organize it. He was just so bitter and disillusioned after what happened to all the aid and money he gathered from Live Aid that he said never again.

[AntiCoup2K4]

6. No shit?

I predicted this could happen a while back. Geldof managed to get Zeppelin, Sabbath, and the Who (among others) back together for the original show, and he has the Floyd connections from The Wall movie. Looks like he pulled it off.

Excellent news.

[bbernardini]

8. And so the Gilmour bashing starts on Usenet...

Personally, I loved Floyd without Waters. Different, yes. Any less brilliant? no. I can say with certainty that I like Gilmour's solo work a lot more that Waters'.

[Dudley_DUright]

10. Me too

Waters is a better music writer, but Gilmour plays the most amazing improvised melodic solos I have ever heard. Different talents, but equally brilliant.

[bbernardini]

11. Gilmour rocks out better...

Waters' metronome doesn't go above 90 or so BPM. :)

That being said, he does manage to write some really dramatic music at that tempo.

[Dudley_DUright]

9. Cool

I hope they put out a DVD of the concert!

[AntiCoup2K4]

12. And it doesn't take 20 years this time to release it.

:evilgrin:

[bbernardini]

13. And it's complete.

Stupid incomplete releases. I would have bought the whole Live Aid set, however much it cost.

[aeolian]

14. Holy shit!

sweet!

[matcom]

15. HOLY MOTHER OF FUCK!!

:wow:

when is the DVD coming out! :bounce: