Tag: Roger Waters

• Tuesday, September 27th 2022 - 10:45 UTC

  Brazil elections: Lula speaks of “useful” vote next Sunday

  

  Brazilian Presidential candidate and former head of state Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Monday spoke in favor of “the useful vote” in next Sunday's elections and called on Brazilians not to stay at home.

• Tuesday, November 13th 2018 - 13:06 UTC

  Roger Waters accused of anti-Semite by Jewish institutions in Argentina

  

  Jewish institutions in Argentina have launched a campaign against British singer Roger Waters, the former Pink Floyd front-man. Waters’ Us +Them tour has been travelling around Latin America for the last month.

• Thursday, November 8th 2018 - 09:06 UTC

  Roger Waters meets Malvinas mothers at concert; Buenos Aires City will declare him Guest of Honor

  

  Pink Floyd founder Roger Waters is currently on a tour of South America and this week was in Argentina for a first concert in La Plata, and on Thursday the City of Buenos Aires Legislative Council is scheduled to award him a Guest of Honor diploma.

• Saturday, March 10th 2012 - 05:01 UTC

  Waters again mixed up in politics: they talk to him ‘because he is blonde and English’

  

  British musician Roger Walters has fascinated his Argentine audiences and press reports on his shows could not be better. However the former Pink Floyd lead singer incursion into politics has not been such a success.

• Tuesday, March 6th 2012 - 05:27 UTC

  Waters denies having said what he said and blasts Malvinas war

  

  A few days after the Chilean and Argentine media ran the story that Roger Waters had said that the Malvinas Islands belonged to Argentina, the former Pink Floyd lead singer published a note on his Facebook page where he explained that a local journalist “misunderstood” him since he never made such statement.

• Saturday, March 3rd 2012 - 04:43 UTC

  Morrissey joins the controversy saying the “Falklands belong to Argentina”

  

  Morrissey has waded into the row over the Falkland Islands telling the audience at an Argentine gig that they “belong to you”. The former Smiths front-man, who counts Prime Minister David Cameron among his fans, made the remarks during a concert in Cordoba, Argentina.