Roger Waters calls U2’s Bono “disgusting” and “a shit”
nme.comRoger Waters has lashed out at U2 frontman Bono, describing him as “disgusting” and “a shit”.The comments against the Irish rock singer arose in a new interview with Waters, and saw the Pink Floyd musician criticise the former for his previous comments on the Israel-Hamas war.Speaking during one of their Sphere residency shows in Las Vegas, Bono used the performance to pay his respects to those killed during the October 7 attack at the Israeli music festival Supernova.“In the light of what’s happened in Israel and Gaza, a song about non-violence seems somewhat ridiculous, even laughable, but our prayers have always been for peace and for non-violence,” he told the crowd before launching into a performance of ‘Pride (In The Name Of Love)’. “But our hearts and our anger, you know where that’s pointed.
So sing with us… and those beautiful kids at that music festival.”He then played the song with altered lyrics, singing “Early morning, Oct.
7, the sun is rising in the desert sky… Stars of David, they took your life but they could not take your pride,” in place of the original lines.In the light of what’s happened in Israel and Gaza, a song about non-violence seems somewhat ridiculous, even laughable, but our prayers have always been for peace and for non-violence…But our hearts and our anger, you know where that’s pointed.
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