His recent bashing of both Israel and the Weeknd in the press probably hurt, too - one likely more than the other. Rhetoric like that is a big reason why the upper level of the Minneapolis basketball arena was half-empty, compared to the packed houses at Xcel Energy Center for Waters' last two times in town at Xcel Energy Center in 20. Next to the names of George Floyd and Philando Castile, Waters named their crimes as: "Being Black." (Castille, it should be noted, was fatally shot by a St. And that's where both Minneapolis and St. presidents of committing since Ronald Reagan (Trump and Obama were both called out for drone attacks for Biden, the screens simply read, "Just getting started.")Īs Waters sang the terse lines of 1987's holdover, "The Powers That Be," his screens ticked off murders he said police committed in cities around the world alongside the alleged crimes of their victims. Yeah, uh oh.ĭuring the piano-led 1992 song "The Bravery of Being Out of Range," he used the impressively giant, cross-shaped video screen over the in-the-round stage to list off war crimes he accused all U.S. The Pink Floyd bandleader took a very different approach to putting a local spin on Saturday night's This Is Not a Drill Tour stop at Target Center, a stunt that tells you a lot of what you need to know about the possibly polarizing but ultimately astounding performance.Īfter opening with two of his old band's best-known pieces, "Comfortably Numb" and "Happiest Days of Our Lives/Another Brick in the Wall" - two of the best-known rock songs of all time, really - the 78-year-old Englishman launched into a montage of solo tunes in which he turned his now-well-documented political rhetoric up to 11. Most rock stars localize their concerts by donning a sports team's jersey or dissing the prior night's crowd in Milwaukee.
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