One might criticise Roger Waters for playing concerts in Israel, and for releasing The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking, but we must salute him for taking a stand against the apartheid wall.
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The gig actually took place in Neve Shalom- a village of Israel-Palestine co-existence. Waters said he moved it from Tel Aviv to "show solidarity with the voices of reason of Israelis and Palestinians seeking a non-violent way for a just peace between the two peoples". Pompous, perhaps to assume he could do so where more-qualified folks have failed, but bringing 50,000 people together for the event (and only 117 returned tickets when the venue changed) is pretty good work. Interview with the organiser:
http://nswas.org/article533.html
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P.S. Pros & Cons Of Hitchiking is a wonderful album...
I met a girl in Germany who grew up in East Berlin. She said the Pink Floyd concert before the wall came down was a turning point.
She also denied Hasslehoff had anything to do with it. But we know the truth.
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