Editing Roger Waters (section)

=== 2020s: This is Not a Drill, Pink Floyd disputes and ''The Dark Side of the Moon Redux'' ===
In January 2020, Waters announced a new arena tour, [[This Is Not a Drill]], that would tour North America and finish one month before the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]].<ref name="RWdrill">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roger-waters-tour-this-is-not-a-drill-941431/|title=Roger Waters Plots North American Tour, Calls on Human Race to 'Change' or 'Die'|last1=Grow|first1=Kory|date=23 January 2020|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=23 January 2020|archive-date=23 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200123225146/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roger-waters-tour-this-is-not-a-drill-941431/|url-status=live}}</ref> The tour was rescheduled to 2022 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="PostDrill">{{cite web|url=https://rogerwaters.com/tour-postponement/|title=Roger Waters 2020 Tour Postponed|date=27 March 2020|website=Roger Waters official website|access-date=27 March 2020|archive-date=27 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327171618/https://rogerwaters.com/tour-postponement/|url-status=live |author1=Admin }}</ref><ref name="RWcorona">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roger-waters-tour-postpone-coronavirus-974330/|title=Roger Waters Postpones This Is Not a Drill Tour Due to the Coronavirus|last1=Kreps|first1=Daniel|date=27 March 2020|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=28 March 2020|archive-date=27 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327182659/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roger-waters-tour-postpone-coronavirus-974330/|url-status=live}}</ref> The concerts were held from July to October 2022,<ref name="rsdrill22">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roger-waters-tour-dates-2022-1152284/|title=Roger Waters Sets Rescheduled Tour Dates, Teases His 'First Farewell Tour'|last1=Grow|first1=Kory|date=8 April 2021|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=5 May 2021|archive-date=18 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418205550/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roger-waters-tour-dates-2022-1152284/|url-status=live}}</ref> and expanded with dates in Europe from March to June 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://rogerwaters.com/2023-european-tour/ | title=2023 European tour | work=Roger Waters | date=23 September 2022 | access-date=3 October 2022 | archive-date=2 October 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002063910/https://rogerwaters.com/2023-european-tour/ | url-status=live | author1=Admin }}</ref> In 2021, Waters said he had begun writing a memoir during the pandemic.<ref name="RSAnimals">{{cite magazine |last1=Greene |first1=Andy |date=1 June 2021 |title=Roger Waters Announces 'Animals' Deluxe Edition, Plans for a Memoir |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roger-waters-announces-animals-deluxe-edition-plans-memoir-1176303/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=2 June 2021 |archive-date=13 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013222550/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roger-waters-announces-animals-deluxe-edition-plans-memoir-1176303/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2022, he released an EP, ''[[The Lockdown Sessions (Roger Waters album)|The Lockdown Sessions]]'', comprising six new versions of songs from his solo career and Pink Floyd.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=10 December 2022 |title=Roger Waters shares new EP 'The Lockdown Sessions' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/roger-waters-shares-new-ep-the-lockdown-sessions-3364531 |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB |archive-date=8 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108232051/https://www.nme.com/news/music/roger-waters-shares-new-ep-the-lockdown-sessions-3364531 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Waters continued to quarrel with Gilmour.<ref name="Greene-2018">{{Cite magazine |last=Greene |first=Andy |date=10 December 2018 |title=Nick Mason on the State of Pink Floyd: 'It's Silly to Still Be Fighting' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-floyd-nick-mason-talks-roger-waters-david-gilmour-763670/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |language=en-US |access-date=27 September 2020 |archive-date=8 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108093832/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-floyd-nick-mason-talks-roger-waters-david-gilmour-763670/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2021, Waters wrote publicly of their disputes over Pink Floyd reissues and credits, accusing Gilmour of distorting the truth, and complained that Gilmour would not allow him to use Pink Floyd's website and social media channels.<ref name="RSAnimals" /> ''Rolling Stone'' noted that Waters and Gilmour had "hit yet another low point in their relationship".<ref name="RSAnimals" />

Early in 2023, Waters gave an interview in which he criticised Pink Floyd's 2022 track "[[Hey, Hey, Rise Up!]]", which was released in support of Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 February 2023 |title=Roger Waters Questioned in Depth About Ukraine, Russia, Israel, U.S. |url=https://www.pressenza.com/2023/02/roger-waters-questioned-in-depth-about-ukraine-russia-israel-u-s/ |access-date=6 February 2023 |website=Pressenza |language=en-US |archive-date=8 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208092642/https://www.pressenza.com/2023/02/roger-waters-questioned-in-depth-about-ukraine-russia-israel-u-s/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Shortly afterwards, [[Polly Samson]], the wife of Gilmour and a lyricist for Pink Floyd, wrote on Twitter that Waters was antisemitic and "a lying, thieving, hypocritical, tax-avoiding, lip-synching, misogynistic, sick-with-envy megalomaniac". Gilmour resplied on Twitter: "Every word demonstrably true."<ref name="Willman-2023">{{cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=7 February 2023 |title=Roger Waters Is 'Antisemitic to Rotten Core,' Says Former Pink Floyd Lyricist Polly Samson — and Her Husband, David Gilmour, Emphatically Agrees |url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/roger-waters-antisemitic-says-polly-samson-david-gilmour-agrees-pink-floyd-ukraine-1235515432/ |access-date=8 February 2023 |website=[[Variety (website)|Variety]] |publisher= |archive-date=7 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207224214/https://variety.com/2023/music/news/roger-waters-antisemitic-says-polly-samson-david-gilmour-agrees-pink-floyd-ukraine-1235515432/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Waters released a statement saying he was aware of the "incendiary and wildly inaccurate" comments and was "taking advice as to his position".<ref name="Willman-2023" /> Asked by [[Piers Morgan]] to respond, Waters said: "No comment. Oh, shut up&nbsp;... They're public, and I'm private."<ref name="Wilkes-2024" />

For the 50th anniversary of ''The Dark Side of the Moon'', Waters recorded a new version, ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon Redux]]'', released on 6 October 2023.<ref name="RollingStoneRedux">{{cite magazine |last=Zemler |first=Emily |date=21 July 2023 |title=Roger Waters to Release 'The Dark Side of the Moon Redux' as a Solo LP in October |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roger-waters-dark-side-of-the-moon-redux-solo-album-1234793036/ |accessdate=21 July 2023 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |quote=ROGER WATERS HAS re-recorded Pink Floyd's seminal album, The Dark Side of the Moon, and will release it as a solo LP, The Dark Side of the Moon Redux, on Oct. 6 via SGB Music.}}</ref> It features spoken-word sections and no guitar solos, to "bring out the heart and soul of the album musically and spiritually".<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 February 2023 |title=Roger Waters Questioned in Depth About Ukraine, Russia, Israel, U.S. |url=https://www.pressenza.com/2023/02/roger-waters-questioned-in-depth-about-ukraine-russia-israel-u-s/ |access-date=6 February 2023 |website=Pressenza |language=en-US |archive-date=6 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206054318/https://www.pressenza.com/2023/02/roger-waters-questioned-in-depth-about-ukraine-russia-israel-u-s/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Saunders-2023">{{Cite news |last=Saunders |first=Tristram Fane |date=8 February 2023 |title=Roger Waters: I wrote ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' – let's get rid of all this 'we' crap |language=en-GB |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/roger-waters-pink-floyd-dark-side-moon-gilmour-putin-ukraine/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=9 February 2023 |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=8 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208232625/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/roger-waters-pink-floyd-dark-side-moon-gilmour-putin-ukraine/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In a press release, Waters wrote: "Dave, Rick, Nick, and I were so young when we made [the original], and when you look at the world around us, clearly the message hasn't stuck. That's why I started to consider what the wisdom of an 80 year old could bring to a reimagined version."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Duran |first=Anagricel |date=21 July 2023 |title=Roger Waters announces release of 'The Dark Side of the Moon Redux' as solo album |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/roger-waters-announces-release-of-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-redux-as-solo-album-3471637 |access-date=8 August 2023 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> In October, Waters held two concerts at the [[London Palladium]], where he performed ''The Dark Side of the Moon Redux'', spoke on topics such as [[Julian Assange]] and read from his unpublished memoir.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Roisin |date=9 October 2023 |title=Music critics call out 'awkward' Roger Waters show at London Palladium |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/roger-waters-london-palladium-setlist-length-b2426641.html |access-date=11 October 2023 |website=[[The Independent]] |language=en}}</ref>