Posted on 04/11/2026 2:41:59 PM PDT by nickcarraway
"There's one missing link: somebody who can sing everything that I could sing 50 years ago"
Roger Waters is on the lookout for a new singer to front his son’s Pink Floyd tribute group – after firing him from his touring solo band.
Harry Waters previously played keyboards for his father on the road for 14 years. However, Harry revealed in 2023 that Roger had let him know that his services would no longer be required.
“I was fired, it was pretty miserable,” he said at the time, adding that his dad “wanted a change of blood, something new, something fresh”.
The younger Waters went on to join tribute act Brit Floyd, alongside one of Pink Floyd’s former background singers, Durga McBroom, and their ex-saxophonist, Scott Page.
Now, Roger has put out an “open invitation” for a singer to join a brand-new tour scheduled for next year, ‘Roger Waters Presents LEGACY – A Pink Floyd Show Performed By The Harry Waters Band’.
The announcement for the upcoming dates is accompanied by the tagline: “The father’s legacy, the son’s band.”
In a statement, Roger wrote: “My son Harry Waters has put a great band and show together to go on the road next year to pay tribute to the music from the golden era of Pink Floyd, and maybe a couple of songs from my subsequent solo career.
“Harry’s band is missing one thing: The voice I had when I was young.”
He continued: “Back in the day, I could sing everything from the soft urgency of ‘Hello, is there anybody in there?’ from ‘Comfortably Numb’, to the high-pitched scream of ‘You know how I need you to beat to a pulp on a Saturday night’ from ‘Don’t Leave Me Now’.
“Can you do that? Are you that missing voice? If you are, this is your chance. This is an open invitation to audition for Harry’s band. I’m serious.”
In a video message, the former Pink Floyd bassist and vocalist said: “Harry has a great band put together for next year, but there’s one missing link: somebody who can sing everything that I could sing 50 years ago.”
Those who wish to apply for the role can do so here before April 30. “Please be sure to submit a Pink Floyd song, with Roger on lead,” the online form reads.
It also sets out the “tentative tour plans”, stating that it will kick off next February and run for 20 weeks. The dates are set to take place for five weeks at a time, with breaks in between. Find more information here.
When confirming that he’d been fired by his father in 2023, Harry explained: “I’m not sure of his exact reasoning, but everyone except two people got fired. But the other guys that got the sack weren’t his son, so it was doubly hurtful for me.”
Speaking about joining Brit Floyd, he said: “I’ve never met any of them, but I’ll just turn up and play. I’ve been playing this music for 30 years or so. I think we’ll be OK without rehearsal. I think we all know the material pretty well.”
Meanwhile, Pink Floyd have announced a new compilation album titled ‘8-Tracks’, celebrating the band’s 1971-1979 era.
Last autumn, David Gilmour said there was “no possible way” that he would ever work with his former bandmate Waters again. The start of this year saw Waters double down on his insensitive comments about Ozzy Osbourne, asking: “Do I have to like every rock group that ever was or people who bite the heads off bats?”
Gilmour celebrated Pink Floyd’s ‘Wish You Were Here’ landing the Christmas Number One album spot last December.
It marked the group’s second UK Number One record of 2025, following on from ‘Pink Floyd At Pompeii – MCMLXXII’. The live album of a 1971 show was first released as a concert film in 1972, and re-released with newly mixed audio in 2025. A 4K version of the movie arrived, too.
Pink Floyd also shared the music video for the ‘Wish You Were Here’ title track over the festive period, 50 years after its release.
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I’ve been wanting to see The Musical Box, the Genesis tribute band, that does recreation of the Peter Gabriel-era shows.
Roger Water micromanaging his son’s tribute bands? How the mighty have fallen. Gilmour isn’t off the hook either. That Pink Floyd tribute song to Ukraine was unlistenable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saEpkcVi1d4
Just looked them up. Wow! They really pull out all the stops!
Looks like they've been at it a while now. They even had a few shows where Phil Collins himself sat behind the drum kit (back when he was still physically able to play).
I think he can still do a little Peruvian box drum. He has his son playing drums for him now.
Yes, that and Australian Pink Floyd - who play their music better than they did.
I love Pink Floyd and listen to their music regularly.
Of course Dark Side of the Moon, but also A Momentary Lapse of Reason - and a hidden gem “The Division Bell”.
” Rogers loves Nazis . “
Waters wears a Nazi-style uniform as a theatrical device to satirize and condemn fascism. The costume is a central element of the narrative for Pink Floyd’s The Wall,
We have been to see Brit Floyd 10+ times and going again to The Palace in Louisville next month. They are really, really good
He's in pretty rough shape. As of January, it's been reported he has 24 hour live-in nursing care.
I expect he won't be with us much longer.
Ignore that anti-Semite and his son’s Pink Floyd tribute band.
Go to a Brit Floyd concert instead!
“On The Turning Away”
by Brit Floyd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfuA61R6QbI
“In a way, their concerts are better than the original Pink Floyd concerts because of modern recording equipment and editing that can be done after the concert is over.”
Yeah editing can be done after the concert is over. Ha ha.
Early PF concerts were almost unique in their 3d sound systems with custom 360 degree panning controls that Rick Wright used to operate. Sound effects swirling around the audience. Going from a regular concert to a PF concert was akin to going from mono to stereo records. It was quite interesting for the time period.
Brit Floyd is the band the son is in.
IIRC Peter gave them his costumes.
“The younger Waters went on to join tribute act Brit Floyd, alongside one of Pink Floyd’s former background singers, Durga McBroom, and their ex-saxophonist, Scott Page.
Now, Roger has put out an “open invitation” for a singer to join a brand-new tour scheduled for next year, ‘Roger Waters Presents LEGACY – A Pink Floyd Show Performed By The Harry Waters Band’. “
Based on what it says above Harry Waters left Brit Floyd to start his own Pink Floyd tribute band called “The Harry Waters Band.”
I saw Water’s in 2005 in Shanghai.
He was a miserable POS with an inflatable pig.
That said, and arguably inconsistent one of the most brilliant musicians to ever walk the earth.
I liked the Final Cut.
he just drank too much commie coolaid
That has noting to do with what I am talking about.
Dude blames the Jews for his father’s death. His father was killed in France by Nazis. Says all sort of Nazi stuff not in character. He’s batshit evil crazy.
“Dude blames the Jews for his father’s death “
I’d like to see evidence of that . I’ve heard him blame the Nazis , though .
It is a miracle he does not blame President Trump.
It’s one brave.com search away for you to learn all about it.
Too many hallucinogens. The guy is a complete nut. And a vicious one.
Roger Waters need to just, go away. Effing Not C.
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