Roger Waters harshly criticized Bono, what is the reason for this new clash in rock?

Always controversial, Roger Waters Now he has attacked the leader of U2, Linkdescribing it as “disgusting” and “shit”.

The comments against the Irish rock singer emerged during an interview with Waters, where the Pink Floyd musician criticized him for his comments on the war between Israel and Hamas.

Now, Waters, who has been a longtime critic of the State of Israel and has been accused of being anti-Semitic, has targeted Bono for his comments during a new interview with Al Jazeera, where he called those comments made at the concert ” disgusting.” .”

What Bono said

More precisely, when Bono spoke during one of U2’s residency shows at The Sphere in Las Vegasand used the show to pay tribute to those killed in the Oct. 7 attack on the Israeli music festival Supernova.

“In light of what happened in Israel and Gaza, a song about nonviolence seems somewhat ridiculous, even ridiculous, but our prayers have always been for peace and nonviolence,” he told the crowd before launching into a performance of a song. Pride in the name of love. “But our hearts and our anger, you know where they’re headed. So he sings with us… and with those beautiful children at that music festival.”

He then made the song with changed lyrics, singing “Early in the morning, October 7, the sun rises in the desert sky… Stars of David, they took your life but they couldn’t take your pride”, instead of the original verses. .

What Waters said

“My mother told me that when we face difficult problems, the first thing we should do is read: read, read, read. Then the next part will be easy: do the right thing,” she said, referring to her own family background, with her father being killed in World War II.

“Anyone who knows Bono should go grab him by the ankles and shake him until he stops being a huge piece of shit,” he added.

He continued: “We need to start telling these people that their opinion is so disgusting and degrading… let’s defend the Zionist entity! Which he did a couple of weeks ago at the Sphere in Las Vegas, singing about the Stars of David, It was one of the most disgusting things I have ever seen in my life.”.

This This is not the first time Waters has openly criticized Israel.. In recent months the former Pink Floyd member has made headlines for his comments on the conflict in Palestine.

He has repeatedly denied all allegations of anti-Semitism and He explained that his contempt is towards Israel, not Judaism. He also accused Israel of “misusing the term anti-Semitism to intimidate people like me into silence.”

The English musician was recently the subject of a documentary, The Dark Side of Roger Waterswhich was produced by the Campaign against Anti-Semitism and collects several incidents of alleged anti-Semitism directed against the musician.

Rogers spoke out against the documentary in a post on his official website, dismissing the project as “a flimsy and unapologetic piece of propaganda”. He later claimed to “indiscriminately mix things I allegedly said or did at different times and in different contexts, in an attempt to paint me as an anti-Semite, without any factual basis.”

The documentary highlights a controversial concert held in Germany in May 2023 was criticized by the US State Department, who described it as “deeply offensive to the Jewish people.” That’s when he appeared on stage wearing a black trench coat with a swastika-like insignia.

At the time, the musician defended his costume, saying that part of the show was a statement against fascism, injustice and intolerance and called the criticism “false and politically motivated.”

In April, Waters has won his legal battle to hold a concert in Frankfurt after initially being canceled over antisemitism allegations, and last month it was reported that his label BMG had fired him for his comments about Israel.

As for U2, the Irish rock band once again used their Las Vegas residency shows to make a political statement this past weekend: Saturday Bono paid tribute to Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was imprisoned in a Russian penal colony. and died suddenly on Friday 16 February.