Pink Floyd star Roger Waters made his performance at the London Palladium on Sunday one to remember, but for all of the wrong reasons.
The veteran musician, 80, headlined the 2,286-capacity venue with the evening billed as a chance to hear the entirety of his recently released album, Dark Side Of The Moon Redux, which is a reimagining of the band’s iconic Dark Side Of The Moon, which recently turned 50.
However according to several disgruntled audience members, he spent an hour reading from his unpublished autobiography instead of singing and even told them to “f*** off” when they complained.
Waters, who helped co-found the iconic rock band in the 60s, is said to have read out pages of notes about his pets, including a duck called Donald, which he discussed for 20 minutes, leaving onlookers stunned.
Sunday marked his first of two intimate shows performing the new versions of the songs, with the second due to take place on Monday night.
He said: “If you want to tell stories tell them in your own time to your own audience in your own f***ing theatre. By the way, if you can show constraint and stop shouting again.”
Waters went on to impersonate the likes of Bruce Forsyth and Max Bygraves, in an attempt to deliver some stand-up comedy.
One fan claimed on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that they were thrown out just after the interval for saying that the gig had been “s**t” so far and said that his phone had been “confiscated” - although another said they were just put in pouches for the duration of the concert.
They said: “£500 to hear a load of old waffle and slung out after the interval. Not good.”
Other people also took to X to vent their frustration, writing: “I am sorry to say but tonight’s concert was such a let down. The actual songs were great but the self-indulgent c**p was interminable and finishing over 1 hour later than timetabled is inexcusable.’
Another disgruntled ticket-holder added: “When he sticks to his fantastic music he is brilliant.
“But 60mins of music over two and a half hours is barely a concert. The rambling nonsense ruined a wonderful last 50mins.”
The Standard has contacted a representative for Roger Waters for comment.
