New York July 16 (IANS) Roger Waters co-founder of English rock band Pink Floyd has defended his ongoing anti-Trump US tour which he says is a "calculated and defiant response" to the "charade" of the American presidency the media reported.
In an exclusive CNN interview on Saturday the 73-year-old Waters said he has no regrets about turning parts of his two and a half hour performance into "as much an anti-Trump rally as a rock concert".
Waters 54-date North American tour "Us + Them" began on May 26 and coincides with the release of Water s first studio album in 25 years "Is This the Life We Really Want?"
The performance features an inflatable pig with Donald Trump s face on the side; screens that show doctored images of the President throwing up; photos of Trump with Russian President Vladimir Putin; and Trump as Hitler.
"It would be a lot easier to be on tour if I wasn t doing any of this if I didn t have opinions " Waters Pink Floyd s co-founder and a longtime Trump critic told CNN.
But he said 20 gigs in people even in Republican states are "getting it".
"We started in Kansas City and then we went Louisville Tulsa St. Louis " Waters said adding "And that was like a -- that was a kind of whoa I wonder how this is going to be."
Generally the shows have gone "great" he said though some fans have demonstrated their objections by walking out.
"If you re looking for an escape from a connection with other people on this planet if you want to be you know separated from your potential to empathise with others if you want a life in an ivory tower where everybody is an enemy and you need to build walls and you ve got to do a better deal with the Chinese or whatever it might be that this leader that you ve elected thinks is a good idea well that s what you believe " he said.
As for what Waters might say to someone who s looking for escapism rather than politics at a rock concert the musician didn t mince his words.
"Go see Katy Perry you know?" he said.
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