Pink Floyd man loses inflatable pig

Roger Waters' prop disappears during Coachella performance

Apr 30, 2008
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Former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters lost his inflatable pig during his performance at Coachella on Sunday (April 27).

Organisers are offering a $10,000 reward and four festival tickets for life in exchange for Waters' signature pig, which was seen floating away during his 'Dark Side Of The Moon' set at the three-day festival, reports Reuters.

The giant flying pig, part of Pink Floyd's stage show since their 1977 album 'Animals' featuring the song 'Pigs On The Wing', broke free from its tethers above the Coachella crowd and drifted off.

Waters previously lost his flying pig in 1977, when it floated away on the second day of a photoshoot at the Battersea Power Station in London and was later recovered and used for an album cover.

Anyone with information on the lost pig should email lostpig@coachella.com.

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ghostshell

Apr 30, 2008

used since '77? that's saaad, you need to upgrade.

numberonestrokesfan

Apr 30, 2008

it's been found, i'd sorry to be the bearer of bad news but.....that piggy ain't no more.....

nowinengland

Apr 30, 2008

Roger Waters' Coachella Festival pig recovered!Residents at the swish Hideaway Golf Club in La Quinta, California, had a big shock on Monday morning, when the shredded and completely unrecognisable remains of Roger Waters' pig was found in a pair of neighbouring driveways.Coachella's producer Bill Fold said at the scene: "That's definitely our pig", adding that it had initially drifted as far north as Highway 111 before blowing back south as it ascended.The householders - one of which coincidentally enough was wearing a Wish You Were Here t-shirt as she discovered the shreds at the front of her house - will split the cash reward and each pair will get four Coachella tickets for life, Fold said. Brendan Docherty