Roger Waters confirms he’s writing his autobiography and will embark on a world tour during 2016

Pink Floyd man made his live return at Newport Folk Festival in July

Former Pink Floyd man Roger Waters has stated that he’s writing his autobiography and plans to tour again.

Waters recently made his first live performance since 2013 at Newport Folk Festival in America last month (July 24). Now, he’s told Israeli newspaper Haaretz that he will embark on a world tour in 2016.

During the same interview, it is stated that Waters is “in the process of writing an autobiography”.

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Headlining at Newport, his first live performance since the end of his Wall tour in 2013, Waters played an entirely acoustic set that featured Pink Floyd tracks as well as new and old solo material. New song ‘Crystal Clear’ was among the surprises in the set, as too were covers of songs by Bob Dylan, Levon Helm and Buddy Guy.

My Morning Jacket were a last-minute addition the line-up of the US festival and joined Waters onstage after having played their own set earlier in the day. Waters and My Morning Jacket performed Pink Floyd classic ‘Wish You Were Here’ together.

Meanwhile, Helm’s daughter Amy got up with Waters as he covered her late father’s song ‘Wide River To Cross’.

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Waters’ new concert film, titled Roger Waters The Wall, will be released in theatres worldwide for one day only on September 29.

The film was first shown at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival and follows the former Pink Floyd member’s ‘The Wall Live’ tour, which ran between 2010 and 2013 and was seen by nearly four million people.

It was the largest worldwide tour ever undertaken by a solo artist and was the first time any Pink Floyd member had played their 1979 concept album ‘The Wall’ in two decades.

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As well as previously unseen concert footage, the film follows Waters’ personal experience on the road and the events that led to his own strong anti-war sentiments. Waters co-directed the film along with Sean Evans, shooting the film in ultra-high definition.

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