Roger Waters brands Bono ‘disgusting’ over Israel speech

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Roger Waters has hit out at U2 frontman Bono for his latest feedback in help of Israel.

The former Pink Floyd musician, 80, branded the Irish singer “disgusting” and “an enormous s***”.

During a latest U2 present throughout their residency on the Sphere in Las Vegas, Bono paid his respects to these killed through the 7 October assault on the Israeli music competition Supernova.

Introducing the track “Pride (In The Name Of Love”, Bono stated: “In the light of what’s happened in Israel and Gaza, a song about non-violence seems somewhat ridiculous, even laughable, but our prayers have always been for peace and for non-violence… But our hearts and our anger, you know where that’s pointed. So sing with us… and those beautiful kids at that music festival.”

He then modified the phrases to the track, singing: “Early morning, Oct 7, the sun is rising in the desert sky… Stars of David, they took your life but they could not take your pride.”

In a brand new interview with Al Jazeera, Waters lashed out at Bono’s feedback. “My mother told me, when faced with difficult problems, the first thing to do is to read – read, read, read. Then, the next part is easy: do the right thing,” he stated.

“Anybody who knows Bono should go and pick him up by his ankles and shake him… until he stops being an enormous s***.”

“We have to start saying to these people, your opinion is so disgusting and so degrading… sticking up for the Zionist entity,” he added. “What he did a couple of weeks ago in the Sphere in Las Vegas, singing about the Stars of David, was one of the most disgusting things I’ve ever seen in my life.”

The Independent has contacted Bono’s representatives for remark.

Waters has constantly been outspokenly crucial of the Israeli authorities. Last month, he was reportedly dropped by music rights firm BMG over his inflammatory remarks about Israel, Ukraine and the United States.

Variety studies that Waters himself referred to being “fired” by BMG in a video interview with Glenn Greenwald final November. However, the remark was buried virtually half an hour into the dialog; Waters claimed the cut up was as a consequence of strain from pro-Israeli pursuits in the direction of BMG’s dad or mum firm, Bertelsmann.

A supply informed the publication that BMG didn’t agree with Waters’ model of occasions.

The rumoured cut up was simply the most recent fallout from Waters’ controversial remarks about Israel, a few of which have been met with allegations of antisemitism.

Waters, who has vehemently and constantly denied these accusations, prompted uproar final 12 months after sporting a uniform onstage in Berlin that was in comparison with these worn by the Nazis.

He received a authorized battle in April 2023 after magistrates of Frankfurt instructed a venue to cancel his live performance, accusing him of being “one of the most widely known antisemites in the world”.