Pink Floyd

Haareyz bericht: 'Roger Waters calls on audience to 'tear down the walls.'

By Ben Shalev, Haaretz Correspondent and AP

About an hour after his concert began, Roger Waters
told the audience about a trip he took to the Middle
East when he was 17. For some reason, he got stuck in
Beirut and had to hitchhike home to England. The
wonderful hospitality of a Lebanese family during that
hard time "changed my life," he said.

Just before the end of the concert, Waters addressed
his audience again. "I believe we need this generation
of Israelis to tear down the walls and make peace with
their neighbors," he said, setting off a round of
cheers.

Tens of thousands of Israelis flocked to the mixed
Arab-Jewish town of Neveh Shalom last night for the
single performance by the British rock star - the
founder of Pink Floyd, which produced the legendary
album The Wall.

An estimated 50,000 gathered in a hastily prepared
outdoor venue in a field near Neveh Shalom, which is
located between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Hours before
the performance, cars were gridlocked in all directions
in one of Israel's worst traffic jams ever.' Lees verder:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/730470.html
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