Roger Waters has hit out at U2 frontman Bono for his recent comments in support of Israel.
The former Pink Floyd musician, 80, branded the Irish singer “disgusting” and “an enormous s***”.
During a recent U2 show during their residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas, Bono paid his respects to those killed during the 7 October attack at the Israeli music festival Supernova.
Introducing the song “Pride (In The Name Of Love”, Bono said: “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 changed the words to the song, 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.”
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In a new interview with Al Jazeera, Waters lashed out at Bono’s comments. “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 said.
“Anybody who knows Bono should go and pick him up by his ankles and shake him… until he stops being an enormous s***.”
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