2 June Lisbon, Portugal - Rock in Rio Festival
4 June Verona, Italy - Anfiteatro Arena di Verona
5 June Verona, Italy - Anfiteatro Arena di Verona
6 June Sicily - Palermo Stadium
8 June Berlin, Germany - Whulheide
10 June Holland, Arrow Rock Festival (R. Arnhem)
12 June Iceland, Reykjavik – Egilsholl Arena
14 June Oslo, Norway - Norwegian Wood Festival
16 June Rome, Italy - Curva Olympico Stadium
18 June Athens, Greece - Terra Vibe Park
22 June Tel Aviv, Hayarkon Park
29 June Cork, Ireland - Marquee Festival
1 July London, UK - Hyde Park Calling Festival
2 July Denmark - Roskilde Festival
12 July Lucca, Italy - Piazza Napoleone
14 July Magny-Cours, France (Centenary of the French Formula 1 Grand
Prix)

There is a strong possibility of Roger doing a US Tour in Fall 2006.



Transcript of Roger Waters MSN Chat
Here's the long awaited transcript of Roger's chat on MSN:

Digital Dish Diva says: Welcome to MSN Live! This afternoon we are
pleased to welcome recording artist Roger Waters whose latest project
is "Ca Ira" an operatic history of the French Revolution. Roger may
best be known as the co-founder of the iconic band Pink Floyd.

Digital Dish Diva says: Roger, welcome to MSN Live.

Digital Dish Diva says: Roger, "Ca Ira" is French for "It will go."
What does that mean to you?

Roger Waters says: Literally it's the future tense of "ca va" as in
the French saying, "It will go."

eosa14 in Onstage_1 asks: What do you think about the "Wish You Were
Here" cover by Limp Bizkit with some new words?

Roger Waters says: I think they did it for 9/11 but I didn't know they
changed the lyrics.

NormDU4D in Onstage_1 asks: Did you cross any stumbling blocks or
areas you had hard times with during the composition of your latest
accomplishment Ca Ira?

Roger Waters says: Yeah, there was one or two stumbling blocks. When I
had translated the French into English I felt the need to write some
new scenes and enhance the narrative and I was concerned the original
author wouldn't want his original work changed. He was so good about
it. Etienne Roda-Gil said to me, "You know, Roger I think it's better
in English anyway." (laughs) So it wasn't a stumbling block in the end.

Joaco2350 in Onstage_1 asks: Is there any artist that you would love
to perform with? Or one artist in particular that you really love to
jam it out with?

Roger Waters says: I always enjoy working with Eric who was in my band
in 1985. I also worked with Don Henley, but these are friends of mine,
and I'm trying to think of somebody. I'm a big fan of singer
songwriters like Neil Young who are loners and sometimes hard to
imagine working with. I find it hard to answer that question, I don't
really jam with people so it doesn't enter my mind when it comes to
fun. Fishing, sex, but jamming, no.

Joaco2350 in Onstage_1 asks: When do we get a chance to see and hear
you live in Argentina again?

Digital Dish Diva says: Wow, I was just there in 2002! I had a great
time in South America. Argentina was fantastic. Definitely not in '06
but I'm seriously looking in '07. A big tour with the Northern and
Southern hemisphere.

Elilette_la_cerise in Onstage_1 asks: What about a Ca Ira presentation
at "place de la Bastille" in Paris?! I live next to it! It would be
awesome!

Roger Waters says: It would be great to do a production there, I am
doing one in Rome Nov. 17th and 18th this year, and if I do one in
Paris, a better place would be Place de Concord.

RaúlDíazPeña in Onstage_1 asks: How do you define happiness?

Roger Waters says: I think that happiness resides somewhere between
the extremes of personal, religious, and political. I think happiness
resides where we understand someone else's point of view and needs.
Happiness resides where we are not lost in the solitary dream.

3sea in Onstage_1 asks: According to tradition operas are handwritten
on music paper. In an interview a few years ago, you said you scripted
Ca Ira with a computer program. Where does tradition start and where
has it to stop from your point of view?

Roger Waters says: The tradition in unimportant in my point of view.
It's whether the music moves you or not. It doesn't matter if it's
hand written on paper or on music software. I work in a software
system called Logic which is a wonderful system. I don't think the
means to the end are relevant. You have to hear the music before you
can write it down, whether you use a swan feather or a computer it
seems irrelevant.

Elilette_la_cerise in Onstage_1 asks: What is the last book you read?

Roger Waters says: I guess the last book I read was by Ian McEwen
called "Saturday."

Roger Waters says: And I've been dipping into a book by Jeffery Sacks
who is a professor at Columbia who is working on world poverty and
everyone should check him out and see the work he's doing.

ThereCommingToTakeMeAway in Onstage_1 asks: When did you first get
into music?

Roger Waters says: When I was 14 I had an aunt who gave me a guitar
and it was an acoustic, steel strung guitar and I tried to learn but
it hurt my fingers too much so I gave up. Then in college I bought a
classical guitar and it had better strings and I began to play then.

Roger Waters says: I was studying Architecture and I used letrocet
letters to write on my guitar "I Believe to my Soul" because I loved
that song by Ray Charles.

ashesndiamonds in Onstage_1 asks: congratulations on you opera, its
beautiful, and moving. I'd like to know, if you could change one thing
in the world, meaning absolutely anything, even about the past,
future, present, humanity or yourself, what would it be?

Roger Waters says: I guess I wish the world was a kinder place. I wish
we human beings had more empathy for one another. That would be a good
thing.

Digital Dish Diva says: How much research into the French Revolution
did you do to prepare for this album?

Roger Waters says: Well, I bought Robert Carlisle, this is a long book
so I looked into something easier and I bought a pictoral history and
it had letters and documents from people and I got an interesting
impression of those 5 or 6 years and when I wanted more detail I would
go back to Carlisle.

Digital Dish Diva says: What kind of music are you listening to these
days?

Roger Waters says: Yesterday I was driving back to New York and we
were listening to Ray LaFontane, and the whole album is good but the
song "Trouble" is fantastic. I have just recently discovered this guy.
He's got a fantastic voice.

hossein_pf64 in Onstage_1 asks: when and how did you learn music
composing?

Roger Waters says: It just sort of happened. I don't think it's
something you are taught, you hear it in your mind. You either have a
desire to express yourself and you do. Maybe there is something about
the way the brain is constructed that lets you organize the
mathematics of music so that others can understand. There are many
people out there, I'm sure, that want to express something, but can't
so I don't know where it comes from. Having said that, there are
techniques you can learn and technical steps you can take.

Brysonom in Onstage_1 asks: What was the highlight of your career so
far? Thanks, from a big fan, Matt

Roger Waters says: I don't know. In the recent past I guess the "Live
8" concert. Those few minutes were very cool to be back on stage with
the band. It was a very cool moment.

Digital Dish Diva says: Roger, thank you for joining us today on MSN
Live! From all of us here at MSN Live, best of luck with "Ca Ira."

Roger Waters says: Thank you very much for paying attention, now and
before, and whenever. It means a lot to me to see fans that care about
what I do and understand it and are interested in asking me questions.
I just want to thank you all.


LISTEN TO THE FULL ÇA IRA ALBUM ON AOL!
AOL presents an exclusive listening party for Roger Waters' Ça Ira.

You can go to aolmusic.com right now and scroll all the way to the end
of the list of albums to hear the opera in its entirety!

Ça Ira reviewed in USA Today
Check out the review at usatoday.com

Roger Waters Presents "Ça Ira" in stores September 27th!
Sony BMG Masterworks/Columbia Records is proud to announce the release
of "Ça Ira," Roger Waters long-awaited "operatic history of the French
Revolution," on Tuesday, September 27.

The lavish first edition of "Ça Ira," an opera in three acts for full
orchestra, soloists and choirs, will include a double SACD DigiPack
and a deluxe 60 page four-color booklet including Roger Waters' lyrics
based on Etienne Roda-Gil's original French libretto, the original
illustrations created by Nadine Roda-Gil, biographies of Waters and
the opera's cast, background and production notes on the opera.

As a bonus for Roger Waters fans, "Ça Ira" includes a special DVD
documentary chronicling the "making of" the opera. The "Ça Ira" DVD
traces the history of the project, from conception to completion, and
includes revelatory interviews with Waters and the musicians and cast
of "Ça Ira" as well as exclusive in-the-studio footage of the
recording of the opera.

An introduction to "Ça Ira" by Roger Waters




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