Why is Roger Waters ruining Pink Floyd's ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’?

Former Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters has announced a new show at the London Palladium.

Fair enough. For those undeterred by the controversies surrounding Waters’ recent shows, this news seems like business as usual.

However, he will be using this date to debut his re-recordings of Pink Floyd’s seminal album 'The Dark Side Of The Moon', a retooling of the iconic album set to be released on 6 October and performed on 8 October.

The reimagined solo LP, titled 'The Dark Side Of The Moon Redux', sees him put a new spin on the 1973 classic and coincides with the original’s 50th anniversary. It was not worked on by any other member of the iconic prog-rock band. At the upcoming London show, Waters will not appear with any of his former bandmates - due to longstanding feuds with frontman David Gilmour - but will instead be joined on stage by bassist Gus Seyffert, drummer Joey Waronker and guitarist Jonathan Wilson, all of which contributed to the re-imagined album.

Regarding the 79-year-old's reasons behind the re-recording, he stated: “The original ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ feels in some ways like the lament of an elder being on the human condition.”

“But Dave, Rick, Nick, and I were so young when we made it, and when you look at the world around us, clearly the message hasn’t stuck. That’s why I started to consider what the wisdom of an 80-year-old could bring to a reimagined version,” continued his statement.

That’s fine, and while judgement shall be fully reserved for the release of the entire album in October, the lead single ‘Money’ (version 2023) is out now. It has been re-envisioned from the more upbeat version heard in the original recording, into a new acoustic track.

We gave it a listen and... Well, put it this way: When