Watch Roger Waters perform two Pink Floyd deep cuts while social distancing

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Roger Waters, Pink Floyd

Roger Waters has shared a video of a socially distanced performance of two Pink Floyd deep cuts from their 1979 LP ‘The Wall’.

The band’s former frontman was joined by Dave Kilminster, Joey Waronker, Lucius-Jess Wolfe, Holly Laessig, Gus Seyffert, Jonathan Wilson and Jon Carin for the performance.

Waters sang about Vera Lynn, the World War II singer who passed away in June, in the song ‘Vera’. In a statement, he said: “The Vera in question is Vera Lynn. She was an English singer, songwriter, very popular during the Second World War.

“Her biggest hit was ‘We’ll Meet Again’. She was widely known as the ‘Forces’ Sweetheart’. Our Vera, who is very fondly remembered back in Blighty, died six weeks ago aged 103. So she had a bloody good innings, bless her.”

During the short set, there was a transition from ‘Vera’ into a grand orchestral rendition of ‘Bring the Boys Back Home’. Watch it below now.

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