The Lockdown Sessions

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Sony Music is pleased to announce the release of Roger Waters The Lockdown Sessions on Vinyl. The collection of songs were recorded and filmed at home during the Covid lockdown between 2020 and 2021. Also included with the release is Comfortably Numb 2022 which was recorded during Waters This Is Not A Drill North American tour. The preorder link is available HERE.

The Lockdown Sessions were produced by Roger Waters and Gus Seyffert. Appearing on the recordings are Roger Waters Vocals, Guitar and Piano; Gus Seyffert Bass, Cellos and Vocals; Joey Waronker Drums and Percussion; Dave Kilminster Guitar and Rhythm Guitar; Jonathan Wilson Guitar and Vocals; Jon Carin Keyboards and Vocals, Lucius (Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig) Vocals;

Bo Koster Hammond (on all tracks except Mother) and Ian Ritchie Saxophone (Two Suns In The Sunset).

The Lockdown Sessions are 5 seminal tracks from Waters time with

Pink Floyd/ his solo career: Mother and Vera from Pink Floyd The Wall; Two Suns In The Sunset and The Gunners Dream from Waters final Pink Floyd album, The Final Cut; and The Bravery of Being Out Of Range from his highly acclaimed solo album, Amused To Death. Additionally, Waters new version of the classic Pink Floyd song Comfortably Numb features as the final track on The Lockdown Sessions.

Waters commented:

Our Us and Them Tour lasted three yearsAt every gig we did an encore after the main show closed with Comfortably Numbthe encore was always MotherI cant remember why I decided to start doing other songs?Anyway, at some point after the end of the tourI started thinking, It could make an interesting album, all those encoresThe Encores. Yeah, has a nice ring to it! ThenIm in England doing the Ginger Baker tribute gig one Tuesday night at the Hammersmith Odeon with Eric Clapton andthe following Saturday marching from The Australian Embassy to Parliament Square to make a speech in support of Julian Assange, when bugger me, CovidSchlummmm! For me it was Friday March 13th 2020. Lockdown! So much for the Encores project. Unless

Weve tacked C. Numb on the end of the collection, as an appropriate exclamation point in closing this circle of love.

The videos were produced and directed by Sean Evans. Photography by Kate Izor.

Roger Waters This Is Not A Drill is currently on tour in Europe, with 40 shows across 14 European countries.