Roger Waters: The Wall In Berlin
Phil Sutcliffe, Q, September 1990
They said it couldnt be done. The most extravagant reconstruction of The Wall, featuring the most unlikely and impressive cast, the most immodestly proportioned props and the most poignant of settings. Phil Sutcliffe meets the former Pink Floyd overlord Roger Waters in Berlins Potsdamer Platz and unearths the intriguing motives for his multi-media comeback.
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