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Pink Floyd: The Story of The Wall

Sylvie Simmons, MOJO, December 1999

ON JUNE 16 THIS YEAR Rick Wright finally did what every therapist advises: confronted his Nemesis. "I think I'm the only one who's actually seen Roger in the last 18 years. John Caron, who was playing with Roger and was on the last two tours I'd done, said. 'Please come along.' I still had a lot of anger — I haven't spoken to him since The Wall — but I thought, Oh shit, why not? I don't have to see him. I was sitting in the audience signing autographs while he performed on-stage. When he did Pink Floyd music it felt very odd — that I wasn't up there, or Dave and Nick. " When the show was over Rick Wright decided to go backstage.

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