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Roger Waters Wins Big at 24th Annual Pollstar Awards

9 February 2013

Roger Waters was the big winner at the 24th annual Pollstar Concert Industry Awards, which were handed out on Thursday in Los Angeles. The ex-Pink Floyd singer/bassist took the honors for Major Tour of the Year as well as for Most Creative Stage Production for his The Wall Live Tour.

2013 likely will prove to be another successful year for Water and his The Wall Live production. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer will be bringing the multimedia extravaganza to outdoor venues throughout Europe this summer.

The Pollstar Concert Industry Awards are chosen by concert promoters, booking agents, managers and other people in the industry.

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Pollstar Awards Results

Major Tour Of The Year – Roger Waters

Most Creative Stage Production – Roger Waters

Best New Touring Artist – Alabama Shakes

Major Music Festival Of The Year – Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival (Indio, CA)

Music Festival Of The Year – Newport Folk Festival (Newport, RI)

International Music Festival Of The Year – T In The Park (Scotland)

Nightclub Of The Year – 9:30 Club (Washington, DC)

Theatre Of The Year – Ryman Auditorium (Nashville, TN)

Best New Major Concert Venue – Barclays Center (Brooklyn, NY)

Red Rocks Award / Best Small Outdoor Venue – Greek Theatre (Los Angeles, CA)

Best Major Outdoor Concert Venue – Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles, CA)

Arena Of The Year – Madison Square Garden Arena (New York, NY)

International Venue Of The Year – The O2 (London, UK)

Facility Executive Of The Year – Rena Wasserman (Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA)

Bill Graham Award / Promoter Of The Year – Jim Glancy (Bowery Presents)

Nightclub Talent Buyer Of The Year – Josh Moore (Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn Bowl, New York, NY)

Talent Buyer Of The Year – Don Sullivan (Jam Productions)

International Promoter Of The Year – Rob Hallett (AEG Live)

Booking Agency Of The Year – Creative Artists Agency

Independent Booking Agency Of The Year – The Windish Agency

Bobby Brooks Award / Agent Of The Year – (tie!) Chip Hooper (Paradigm) and Rod Essig (Creative Artists Agency)

Third Coast Agent Of The Year – John Huie (Creative Artists Agency)

UK Booking Agent Of The Year – Neil Warnock (The Agency Group)

Personal Manager Of The Year – Adam Tudhope (Mumford & Sons)

Road Warrior Of The Year – Gus Brandt (Foo Fighters)

Lighting Company Of The Year – Upstaging

Sound Company Of The Year – Clair

Staging / Equipment Company Of The Year – All Access Staging & Productions

Transportation Company Of The Year – Rock-It Cargo

Video Company Of The Year – Moo TV

From www.pollstar.com

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George Roger Waters

George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. He was a founding member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd, serving as bassist and co-lead vocalist. Following the departure of bandmate Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became the band's lyricist, principal songwriter and conceptual leader. The band subsequently achieved worldwide success in the 1970s with the concept albums The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals and The Wall. Although Waters' primary instrument in Pink Floyd was the bass guitar, he also experimented with synthesisers and tape loops and played rhythm guitars in recordings and in concerts. Amid creative differences within the group, Waters left Pink Floyd in 1985 and began a legal battle with the remaining members over their future use of the group's name and material. The dispute was settled out of court in 1987, and nearly eighteen years passed before he performed with Pink Floyd again. It is estimated that as of 2010, the group have sold over 200 million albums worldwide, including 74.5 million units sold in the United States.

Waters' solo career includes three studio albums: The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (1984), Radio K.A.O.S. (1987) and Amused to Death (1992). In 1986, he contributed songs and a score to the soundtrack of the animated movie When the Wind Blows based on the Raymond Briggs' book of the same name. In 1990, he staged one of the largest and most elaborate rock concerts in history, The Wall – Live in Berlin, with an estimated 200,000 people in attendance. In 1996, he was inducted into the US and the UK Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Pink Floyd. He has toured extensively as a solo act since 1999 and played The Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety for his world tours of 2006–2008. In 2005, he released Ça Ira, an opera in three acts translated from Étienne and Nadine Roda-Gils' libretto based on the early French Revolution. On 2 July 2005, he reunited with Pink Floyd bandmates Nick Mason, Richard Wright and David Gilmour for the Live 8 global awareness event; it was the group's first appearance with Waters in 24 years.

In 2010, he began The Wall Live, a worldwide tour that features a complete performance of The Wall. During this tour, at The O2 Arena in London on 12 May 2011, Gilmour and Mason once again appeared with Waters, Gilmour performing "Comfortably Numb", and Gilmour and Mason joining Waters for "Outside the Wall".

He has been married four times and has three children. In 2004 he became engaged to actress and filmmaker Laurie Durning; the duo married in 2012.