He was also seen wearing a 'Free Donzinger' mask, continuing his crusade to free Steven Donzinger, a former attorney who won an $8.6 billion judgment against Chevron before the oil company sued him for racketeering.
Multi-millionaire rock icon, 75, shuns luxury travel as he joins commuters on New York's underground.
Waters is no stranger to activism over his storied career, but over the past few years he has been throwing his support behind Steven Donzinger.
Donzinger scored a shocking legal victory in 2011 when he defended Ecuadorian plaintiffs and scored an $8.6 billion judgment against Chevron.
Donzinger has been under house arrest for the past few years, while he awaits trial, which over 29 Nobel laureates have described as 'judicial harassment' against Donzinger from Chevon.
He rose to fame as the rock and roll bassist in Pink Floyd, amassing a net worth of an estimated $310million.
Cutting an unassuming figure as he sat down next to rush hour commuters, the singer, 75, appeared in high spirits as he petted a friendly dog. After riding the subway, the rocker headed outside and donned a pair of black aviators.
On the evening of last April 18, during a performance in New York at the Beacon Theater, the former original Pink Floyd bassist, Roger Waters invited by Mason, also went up on stage.
The Saucerful of Secrets, together with them, have therefore played together a version of “Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun”, dating back to the 1968 album “Saucerful of Secrets”. Here is a video of the event:
And while there are no plans for a “Bohemian Rhapsody”-style Pink Floyd biopic, the drummer, known for his dry wit and impressive sports car collection, has some ideas about casting. –
“I thought Brad Pitt could play me and Danny DeVito can play David, and maybe Bette Midler would play Roger,” he says. “You can imagine coming up with a script that was acceptable to all of us. I think we’re a little bit away from that for a while.”
Whether or not the iconic and influential band gets the Hollywood treatment, it is firmly entrenched in music history, with albums like “Dark Side,” “Wish You Were Here” and “The Wall” maintaining lofty perches in the rock pantheon.
“I’m not that bothered about how we’ll be perceived in the future,” Mason says. “It’s very gratifying that people think it might still be around and be important, and I’m proud of what we’ve done, but one has to remember the construction of it at the time was done when music was important but no one ever thought that any record could last more than six months or a year.
