Photo: Mark Beacom ROGER WATERS Qudos Bank Arena, February 2 LEFTFIELD Enmore Theatre, January 31 LSD and dope vs ecstasy & amyl. Quadrophonic vs megaphonic. Classic rock vs electronica. Boomers vs Gen X. And the winner is ….. Sy-den-ey. It may not have seemed likely that long ago that Roger Waters, erstwhile Pink Floyd chap, and Neil Barnes, longest lasting of Leftfield, had much, if anything, in common. Well, except no longer being at the dance with the folks what brung ‘em

It’s less than a month away from Roger Waters’ Australian tour, which will include material from his full career. In 2007, as he toured here for the first time in an age, he was finally coming to terms with the legacy of Floyd: the songs, the relationships, the bitterness. God, and humanity, on the other hand? Well, not so much. THE (NOT QUITE AS) DARK SIDE OF THE MAN In Roger Waters' hotel suite a grand piano in one corner of the suite suggests no one is concerned he might e

ROGER WATERS Is This The Life We Really Want? (Sony) Before getting into the weeds of this long, impassioned, uncompromising, humourless, equal parts compelling and off-putting mix of polemic, manifesto and diatribe it should be acknowledged that this is probably the most Pink Floyd album ever. And I include any actual individual Pink Floyd albums. Track after track here is like a compendium of Floyd moments from 1968 to 1984. Or, if you’re keeping track over there of the Rog