![]() ![]() The album debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200, and the supporting tour raked in almost $50 million. In 2012, the band released their first new LP in 14 years, A Different Kind of Truth. Van Halen reunited with frontman David Lee Roth in 2007, and they toured on ’07 and ’08. This year also saw the comebacks of two classic hard rock acts – Van Halen and Aerosmith. Both albums, Metallica’s Death Magnetic and Red Hot Chili Peppers’ I’m With You, were both produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Rick Rubin. In addition to being inducted in into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, RHCP mounted a monster 77-show run, with which they hauled in almost $58 million. It was a banner year for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who were still touring off their 2011 release, I’m With You, which debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album. While the band did not tour as extensively in 2012, with the help of several major festival appearances (including their very own Orion Music + More Festival), they hauled in $86 million. Metallica have been touring relentlessly since 2008 off their Grammy Award-winning album Death Magnetic. Two rock icons who are now solo – Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) – both ranked in the Top 15. Six hard rock/metal acts – Metallica, Van Halen, Nickelback, Scorpions, and Aerosmith – all grossed over $30 million in 2012. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band‘s Wrecking Ball Tour topped the rockers, grossing just over $210 million and ranking #2 overall. Rock acts had a strong year, nabbing 14 of the Top 50 slots. Each year, Pollstar releases their annual rankings of the top-grossing touring shows/acts of the year. Pink Floyd are the cover stars of the latest issue of Classic Rock magazine, which is out now in print and via TeamRock+.The numbers are in, and the numbers don’t lie. He is currently working on a new solo album. Waters has enjoyed a successful solo career since leaving Pink Floyd and he reunited with the band briefly for 2005’s Live 8 concert in London’s Hyde Park. ![]() On what he sees as his contribution to the wider rock movement, Waters adds: “My major contribution to rock’n’roll, if you like – I’ve written some decent songs – was really to develop the theatre of arena rock, which I did almost single-handedly back in the middle 70s.” Pink Floyd's Nick Mason: "We wanted to be a pop group and sell records"Īsked whether the band’s concept albums were based around his vision, Waters jokingly says: “I wouldn’t say that…but yeah it was!”.The Stories Behind Pink Floyd's Greatest Songs - in the new Classic Rock now.The 10 Roger Waters Tracks Every Pink Floyd Fan Should Own.Those years that we were together, whatever it was like socially, there is no question that we did some really good work together.” “They were very snotty and snipey because they felt very insignificant I think. ‘Oh, he’s just the boring teacher figure who tells us what to do, but he can’t tune his own guitar.’ “It was a very toxic environment, when I was around some people – David and Rick mainly – who were always trying to drag me down and trying to knock me off whatever that perch was…by claiming that I was tone deaf and that I didn’t understand music. ![]()
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