For Harry Waters, Pink Floyd has never been just classic rock history; it has been the soundtrack to his entire life. When he was only two years old, his father, Roger Waters, placed a microphone in front of him to capture the innocent phrase, “Look mummy, there’s an aeroplane up in the sky,” immortalizing the toddler on “Goodbye Blue Sky” from 1979’s The Wall. A year later, at age three, Harry was in the audience at Earls Court watching those towering cardboard bricks rise on stage.
Now, nearly five decades later, that familial and musical relationship is entering a compelling new chapter. Late last month, promoters AEG Presents and ICON LIVE officially announced “Roger Waters Presents LEGACY – A Pink Floyd Show,” an ambitious theater trek mapping out 58 North American dates between February 15 and September 25, 2027, as part of an international run topping 100 performances.
Yet this production carries an unexpected dynamic: Roger Waters will not perform on stage. Instead, the 83-year-old architect of Pink Floyd’s golden era is working behind the scenes as presenting producer and creative director, contributing visual design and archival conceptual framing. Center stage will belong entirely to Harry, who serves as bandleader, pianist, Hammond B3 organist, and backing vocalist at the helm of a 10-piece touring ensemble.
Their shared musical journey has not always been seamless. From 2002 until 2016, Harry was a fixture in his father’s solo touring band, recreating the late Rick Wright’s keyboard textures across hundreds of arena and stadium shows during the massive “Dark Side of the Moon Live” and “The Wall Live” tours. That long professional partnership came to an abrupt halt just before Christmas in 2016, when Roger visited Harry at his home in Santa Monica, California, to deliver difficult news: Harry was being replaced ahead of the upcoming “Us + Them” tour. Roger cleaned house, dismissing almost his entire band save for keyboardist Jon Carin and guitarist Dave Kilminster.
“I’m not sure of his exact reasoning, but everyone except two people got fired,” Harry later reflected. “The other guys that got the sack weren’t his son, so it was doubly hurtful for me.”
Despite the sting of that dismissal, the two maintained communication and stayed on speaking terms over the intervening years. Meanwhile, Harry kept his connection to Pink Floyd’s catalogue sharp outside his father’s sphere. In 2023, he joined Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade for a 57-date tour alongside Sean Lennon, performing 1977’s Animals (Harry’s personal favorite Pink Floyd record) in its entirety every night. He also stepped in as a guest performer with tribute act Brit Floyd alongside former Floyd touring musicians Durga McBroom and Scott Page.
The seeds for their current reunion were planted publicly in April 2026, when Roger took to Instagram to announce the formation of Harry’s new project. Launching an open call for a lead singer capable of channeling the vocal presence of his own younger days, the search attracted more than 3,000 audition submissions worldwide. Working together, father and son chose Canadian-born, Nashville-based singer Clifton David Broadbridge to handle lead vocals.
Harry also reconnected with long-running family history in the rhythm section, recruiting veteran drummer Graham Broad. Broad, whose tenure with Roger stretches back decades to 1992’s Amused to Death, signed on to co-curate the two-hour setlist and anchor the band on drums. The resulting production will train its focus exclusively on the fertile 1971 to 1979 stretch that defined the band’s peak, drawing entirely from The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall.
Today, any lingering fallout from 2016 seems replaced by mutual creative respect. “Harry has assembled a terrific band, and I can’t wait for fans around the world to see the special show we’ve created together,” Roger said when announcing the dates.
For Harry, taking his father’s vision back out on the road as the musical director carries deep personal resonance. “Collaborating with Dad on this new production is such an honour,” Harry remarked, “and I’m so grateful to have the opportunity to bring this music to fans old and new.”