Pink Roger Waters Pig Flies Away From Coachella, Reward Offered

What are the chances that Coachella organizers would offer up free lifetime tickets and $10,000 to a fan? If someone responded "When pigs fly," well now friends, that time has come. Organizers are offering up the cash and four free lifetime passes to the festival to the individual who finds the two-story inflatable Pig that Roger Waters used during the Pink Floyd portion of his set. The swine floated off into the night sky shortly before intermission.

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You would think Roger Waters, who was an integral part of Pink Floyd through the late '60s, '70s, and '80s would have seen it all, and this could be the most bizarre festival experience for him ever. Another experienced veteran who played the festival, Mick Jones of the Clash, who performed with his new outfit Carbon/Silicon, talks about his most memorable festival moment.

Mick Jones Memorable Isle Of Wight Fest Moment

"We played at the Isle Of Wight festival last year, last summer. We were getting towards our last number I thought we had a couple of more so I was getting really hot so I took my jacket off. And then I saw this roadie run on and I thought, 'God he's quick,' I didn't even take my jacket off. So I took my jacket off and handed it to him and he looks at me funny and he went, like, 'This is your last number.'"

Fans who have seen the pig or can recover the giant balloon are urged to email [e-mail].

Comments

[sucay]

i'd keep it if i find it, it'll more valuable as time passes

[flemflames]

sucay wrote:
i'd keep it if i find it, it'll more valuable as time passes

hahaha very true... i find this story hilarious!

[Comeback Kiddd]

spiderpig, spiderpig, doess whatever a spiderpig doess

[Brandon860]

Simpsons did it!


...with Frampton.

[Regression]

I want a 2 story pig.

What are the chances it would reach New Zealand? I thought this story was a joke at first.

[yutyoy]

Mick Jones' story was lame.

[davedoom]

yutyoy wrote:

Mick Jones' story was lame.

+1000

[jonnyharris1]

Im guessing that email adress is going to be bombarded with spam and people trying to be witty

[copet]

lol I saw a smaller version of this pig at his concert in Omaha

[ze monsta]

Awesome. I want it to just float into space, that would be awesome.

[SchitzoJoe]

ze monsta wrote:

Awesome. I want it to just float into space, that would be awesome.

Hubble Space Telescope Center: April 29, 2008.

"Um, sir, I think we've come across a UFO."
"Well, what does it look like?"
"It seems to be a giant pig, sir."

[EndOfNothing656]

Brandon860 wrote:

Simpsons did it!

mad true


...with Frampton.

[heavyprog]

I thought this same thing happened to the other three Floyd guys in the 80s

[PastaOfMuppets]

This happened when Pink Floyd were trying to take the photograph for the Animals album cover.
The pig floated away from Battersea Power Station, where it was tethered and I think it was spotted by a plane going over the English Channel.

[headbanger420]

heavyprog wrote:

I thought this same thing happened to the other three Floyd guys in the 80s

it did... who would of that it would happen again

[Shpongled]

PastaOfMuppets wrote:

This happened when Pink Floyd were trying to take the photograph for the Animals album cover.
The pig floated away from Battersea Power Station, where it was tethered and I think it was spotted by a plane going over the English Channel.

Yeah it ended up landing on a Kent farm. It was also seen by British pilots and caused newspaper stories the next day.

[fede01_8]

davedoom wrote:

yutyoy wrote:

Mick Jones' story was lame.
+1000

lol

[AvengedThrice]

That'll teach him for making music without pink Floyd!

[fortysix&2]

This happened in new zealand as well.

LAST YEAR.

[CousticStrangla]

Gilmour's got it

[TheVice]

SchitzoJoe wrote:

ze monsta wrote:

Awesome. I want it to just float into space, that would be awesome.

Hubble Space Telescope Center: April 29, 2008.

"Um, sir, I think we've come across a UFO."
"Well, what does it look like?"
"It seems to be a giant pig, sir."

I lol-ed :P +1. No seriously... Imagine a giant pig-balloon floating over your house. That would be awesome.

[CJRocker]

He's had a few fly way actually. I know one fell into a crowd at a show and got ripped apart.

[rip3149]

CousticStrangla wrote:

Gilmour's got it

hell yeah

[highwaysalmon]

if I find it, I'm going to build a house inside of it and fly it around the world.

[Eternal_One]

Worst and most jumbled headline on UG...ever.

[Tallman1984]

Why does this headline remind me of an episode of the Simpsons? "It's just a little airbourne. It's still good! It's still good!"

[perilouspete]

Shpongled wrote:

PastaOfMuppets wrote:

This happened when Pink Floyd were trying to take the photograph for the Animals album cover.
The pig floated away from Battersea Power Station, where it was tethered and I think it was spotted by a plane going over the English Channel.
Yeah it ended up landing on a Kent farm. It was also seen by British pilots and caused newspaper stories the next day.

yeah that story is hilarious....the irony of it is just ridiculous. i can't imagine what the pilot was thinking when he saw it lol.

[Prance1992]

It was taken by a large inflatable butcher

[Prance1992]

large inflatable pig?, why i think its been living in the white house for a long time

[hippiekiller69]

Prance1992 wrote:

large inflatable pig?, why i think its been living in the white house for a long time

lmao

checked.

[richard_edwards]

Prance1992 wrote:

large inflatable pig?, why i think its been living in the white house for a long time

in the whitehouse? bloody hell mate , you aint seen british politics! look at gordon brown (prime minister) and john prescott (fat bastard extraordinaire!).

[CoLDFiRE73]

Big man, pig man, ha ha, charade you are
You well heeled big wheel, ha ha, charade you are
And when your hand is on your heart
You're nearly a good laugh
Almost a joker
With your head down in the pig bin
Saying "keep on digging"
Pig stain on your fat chin
What do you hope to find?
When you're down in the pig mine
You're nearly a laugh
You're nearly a laugh
But you're really a cry.

[Havenspear]

Haha, like anyone would choose free tickets over the pig!!!

[Nerdo-sez-bo]

Didn't this happen in a Simpsons episode, with Peter Frampton's pig?

[wtf290]

CousticStrangla wrote:

Gilmour's got it

[Lin]

it's a sign, there will be a reunion

also, famine and bubonic plague

[Metalology]

CousticStrangla wrote:

Gilmour's got it

Haha!

[The_lizard_king]

I bet if someone has it they can ransom a meeting with roger waters and maybe a jam session in exchange for the flying pig.

[Muse-Citizen]

lol! pigs are old news, i want an inflateable penguin!!!!! now that would be truely awesome!!!!

[Dragforce92]

The pig is still on the wing or at least usin his. thats gotta be awkward if u see a giant pig floating in the sky if ur in traffic and its pummling down to crush a car. that wuld be a great head line, or what if a car hits it and it flies back up, its like a global beachball at a concert.

[darkjak22]

So...When I saw Roger Waters live his pig flew away there as well and hes just like oh...crap, oh well.

[SL!!!]

I read the title and was really confused. The story was just as odd. That thing is bound to turn up somewhere.

[kosmic]

Waters is a rich bloke. Couldn't he just get another giant, inflatable pig.

[pinky_demon]

CousticStrangla wrote:

Gilmour's got it

Haha...I bet he does

[SharpObject]

Ok haha...the latter part of the article seemed kind of off-topic

[therescue06]

definately a sign

[b_flo]

I know where the other pig is.....in Tampa....no seriously....I held it!

[alnico2]

lol

[Big Tommy P]

It would be cool if caught a jetstream, travelling at the speed of swine!

[trashbeast]

The title of this story is REALLY confusing..
As I was waiting for it to load I was like..

"Does it mean.. Pink "Roger Waters" Pig, Flies away from Coachellea..."?" hmm well that makes a bit of sense..

lol

[ihaterap69]

Big Tommy P wrote:

It would be cool if caught a jetstream, travelling at the speed of swine!

lol x 3


anyway

this could be funny. some 5 year olds ask there parents for a trip to disney. the parents respond, "yeah, when pigs fly."

the child turns around and sees the pig float by and goes, "ma! pigs are flying when do we go!"