Roger Waters, before embarking on his extensive world tour, already has his eyes set on his next venture.

In a recent Associated Press interview, the former frontman of Pink Floyd said he still is working to turn the legendary “The Wall” album of the band’s into a production on Broadway.

Waters said it’s still in the works. For about a year, I’ve been working on it on and off with Lee Hall, an English writer. He’s become quite celebrated in London. He’s the writer of “Billy Elliot,” one of the more successful musicals right now. Lee and I have become close friends. We think we found a director finally we wanted to work with. That’s another project we have in our pipeline.

“The Wall” was released in 1979. The concept rock opera centers around a character named Pink. He is based largely on the life experiences of Waters, particularly with the theme of isolation. The set set pawned the 1982 film “Pink Floyd The Wall.” On this specific effort, however, Waters planning on adding an additional facet.

Waters said, we are on the book’s fourth or maybe fifth version. We trying to write in some laughs. My one disappointment in terms of the original rock show, and the movie also to some extent, was there weren’t a lot of laughs. Humor is very important to me. One reason I wanted to do a Broadway production was to express the characters’ funny side.

No timetable has been given by Waters in terms of the actual release of the musical. He did note that in addition he hasn’t ruled putting another solo album out. I have tons of songs, he said. I suspect that I’ll be doing a set sometime soon. Time just keeps ticking away. In my experience each page ends up turning faster. One thing Waters did rule out was the possibility of a Pink Floyd reunion. Waters said, Davis (Gilmour) isn’t at all interested in something like that.

This September, Waters is scheduled to launch his “The Wall” world tour. Tickets can be purchased via Ticketmaster.com.

Dates have been confirmed by Roger Waters for his full album Pink Floyd “The Wall” performances. A North American tour of 33 cities will be launching this fall.

The outing will kick off in Toronto on September 15, covering most of the US as well as several cities in Canada over the three month trek. There will be stops of multiple nights in Chicago on September 20-21, in Philadelphia on November 8-9 and in Los Angeles on November 29 and December 1.

Waters’ website will be providing further details regarding an upcoming pre-sale and on-sale dates.

According to a recent press release “The Wall,” a concept album from 1979, has only been performed previously in its entirely thirty one times. Most of these performances were by Pink Floyd on their 1980-81 tour. In 1990 Waters performed the album along with a star studded cast in commemoration of the Berlin Wall coming down.

In his press statement Waters said, the new “The Wall” production was attempting to draw comparisons for illuminating our current predicaments. It’s dedicated to losing innocence over the years. During Waters’ 2007-08 tour Waters played “The Dark Side of the Moon,” the 1973 classic from his former band, in full.

According to an interview Waters did with Rocky Mountain News in 2008, he is continuing to work on a new solo project with the tentative tile of “Heartland.” However there doesn’t appear to be an imminent release date. Waters said, I’ve written lots of songs. I keep wanting to get into the studio to make an album.

The most recent solo rock album from Waters is “Amused to Death,” released in 1992. He did release “Ca Ira” in 2005, a three act opera that has its basis in the French Revolution, on the classic music label for Sony.

Progressive rock musician and Pink Floyd’s main songwriter and former vocalist Roger Waters has recently announced that he will be moving his originally planned Tel Aviv show to a more neutral ground, in Neve Shalom/Wahat at Salam located halfway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.

“The suffering endured by the Palestinian people during the Israeli occupation of the last 40 years is unimaginable to us living in the west and I support them in their struggle to be free. I have moved the concert to Neve Shalom/Wahat al Salam as a gesture of solidarity with those voices of reason, both Palestinian and Israeli, that seek a nonviolent route to a just peace”, Water said through a released press statement.

The “voices of reason” Waters referred to were the Palestinian musicians and supporters and Israeli “refuseniks” or those who object or protest in serving the Israeli Armed Forces who both sent numerous appeals to either relocate the concert venue, cancel the show altogether or directly dedicate the show in support of the Palestinians’ fight for freedom from Israeli occupation and oppression and to use the show as a medium of appeal to the Israeli army to bring down the Israeli West Bank Barrier which both Waters and the International Court of Justice condemned to be against international law and has stirred further political controversy and unrest.

Waters, who have made a musical career conveying messages of anti-oppression, anti-war and peaceful coexistence despite cultural, religious and political differences, heeded the pleas of the concerned groups by moving the concert to Neve Shalom.

Neve Shalom is Hebrew for “oasis of peace”.  It is a village founded through the mutual efforts of both Arab Israelis and Jews.  The village is living proof that Palestinians and Jews, Christians and Muslims can coexist peacefully and equally, something that Waters has always fought for through his songs and performances.

According to Pink Floyd front man Roger Waters, “The Wall” tells the story “of a young man who is alienated and defensive, because he’s fearful — could be an allegory for a more universal story. We’re all frightened of each other, and that makes us behave in ways that are sadly inhumane, like engaging in wars…”

“The Wall” is Pink Floyd’s concept album which was released in 1979. The record, which is one of the industry’s most successful, has been said to largely reflect Waters’ personal life as the album dealt with the tragic loss of the singer/songwriter’s father during World War II which was followed by a period of grief and isolation.

And now after 30 years since Pink Floyd performed the record in its entirety during their 1980-1981 tour, Roger Waters is set to embark on a very timely “The Wall” world tour not only to celebrate the success the album has had three decades since its release, but more importantly, to relive and convey the strong political message the record delivers. “…I wanted to make this show more political”, says the 66-year old progressive musician.

Waters also emphasizes that all cuts from the 1979 concept record deliver “a generalized anti-war message” and that he wants to remember the heroism not only of his father, but of all other war survivors and victims through the shows, which is why he is requesting his fans to send pictures of their befallen war relatives through the artist’s official website. The pictures will be used to metaphorically present each war victim as “another brick in the wall”, as another unwilling instrument used by higher powers to put up the wall of war, divisiveness and greed.

But Waters also acknowledges the fact that while the timing of his world tour, with its North American leg scheduled to kick off in Toronto on September 15 and will run through mid-December, is appropriate as political and religious conflicts continue to inflict unnecessary pain and loss among families and communities, fans who adored the 1980-1981 “The Wall” performances might just see the new series of shows only “for the spectacle”.

The “spectacle” in the previous “Wall” shows included a carton-based wall that was built so high so as to create a division between the stage and the audience, while giant inflatables float across the stage representing the characters in the concept album. And whereas the previous “The Wall” tour featured “technical clumsiness, distorted sound and meager visuals” as The New York Times have put it in their March 2, 1980 edition, expect a more polished set in the 2010-2011 “The Wall” shows, filled with more innovatively designed inflatables and puppets, thanks to Gerald Scarfe who is best remembered for his work in the ‘80s tour and the 1982 film adaptation of the album, and massively eye-popping projections through the wonders of animation and video technology.