$6.5-Million Berlin Wall Rock Music Extravaganza Set

A $6.5-million rock extravaganza featuring top international stars will be held this summer at the Berlin Wall as a “memorial for all war dead,” former Pink Floyd band leader Roger Waters said.

“It will be a big show,” the British-born rock star said Thursday.

Organizers say some of the world’s best-known rock performers, a cast of 300 extras, choirs and a symphony orchestra will appear in the performance of “The Wall,” the brainchild of Waters, who first recorded the chart-buster with Pink Floyd in 1979.

“It will probably be the biggest rock extravaganza ever,” said Jody Miller, one of the organizers. She said the names of the performers would only be announced once negotiations were completed.

“A 600-foot-long, 60-foot-high wall will be used in the show,” Waters said.

“We hope to get the Berlin Philharmonic or a Polish or East German orchestra. The Red Army Choir has confirmed that they will take part,” he said.

He said the head of one of the puppets in the show “will be as big as a London double-decker bus.”

In a telephone interview from Berlin, where he is rehearsing for the July 21 benefit show, the 46-year-old rock star said the proceeds of the performance will go to the Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief.