Organizers for the Coachella music festival announced that the gigantic blowup swine, released into the night sky during Roger Waters' headlining set Sunday, was still out there and they want it back.
The festival is offering a $10,000 reward plus four Coachella tickets for life for the safe return of the pig, according to spokeswoman Marcee Rondan.
"It wasn't really supposed to happen that way. I don't have the details," Rondan told The Associated Press.
As for safety concerns, Rondan speculated, "Because it's inflatable, as it loses air it becomes less and less dangerous."
She did not know how much it weighed.
As of Tuesday, Rondan said, the festival had not been able to contact Waters, the Pink Floyd co-founder and songwriting mastermind behind albums such as "Animals" and "The Dark Side of the Moon."
The pig displays the words "Don't be led to the slaughter" and a cartoon of Uncle Sam holding two bloody cleavers. The other side reads "Fear builds walls" and the underside reads "Obama" with a checked ballot box for U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama.
Waters, who told the crowd "that's my pig" as it drifted off into the night, closed out the three-day festival.
Pink Floyd shows have used blowup pigs throughout the years. Rondan called Sunday's "the same prototype" as past pigs.
"People are putting search teams together to find this pig," Rondan said. "But it may float in the night sky, never to be seen again."
(This version SUBS 10th graf to correct to Waters, sted Rogers.)
Ex-Pink Floyd rocker wants Israeli wall down
Jun 2, 2009 4:00 am PDT
The legendary rocker and co-founder of Pink Floyd says he would give a concert in a flash if Israel's West Bank wall is torn down. Roger Waters made the promise Tuesday during a visit to a Palestinian refugee camp that is hemmed in by the...
Apr 29, 2008 1:00 pm PDT
Organizers of a major California music festival are offering a $10,000 reward and four festival tickets for life in exchange for ex-Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters' two-story inflatable pig, which was lost on Sunday night. Waters...
Lost: One Huge, Inflatable Pig
Apr 28, 2008 1:00 pm PDT
Roger Waters lost his pig, and would like him back, please. The big pig is a stage prop that's two-stories high, inflatable and was last seen floating away during the former Pink Floyd mainman's performance at Coachella on Sunday...
Roger Waters plays `Dark Side,' unleashes giant pig
Apr 28, 2008 3:00 am PDT
Roger Waters brought Coachella to a close with an epic two-set performance that included playing all of "Dark Side of the Moon" and unleashing a giant inflated pig into the night sky. The 64-year-old Waters, the third headliner of the thr...
May 31, 2007 9:45 pm PDT
As flip-flops hit the pavement and barbecue grills ignite, some of the biggest artists are packing their bags to get the summer concert season started. This year, everyone from Justin Timberlake, Kelly Clarkson, The Fray, Bob Dylan and R...