The tale of a pig that got away

What happens if you mix an inflatable pig, a massive desert and quotes seemingly taken from a Simpsons episode? Yes, you get, by far and away, the funniest music news of the year thus far.

Basically, Roger Waters played a marathon headlining set on Sunday night at Coachella in California. He also, during one of his songs, unveiled a pig the size of two double decker buses in width. That's a big pig - so big that it had to be tied down with ropes and wires to stop if from flying away. Unfortunately for Roger, things didn't go quite so smoothly. The pig flew away into the nightime through the deserts, as seen here at the very end of this video.

What followed is just pure insanity and comic hilarity that could only ever happen in a cartoon, preferably The Simpsons. As the pig floated away, Roger Waters could be heard saying "that's my pig!". The quotes just kept on coming with a spokeswoman for the festival saying "it really wasn't supposed to happen that way." Really now? Anyway, an appeal for the pig was made by the organisers with a cash bounty being offered as well as four festival tickets for life.

And today, the remains of the burst piggy were claimed by some peaceful folk and they were duly given the rewards, bringing to an end the most bizzare and funniest piece of news for a long time. You can listen to the residents explaining how they realised that they had the remains of a $10,000 inflatable animal on BBC News.

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