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04-12-2010, 08:53 PM
Roger Waters Announces 'The Wall' Tour Dates
As rumored in recent months, Roger Waters is taking Pink Floyd's "The Wall" on the road this fall for a 36-date North American tour starting Sept. 15 in Toronto and wrapping Dec. 13 in Anaheim.
Prior to this, the 1979 concept album has only been performed 31 times -- by PInk Floyd in 1980-81 with limited engagements in Los Angeles, London, Uniondale, N.Y. and Dortmund, West Germany, and an all-star presentation by Waters in July of 1990 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Waters, who played "The Dark Side of the Moon" in its entirety during 2007-08, will reportedly take "The Wall" to Europe in 2011, but no dates have yet been announced.
The show will be a state-of-the art affair, featuring a 240-foot-wide and 35-foot-tall wall constructed and subsequently torn down during the concerts. Other props and special effects are expected to be part of the show as well.
Waters is re-launching his official web site at 2 p.m. today with ticket sale information.
Released in November of 1979, "The Wall" -- which focuses on a disaffected young musician facing an existential personal crisis that reflected Waters' state of mind at the time -- spent 15 weeks atop the Billboard 200 chart and has been certified 23-times platinum and won a Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording -- Non-Classical.
http://www.billboard.com/events/roger-waters-announces-the-wall-tour-dates-1004082382.story#/events/roger-waters-announces-the-wall-tour-dates-1004082382.story
If youre a casual or diehard fan of Pink Floyd (or their solo works) this is a must see, cant miss event.
Ive seen Roger Waters 3 times since 1998 (Jones Beach, MSG and Giants Stadium) when he covered Dark Side of the Moon. He also did a lot of The Wall and his solo stuff, which is good in it's own right.
Ive seen the David Gilmour-led version of Pink Floyd in 1994. I love David's work with Floyd and his solo stuff is great too... while David's PF (A Momentary Lapse of Reason, The Division Bell) was excellent, it was too much like his solo work.
Waters' shows are much more authentic to the real Pink Floyd experience, you cant even think about hearing Gilmour doing In the Flesh? or Run Like Hell, it just isnt right. Elaborate stage set pieces, incredible laser lighting, and a near full blown orchestra backdrop, and you have an incredible show.
I promise if you havent seen Roger Waters and are any kind of Pink Floyd fan worth anything, YOU CANT MISS THIS INCREDIBLE CONCERT.
Here's a full list of venues and tix-
http://www.outsidethewall.net/rogerwaters2006.html
http://www.gazafreedommarch.ca/cms/images/waters_roger.jpg
http://www.tabletpc2.com/Graphics/Other%20Photos/Roger%20Waters/RogerWaters-Main.jpg
As rumored in recent months, Roger Waters is taking Pink Floyd's "The Wall" on the road this fall for a 36-date North American tour starting Sept. 15 in Toronto and wrapping Dec. 13 in Anaheim.
Prior to this, the 1979 concept album has only been performed 31 times -- by PInk Floyd in 1980-81 with limited engagements in Los Angeles, London, Uniondale, N.Y. and Dortmund, West Germany, and an all-star presentation by Waters in July of 1990 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Waters, who played "The Dark Side of the Moon" in its entirety during 2007-08, will reportedly take "The Wall" to Europe in 2011, but no dates have yet been announced.
The show will be a state-of-the art affair, featuring a 240-foot-wide and 35-foot-tall wall constructed and subsequently torn down during the concerts. Other props and special effects are expected to be part of the show as well.
Waters is re-launching his official web site at 2 p.m. today with ticket sale information.
Released in November of 1979, "The Wall" -- which focuses on a disaffected young musician facing an existential personal crisis that reflected Waters' state of mind at the time -- spent 15 weeks atop the Billboard 200 chart and has been certified 23-times platinum and won a Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording -- Non-Classical.
http://www.billboard.com/events/roger-waters-announces-the-wall-tour-dates-1004082382.story#/events/roger-waters-announces-the-wall-tour-dates-1004082382.story
If youre a casual or diehard fan of Pink Floyd (or their solo works) this is a must see, cant miss event.
Ive seen Roger Waters 3 times since 1998 (Jones Beach, MSG and Giants Stadium) when he covered Dark Side of the Moon. He also did a lot of The Wall and his solo stuff, which is good in it's own right.
Ive seen the David Gilmour-led version of Pink Floyd in 1994. I love David's work with Floyd and his solo stuff is great too... while David's PF (A Momentary Lapse of Reason, The Division Bell) was excellent, it was too much like his solo work.
Waters' shows are much more authentic to the real Pink Floyd experience, you cant even think about hearing Gilmour doing In the Flesh? or Run Like Hell, it just isnt right. Elaborate stage set pieces, incredible laser lighting, and a near full blown orchestra backdrop, and you have an incredible show.
I promise if you havent seen Roger Waters and are any kind of Pink Floyd fan worth anything, YOU CANT MISS THIS INCREDIBLE CONCERT.
Here's a full list of venues and tix-
http://www.outsidethewall.net/rogerwaters2006.html
http://www.gazafreedommarch.ca/cms/images/waters_roger.jpg
http://www.tabletpc2.com/Graphics/Other%20Photos/Roger%20Waters/RogerWaters-Main.jpg