Roger Waters To Perform The Wall

[RonJonSurfer]

Roger Waters Resurrects The Wall For Massive 30th Anniversary Tour

04/13/2010

Sometimes rumors turn out to be true. Roger Waters will resurrect Pink Floyd's classic The Wall on tour later this year. Here is the official announcement, dates and comments from Waters on why he decided to undertake this tour: Roger Waters, co-founder and principal songwriter of the archetypal progressive band Pink Floyd, is commemorating the 30th anniversary of the original release of The Wall with a monumental tour featuring a full band and a newly-mounted state-of-the-art production of his epochal masterpiece of alienation and transformation performed in its entirety.

The Wall has been previously performed live in its entirety by Waters just 31 times including Pink Floyd's 1980-81 tour in support of the album. A spectacular Roger Waters solo staging and performance of the rock opera in July 1990, celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall, drew nearly a half million fans to the Potsdamer Platz. Roger Waters' The Wall North American Tour, produced by Live Nation, will open September 15 in Toronto and runs through December 13 at the Anaheim Honda Center (please see full itinerary following).

Waters posted the following on his website to explain why he decided to tour this tour: I recently came across this quote of mine from 22 years ago: " What it comes down to for me is this: Will the technologies of communication in our culture, serve to enlighten us and help us to understand one another better, or will they deceive us and keep us apart?"

I believe this is still a supremely relevant question and the jury is out. There is a lot of commercial clutter on the net, and a lot of propaganda, but I have a sense that just beneath the surface understanding is gaining ground. We just have to keep blogging, keep twittering, keep communicating, keep sharing ideas.

30 Years ago when I wrote The Wall I was a frightened young man. Well not that young, I was 36 years old.

It took me a long time to get over my fears. Anyway, in the intervening years it has occurred to me that maybe the story of my fear and loss with it's concomitant inevitable residue of ridicule, shame and punishment, provides an allegory for broader concerns.: Nationalism, racism, sexism, religion, Whatever! All these issues and 'isms are driven by the same fears that drove my young life.

This new production of The Wall is an attempt to draw some comparisons, to illuminate our current predicament, and is dedicated to all the innocent lost in the intervening years.

In some quarters, among the chattering classes, there exists a cynical view that human beings as a collective are incapable of developing more 'humane' ie, kinder, more generous, more cooperative, more empathetic relationships with one another.

I disagree.

In my view it is too early in our story to leap to such a conclusion, we are after all a very young species.

I believe we have at least a chance to aspire to something better than the dog eat dog ritual slaughter that is our current response to our institutionalized fear of each other.

I feel it is my responsibility as an artist to express my, albeit guarded, optimism, and encourage others to do the same. To quote the great man, " You may say that I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."

- Roger Waters, 2010

September 15 Toronto Air Canada Centre

September 20 Chicago United Center

September 21 Chicago United Center

September 26 Pittsburgh Consol Energy Center

September 28 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena

September 30 Boston TD Garden

October 5 New York Madison Square Garden

October 8 Buffalo HSBC Arena

October 10 Washington DC Verizon Center

October 12 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum

October 15 Hartford XL Center

October 17 Ottawa ScotiaBank Place

October 19 Montreal Bell Centre

October 22 Columbus Schottenstein Center

October 24 Detroit Palace of Auburn Hills

October 26 Omaha Qwest Center

October 27 St Paul Xcel Energy Center

October 29 St. Louis Scottrade Center

October 30 Kansas City Sprint Center

November 3 New York Izod Center

November 8 Philadelphia Wachovia Center

November 9 Philadelphia Wachovia Center

November 13 Fort Lauderdale Bank Atlantic Center

November 16 Tampa St. Pete Times Forum

November 18 Atlanta Philips Arena

November 20 Houston Toyota Center

November 21 Dallas American Airlines Center

November 23 Denver Pepsi Center

November 26 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena

November 27 Phoenix US Airways Center

November 29 Los Angeles The Forum

December 6 San Jose HP Pavilion

December 10 Vancouver General Motors Place

December 11 Tacoma Tacoma Dome

December 13 Anaheim Honda Center

Up to date details on Roger Waters' The Wall Tour, and more, may be found on the artist's newly relaunched and redesigned website, RogerWaters.com. Waters is personally involved with the site and will be communicating with fans through it.

[chutzpah]

I've seen "The Wall" twice with the original Pink Floyd...minus Syd...And parts of it with David Gilmour and Roger Waters...For me it's a 5 or 6 hour drive to Houston I know one or maybe two people here don't really like Roger Waters...but he always has a good band...and it seems like he's mellowed out about the Pink Floyd stuff... except for the drive...I might go check it out... Hopefully,that big wall doesn't appear again

[Steel2Velvet]

This time are they calling it "The Haul?"

[chutzpah]

...you know? Maybe instead of the wall? It might be money bags?

[pinkstones]

I will not be seeing this if it comes anywhere near me. The Wall is already an album I can barely stand (there's only about 6 songs on it I like) and I'd rather sit for two hours to hear David sing than Roger.

[Brad_M]

I saw Roger Waters in 2007 in Hartford, CT, where he performed the entire "Dark Side Of The Moon" album along with many other great Pink Floyd songs.

It was a great concert.

I'm sure Roger Waters:"The Wall" will be just as good.

This is great news!