![]() We were listening to songs and looking at set lists today. It will be even more political than Us + Them was - political and humane. In September 2019, in an interview promoting the film, Waters talked to Rolling Stone about his plans for the future, where he first mentioned the main concept for a following tour: I don't care." Īfter finishing the tour, a film about it, called Roger Waters: Us + Them, was released. Waters responded to the pro- Trump critics by saying, "I find it slightly surprising that anybody could have been listening to my songs for 50 years without understanding", and said to those critics if they didn't like politics in music to "go see Katy Perry or watch the Kardashians. A portion of the show featured extensive anti-Donald Trump imagery during the performance of Pink Floyd songs, which led some attendees to boo or even walk out of the show. To promote the album, Waters embarked on the Us + Them Tour, visiting North America, Oceania, Europe, and Latin America between May 2017 and December 2018. Waters described the play as "part magic carpet ride, part political rant, part anguish". In 2017, Waters released his fourth solo album Is This the Life We Really Want?, conceived as a radio play about a man and his granddaughter investigating why children are being killed in other parts of the world. In 2021, he called the show his "first farewell tour". Waters first talked about a new live spectacle following his Us + Them Tour on a Rolling Stone interview in September 2019. It began at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, United States, on 6 July 2022, and is scheduled to end at the Estadio Monumental in Santiago, Chile, on 25 November 2023. The tour, originally scheduled to take place between July and October 2020, was suspended after the COVID-19 pandemic advance, and rescheduled to take place in 2022. ![]() Find the unbelievable setlist below.This Is Not a Drill is the seventh concert tour by English songwriter Roger Waters. Not only did he play some of the greatest Pink Floyd songs from their 4 greatest albums but he created a one of a kind sensory experience. At 73 years old Waters is still a performance powerhouse, political critic, and all around cool dude. However, he finished it off with a few tracks from The Wall, ending with the classic "Comfortably Numb." As the band finished out Roger went down into the crowd and shook fans' hands. The show easily could've ended after DSOTM closers "Brain Damage" and "Eclipse" (in which a giant prism with rainbow lights ala the album cover was projected). After playing "Dogs" the band put on animal masks and toasted with champagne, then busted into "Pigs (Three DIfferent Ones)". A faux- Animalsfactory made of screens, on which they projected images of Trump with a tiny penis, as a baby in Putin's hands, and ended by projecting some of his worst quotes on the screen then the final blow read, "Trump Is A Pig" This prompted a small group of people in my section to walk out with middle fingers held high. 2" children took to the stage in orange prison jumpsuits which they ultimately ripped off, revealing shirts that read, "RESIST." Roger went easy on Trump in the first set but didn't hold back for the second. He played two sets beginning with the Dark Side of The Moon opener "Speak To Me/Breathe," played some of his new songs as well as selections from other classic Floyd albums The Wall and Wish You Were Here. His backing band was phenomenal, including Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig from Lucius and, as Roger put it, "Our obligatory hippie from LA" Eisley's Jonathon Wilson. The song "Wish You Were Here" is one of my favorite songs of all time and one of the first I learned on guitar so it was really special to see him perform that song. The show that Roger and his band put on was truly a spectacle, the likes of which I've never seen before. ![]() Last night, thousands of Michiganders crammed into The Palace of Auburn Hills to see legendary Pink Floyd mastermind Roger Waters.
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