"The Wall" Live Tour 2010/2011

[diamondsgirl]

Hey!!

Anyone else catching this tour?

I am going this Friday night in Boston and am starting to get very stoked, especially after seeing this kind of footage.

I have always been a huge fan of Waters and I am just crazy about Dave Kilminster's guitar work since seeing him on the Dark Side of the Moon tour a few years back.

[diamondsgirl]

Great interview with Roger Waters regarding the tour as well as how the Wall is still so fucking pertinent today even after 30 years.

He is brilliant, IMO.

[diamondsgirl]

Fuck yeah.

That's how you play the shit out of a guitar, son!

I could just listen to the outro for an hour and a half!!

[ELVIS]

Who's the old man holding the microphone ??

[Green Manalishi]

Yes in deed ! I got my tix for Friday Night , October 29th. I'm glad I got 'em that morning 'cause by High Noon they were all gone !

Interestingly enough , after attending 300 plus shows since the late '70's , these are the only concert tix that I have ever bought

that stated on the front of the ticket itself " 8 : 00 P.M. PROMPT "

[Va Beach VH Fan]

They're at the new arena in Pittsburgh tonight, a guy working for the Penguins was Tweeting about their soundcheck, looked like a great stageshow, not surprisingly....

[diamondsgirl]

that stated on the front of the ticket itself " 8 : 00 P.M. PROMPT "

I noticed that too.

That Roger Waters! He ain't no Axl Rose!!

[lesfunk]

I'll bet it's grate. Waters always does a top shelf production

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Here ya go...

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10270/1090697-388.stm

Waters makes 'Wall' totally spectacular

Review
Monday, September 27, 2010
By Scott Mervis, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Consol Energy Center is only a month old, and already there are renovations taking place.

Last night, for instance, a bunch of guys built a wall right across the rink, and then decided to tear it down. Throughout the evening, the crowd was transfixed by this work of construction and deconstruction, backed, of course, by a loud, compelling soundtrack.

Pink Floyd mastermind Roger Waters, embarking on what he's called his last tour, has pulled the 30-year-old rock opera "The Wall" out of mothballs, and given it a technological upgrade.

"The Wall," as most people who came of age in the '80s know, tells the semi-autobiographical tale of rock star Pink, who is driven to madness by personal tragedy and the suffocating pressures of society.

The left-leaning Mr. Waters' clearly has an anti-war, anti-institutional agenda to deliver, but the Floyd faithful, who come in all political shapes and sizes, were able to take what they wanted from "The Wall."

It could be enjoyed on a purely musical level, with a meticulous band executing songs still in heavy rotation on classic-rock radio. Fans could rally around the message of not trusting war-happy governments. On the level of grand spectacle, well, it was spectacular. I was seated one row away from caution tape and signs that said "Please Keep Out: Pyro Zone," so I could relate to Pink's paranoia.

The first few minutes were arresting, with flag-waving storm troopers, Roman candles and a fiery plane crash. The wall-building, using hydraulic risers, started with "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2," complete with Pittsburgh Boys and Girls Club kids in "Fear Builds Walls" T-shirts shaking their fists at a giant inflatable teacher.

"Mother" was a beautiful and harrowing fear ballad with Mr. Waters on acoustic guitar and G.E. Smith playing the searing solo in front of a projection of the singer from 30 years ago. Somehow his voice is just as commanding and sinister at 67. Not surprisingly, the line "Mother, should I trust the government?" provoked a hearty jeer.

Robbie Wyckoff proved to be a capable vocal stand-in for David Gilmour on "Young Lust" and parts of "Mother."

Toward the end of the first set, the wall had obscured the band and Mr. Waters, in all black with white sneakers, sat in front of it singing the songs of Pink's dreary descent. The last brick hit right at the end of "Goodbye Cruel World," marking Pink's fall and the audience's beer break.

The second half was a buildup toward the Pink's redemption and the wall's destruction, starting with a Wyckoff vocal on "Hey You" and a Waters cheer of "Bring the Boys Back Home."

The sometimes caustic set was also highlighted by a dramatic "Comfortably Numb" (with Mr. Waters at the base of the wall and Mr. Wyckoff on top), the heart-pounding "Run Like Hell" (complete with signature Floyd pig) and a grand finale, with tumbling wall, that was more visually than musically rousing.

All told, "The Wall" doesn't make for the most upbeat or coherent evening of musical theater -- I liked the recent "Dark Side of the Moon" tour better, just because of the music -- but it certainly doesn't lack dazzle or bite.

This tour is likely the last chance to experience it with the man himself -- and he's matched the intense album with yet another startling visual epic.

[diamondsgirl]

I never heard of that Robbie Wycoff dude who is singing lead while Waters hangs out with the audience. But, he sounds alright.

[diamondsgirl]

I caught the show last night and it blew away all of my expectations.

Every song from The Wall was done in order with a huge production of audio-visual effects including a fighter plane flying over head and crashing into The Wall. Pyrotechnics were very cool!! I especially loved the footage of the 1980 Wall Tour and the huge "puppets" of the creatures (mother, teacher) depicted on the album.

Waters voice is still as creepy and maniacal as ever, maybe even more so due to his age. And he is still a pro at moving people to laughter one second, tears the next.

If you can get tix, get 'em!!

I laughed, I cried, but I mostly just sat there with my jaw on the floor.

The question "Mother, should I run for President?" was met with HUGE applause. People can dream, right?

[hambon4lif]

Just got 2 tix for St. Louis on the 29th...

....looks like it's going to a badass show!

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[diamondsgirl]

Just got 2 tix for St. Louis on the 29th...

....looks like it's going to a badass show!

You will have an awesome time!

Make sure you get there on time. In Boston, he started right at 8:15. No warm up band. No big intro or anything. Lights go out and he jumps right into In the Flesh.

There's a nice 20 minute intermission after Goodbye Cruel World. Which I thought was cool for a ladies room/ more beer break.