I did see Mama Mia, but not by choice. English musician, co-founder of Pink Floyd, Roger Waters Debuts This Is Not a Drill Tour with Stunning Visuals, Scathing Commentary: Review, Photos, and Setlist. The show includes a dozen great songs from Pink Floyds Golden Era alongside several new ones words and music, same writer, same heart, same soul, same man. I think Waters is trying to de-emphasize the watch the band play thing over the total experience. August 30 New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden He also praised Julian Assange for his courage. "The Bar (Reprise)"23. A Roger Waters concert is the last place you should venture if that's how you feel. "Thats why were going on the road. It caught me off guard (the shooting at the 4th of July parade outside Chicago was just the day before). "In the Flesh"13. LOL!! album. edgargonzalez Humbleay That said, Roger has been way out there with his politics. I dont buy into every single thing Waters says and I too could have lived without the political diatribe. This show did that fabulously. Wish I could help but I doubt if Roger reads my blog. Roger Waters has performed a "dress rehearsal" for the This Is Not A Drill tour and we can assume this will be the setlist. The Bravery of Being Out of Range (from Amused To Death, 1992) George Roger Waters is a British singer, songwriter, and music producer. Totes + Keychains. [2], To promote the album, Waters embarked on the Us + Them Tour, visiting the Americas, Europe and Oceania between May 2017 and December 2018. July 12 . Subscribe to Consequences email digest and get the latest breaking news in music, film, and television, tour updates, access to exclusive giveaways, and more straight to your inbox. Contemporary versions of Us And Them, the wondrously psychedelic instrumental Any Colour You Like and the FM-playlist staples Brain Damage and Eclipse were delivered with enough contemporary energy and wondrous musicianship that it didnt come off like a cover band phoning it in quickly for free drinks and middle-aged divorcees at the bar, post-show. Run Like Hell (from Pink Floyd, The Wall, 1979) Music Enthusiast At the junction of rock, blues, R&B, jazz, pop,and soul, Concert Review Roger Waters This is Not A Drill, Concert Review - Roger Waters - This is Not A Drill, Book Review - Chuck Berry: An American Life, The Who - The Lifehouse Saga and Who's Next (Part One), Summer Jam at Watkins Glen - July 28, 1973 - A Retrospective, Tin Pan Alley and the "Brill Building Sound", One Song/Three Versions - Me and Bobby McGee, Follow Music Enthusiast At the junction of rock, blues, R&B, jazz, pop,and soul on WordPress.com. Fans entering the Pink Floyd bassist's This is Not a Drill Tour stop in Glendale on Monday, Oct. 3, were greeted by a woman distributing stickers that read "U.S. militarism fuels climate crisis.". And thats all. EdwardO4884 With one triumphant wave goodbye from the man himself, the camera cut off and the house lights went up. Would we have gotten our money back if we left right at that point? This show.UGHwhat a disappointment big time ! The last performance of the 'This Is Not A Drill' tour will happen on October 8, 2022, in Texas. Im a fifty something faded out rock n roller I grew up on Floyd, Zeppelin, The Who, The doors, but also Skynyrd and Nugent. Waters and his band performed in the middle of the PPG floor, surrounded by catwalks, stage extensions and an elongated hi-tech screen system above the musicians. August 5 Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center setlist.fm Add Setlist. During Another Brick in the Wall, the second song, violent demands for conformity flashed in enormous red and white letters. [4] Waters responded to the anti-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 what he was doing, "Go see Katy Perry or watch the Kardashians. In the set list I only recognize the Pink Floyd songs. When I heard that Pink Floyd co-founder and, some would say, mastermind Roger Waters was miffed that news . The concert sucked ass and we struggled to make it through the third song before walking out in disgust. September 28 Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center He was supposed to launch the trek last year, but pandemic lockdowns sidelined his plans. September 3 Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center Tickets are available through Ticketmaster. Caveat if youre not aligned with Rogers politics, best stay home and listen to Floyd albums. [29][30][31] Waters was also declared persona non grata in the city after a proposal from ukasz Wantuch, a member of the Krakw City Council. I guess I never dove in deep enough to realize his political stance or that he is so aggressive. In the same interview, Waters stated the tour would only visit arenas, with no concerts held in outdoor venues, and it would visit cities in United States, Canada, "and maybe three gigs in Mexico City. Covid concerns? At that show, the setup was pretty traditional with the band at one end of the arena and us about 20 or so rows back. Get the Roger Waters Setlist of the concert at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN, USA on August 27, 2022 from the This Is Not a Drill Tour and other Roger Waters Setlists for free on setlist.fm! Roger Waters, The This Is Not a Drill Tour is a critical show in a critical time. I got tickets to see Bruce today in Boston. -Effervescing Elephant. Did I hate the forced political crap, yeah, but I ignored it. 70s, I dont think I ever thought that rock stars were ever trying to force me to believe a certain way. Watch Roger Waters' This Is Not a Drill Introduction Video, Watch Roger Waters Perform 'Comfortably Numb', And that was only the beginning of an arresting evening filled with dynamic playing, personal history, political invective and one new, as-yet-unrecorded Waters composition. The Wall was in many ways Waters' first step toward becoming a solo artist. Roger Waters will embark on what hes cheekily teasing as his first farewell tour, officially dubbed This Is Not a Drill, next summer. Take his advice go to the bar. (A reader informs me that rape charges against Assange, which may have been trumped up, have been dropped.). September 6 Denver, CO @ Ball Arena August 6 Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center Those shows sold 519,362 tickets. The band delivered stellar versions of all the tracks on Side Two of both 1973's The Dark Side of the Moon and 1975's Wish You Were Here. We had floor seats (check out my Sheep video) yet we were watching from the side. The crowd did too. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2"4. Paul Kelly, along with musicians Charlie Owen, Jex Saarelaht and Yuri Pavlinov, serenaded Australian soul great Rene Geyer on her last day on Earth. It was the perfect visual for Waters opening salvo, a lugubrious droning arrangement of Pink Floyds Comfortably Numb performed by him and backing vocalists Shanay Johnson and Amanda Belair channeling some version of a celestial choir. October 1 Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena Just as Pink Floyd built a reputation for elaborate and immersive live performances, Waters and his crew have developed a uniquely memorable experience. Average setlist for tour: This Is Not a Drill. Do we really need (another) Another Brick, Money, or Comfortably Numb? And an unusual thing happened that Ive rarely seen at a show. When he was originally planning it, he had timed it to run up to the 2020 election. He met his future Pink Floyd bandmates Nick Mason and Richard Wright while studying . I wish he would give those big Floyd hits he plays everytime a rest. DrRobert501 Watch Roger Waters Perform 'Wish You Were Here', Watch Roger Waters Perform 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX)', Roger Waters, 7/6/22, PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, Pa.1. I might be left, right, far left, far right, or a fence rider , but a heads up would have been nice. But the applause kept building and building and building and it was pretty clear that we were just thanking Waters not only for a great show but for all the years of incredible music and incredible epics you can just enjoy, get stoned to or be moved by. We sat behind the stage in what we thought would be great seats, only to see maybe three verses sung by Roger on our side. Did he do it in Boston? Power that Be. I shouldn't be giving this away, but I don't give a shit because it will probably all change, but imagine the iconic helicopter that normally comes before Happiest Days and Brick 2 that noise that we all know and love and imagine a megaphone, somebody abused this device before, I know but, This is not a drill. I thought that could be a good title for the show: This Is Not a Drill. During some concerts, part VIII of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" has been replaced with part V. Gus Seyffert bass guitar, guitar, vocals, accordion, Shanay Johnson background vocals, percussion, Amanda Belair background vocals, percussion, The touring band was confirmed on their appearance on, This page was last edited on 9 January 2023, at 06:36. date added. I thought three performers in particular that deserved mention, the keyboardist, and the two ladies singing backing vocals. We want to hear it. Hes spent over a decade being persecuted for the crime of journalism. That would be a record for me even though I did spend that much for 4 for Phantom of the opera on Broadway. "Outside the Wall". Even from an early age any of the lyrics that I could put together that Waters wrote I thought , Hey heres a guy that must have gone through some stuff at an early age that is causing him to be historical and vengeful. Dumfries & Galloway Caledonia (aka Scotland), Roger Waters on Life in Isolation, His Postponed Tour, and More, Roger Waters Announces New 2022 Dates for Postponed Tour, (You must log in or sign up to reply here. Very refreshing in these polarized times. As the lights dimmed in Pittsburgh's PPG Paints Arena for the first show of Roger Waters ' "This Is Not A Drill Tour" (get tickets here ), the former Pink Floyd member and his team made two requests: 1. 80s, This is Not A Drill. But I wouldnt assume that the entire audience was aligned and that a good percentage werent buying his message and were just digging the music. The organization wrote a letter to commissioner Rob Manfred, where they stated Waters views on Israel "far exceed the boundaries of civil discourse". Pink Floyd legend launches 2022 North American tour. The screen was used repeatedly for excellent dramatic (and political) effect, displaying short films, disturbing animation and archival footage of his first band. Its those projections that take the This Is Not A Drill show from good to great, allowing viewers to step deeper than ever into the psyche of the primary songwriting force from Pink Floyds golden age. It was pure political crap. So I hope youll all come to the shows. erockaraizap Boxer_the_brute By Scott Bernstein Jul 7, 2022 7:09 am PDT. Ive only seen Roger once, but felt he played too much Floyd stuff, but yeah I get why. I found myself throughout the show blocking off the screen and trying to focus only on the band. NYC is back to being a madhouse of people BTW. No wonder there will never be a reunion with Pink Floyd. How to catch your faves: The who, what, where and when. I also saw a comedy show that was delayed by two years. 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: It will be even more political than Us + Them was political and humane. This string of dates will include some canceled shows from 2020 and has Waters going across North America. Withthe U.S.looking irredeemably polarized, Waters is either ambitious or audacious in his desire to wake the populace in the best way he sees fit. frank_genesis Anyway, the show started with images on the screen (the visuals were incredible) and Waters standing in silhouette singing Comfortably Numb which segued into The Happiest Days of Our Lives and then Another Brick in the Wall Parts 2 and 3., I am of the opinion that Waters said fuck it, I am going to get the big ones out of the way so I can do my own stuff. 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