Concerts

Roger Waters breaks solo tour record

Posted October 5, 2013 by Floydian Slip

Roger Waters’ three-year world tour of “The Wall” has broken Billboard’s Boxscore record for a solo act.

The tour took in $459 million over the course of 219 performances, breaking the previous record of $407 million set by Madonna on her 2008-09 Sweet and Sticky Tour.

Waters now holds third place for highest-grossing tour of all time, solo or group act. U2 is at number one with $736 million for its 360° tour in 2009-2011. The Rolling Stones’ A Bigger Bang tour grossed $558 million from 2005-2007.

Waters launched “The Wall” revival in September 2010 playing six legs in North and South America, Europe and Australia/New Zealand over three years.

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Roger Waters to play Stand Up for Heroes

Posted September 11, 2013 by Floydian Slip

Roger Waters will perform at the 7th Annual Stand Up for Heroes event in New York City on Nov. 6.

The event, to raise funds for wounded service members, will include Jerry Seinfeld, Bruce Springsteen and Jon Stewart.

Waters performed at the 2012 event (pictured).

The event’s organized by The Bob Woodruff Foundation and held in conjunction with the New York Comedy Festival.

Since its inception, Stand Up for Heroes has raised $16 million to help wounded veterans.

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Roger Waters charity appearance streaming online

Posted November 10, 2012 by Floydian Slip

The concert appearance Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters made this past week is available online.

Waters was joined by a band of wounded veterans Nov. 8 at the Stand Up for Heroes event in New York City.

Video of the 2½-hour event is available at reMIND.org, the site of The Bob Woodruff Foundation, devoted to helping wounded veterans and their caregivers.

Waters’ appearance, including a rambling ad-libbed vamp while stagehands set the stage, is at about 1:10:20 into the program.

One of the easiest ways to give to the cause is to text BWF to 50555. Your text will donate $10 to helping wounded veterans and their caregivers. You can also donate at the website.

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Roger Waters announces 2013 European concert dates

Posted November 10, 2012 by Floydian Slip

Roger Waters has announced 20 concert dates for 2013.

The co-founder of Pink Floyd will ramp up his tour of “The Wall” again in Werchter, Belgium, on July 2. The tour will run through Sept. 18, wrapping up in Dublin, Ireland.

Ticket pre-sales begin Nov. 12 for registered members of rogerwaters.com.

The ’13 tour will visit a number of countries not included in the previous legs of the tour, including Croatia, Turkey, Romania and Serbia.

Waters has redesigned and scaled up the show to accommodate the larger, open air stadiums scheduled for ’13.

“I’m extremely glad to be playing ‘The Wall’ in Europe again,” Waters says. “It’s going to be a lot of fun for all of us. I’ve reworked the show to play outdoors in large stadiums. It’s really good. Even more moving, engaging, dramatic and thrilling than the arena shows.”

Press conference

Waters’ press conference detailing his ’13 tour will be streamed live on the web Nov. 15 at 12:30 GMT at rogerwaters.com and his Facebook page. He’s taking questions from fans in advance of the event. You can submit your question at his Facebook page.

Concert dates

July
Saturday 20 — Werchter Festival Site
Tuesday 23 — Split Poljud Stadium
Friday 26 — Padova Euganeo Stadium
Sunday 28 — Rome Olympic Stadium

August
Wednesday 7 — Prague Synot Tip Stadium (Slavia)
Friday 9 — Frankfurt Commerzbank Arena
Sunday 11 — Copenhagen Parken Stadium
Wednesday 14 — Oslo Telenor Arena
Thursday 15 — Oslo Telenor Arena
Saturday 17 — Gothenburg Ullevi Stadium
Tuesday 20 — Warsaw Narodowy Stadium
Friday 23 — Vienna Donauinsel
Sunday 25 — Budapest Puskas Ferenc Stadium
Wednesday 28 — Bucharest Piata Consitutiei
Friday 30 — Sofia Vasil Levski Stadium

September
Sunday 1 — Belgrade Usce Park
Wednesday 4 — Berlin Olympic Stadium
Friday 6 — Dusseldorf Esprit Arena
Sunday 8 — Amsterdam Arena
Wednesday 18 — Dublin Aviva Stadium

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Roger Waters to perform with veterans at charity event

Posted November 3, 2012 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters will perform at the 6th annual Stand Up for Heroes event, Thursday, Nov. 8, at New York’s Beacon Theatre.

The event, presented by the New York Comedy Festival and The Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF), supports injured service members and their caregivers.

Waters will perform with a band comprised entirely of military veterans. Other acts scheduled to perform include Mike Birbiglia, Ricky Gervais, Patton Oswalt, Jon Stewart, Bruce Springsteen and Robin Williams.

The event is sold out, but musical performances will be streamed live at YouTube and made available at the BWF’s reMIND website.

The five previous events have raised more than $10 million to support wounded veterans and their families.

Learn more about the event and donate at reMIND.

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Waters’ Quebec Wall to rival Berlin’s

Posted May 23, 2012 by Floydian Slip

Roger Waters has added a new final date to his tour of “The Wall,” which will be more than twice as big as any other show on the tour.

When the former Pink Floyd front-man performs at Quebec City’s Fields of Abraham on July 21, the wall will be more than 800 feet wide, more than twice the size of any other show on his revival tour of the show.

It’ll be the largest outdoor staging of his magnum opus since he performed it at the site of the former Berlin wall in 1990 on the same day: July 21.

Initial sales are reserved for those who’ve purchased admittance to the Festival d’été de Québec.

Festival fans can register online today at InfoFestival.com from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. for a drawing to purchase wristbands for the concert.

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No Pink Floyd reunion at Olympics

Posted January 4, 2012 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour refutes a story published by The London Evening Standard yesterday that said surviving members of the band “could” reunite at this year’s Olympics festivities to be held in London.

In what must increasingly seem like a non-paying part-time job, Gilmour released a statement “that there is no truth in recent media speculation about Pink Floyd reuniting to perform for the 2012 London Olympics.”

The Standard had quoted a band “insider” as saying, “It’s long been made clear it would take something very special to get Pink Floyd back together again and it doesn’t get any bigger than the Olympics,” adding, “it’s hoped everything can be confirmed in the coming weeks.”

The most recent reunion of Gilmour, Roger Waters and Nick Mason happened at the end of Waters’s May 12, 2011, performance of “The Wall” when the three joined on stage in London to perform “Outside the Wall” (pictured).

Gilmour had performed on “Comfortably Numb” earlier in that evening’s performance. (See “Video: Gilmour joins Waters at the 02.”)

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More North American dates for ‘The Wall’ in 2012

Posted November 1, 2011 by Floydian Slip

Roger Waters will return to North America beginning in May for 36 additional dates of his “Wall” tour.

Waters had hinted more U.S. and Canadian dates were in store for the new year, and indicated those concerts would be at larger venues, such as outdoor stadiums — ironic, considering his growing distaste for such venues in the ’70s was his impetus for writing “The Wall.” The schedule made public today confirms that:

May 01
Houston, TX
Toyota Center
On Sale 11/14

May 03
Austin, TX
Frank Erwin Center
On Sale 11/14

May 05
Tulsa,
OK BOK Center
On Sale 11/14

May 07
Denver, CO
Pepsi Center
On Sale 11/14

May 11
San Francisco, CA
AT&T Park
On Sale 11/18

May 13
San Diego, CA
Valley View Casino Center
On Sale 11/14

May 15
Phoenix, AZ
US Airways
On Sale 11/14

May 19
Los Angeles, CA
TBD
On sale 11/18

May 22
Portland, OR
Rose Garden
On Sale 11/14

May 24
Seattle, WA
Key Arena
On Sale 11/14

May 26
Vancouver, BC
BC Place
On Sale 11/14

May 28
Edmonton, AB
Rexall Place
On Sale 11/14

May 31
Winnipeg, MB
MTS Centre
On Sale 11/14

June 03
St Paul, MN
Xcel Energy Center
On Sale 11/14

June 05
Detroit, MI
Joe Louis Arena
On Sale 11/14

June 06
Grand Rapids, MI
Van Andel Arena
On Sale 11/14

June 08
Chicago, IL
Wrigley Field
On Sale 11/14

June 10
Louisville, KY
KFC Yum! Center
On Sale 11/14

June 11
Indianapolis, IN
Conseco Fieldhouse
On Sale 11/14

June 13
Atlanta, GA
Philips Arena
On Sale 11/14

June 15
Ft Lauderdale, FL
BankAtlantic Center
On Sale 11/14

June 16
Orlando, FL
Amway Center
On Sale 11/18

June 19
Nashville, TN
Bridgestone Arena
On Sale 11/14

June 21
Buffalo, NY
First Niagara Center
On Sale 11/14

June 23
Toronto, ON
Rogers Centre
On Sale 11/14

June 25
Ottawa, ON
Scotiabank Place
On Sale 11/14

June 26
Montreal, QC
Bell Centre
On Sale 11/14

June 28
Albany, NY
Times Union Center
On Sale 11/14

June 29
Hartford, CT
XL Center
On Sale 11/14

July 1
Boston, MA
TBD
On sale 1/30/12

July 03
Pittsburgh, PA
Consol Energy Center
On Sale 11/14

July 06
New York, NY
TBD
On sale 1/30/12

July 09
Raleigh, NC
RBC Center
On Sale 11/14

July 10
Charlotte, NC
Time Warner Cable Arena
On Sale 11/14

July 12
Washington DC
Verizon Center
On Sale 11/14

July 14
Philadelphia, PA
Citizens Bank Park
On Sale 11/7

The tour originated in North America in 2010 before moving to Europe and South America. It’s played more than 120 times around the world for more than 1.6 million fans. Tickets for these 2012 dates go on sale beginning Monday, Nov. 7 at LiveNation.com.

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Video: Gilmour joins Waters at the 02

Posted May 12, 2011 by Floydian Slip

Video from this evening’s performance of “The Wall” at London’s 02, featuring the reunion of David Gilmour and Roger Waters.

Gilmour joined Waters, along with drummer Nick Mason, for playing “Outside the Wall” at the end of the show, as well: Gilmour on mandolin, and Mason on tambourine.

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Gilmour joins Waters tonight

Posted May 12, 2011 by Floydian Slip

The nearly-year-long mystery was revealed on David Gilmour’s blog moments ago: When would he make good on his promise from last summer to join Roger Waters on stage to perform “Comfortably Numb” with former bandmate Roger Waters?

The answer: At tonight’s o2 show in London.

Gilmour’s post says the song will be recorded for posting on “various websites,” but is not intended for an eventual DVD of “The Wall” in the works.

“Look on the bright side: that means you’ll get to see it sooner,” the post reads, before adding tonight’s appearance truly is a one-off.

“David is not repeating his special guest performance at a later occasion, I’m sorry to disappoint those of you with fingers crossed and tickets for later shows.”

Waters joined Gilmour on stage at a charity event last July (“David Gilmour, Roger Waters perform together“). The deal, as it was revealed later, was Gilmour agreed to, in turn, join Waters during one show of his “Wall” tour, to perform “Comfortably Numb.”

“Floydian Slip” turned the upcoming pairing into a contest (“Reunion date contest: The results“), asking people to guess the date of the reunion for a chance to win Waters’ “The Wall Live in Berlin” from 1990. Guess the exact date, and we’d throw in a sealed copy of Classic Rock‘s excellent 3D Pink Floyd issue from Fall 2009, celebrating the 30th anniversary of “The Wall.”

We’ll be mulling over entries this evening to determine our winner.

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