Roger Waters announces North American dates for ‘The Wall’
Roger Waters has confirmed dates for his long-rumored full-album performances of Pink Floyd’s “The Wall,” announcing a 33-city North American outing to launch this fall.
The trek, which gets underway Sept. 15 in Toronto, will travel to most parts of the US and several Canadian cities during its three-month run, with multi-night stops in Chicago (9/20-21), Philadelphia (11/8-9) and Los Angeles (11/29 and 12/1). Details are included below.
Additional details regarding on-sale dates and a forthcoming pre-sale will be made available at Waters’ website.
According to a press release, the 1979 concept album has previously been performed in its entirety only 31 times, most of them by Pink Floyd during the 1980-81 tour supporting the set, and again in 1990, when Waters performed it with an all-star cast to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall.
“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,” said Waters, who played his former band’s 1973 classic “The Dark Side of the Moon” in full during his 2007-08 tour, in a press statement.
According to a 2008 interview with the Rocky Mountain News, the performer continues to work on his long-rumored next solo project, tentatively titled “Heartland,” although a release date does not appear to be imminent. “I have a ton of songs I’ve written,” Waters said. “I keep meaning to get around to going in the studio and making it into an album.”
Waters’ most recent rock solo album is 1992’s “Amused to Death,” although he released “Ca Ira,” an opera in three acts based on the French Revolution, on Sony’s classical-music label in 2005.
TOUR DATES
September 2010
15 – Toronto, Ontario – Air Canada Centre
20, 21 – Chicago, IL – United Center
26 – Pittsburgh, PA – Consol Energy Center
28 – Cleveland, OH – Quicken Loans Arena
30 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
October 2010
5 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden
8 – Buffalo, NY – HSBC Arena
10 – Washington, DC – Verizon Center
12 – Uniondale, NY – Nassau Coliseum
15 – Hartford, CT – XL Center
17 – Ottawa, Ontario – ScotiaBank Place
19 – Montreal, Quebec – Bell Centre
22 – Columbus, OH – Schottenstein Center
24 – Auburn Hills, MI – Palace of Auburn Hills
26 – Omaha, NE – Qwest Center
27 – St. Paul, MN – Xcel Energy Center
29 – St. Louis, MO – ScotTrade Center
30 – Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center
November 2010
3 – East Rutherford, NJ – Izod Center
8, 9 – Philadelphia, PA – Wachovia Center
13 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – Bank Atlantic Center
16 – Tampa, FL – St. Pete Times Forum
18 – Atlanta, GA – Philips Arena
20 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
21 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
23 – Denver, CO – Pepsi Center Arena
26 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Garden Arena
27 – Phoenix, AZ – US Airways Center
29 – Inglewood, CA – The Forum
December 2010
1 – Inglewood, CA – The Forum
6 – San Jose, CA – HP Pavilion
10 – Vancouver, British Columbia – General Motors Place
11 – Tacoma, WA – Tacoma Dome
13 – Anaheim, CA – Honda Center
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