In keeping with Pink Floyd tradition, there were some ambitious visuals as well, with movable screens hovering over the arena floor for most of the second half of the show a laser reproduction of the “Dark Side of the Moon” album cover during “Brain Damage”/”Eclipse” and a giant, flying pig during “Pigs (Three Different Ones).” At one point during “Dogs,” which preceded “Pigs,” Waters and some of his bandmates donned pig masks and sipped champagne together. But even though it left no doubt who Waters considers the “Them” to be, the show was not entirely political, featuring many of Pink Floyd’s signature songs (including “Wish You Were Here,” “Time,” “Welcome to the Machine” and a show-closing “Comfortably Numb”) in addition to four songs from Waters’ recent solo album, “Is This the Life We Really Want?” Waters’ tour, which began in May and is currently scheduled to end in February, is titled the Us + Them Tour. He continued with more videos of Trump and Vladimir Putin during “Money,” and videos of anti-Trump protesters during “Us and Them.” “Please help, we are trapped in a dystopian nightmare,” read a screen message during “Dogs.” Later, he showed humiliating renderings of Trump naked and Trump as a baby, and flashed ridiculous things that Trump has said (e.g., “The beauty of me is that I’m very rich”) on the screens. (He also has two-night stands coming up at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island.) When he sang the line “Big man, pig man/Ha, ha, charade you are,” in “Pigs (Three Different Ones),” the word “charade” was superimposed over a photo of President Trump on the video screens. president that Waters, 74, the main creative force behind Pink Floyd, took in the first of five area shows. That was just one of several swipes at the current U.S. At one point, they took off their jumpsuits to reveal T-shirts saying “Resist.” The children stood still at first, then sang and danced joyfully as the song’s message turned rebellious. Wells Fargo Centerĩ – Philadelphia, Pa.When they performed the Pink Floyd hit “Another Brick in the Wall” at the Prudential Center in Newark on Thursday night, Roger Waters and his band were joined by 10 children in prison jumpsuits. The Palace of Auburn HillsĨ – Philadelphia, Pa. Infinite Energy Centerġ8 – Greensboro, N.C. Sap Center at San Joseģ – Dallas, Texas American Airlines Centerġ3 – Miami, Fla. Find Waters’ tour dates below.ħ – San Jose, Calif. While Waters is remaining very secret about the upcoming tour, he has said in a statement that “75 percent of it will be old material and 25 percent of it will be new, but it will all be connected by a general theme.” In typical Pink Floyd fashion, he has also promised a “high-class, state-of-the-art audio visual production.” To read Waters’ full statement, you can visit his website here. The tour, cleverly titled “Us & Them,” is a nod to Pink Floyd’s classic album Dark Side of the Moon. Multi-instrumentalist and Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters has announced an expansive North American tour for the summer of 2017.
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