Pink Floyd front man and principal songwriter Roger Waters is currently swimming in the success of his ‘The Wall’ world tour, named after the band’s concept album released in the early ‘80s. Though it was never billed as a Pink Floyd reunion show, it still had Pink Floyd fans swarming over theatres to hear Waters perform the album from cover to cover, coupled with elaborate imageries consisting of lighting and visual effects and a giant wall to depict the album’s message. The tour will conclude in less than a year, so fans and critics are now wondering if Waters will tread on a second leg and if so, when.
If his interview with Rolling Stone is any indication, it seems like ‘The Wall’ may rise again in a year or two, and he’s planning to put up a larger ‘Wall’ on a larger venue – or venues, that is.
“We want to base the tour around Saturday nights in baseball stadiums. As we speak, I’m at my office working on an outdoor version of the show,” Rogers said, also adding that a second leg would not only let him tap outdoor venues but other cities like Austin which are not included in his current US itinerary.
He also detailed how bigger and more vast the stage props and special effects are going to be for the proposed ‘outdoor version’. “We’re going to be projecting over 140 yards, so now it’s going to be 1,500 pixels wide. We’ve done light tests and Fenway Park and Wrigley Field and Yankee Stadium just to see what the ambient light is like. And it’s fine. It works. We’ve taken part of the Wall and the projectors into those three places.”
If plans for an outdoor ‘The Wall’ push through, it might be the last for Waters as he intends to slow the big concert bandwagon down. “I’m not sure I want to go out and do the greatest hits again. Which just sucks,” he tells Rolling Stone. In fact, he plans to go on a hiatus immediately after wrapping up the tour by summer next year.
While it seems like performing might take a back seat after ‘The Wall’ closes, the rock n’ roll veteran sets his eyes on other music gigs. “What I love to do is theater in a rock & roll context. I think if I did any more in the future, it might well be smaller,” he says.
