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2012 Roger Waters Tour

Posted by Janice Bryant On December - 1 - 2010

Tickets for most shows on the Roger Waters Tour go onsale through Ticketmaster on November 14. For premium seating and sold out tickets, view the ticket options available on the aftermarket below.

EVENT VENUE DATE/TIME  
Roger Waters Estadio Olimpico Joao Havelange
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Thursday
3/29/2012

Roger Waters Estadio do Morumbi (Formerly Estadio Cicero Pompeu de Toledo)
Sao Paulo, SP
Saturday
3/31/2012

Roger Waters Estadio do Morumbi (Formerly Estadio Cicero Pompeu de Toledo)
Sao Paulo, SP
Sunday
4/1/2012

Roger Waters Estadio Foro Sol
Mexico City, DF
Friday
4/27/2012
9:00PM

Roger Waters Estadio Foro Sol
Mexico City, DF
Saturday
4/28/2012
9:00PM

Roger Waters Toyota Center – TX
Houston, TX
Tuesday
5/1/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters Frank Erwin Center
Austin, TX
Thursday
5/3/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters Bank Of Oklahoma Center
Tulsa, OK
Saturday
5/5/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters Pepsi Center
Denver, CO
Monday
5/7/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters AT&T Park
San Francisco, CA
Friday
5/11/2012
8:15PM

Roger Waters Valley View Casino Center (Formerly San Diego Sports Arena)
San Diego, CA
Sunday
5/13/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters US Airways Center
Phoenix, AZ
Tuesday
5/15/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Los Angeles, CA
Saturday
5/19/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters Rose Garden
Portland, OR
Tuesday
5/22/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters Key Arena
Seattle, WA
Thursday
5/24/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters Bc Place Stadium
Vancouver, BC
Saturday
5/26/2012
9:15PM

Roger Waters Rexall Place
Edmonton, AB
Monday
5/28/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters Rexall Place
Edmonton, AB
Tuesday
5/29/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters MTS Centre
Winnipeg, MB
Thursday
5/31/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters MTS Centre
Winnipeg, MB
Friday
6/1/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters Xcel Energy Center
Saint Paul, MN
Sunday
6/3/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters Joe Louis Arena
Detroit, MI
Tuesday
6/5/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters Van Andel Arena
Grand Rapids, MI
Wednesday
6/6/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters Wrigley Field
Chicago, IL
Friday
6/8/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters KFC Yum! Center
Louisville, KY
Sunday
6/10/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters Bankers Life Fieldhouse (Formerly Conseco Fieldhouse)
Indianapolis, IN
Monday
6/11/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters Philips Arena
Atlanta, GA
Wednesday
6/13/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters Bank Atlantic Center
Sunrise, FL
Friday
6/15/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters Amway Center
Orlando, FL
Saturday
6/16/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters Bridgestone Arena (Formerly Sommet Center)
Nashville, TN
Tuesday
6/19/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters First Niagara Center (formerly HSBC Arena)
Buffalo, NY
Thursday
6/21/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters Rogers Centre
Toronto, ON
Saturday
6/23/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters Scotiabank Place (formerly Corel Centre)
Kanata, ON
Monday
6/25/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters Centre Bell
Montreal, QC
Tuesday
6/26/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters Times Union Center (formerly Pepsi Arena)
Albany, NY
Thursday
6/28/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters XL Center – (Formerly Hartford Civic Center)
Hartford, CT
Friday
6/29/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters Fenway Park
Boston, MA
Sunday
7/1/2012

Roger Waters Consol Energy Center
Pittsburgh, PA
Tuesday
7/3/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters Yankee Stadium
Bronx, NY
Friday
7/6/2012
8:45PM

Roger Waters Yankee Stadium
Bronx, NY
Saturday
7/7/2012
8:45PM

Roger Waters RBC Center
Raleigh, NC
Monday
7/9/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters Time Warner Cable Arena (formerly Charlotte Bobcats Arena)
Charlotte, NC
Tuesday
7/10/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters Verizon Center – DC
Washington, DC
Thursday
7/12/2012
8:00PM

Roger Waters Citizens Bank Park
Philadelphia, PA
Saturday
7/14/2012
8:45PM

Yes, a one-time big-time reunion is on the way between former feuding Pink Floyd front men Roger Waters and David Gilmour, but the date hasn’t been set yet, or maybe it has but they won’t spill it out just yet.

It all began after the two rock icons performed together at a HOPING foundation charity event in Oxfordshire, England last weekend where they performed “To Know Him is to Love Him” by Teddy Bears and three of their greatest hits – “Another Brick in the Wall (part 2)”, “Wish You were Here” and “Comfortably Numb”.

Actually, it began a year before that, but it was their performance of the Teddy bears hit that cemented the deal that Gilmour would guest in one of Waters’ 94 shows for his “The Wall” tour this year.  Through an email discourse spanning from last year up until recently, which Waters somewhat narrated through his Facebook page, the live collaboration of “To Know Him is to Love Him” was Gilmour’s idea which Waters’ declined upon the former’s first invitation.

According to Waters, he declined Gilmour’s offer because the Teddy Bears hit was out of his vocal range while it was a stroll in the park for Gilmour with the bassist’s “superior vocal skills”.  Then Gilmour came up with a better offer: if Waters does “To Know Him is to Love Him” at the HOPING benefit, then he’ll be doing “Comfortably Numb”, or as Gilmour had put it, “C. Numb”, in one of Waters’ shows on the road. And so it was a deal.  And with the HOPING benefit now over and Waters’ doing his end of the bargain, it is now a done deal as long as Gilmour keeps his promise.

This now completely contradicts Gilmour’s complete lack of interest in Waters’ tour (as reported by Rolling Stone) and possibly, remnants of any ill-feelings towards the former band mate as what has been known by many in the years following the band’s separation.  In fact, Pink Floyd fans are possibly hopeful that a true reconciliation between these two rock giants may be on the way after Waters capped his post with “End of Story. Or possibly beginning”.  It could go both ways you know, a beginning of another tumultuous relationship or maybe, a harmonious one this time around.

Roger Waters’ “The Wall”  tour will kick off on September 15 in Toronto and will run through summer of next year.

Pink Floyd Lives as Gilmour, Waters Make Nice for Charity Gig

Posted by Dave Vondersaar On July - 12 - 2010

David Gilmour and Roger Waters, the two main forces that drove Pink Floyd, reunited onstage for the very first time in almost five years over the weekend at an English benefit event.  The team-up was unannounced and occurred in front of 200 attendees in Oxfordshire at a benefit for Hoping Foundation that was raising money to benefit young Palestinian refugees.

The four song set from the duo included “To Know Him Is To Love Him” from Phil Spector, a sound check staple for Pink Floyd according to Gilmour’s blog, as well as band classics “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2,” “Comfortably Numb,” and “Wish You Were Here.”

The set on Saturday night was the very first time that Gilmour and Waters had performed together on the same stage since the reunion performance by Pink Floyd at Live 8 in 2005 in London.  The Hoping Foundation performance from the duo helped to raise 350,000 pounds.  Waters played acoustic guitar instead of bass.  Waters and Gilmour were joined by Jonjo Grisdale and Harry Waters, keyboardists, Andy Newmark, drummer, Chester Kamen, guitarist, and Guy Pratt, bassist.  Ironically it was Guy Pratt who replaced Walter during Pink Floyd’s Division Bell, Gilmour-led era.

As was previously reported by Rolling Stone, Gilmour had been asked by Waters to join Water’s “The Wall” 30th anniversary tour this year.  However his former band mate had declined.  In May Waters said, David is not interested at all.  I could  probably have been interested in doing more but he isn’t interested.

When Richard Wright, keyboardist, died in 2008 hopes for a Pink Floyd official reunion tour were practically extinguished.  At the time Gilmour declared, Richard Wright can’t be replaced by anyone.

The Wall tour, even without Gilmour, is one of this summer’s few outings to have been able to stave off concert industry struggles.  Artists including the Jonas Brothers and Rihanna and tours such as American Idols Live and Lilith Fair have had to cancel dates, while the 30th anniversary tour for The Wall has caused Waters to double or triple or even quadruple the dates he is performing for certain markets.

Roger Waters Tacks European Dates onto ‘Wall’ Tour

Posted by Janice Bryant On May - 31 - 2010

Roger Waters has planned quite a lineup for his North American leg of his revival “The Wall Tour,” where the founder of Pink Floyd will perform the band’s classic 1979 album. The tour will kick off in Toronto ON on September 15 and wrap up in Anaheim, CA on December 14. However, the whirlwind tour of 2010 isn’t the only thing on tap for Waters. Spring 2011 will see the rocker make an extensive tour of Europe.

Before kicking off the European leg in Lisbon, Portugal on March 21, Waters will be taking a couple months off. Then he will tour across Europe and the UK, wrapping up in Dusseldorf, Germany on June 18. Highlights on the tour include a run of three nights at O2 Arena in London and multiple stops in Germany.

RogerWaters.com, just like the tour of North America, will be offering members of the fan club exclusive pre-sale chances for buying tickets. Tickets for the UK and European legs will be going on sale to the public beginning Friday, June 4.

Roger Waters Reintroduces America to ‘The Wall’

Posted by Janice Bryant On April - 19 - 2010

Dates have been confirmed by Roger Waters for his full album Pink Floyd “The Wall” performances. A North American tour of 33 cities will be launching this fall.

The outing will kick off in Toronto on September 15, covering most of the US as well as several cities in Canada over the three month trek. There will be stops of multiple nights in Chicago on September 20-21, in Philadelphia on November 8-9 and in Los Angeles on November 29 and December 1.

Waters’ website will be providing further details regarding an upcoming pre-sale and on-sale dates.

According to a recent press release “The Wall,” a concept album from 1979, has only been performed previously in its entirely thirty one times. Most of these performances were by Pink Floyd on their 1980-81 tour. In 1990 Waters performed the album along with a star studded cast in commemoration of the Berlin Wall coming down.

In his press statement Waters said, the new “The Wall” production was attempting to draw comparisons for illuminating our current predicaments. It’s dedicated to losing innocence over the years. During Waters’ 2007-08 tour Waters played “The Dark Side of the Moon,” the 1973 classic from his former band, in full.

According to an interview Waters did with Rocky Mountain News in 2008, he is continuing to work on a new solo project with the tentative tile of “Heartland.” However there doesn’t appear to be an imminent release date. Waters said, I’ve written lots of songs. I keep wanting to get into the studio to make an album.

The most recent solo rock album from Waters is “Amused to Death,” released in 1992. He did release “Ca Ira” in 2005, a three act opera that has its basis in the French Revolution, on the classic music label for Sony.

Bon Jovi, Roger Waters Sign On for Live Earth India

Posted by Janice Bryant On November - 21 - 2008

Will.I.Am and Roger Waters are among the musicians who will be joining Amitabh Bachchan, the actor, and rockers Bon Jovi for Live Earth Indian on December 7. Various television outlets in South East Asia, Hong Kong and India will be broadcasting the concert. MSN will have the show online. Al Gore, former Vice President of the US, will also be making an appearance.

According to a recent press release, the Live Earth India event will be featuring collaborations between Indian and western artists that have been seen before, along with a wide array of musical genres ranging from American rock to Indian hip hop.

The international lineup includes Farhan Akhtar, Shiamak Davar, Bipasha Basu, Preity Zinta, Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Anoushka Shankar.

The event’s net proceeds will benefit Light a Billion Lives of TERI. The goal is to provide rural households with two hundred million solar lanterns that are without electricity currently. Climate Project India will also benefit from concert proceeds. The organization advocates renewable energy solutions for India and provides educational programs.

More details on the mission of Live Earth is posted on their website.

Waters Keeps ‘Dark Side’ Alive with New Tour Plans

Posted by Janice Bryant On February - 7 - 2008

Roger Waters, co-founder of Pink Floyd, has added several new European and US dates onto his “Dark Side of the Moon” two year old tour.

It was already announced that the songwriter/singer will be headlining at Coachella musical festival on April 27 in Indio, CA. Waters’ new US dates include Denver on April 30, Dallas on May 2 and Houston on May 4. Then Waters will head overseas to perform in The Netherlands and Denmark.

On February 9, tickets will be going on sale for the Houston and Denver shows. On February 16 Dallas concert tickets will go public. Waters’ website provides information for his dates in Europe.

Waters will tour with the same act essentially that’s been on the road during the past two years. It features two sets in addition to encores. According to Columbia, his record label, it inlcudes state of the art sound, lighting and staging.

The first set contains selections from the singer’s long career, including various Pink Flloyd songs as well as material from “Amused to Death,” his solo album from 1992.

The second set features a full band along with Waters performing “Dark Side of the Moon,” Pink Floyd’s album, in its entirety. The set was first released in 1973 and stayed on Billboard’s 200 album chart for 15 record breaking years.

In 2005, Waters told Jim Ladd, radio DJ, he had been working on two solo albums. The first was tentatively titled “Heartland” with the second having a central theme of love.

Waters collaborated with Howard Shore, composed on “Hello (I Love You)”, a song for “The Last Mimzy,” the movie from 2007. The song is played during the film’s closing credits. The movie features a cast including Michael Clark, Rainn Wilson, Joely Richardson and Timothy Hutton.

Waters stated in a press release when the movie opened, I think the song captures the movie’s theme, the class between the worst and best instincts of humanity and how the innocence of a child can win over the day.

Roger Waters Lays Out Next Batch of ‘Dark Side’ Dates

Posted by Janice Bryant On February - 14 - 2007

Roger Waters, co-founder of the rock band Pink Floyd, will be returning this spring to North America, offering another round of “Dark Side of the Moon” complete performances, the Pink Floyd classic album.

Waters has been long estranged from his former band. He will be performing the same show roughly that he performed during a tour of 18 cities last year. This time Waters will visit 24 venues across North America, kicking off in West Palm Beach, FL on May 18.

According to a recent press release from Columbia Records, the upcoming shows of Waters’ will include two sets along with encores, featuring sound, lighting and staging that is state of the art.

The first set will be featuring music from Waters’ entire career, including selections from his days as the primary songwriter for Pink Floyd and songs from “Amused to Death,” his solo album.

The second set of the show will be Waters and band in a full performance of “Dark Side of the Moon.” Originally issued in 1973, the album was on Billboard’s 200 chart for 15 years.

The band for Waters will include Andy Faithweather-Low on vocals and guitar, Dave Kilminster on vocals and guitar, Snowy White on guitar, Jon Carin on vocals and keyboards, Graham Broad on drums, Ian Richie on saxophone, Harry Waters on organ, and backing vocals from Carol Kenyon, PP Arnold and Katie Kissoon.

The classic lineup for Pink Floyd included Waters, David Gilmour on vocals and guitar, Nick Mason on the drums and Richard Wright on keyboards. They performed in 2005 together at the Live 8 Benefit show. It was the first time they had performed together since 1981.

Roger Waters Takes ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ on Tour

Posted by Janice Bryant On April - 24 - 2006

Long estranged co-founder of Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, will be performing “Dark Side of the Moon,” Pink Floyd’s classic set, in full during a forthcoming North American tour.

An itinerary of 18 cities has been lined up by Waters. He will open in New Jersey on September 6 and conclude the tour with a Seattle appearance on October 12.

According to a press released issued by Columbia Records, the upcoming shows from Waters will consist of two sets along with encores and feature state of the art lighting, staging and sound.

The show’s first set will feature music from Waters’ entire career, including Pink Floyd selections and material from his solo set “Amused to Death.”

A full band and Waters will then perform Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” in the second set. The album after being released in 1973 stayed for a record 15 years on Billboard’s 200 album chart.

The touring band will feature guitarist Snowy White, vocalist/guitarists Andy Fairweather-Low and Dave Kilminster, keyboardist and vocalist Jon Carin, drummer Graham Broad, organist Harry Waters, saxophonist Ian Richie and vocalists PP Arnold, Katie Kissoon and Carol Kenyon.

Classic Pink Floyd band members included Waters along with David Gilmour, vocalist/guitarist, Richard Wright, keyboardist, and Nick Mason drummer. The last time the group performed together was at the Live 8 Benefit in 2005. It was the first time since 1981 that they had appeared together as Pink Floyd.

Waters ‘In the Flesh’ Tour Breaks Worldwide

Posted by Janice Bryant On October - 19 - 2001

In 2002, Roger Waters, co-founder of the band Pink Floyd, will be bringing “In the Flesh” shows from his 1999-2000 tour of North America to other parts of the world.

The concerts will include his first appearances in the U.K. since his performances of “Radio K.A.O.S.” at Wembley Arena in London in 1987. According to information posted on the official website for Waters, they will also be his first solo shows in Europe since 1984.

The 1999 tour for Waters was the first full fledged trek for him in twelve years. The only major performance for Waters during the 1990s was in 1990 when he performed “The Wall” for over 350,000 people at the Berlin Wall’s former site after it had been recently destroyed.

The set lists for the “In the Flesh” North American tours include solo album and Pink Floyd material, as well as “Each Small Candle,” a recent song.

The touring band for Waters includes guitarists Doyle Bramhall II (also on vocals), Snowy White and Andy Fairweather-Low, drummer Graham Broad, keyboardists Andy Wallace and Jon Carin, saxophonist Norbert Stachel and vocalists PP Arnold, Susannah Melvoin and Katie Kissoon.

Waters has been hard at work on an opera entitled “Ca Ira” in addition to a new album that has a 2002 release date.

“Echoes-The Best of Pink Floyd,” a retrospective album, will be released by Capitol Records on November 6.