Roger Waters Marks 30th Anniversary of Pink Floyd's The Wall with North American Tour, Plays Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver
Published Apr 12, 2010
When Roger Waters left Pink Floyd in 1985, he tried to legally prevent the remaining members from ever using the band name again. Still, this desire to preserve Floyd's legacy hasn't stopped him from performing large parts of his former band's back catalogue live, as he toured The Dark Side of the Moon back in 2007-2008. Now, later this year, Waters will be taking The Wall on the road for a series of North American dates, including Canadian stops in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
Waters explained his reason for taking the rock opera on tour, telling Spinner, "Thirty years ago when I wrote The Wall I was a frightened young man. Well, not that young - I was 36 years old. It took me a long time to get over my fears. Anyway, in the intervening years it has occurred to me that maybe the story of my fear and loss with its concomitant inevitable residue of ridicule, shame and punishment, provides an allegory for broader concerns: Nationalism, racism, sexism, religion, whatever! All these issues and isms are driven by the same fears that drove my young life."
Billboard reports that this latest tour "will be a state-of-the art affair, featuring a 240-foot-wide and 35-foot-tall wall constructed and subsequently torn down during the concerts. Other props and special effects are expected to be part of the show as well."
Waters is expected to tour Europe in 2011. Later today (April 12), he is expected launch a new website with ticket information.
Tour dates:
9/15 Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
9/20 Chicago, IL - United Center
9/21 Chicago, IL - United Center
9/26 Pittsburgh, PA - Consol Energy Center
9/28 Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena
9/30 Boston, MA - TD Garden
10/5 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
10/8 Buffalo, NY - HSBC Arena
10/10 Washington DC - Verizon Center
10/12 Uniondale, NY- Nassau Coliseum
10/15 Hartford, CT - XL Center
10/17 Ottawa, ON - ScotiaBank Place
10/19 Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
10/22 Columbus, OH - Schottenstein Center
10/24 Detroit, MI - Palace of Auburn Hills
10/26 Omaha, NE - Qwest Center
10/27 St Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
10/29 St. Louis, MO - Scottrade Center
10/30 Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center
11/3 New York, NY - Izod Center
11/8 Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center
11/9 Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center
11/13 Fort Lauderdale, FL - Bank Atlantic Center
11/16 Tampa, FL - St. Pete Times Forum
11/18 Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
11/20 Houston, TX - Toyota Center
11/21 Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
11/23 Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
11/26 Las Vegas, NV - MGM Grand Garden Arena
11/27 Phoenix, AZ - US Airways Center
11/29 Los Angeles, CA - The Forum
12/6 San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion
12/10 Vancouver, BC - General Motors Place
12/11 Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Dome
12/13 Anaheim, CA - Honda Center