It deserves its own thread !

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The eagerly-awaited Roger Waters concert tour will combine an evening's worth
of music --comprised of two sets plus encores-- with state-of-the-art staging,
lighting and sound.

The Set will consist of Roger Waters and full band performing "The Wall," one of
the defining works of rock music history, from start-to-finish. Waters last performed
"The Wall" live in America with Pink Floyd more than 30 years ago.

The Roger Waters concerts will utilize elaborate large-scale video projections and
theatrical staging to underscore and accentuate the power of the music which is
delivered via a state-of-the-art 3600 quadraphonic sound system immersing the
audience in a 3-dimensional hyperworld.

The appearance will be a state-of-the art affair, featuring a 240-foot-wide and
35-foot-tall Wall complete and after broken down during the concerts. Other
backdrop and appropriate furnishings are accepted to be allotment of the
appearance as well.

Album illustrator Gerald Scarfe, who worked on the tour and 1982 film, is
providing new art and redesigning puppets and inflatable objects.

"I recently came across this quote of mine from 22 years ago: ” What it comes down to for me is this: Will the technologies of communication in our culture, serve to enlighten us and help us to understand
one another better, or will they deceive us and keep us apart?” I believe this is still a supremely relevant question and the jury is out. There is a lot of commercial clutter on the net, and a lot of propaganda,
but I have a sense that just beneath the surface understanding is gaining ground. We just have to keep blogging, keep twittering, keep communicating, keep sharing ideas. 30 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 it’s 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. 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. In some quarters, among the chattering classes, there exists a cynical view that human beings as a collective are incapable of developing more ‘humane’ ie, kinder, more
generous, more cooperative, more empathetic relationships with one another. I disagree. In my view it is too early in our story to leap to such a conclusion, we are after all a very young species.

I believe we have at least a chance to aspire to something better than the dog eat dog ritual slaughter that is our current response to our institutionalized fear of each other.

I feel it is my responsibility as an artist to express my, albeit guarded, optimism, and encourage others to do the same. To quote the great man, ” You may say that I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.”

- Roger Waters, 2010

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Roger Waters Sep 15, 2010
Wed 8:00 PM Toronto, CA
Air Canada Centre

Roger Waters Sep 16, 2010
Thu 8:00 PM Toronto, CA
Air Canada Centre

Roger Waters Sep 20, 2010
Mon 8:00 PM Chicago, IL
United Center

Roger Waters Sep 21, 2010
Tue 8:00 PM Chicago, IL
United Center

Roger Waters Sep 26, 2010
Sun 8:00 PM Pittsburgh, PA
Consol Energy Cente...

Roger Waters Sep 28, 2010
Tue 8:00 PM Cleveland, OH
Quicken Loans Arena...

Roger Waters Sep 30, 2010
Thu 8:00 PM Boston, MA
TD Garden (Fleet Ce...

Roger Waters Oct 5, 2010
Tue 8:00 PM New York, NY
Madison Square Gard...

Roger Waters Oct 8, 2010
Fri 8:00 PM Buffalo, NY
HSBC Arena

Roger Waters Oct 10, 2010
Sun 8:00 PM Washington, DC
Verizon Center - DC...


Roger Waters Oct 12, 2010
Tue 8:00 PM Uniondale, NY
Nassau Coliseum

Roger Waters Oct 15, 2010
Fri 8:00 PM Hartford, CT
XL Center - (Former...

Roger Waters Oct 17, 2010
Sun 8:00 PM Kanata, CA
Scotiabank Place (f...

Roger Waters Oct 19, 2010
Tue 8:00 PM Montreal, CA
Centre Bell

Roger Waters Oct 22, 2010
Fri 8:00 PM Columbus, OH
Schottenstein Cente...

Roger Waters Oct 24, 2010
Sun 8:00 PM Auburn Hills, MI
Palace Of Auburn Hi...

Roger Waters Oct 26, 2010
Tue 8:00 PM Omaha, NE
Qwest Center

Roger Waters Oct 27, 2010
Wed 8:00 PM Saint Paul, MN
Xcel Energy Center

Roger Waters Oct 29, 2010
Fri 8:00 PM Saint Louis, MO
Scottrade Center

Roger Waters Oct 30, 2010
Sat 8:00 PM Kansas City, MO
Sprint Center

Roger Waters Nov 3, 2010
Wed 8:00 PM East Rutherford, NJ
Izod Center (former...

Roger Waters Nov 8, 2010
Mon 8:00 PM Philadelphia, PA
Wachovia Center

Roger Waters Nov 9, 2010
Tue 8:00 PM Philadelphia, PA
Wachovia Center

Roger Waters Nov 13, 2010
Sat 8:00 PM Fort Lauderdale, FL
Bank Atlantic Cente...

Roger Waters Nov 16, 2010
Tue 8:00 PM Tampa, FL
St. Pete Times Foru...

Roger Waters Nov 18, 2010
Thu 8:00 PM Atlanta, GA
Philips Arena

Roger Waters Nov 20, 2010
Sat 8:00 PM Houston, TX
Toyota Center - TX

Roger Waters Nov 21, 2010
Sun 8:00 PM Dallas, TX
American Airlines C...

Roger Waters Nov 23, 2010
Tue 8:00 PM Denver, CO
Pepsi Center

Roger Waters Nov 26, 2010
Fri 8:00 PM Las Vegas, NV
MGM Grand Garden Ar...

Roger Waters Nov 27, 2010
Sat 8:00 PM Phoenix, AZ
US Airways Center

Roger Waters Nov 29, 2010
Mon 8:00 PM Los Angeles, CA
Staples Center

Roger Waters Dec 6, 2010
Mon 8:00 PM San Jose, CA
HP Pavilion

Roger Waters Dec 10, 2010
Fri 8:00 PM Vancouver, CA
General Motors Plac...

Roger Waters Dec 11, 2010
Sat 8:00 PM Tacoma, WA
Tacoma Dome

Roger Waters Dec 13, 2010
Mon 8:00 PM Anaheim, CA
Honda Center (forme...

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blah! Air Canada Centre sucks, Roger Waters has enough money and The Wall just may be the most overrated album of all time. There I said it. I've refrained from hating on the STP thread but Roger Waters pisses me off.

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from exclaim.ca

Elliot Smith Memorial Mural Defaced by Roger Waters Ad Campaign
5/4/2010 By Josiah Hughes

As we previously told you, Roger Waters is taking Pink Floyd's The Wall on a North American tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of its release. The album, a favourite among high school stoners and baby boomers alike, will likely draw large crowds to the shows this fall. In preparation for the tour, however, Roger Waters has indirectly disrespected the memory of Elliott Smith.

As LA Weekly reports, Waters hired an ad firm to launch one of those played-out, faux-Banksy viral campaigns with mysterious posters strewn across New York and Los Angeles's hippest neighbourhoods. The campaign features a pacifist quote from Dwight Eisenhower.

For many, however, the ad goons overstepped the lines of taste when they postered the impromptu Elliott Smith Memorial Wall in downtown L.A. Located next to the Malo restaurant, the wall features a mural that was immortalized on the cover of Smith's 2000 effort Figure 8 (see above). Since his passing, the wall has become a mecca for Smith fans to write their thoughts on the wall.

While the wall has been tagged by street artists, LA Weekly has several photos of “the well-funded vandalism” at their website.

Perhaps, the only fitting revenge would have been for Elliott Smith fans to do something to Syd Barrett's tombstone. Unfortunately for them, he was cremated.

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Tacoma Dome sucks too, I don't like the man as the person I believe him to be, but this is going to be AMAZING ! He could shit on Elvis's grave and I will still be attending this !

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enjoy it.