Photo by Kevin M. Mitchell. Theres always something to be working on!, Although a seasoned professional, Chadwick can be moved by the music. [36] Munich mayor Dieter Reiter said in March that it's "unspeakable" that Waters should appear in city, and so close to the site of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, however, he declared that "we do not currently see any legally secure possibility to reverse the decision already made". Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. AEG Presents/Concerts West is pleased to announce the new dates for Roger Waters This Is Not A Drill tour in the Summer of 2022. In 2017, he was a P.A. August 20 Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena September 30 Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Smart Home Arena I pushed into the sex, drugs and rock and roll lifestyle without the sex, he jokes. The tour comprised 43 dates in North America, opening in Pittsburgh on July 6th and continuing through the US and Canada, before rounding out the schedule with two dates in Mexico City on October 14th and 15th, 2022. document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Roger Waters Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON - Jul 8, 2022 Jul 08 2022; The hydraulic lifts are electrically synchronized using Navigator to ensure they operated seamlessly together to prevent motion of the lift system if either one of the paired hydraulic lifts moves outside of the acceptable range of the other one to prevent structural damage. Up until now, weve done those songs and then Ive wandered over to the piano. Roger Waters today announced a special live broadcast of his "This Is Not A Drill" show from the O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic on May 25. July 23 Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre Waters deserves credit for forcing 20,000 nostalgia-seeking Floyd fans to face uncomfortable realities that most concerts serve as an escape from. September 2 Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center For This is Not a Drill, Roger & Sean wanted to push this idea of visual storytelling even further to create a truly immersive experience. After finishing the tour, a film about it, called Roger Waters: Us + Them, was released. Former Pink Floyd member will perform in the round in arenas on summer trek. July 25 Albany, NY @ Times Union Center Visually, This is not a Drill delivers, with an odd quadrant style stage and theater in the round setup. Photo by Kevin M. Mitchell. Year 2022 We all look after each other.. Clair Global provides the set of tools and the support, and after five months on a tour like this, you find your stride. Photo by Kevin M. Mitchell. George Floyd. Ive had the pleasure of seeing the David Gilmour led Pink Floyd twice back when they toured in the 80s and 90s and Roger Waters (Floyds former bassist and vocalist) now for the third time. With such a huge structure and so many other moving elements in the show operating within the same space, Navigator was essential to ensuring everything was perfectly synchronized and safe, The stage build itself was a mammoth undertaking with two giant runways intersecting the fully carpeted 52 x 39 ft stage, each with two hydraulic lifts at each end. A large model plane slid down a cable from above & behind us, & "exploded" on stage 2 start the show. Instead of a cylindrical stage, the show features a rectangular central stage with runways extending from each side, creating a cross. This cinematic extravaganza is a stunning indictment of the corporate dystopia in which we all struggle to survive and will include 20 Pink Floyd and Roger Waters classic songs, including: Us & Them, Comfortably Numb, Wish You Were Here, and Is This The Life We Really Want?. The muted response to his cringe-worthy Ukraine comments could also have simply been a result of the crowd giving him a pass, considering how astonishing This Is Not a Drill looks and sounds; its an arresting spectacle complemented by an equally immersive sonic experience that manages to be loud as hell without veering into head-splitting levels that have you reaching for earplugs. [4] Waters responded to the pro-Trump critics by saying, "I find it slightly surprising that anybody could have been listening to my songs for 50 years without understanding", and said to those critics if they didn't like politics in music to "go see Katy Perry or watch the Kardashians. He too confirms its a complicated tour. September 4 Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena A Free Julian Assange message accompanied the footage). On an evening where a run of the mill t-shirt cost $60, Money was an ironic addition to the set, saxophone wailing as fans returned to their feet, Brain Damage and Eclipse soon signaling a show heading for the finish. The huge video screens dominating the stage also created problems for keeping signals from RF antennas within line of sight. [12] In a statement, it was specified that the show "includes a dozen great songs from Pink Floyds Golden Era alongside several new ones words and music, same writer, same heart, same soul, same man". Moore grew up in Elkhart, IN, and attended Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN, majoring in audio recording and minoring in physics, electro-acoustics. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. We all step up to do whatever needs to be done regardless of job title, he says, adding with a laugh: We could not make it out alive if we didnt!, The audio crew, L-R: Front row Jamie Nelson, Katrina Rice, Alexi Wright, John Meusel; Back row Alex Moore, Jeff Stearns, Zoe Johnson, John Chadwick, Wayne Chan Teaster, Ken Fiedler. Roger Water's This is Not a Drill is in the round, though literally it is made up of four stage sections that are an "x" formation. [17], In February 2020, following the showing of advertisements for the tour on some Major League Baseball platforms, Jewish organisation B'nai B'rith criticised MLB's decision to showing the ads and sponsor the tour. I said, well I have to do laundry, so I need 24 hours. He made it to the third show, and did a lot of homework in hotel room with Pro Tools. Hes worked with Waters since. Then and only then monitor world is attended to. 1 Bestselling Single In America, Next Waltz Honors Willie Nelson With One Night In Texas Album As Music Icon Turns 90. You must think outside the box in terms of the relative difference versus absolute time. A big thank you to everyone involved! [44], Waters explains, "Before lockdown I had been working on a demo of a new version of Comfortably Numb as an opener to our new show 'This Is Not A Drill'. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. To be blunt, we need to change the way we organize ourselves as a human race or die. '[45], The concerts in the United States and Canada ranked #31 on Billboards Boxscore Charts, grossing $66,330,771. Waters, always the most politically minded of the Floyd members, has been stirring things up once again with his This is Not a Drill tour. Roger Waters kicked off his This Is Not A Drill 2022 North American Tour, after a four-year hiatus off the road, on July 6, at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Next, he spent five years in the hot seat as Aerosmiths monitor engineer for which he would receive two Parnelli Award nominations. Before Roger Waters even took the stage Wednesday (Aug. 31) night for the second Madison Square Garden show on his This Is Not a Drill tour, the British rockers genial yet prickly voice issued forth a pre-recorded warning from the speakers: If youre one of those, I like Pink Floyd but I cant stand Rogers politics people, you might do well to fk off to the bar night now, he said with a laugh. Sound check is actually more of a rehearsal followed by a sound check, as while the set list never changes, songs are regularly tweaked with additional elements. The crowds response was either supportive or respectfully neutral to images branding everyone from Ronald Reagan to sitting President Biden a war criminal. There were claps, and even tears, when he ran footage of police officers mercilessly beating unarmed, nonviolent civilians along with the names of murder victims from George Floyd in Minneapolis to journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Palestine. His guitar playing was decent enough to get him into the schools Musicians Club, which had a P.A. Building off a presentation he introduced during the Us + Them outing in 2017, perpendicular screens hanging over the stage split the stadiums upper reaches into quadrants, symbolic of the division that continues to define the American experience. Thats why were going on the road. With the huge 650 square metre LED screen, audio and lighting all suspended from the roof, this heavy rig required a lot of advance planning. Yemen rights. August 22 Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum Philando Castile. Breaks Down His Killer White House Correspondents Dinner Set, Bernie Sanders: Many GOP Leaders 'Don't Even Believe in Democracy'. Sean Evans Creative Director, Pryderi Baskerville Lighting Director, Icarus Wilson-Wright Video Director, Jon Lemon Sound Engineer, Chris Kansy Production Manager, Jesse Thayer Stage Manager, Dave Dash Rowe Head Rigger, Niles Anderson Head Carpenter, Doug Sager Automation Crew Chief, Jeff Stearns Audio Crew Chief, David George Lighting Crew Chief, Nathan Barnier Video Crew Chief, Eric Baum Laser Crew Chief, Tait Set Construction and Automation, Upstaging Lighting, Clair Global Audio, Universal Pixels Video, Smoking Boots Props, Nimbus Dirigibles Inflatables, Strictly FX Lasers, Kinetic Lights Automated Masts, Wonder Works 400 Caledonian Road London N1 1DN United Kingdom, Rogers Waters plays his final show in Mexico City on the 15th October 2022, delivering what. This cinematic extravaganza is a stunning indictment of the corporate dystopia in which we all struggle to survive and will include 20 Pink Floyd and Roger Waters classic songs, including: "Us . For the first time in history, Roger Waters was to perform in-the-round, but not as we know it. Clairs standard is to bring in a new person into the shop to learn all their proprietary products. When one of their tours comes through nearby Philly (an 80-minute drive), the new hires get some field experience. Privacy Policy, Kinectic Architecture & Art Installations, Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall Singapore, Dear Evan Hansen Noel Coward Theatre London, Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Statement. September 16 Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place The idea of the P.A. 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Pink Floyd is one of the bands that has been most formative for my own musical tastes and remains one of my favorites. Pittsburgh, PA. From there he did Sinead OConnors Nothing Compares to U tour, Pet Shop Boys, The Cure and others. Videos by American . "[3] The show sees him performing in a 360 stage for the first time. The tour, originally scheduled to take place between July and October 2020, was suspended after the COVID-19 pandemic advance, and rescheduled to take place in 2022. Fk the patriarchy. Arms wide, Waters explored the stages expanse, playing to all sides. The wall structure was built by our Lititz team and integrated with the LEDs panels. Those shows sold 519,362 tickets.[46]. September 25 San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center If there were any shut up and sing types in the audience that night, they were either strangely silent or took his advice about fking off to the bar. Location: Chicago, IL, USA. [35] A coalition of parties in Munichs city council also filed a motion for Waters concert at the citys Olympiahalle on 21 May to be cancelled, and a similar motion was tabled in Cologne in February, with management of the Lanxess Arena claiming "there is currently no legal basis for an extraordinary termination" of Waters concert there. This cinematic extravaganza is a stunning indictment of the corporate dystopia in which we all struggle to survive and will include . If youre one of those I love Pink Floyd but I cant stand Rogers politics people, you might do well to fk off to the bar right now, read the video screens at the top of Tuesdays show, further requesting fans put away their phones. Full showtime schedules are usually available on Wednesdays for the upcoming Friday - Thursday. The tour is taking a short break and then the crew is off to Europe in 2023. This cinematic extravaganza is a stunning indictment of the corporate dystopia in which we all struggle to survive and will include 20 Pink Floyd and Roger Waters classic songs, including: "Us . Beneath the seven-foot-tall elevated section in the main stage was a subdeck for the drummer and technicians to operate under the stage. Rolling Stone commented on the controversy that "it is unclear by which metric Waters measures importance". Thats a massive advantage, as it allows me to eliminate some of the variables right away. But not all the variables: The tour started off trimming the bottom of the P.A. Tickets for Roger Waters: This Is Not A Drill North American tour go on sale Friday, January 31 at 10:00 am local time. I recently took it in in Orlando and figured it was worth a review. One of the others was Depeche Mode who he was with in the early 1990s, during which time he got a call to go out with Pink Floyd. August 18 Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena Switch to the DIGITAL edition of FRONT of HOUSE. It was worth it. We were listening to songs and looking at set lists today. 165 minutes. rigger for Waters Us + Them tour and got familiar with the production camp, and so was named crew chief for this current tour. All rights reserved. Above the stage is a cross shaped LED screen which mirrors the form of the stage. Next came Level 42, the band that really established him. August 27 Chicago, IL @ United Center Add Waters and the two background vocalists, who are all constantly in motion, and it becomes a herculean effort to keep extraneous room noise at bay and everything sounding great to the performers. The latest in industry news and products, delivered every Tuesday. Roger Waters: This Is Not A Drill is promoted by AEG Presents' Concerts West. Out of college he went to Nashville and worked for Sound Image, who sent him out with Brad Paisley, Lady A, Kacey Musgraves, Rascal Flatts, and others, mostly as a tech or mixing monitors. I pitched it a whole step down, in A Minor, to make it darker and arranged it with no solos, except over the outro, where there is a heartrendingly beautiful vocal solo from one of our new sisters Shanay Johnson. if you just care about the music, the total psychedelic experience, then the Division Bell tour was better. [28], In reaction to the letters, Tauron Arena in Krakw, Poland, stated that the concerts in the venue, which were to be held on 21 and 22 April 2023, would no longer take place, with an official saying "Roger Waters' manager decided to withdraw without giving any reason". While with them, an early break was working with renowned classical guitarist John Williams, who during the 1970s had a progressive rock band called Sky. [11] In November 2021, a new show in Monterrey, Mexico, was announced, followed by three new shows in the United States announced later in March 2022. Roger Waters Kicks Off This Is Not a Drill Tour w/ Two New Songs. We are using cookies and similar technologies to provide the best experience on our website. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Lasers and such . To promote the tour, Waters and his band made an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on 21 June, and performed a medley of songs from The Wall. Fk the Supreme Court. July 21 Quebec City, QC @ Videotron Centre That relationship meant that TAIT was a natural choice to build critical elements for his This Is Not A Drill tour. [+] "It's been a while," said Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters with a smirk on stage in . This cinematic extravaganza is a stunning indictment of the corporate dystopia in which we all struggle to survive and will include 20 Pink Floyd and Roger Waters classic songs, including: Us & Them, Comfortably Numb, Wish You Were Here, and Is This The Life We Really Want?. On Becks tour that year I think I had the second console they made. Hes currently out with DiGiCos Quantum 5. An image of Ronald Reagan ran on screen behind the words War criminal. Roger Waters - This Is Not A Drill - Live From Prague (2023) NR, 2 hr 45 min | Thu, May 25, 2023 For one night only, Roger Waters, the creative force behind the golden years of Pink Floyd, presents his first Farewell Tour, "This Is Not A Drill", Live from Prague, in cinemas around the world. Its very big and effective, though it certainly took me a while to nail the mix down., Monitor tech Jamie Nelson, monitor engineer John Chadwick and stage tech Alexi Wright. In 2018, he was on David Byrnes American Utopia world tour a complicated monitor gig if there ever was one, but for him it was a really fun year.. Usually that's easy because you see the front of the stage and you got the first rows in the front or standing pit. He asked me to come to the UK and do a tour in Europe. It was so successful, Lemon stayed. This is his first time engineering in the round, which means among other things those surround speakers are facing the band. Returning to the Pink Floyd canon, the group soared toward intermission with a murders row, rolling out Have a Cigar, Wish You Were Here, Shine on you Crazy Diamond and Sheep., Im enjoying being here in this room with all of you people tonight. Its a big band: Drums, bass player, two keyboards, sax, two backing vocalists and Roger Waters who jumps between piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar and bass. THIS IS NOT A DRILL THE NEW TOURTOUR DATES AND TICKETS AT https://rogerwaters.com/tour/_____Official Website: https://rogerwaters.com/ Listen to Roger Wate. But I thought, No. I turned it down, because I had given my word to Depeche Mode to stay with them on their next tour, he says. Two technicians remained in the wall during the show to provide last-minute maintenance as required. [20], In July 2022, during an interview with The Globe and Mail, Waters questioned the journalist about the lack of coverage of the first of his two shows in Toronto, Canada. Synopsis: For one night only, Roger Waters, the creative force behind the golden years of Pink Floyd, presents his first Farewell Tour, "This Is Not A Drill", Live from Prague, in cinemas around the world. Thats why speak to each other in pubs. Ive been using their boards pretty much since their inception of the D5 back in 2003, he says. (Plus, theres a delicious irony in watching hundreds of people reflexively pull out their cell phones the moment a giant sheep appears above their heads.). In February, the Frankfurt city council released a statement announcing the cancelation of the concert in the city, to take place on 28 May at the Festhalle, calling Waters "one of the worlds most well-known antisemites". 30 Years Ago Roger Waters Played "The Wall - Live in Berlin" Jul 21, 2020. Get Tickets for Roger Waters - This is Not A Drill - Live from Prague: In Cinemas on the official site. CLICK HERE to signup now! COME DOWN FOR THE FIRST SHOW TONIGHT! July 17 Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena Well, now you have . A little over a year after wrapping his monumental Us + Them Tour, Roger Waters will return to the road this summer for a North American tour summer dubbed This Is Not a Drill. Being used are Clair Cohesion 12s with 36 double-18 CP-218 subs spread around. Waters will be joined on stage by Jonathan Wilson, Dave Kilminster, Jon Carin, Gus Seyffert, Robert Walter, Joey Waronker, Shanay Johnson, Amanda Belair and Seamus Blake to . I don't care."[5]. Roger Waters - This Is Not A Drill Tour - TAIT Roger Waters Pink Floyd founder member and principal songwriter, Roger Waters, is known for his spectacular live shows, so the brief for his This Is Not A Drill tour was always going to be something a little bit special. Esta gran obra cinematogrfica refleja una asombrosa denuncia de la distopa corporativa en la que nos esforzamos por sobrevivir, e incluir 20 canciones clsicas de Pink Floyd y . Laquan McDonald. In 1996 they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. September 21 Portland, OR @ Moda Center And during a thumping version of Run Like Hell that segued into an acoustic Dj Vu from his most recent solo effort, Is This the Life We Really Want?, he made us Americans confront the bone-chillingly blas footage of U.S. troops gunning down two Reuters journalists in a peaceful public spaceafter they mistook cameras for weapons back in 2007. And theres certainly no shortage of Floyd songs (which account for more than half of his setlist) over the course of his generous two-act show involving harrowing dystopian visuals, remote-controlled floating animals and a ton of smoke. As the clock ticks faster and faster and faster down to extinction, it seemed like a good thing to make a fuss about it, so thats why Im going on the road, he said. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); The latest in industry news and products, delivered every Monday. July 8, 2020. All rights reserved. (themes like monetarism amidst the Cold War lending the album a renewed relevance). There are two aspects worth looking atfirst the music but also Waters. Want to know what everyone in the music business is talking about. The worldwide live event will be distributed by Trafalgar Releasing in over 1,500 cinemas across more than 50 countries in partnership with Sony Music Entertainment. "Thats why were going on the road. We were talking about, what should we call it? In 2017 this took the form of a vast end-on LED screen, which was developed to meet a massive 45m wide roll-drop video projection wall. Thanks to our partners: Production Manager Chris Kansy, Stage Manager Jesse Thayer, Stage Manager Shawn Saucier, Head of Automation Doug Sager, Head Carpenter Niles Anderson, Tour Accountant Michael Zweck, and Photographer Brian Lima. Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters has won his legal battle to perform in the German city of Frankfurt next month.. The audience, at that point, was either too hypnotized by the music or stoned off second-hand smoke to do much other than exchange quizzical glances, wondering if theyd heard him correctly; presumably, not everyone in attendance was familiar with Waters recent comments on Russias invasion of Ukraine, where he has faulted both Biden and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy for insufficient negotiations with Russia, which many have seen as a victim-blaming stance, considering that Russia was the invading aggressor. McDonald was shot and killed by a Chicago police officer in 2014. The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time This Is Not a Drill is the seventh concert tour by English songwriter Roger Waters. For one night only, Roger Waters, the creative force behind the golden years of Pink Floyd, presents his first Farewell Tour, "This Is Not A Drill", Live from Prague, in cinemas around the world. Roger Waters: This Is Not A Drillmarks Waters' return to the US following his extraordinary performances at the 2016 Desert Trip music festival and his worldwide Us + Them tour in 2017 and 2018.
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