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. [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'. 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. In 2017, he was a P.A. Arms wide, Waters explored the stages expanse, playing to all sides. The ruling class is killing us., Editors picks (Well, the smoke wasnt so much from Waters 140-person crew as it was the gray-headed fans who sparked up the moment he began singing Another Brick in the Wall near the top of the show.). All rights reserved. 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. Besides solo vocals, Waters also switched between piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar and bass from every corner of the stage. More names followed. Ive been using their boards pretty much since their inception of the D5 back in 2003, he says. August 20 Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena Sign Up Today. [40], The following set list was obtained from the concert held on 6 July 2022 at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.[41]. 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. Switch to the DIGITAL edition of FRONT of HOUSE. Killed 30,000 innocents in Guatemala. Just getting started read the caption accompanying a photo of President Biden. While the band is forced at times to tune down as Waters speaks and sings, his message is nevertheless resonant in a world where communication is often at a minimum, the cost of technology supposedly designed to ease and emphasize the experience. September 21 Portland, OR @ Moda Center After learning how their system went together during their visits, they took Chadwick out to fill in on some of their other shows and this grew into regular FOH work with The Manfreds (Manfred Mann without the Mann) and The Blues Band in various venues around the UK during the late 90s. Fk the patriarchy. Its kind of an imperfect science due to the physical distance that they can be from the other [main system] speakers. There are many challenges, including navigating around the huge video walls which hang directly above and correspond with the x stage set up as if general RF challenges werent big enough. Lasers and such . We were talking about, what should we call it? Waters last trek was politically charged, with imagery mocking Donald Trump and his dangerous rhetoric set to hits he wrote for Pink Floyd. Roger Waters will play 36 shows across the US and Canada and will stop in Nashville on August 27, 2022 at Bridgestone Arena.Fans are encouraged to hold onto their original tickets as they will be valid for the new 2022 dates. Full showtime schedules are usually available on Wednesdays for the upcoming Friday - Thursday. In January 2020, Waters officially announced the tour, named This Is Not a Drill. Its tough for a sound person to do. But after testing the Clair Global system designed for this specific spectacular, Lemon was onboard. If any of you get to my age, youll learn that: you have to hydrate., Tuesday nights performance was at times almost autobiographical, videos addressing topics like the singers first marriage and Pink Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett. Pink Floyd are an English rock band that achieved international success with their progressive and psychedelic music marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, and elaborate live shows. Originally, the final show in the United States was due to take place on 3 October 2020, exactly one month before the 2020 presidential election.[3]. Photo by Todd Kaplan, Clair Global Hangs 224K Pounds of Surround Sound Quad Speakers, I realized six months before going out on this tour that this was the heaviest show I have ever worked on, says FOH Jon Lemon about the 224,000 pounds of speakers flying in the air. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. July 17 Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena [14], At the beginning of every concert, a voiceover described by journalist James Ball as "a plummy British announcer" requests audience members to turn off their cell phones, and to "fuck off to the bar" if they like Pink Floyd but "cant stand Rogers politics". This Is Not a Drill is the seventh concert tour by English songwriter Roger Waters. Once a week, Chadwick mixed comedy shows at the Students Union and for student bands. [19] Waters has supported the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement in solidarity with Palestinians against Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories since 2011. Compared to all the endless Pro Tools classes he was taking, live was more inviting and just because of that one class, I was like, wow, you get paid to do this? Halfway through college, Stearns found an ad online from Clair Global and next thing he knew he was scurrying up the road to Lititz, PA where he went to work. 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. Human rights, came the closing salvo, summing things up. September 4 Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena Psychology Professor by day. [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. Fresh off a euphoric, laser-laden performance of the entire second side of The Dark Side of the Moon, Waters chided the U.S. and NATO for not ending the war in Ukraine. "[3] The show sees him performing in a 360 stage for the first time. 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. [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. 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. Old man, what the hell you gonna kill next, he sang. 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. Hes also worked with the Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman configuration of Yes; Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band; and more recently, Nine Inch Nails. Roger Waters - This Is Not A Drill (2023) NR 2 hr 45 min May 25th, 2023 Music For one night only, Roger Waters, the creative force behind the golden years of Pink Floyd, presents his. Roger Waters Gig Timeline. Pink Floyd is one of the bands that has been most formative for my own musical tastes and remains one of my favorites. Being used are Clair Cohesion 12s with 36 double-18 CP-218 subs spread around. Starting in 1977, he worked for Jands, which has supplied pro audio and lighting for Australian and New Zealand acts since 1970. His guitar playing was decent enough to get him into the schools Musicians Club, which had a P.A. Well, now you have . 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. Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at . Roger Waters: This Is Not A Drill - 2020 North American Tour. Get weekly rundowns straight to your inbox, A daily briefing on what matters in the music industry. He had just gotten home to Australian from another tour when he got the call asking if he could be on the plane that day. Photo by Kevin M. Mitchell. Videos by American . The screen presents 12 surfaces, enabling the audience to view video content wherever they are in the arena. Thats why speak to each other in pubs. [29][30][31] Waters was also declared persona non grata in the city after a proposal from ukasz Wantuch, a member of the Krakw City Council. I keep my fingers on the faders for the background singers and take them out whenever they are not singing and push them back in time for their vocals., Chadwick is not bothering with Primary Source Enhancers because he says they only provide around 3 or 4 dB of reduction when I need in the realm of 8-10 dB, so Id still end up riding those faders anyway! One more bonus of being in the round? This is Chadwicks first outing with Waters, taking that spot at the last minute as in two hours after the dress rehearsal. Yet, the 25-truck/8-bus show with all those Clair Global speakers impressively felt loud without being loud. There are also eight hangs of Cohesion 10s on the perimeter of the arena, facing back toward the band and the four quad systems in the corners. We should all do more communicating, said Waters, illuminating the concepts dreamed up alongside co-creator Sean Evans which define This Is Not a Drill. That would be a really good thing., This is a BETA experience. 2023 Rolling Stone, LLC. All of that went down during a driving, funky take on The Powers That Be from his 1987 solo album Radio K.A.O.S., which sounds pretty dated if youre listening to the studio version (the MOR 80s rock production is strong on that one) but boasts a weightier urgency when delivered by his current touring band. Copyright 2023 Harkins Reel Deals, L.L.C. 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?. End Stage Concerts: 12,000 - 18,000 Center Stage Concert: 19,500 - 20,000 Hockey: 17,500 Basketball: 18,000 Sustainable Design: Designed for U.S. Green Building Council LEED Gold Certification Amenities: World-class Las Vegas-style design; Unrivaled Premium Seating Products; 50 luxury suites; More than two dozen private loge boxes; Photo by Kevin M. Mitchell. [15] Waters debuted a new song at the show, titled "The Bar", which was written during lockdown. Roger Waters, la fuerza creativa que impuls los aos dorados de Pink Floyd, presenta por una nica noche su primera gira de despedida, 'This Is Not A Drill', en directo desde Praga, en cines de todo el mundo. On a show this big, its important to develop a consistent workflow and commit some of that to muscle memory., Moore agrees the room itself is the biggest challenge, but there again, the provided tools help with that. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); The latest in industry news and products, delivered every Monday. Roger and the band were completely cool with that. Audio chief Jeff Stearns went with a lot of isolation cabinets under the stage for guitars, keyboards and Waters bass. Clair Global provides the set of tools and the support, and after five months on a tour like this, you find your stride. August 11 Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena 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. Im 16 and live in the uk, my mum is a really big Floyd fan as well and were genuinely 50/50 on whether to try and get tickets to Rogers msg show, would you guys say, from past experiences, the concert is worth the whole cost of the trip (I would be saving 500) and do you think he'd tour anywhere closer to home In the near future?