Former Pink Floyd member will perform in the round in arenas on summer trek. Once there, one finds 22 channels of Wisycom IEMs and 32 channels of Shure Axient D wireless. 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. The ruling class is killing us., Editors picks 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? 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October 3 Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center. Roger Waters - THIS IS NOT A DRILL TOUR 38,367 views Jun 16, 2022 JUST A PEEK .more .more 1.3K Dislike Share Roger Waters 419K subscribers 135 This stage set-up is gonna rock!. For more information, please see our 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. Photo by Todd Kaplan. When there was a lull in the work in 2017, he reached out to Clair Global. [40], The following set list was obtained from the concert held on 6 July 2022 at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.[41]. It's 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. One of the most striking element of this spectacular show was the immense LED video wall, built in six levels with ladders and work platforms for technicians to easily service the wall and to provide extra structural support. 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 . Like or loathe what he has to say, the Pink Floyd veteran puts on one hell of a show. This Is Not a Drill is the seventh concert tour by English songwriter Roger Waters. Ive been using their boards pretty much since their inception of the D5 back in 2003, he says. [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". Hes also insisted Russia was pushed into this war, saying, This war is basically about the action and reaction of NATO pushing right up to the Russian border, a line of logic not too dissimilar from someone trying to say Nazi Germany was pushed to invade Poland because of stiff reparations imposed on the country after World War I as if explaining the cause of a hostile invasion somehow frees the invading country of moral responsibility. We have incredible consistency, as all the motors are pre-rigged in our clouds, with the latter being a truss system that acts as a sub grid to fly all those speakers from. Since his departure from Pink Floyd in 1983, Roger Waters has become known for his immersive eye-popping visuals on tour. Appearing on the track are Roger Waters (vocals), Gus Seyffert (bass, synth, percussion, vocals), Joey Waronker (drums), Dave Kilminster (vocals), Jonathan Wilson (harmonium, synth, guitar and vocals), Jon Carin (synth, vocals), Shanay Johnson (vocals), Amanda Belair (vocals), Robert Walter (organ and piano), and Nigel Godrich (strings, amp and backing vocals from Roger Waters' "The Wall Sessions"). July 28 Boston, MA @ TD Garden [33], Waters' name appears on Myrotvorets, a controversial website that maintains a list of people it deems enemies of Ukraine. August 6 New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden August 5 New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden to 40 and then found themselves trimming to 35. This is his first time engineering in the round, which means among other things those surround speakers are facing the band. Waters' concerts have always been both musically and visually stunning. ", "This Is Not a Drill (2022) - Touring Data", "Roger Waters Announces New 2022 Dates for Postponed Tour", Flickering Flame: The Solo Years Volume 1, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=This_Is_Not_a_Drill&oldid=1152383604, Concert tours postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. An additional eight channels of Wisycom at FOH feed signals to the surround system. Pink Floyd is one of the bands that has been most formative for my own musical tastes and remains one of my favorites. Roger Waters performs on stage during the 'This Is Not A Drill' tour. Waters performed in-the-round on a stage featuring large video boards. Photo by Kevin M. Mitchell, Some arenas have more VIP boxes than others, and that means more glass. 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. Next, he spent five years in the hot seat as Aerosmiths monitor engineer for which he would receive two Parnelli Award nominations. Its tough for a sound person to do. But after testing the Clair Global system designed for this specific spectacular, Lemon was onboard. 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. He asked me to come to the UK and do a tour in Europe. It was so successful, Lemon stayed. 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. Roger Waters brought his "This Is Not A Drill Tour" to Raleigh, N.C.'s PNC Arena, Thursday night, Aug. 18, 2022. Kate Izor* A little over a year after wrapping his monumental Us. 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 . My work is to think, Well, how can I make rock & roll more interesting or theatrical or exciting or visual or musical or whatever? Thats what Ive spent the last 50 years doing, expressing myself., July 8 Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena Photo by Kevin M. Mitchell. Starting in 1977, he worked for Jands, which has supplied pro audio and lighting for Australian and New Zealand acts since 1970. Sounds of thunder rolled and animated images of derelict downtown buildings ran on screen as Waters took the stage at United Center during his first tour since 2018. 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This Is Not a Drill is the seventh concert tour by English songwriter Roger Waters. [18] As a result of this, the league decided to pull advertising for the tour in all its platforms and cut any ties to Waters. The drummer gets a single sub on the stage; the rest of the band is all in-ears, 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.). and our As for mixing an act in the round, quite honestly, I have tried to avoid it! You cant introduce electronic delay in the same way you would when time-aligning the main speaker arrays. describes as the aural-visual journey we expect from the greatest showman of the classic rock generation. Up until now, weve done those songs and then Ive wandered over to the piano. On 17 November 2022, Waters released an official recording of "Comfortably Numb 2022" with an accompanying video that was produced and directed by Sean Evans. Not his people, but the day crew hired for each venue, as that pool still suffers from the industry-wide labor shortage. September 4 Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena 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. In the letter, Waters criticised the country's stance in the Russo-Ukrainian War, blaming the West and Washington particularly for supplying Ukraine with weapons and "extreme nationalists" for having "set your country on the path to this disastrous war", while calling for an end to the conflict. 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. We are using cookies and similar technologies to provide the best experience on our website. July 25 Albany, NY @ Times Union Center [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. Rehearsals for the tour began around 13 June 2022 in Southampton, with the first full rehearsal taking place on 16 June. 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. After six months, they sent Stearns out on his first tour: Paul McCartney. [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. Photo by Kevin M. Mitchell, Wireless Riedel Bolero units provided smooth crew communications. So I hope youll all come to the shows. Breonna Taylor, each killed by a member of the law enforcement community. September 26 San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center Thats why this conversation should be on everybodys lips, constantly, the whole time, because its super important. The organisation wrote a letter to commissioner Rob Manfred, where they stated Waters views on Israel "far exceed the boundaries of civil discourse". Waters last trek was politically charged, with imagery mocking Donald Trump and his dangerous rhetoric set to hits he wrote for Pink Floyd. We discussed mixing, signal flow, acoustic/room treatment and P.A. It is always a balancing act, as he says when one adjustment is made somewhere, it affects all the other aspects. Echoing a familiar theme for all live event companies these days, he says, sometimes well walk into a building and the rigging call is for 20 people, and there are five of them teaching the other 15 what to do. A careful eye and lots of questions and support makes sure its all done safely; but still its a persistent problem: There are local crew members who are so overworked they had just slept in their car from the gig the night before, and when we come in, it could be their eighth show in a row. He adds his crew always picks up the slack. September 19 Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome Roger Waters performs at Madison Square Garden on Aug. 30, 2022 in New York City. [37], Waters threatened legal action against both cities,[36] and the concerts still appear on his website. July 10 Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center The huge video screens dominating the stage also created problems for keeping signals from RF antennas within line of sight. 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. All Rights Reserved. July 17 Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena McDonald was shot and killed by a Chicago police officer in 2014. 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. In 2017, Waters released his fourth solo album Is This the Life We Really Want?, conceived as a radio play about a man and his granddaughter investigating why children are being killed in other parts of the world. 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. CANNOT WAIT FOR PITTSBURGH!_____Official Website: https://rogerwaters.com/ Listen to Roger Waters on your favorite plat. 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. August 1 Cincinnati, OH @ Heritage Bank Center Philando Castile. Roger Waters performs on stage during the 'This Is Not A Drill' tour. Fk the patriarchy. He continued by saying his statement was not "a personal attack", adding "with all due respect to the Weeknd or Drake or any of them, I am far, far, far more important than any of them will ever be, however many billions of streams theyve got. [32] Waters posted an open letter in his social media stating that the decision to cancel was not his and that, if the cancellation was confirmed, "it will be a sad loss for me, because I have been looking forward to sharing my message of love with the people of Poland", and that Wantuch's "draconian censoring of my work will deny them the opportunity to make up their own minds". George Floyd. We all look after each other.. Above the stage is a cross shaped LED screen which mirrors the form of the stage. [7][8][9][10] In April 2021, tour dates in Canada and United States were announced to take place in 2022,[11] while the concerts in Mexico were announced later in June. 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. Those shows sold 519,362 tickets.[46]. All the musicians are singing but the drummer and one of the keyboard players, making for a total of seven vocal mics for the general band. Once a week, Chadwick mixed comedy shows at the Students Union and for student bands. (After Chelsea Mannings decision to leak the footage caused a reckoning three years later, a spokesperson for U.S. Central Command said, We regret the loss of innocent life, although no one was ever punished for the deaths. 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]. Rock n roll royalty, Roger Waters kicked off his 2022 This Is Not A Drill Tour on Wednesday 7th July at PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh. [13] Sean Evans, Waters' tour creative director, reprises his role for this tour, creating all visuals and stage design. When discussing pulling off the impressive if not overwhelming audio feat daily, all point their fingers to Alex Moore, the system tech who manages to get the system working consistently every night, every show. This means no matter where we are playing, all of the speaker arrays have the same distance relationship to each other. The latest in industry news and products, delivered every Tuesday. Author: Suicide Kings, Moral Combat: Why the War on Violent Video Games is Wrong and How Madness Shaped History. ukasz Wantuch, "Leave Them Kids Alone! By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Again, Navigator ensured pinpoint synchronization between the drum riser and the video wall as they ascended and descended, ensuring there was no danger to the drummer as he was raised and lowered above and below the stage. 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. 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.
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