The Dark Side of the Moon Live

The Dark Side of the Moon Live was a worldwide concert tour by Roger Waters, lasting two years. Waters and his band performed the titular album in its entirety at each show, beginning at the Rock in Rio festival on 2 June 2006.

The Dark Side of the Moon Live

Tour by Roger Waters
Promotional tour poster
Associated album	The Dark Side of the Moon
Start date	2 June 2006
End date	6 June 2008
Legs	7
No. of shows	119
Roger Waters concert chronology

The tour featured elaborate stage design by Mark Fisher (the architect of Pink Floyd's The Wall shows), including giant puppets, large video screen displays and a 360° quadraphonic sound system. The performances were divided into two sets: the first being a collection of Pink Floyd material along with songs from Roger's solo career, and the second The Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety, plus encores.

Pink Floyd's iconic pig has been used extensively during the Dark Side of the Moon tour, introduced on 6 September 2006, the opening night of the US leg, and since appearing at almost every venue. During the tour, the pig has often carried messages critical of the American government, Waters' socialist views, and the support of repressed Latin American populations, including indictments of discrimination and calls for the further prosecution of former dictators. A partial list of the pigs and messages featured at each show can be found at inflatable pigs on Roger Waters' tours.

The Performers

Waters retained much of the backing band from his 1999–2002 In the Flesh tours, including guitarists Snowy White and Andy Fairweather-Low, backing vocalists Katie Kissoon and P.P. Arnold, plus Graham Broad on drums. Guitarist Dave Kilminster, along with Waters and Jon Carin, sang much of the lead vocal parts performed by David Gilmour and Rick Wright on the original Pink Floyd recordings. Andrew Latimer, leader of the progressive rock group Camel was auditioned to be lead guitarist and Gilmour's vocal replacement on the tour, but it was felt his voice could not reach the same high notes, although his guitar playing (often compared to Gilmour's) was exemplary.

Dave Kilminster performing with Waters at the Arrow Rock Festival, 10 June 2006

Graham Broad Performs "Time" with Roger Waters in Ottawa 6 June 2007

Tour band 2006–2007

• Roger Waters – Vocals, bass guitar and acoustic guitar
• P.P. Arnold – Backing vocals, percussion, lead vocals on "Perfect Sense" (former backing band member for Ike and Tina Turner.)
• Graham Broad – Drums and percussion (part of former Rolling Stones member Bill Wyman's band The Rhythm Kings).
• Jon Carin – Synthesiser, piano, guitar, lap steel guitar and vocals (has toured with Waters in the past, as well as with the post-Waters Pink Floyd, Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, and The Who).
• Andy Fairweather-Low – Guitar, bass and backing vocals (has toured and recorded with George Harrison, The Who, Who member Pete Townshend, and Eric Clapton).
• Carol Kenyon – Backing vocals, percussion, lead vocals on "The Great Gig in the Sky" (session singer who has recorded for Van Morrison and Tears for Fears).
• Dave Kilminster – Guitar, vocals and additional bass (has toured with Keith Emerson and Spinal Tap).
• Katie Kissoon – Backing vocals, percussion, lead vocals on "Mother" (backed the likes of Elton John, Clapton, Van Morrison, and many others).
• Ian Ritchie – Saxophone, EWI and additional bass
• Harry Waters – Hammond organ, synthesiser (Roger Waters' son).
• Snowy White – Guitar (former member of Thin Lizzy, played with Pink Floyd in 1977 and 1980).

Most of the touring band for Waters has toured with him and other Pink Floyd members for many years and even recorded with them in a few instances.

Waters' former Pink Floyd bandmate Nick Mason played drums alongside Broad at the 12 June show in Iceland, the 29 June show in Ireland, the 1 July show at Hyde Park in London, the 12 July show in Italy, and the 14 July show in France. During the North American tour, he performed at both Madison Square Garden shows and all three nights at the Hollywood Bowl. On The 12 May at Earls Court in London, Mason was introduced on stage to play the second set, the whole of The Dark Side of the Moon and the encores by Waters.

Tour band 2008

A small personnel change was made due to two of the band members having already booked April and May 2008.[1] Chester Kamen replaced Andy Fairweather-Low on guitars, bass and backing vocals. Chester toured with Waters in 2002 during the third year of the In The Flesh tour, back then replacing Doyle Bramhall II. Kamen is the brother of pop singer Nick Kamen. Sylvia Mason-James replaced Katie Kissoon on backing vocals. Mason-James also toured with the Pet Shop Boys. These Roger Waters concerts were the first without Fairweather-Low since 1984, when he replaced Tim Renwick, and the first ever without Kissoon (apart from Wall concert in Berlin in 1990, which utilized the male backing singers from the original tour.)

Set list

The tour's set list remained constant after 8 June 2006. Earlier shows' sets differed in that they featured "The Gunner's Dream" along with a different running order.[2] A power outage at the 29 June 2006 show forced an early intermission,[3] and so the second set featured "Leaving Beirut" and "Sheep" before The Dark Side of the Moon.

Set one

Roger Waters and band play Pink Floyd's "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun"

1. "In the Flesh"
2. "Mother"
3. "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun"
4. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts II–V)" (abridged)
5. "Have a Cigar"
6. "Wish You Were Here"
7. "Southampton Dock"
8. "The Fletcher Memorial Home"
9. "Perfect Sense"
10. "Leaving Beirut"
11. "Sheep"

Set two – (The Dark Side of the Moon)

Roger Waters performing Dark Side of the Moon Live in 2007

1. "Speak to Me" / "Breathe"
2. "On the Run"
3. "Time" / "Breathe (Reprise)"
4. "The Great Gig in the Sky"
5. "Money"
6. "Us and Them"
7. "Any Colour You Like"
8. "Brain Damage"
9. "Eclipse"

Encore

1. "The Happiest Days of Our Lives"
2. "Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)"
3. "Vera"
4. "Bring the Boys Back Home"
5. "Comfortably Numb"

DVD release

According to an interview with Roger's manager, a DVD of the tour is in the works but until it is finished there will be no release date.[4][5] At different points in 2009–2011, a DVD document was rumoured to be coming soon but to no avail.[6][7] Not much has been heard since.

Tour images

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  Roger Waters live at Wuhlheide, Berlin on 8 June 2006
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  Roger Waters live at Norwegian Wood festival on 14 June 2006
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  "Eclipse" live at Hollywood Bowl on 5 October 2006
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  Roger Waters. Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, on 21 April 2007

Tour dates

Waters announced to fans that he would be performing 62 more dates worldwide in 2007.[8] The tour resumed in late January and February with shows in Australia, New Zealand, India, Hong Kong, and China.[9] More shows in South America and Europe, including the UK, followed, with 27 US and Canadian dates in June and July.[10]

On 17 December 2007 it was announced that Roger Waters would play a single one off show in Odense, Denmark 13 May 2008.,[11][12] but on 19 December, only two days later than the first announcement, it was announced he would also play at the Pinkpop Festival in The Netherlands 11 May 2008.[13] On 21 January 2008, a big rumour and a lot of speculation was finally put to rest when it was announced that Roger will also play the annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California, on Sunday, 27 April, as the final night's headliner.[14][15]

On 3 February it was announced that Waters would also play in Denver, Colorado, on 30 April, almost eight years since he last played there, on 3 July 2000, during the In The Flesh tour.[16] Two more US dates were confirmed, Dallas on 2 May and Houston on 4 May, both in the state of Texas, again almost 8 years since he has played in the area.[17] On 20 February, another European date was announced, this time in Granada, Spain, 9 May.[18]

On 26 February, what are supposed to be the last dates of the tour as confirmed by Roger Waters' manager, was announced, two concerts in England, 15 May in Liverpool and 18 May in London.[19] Finally, on 5 March a second London show was announced.[20]

The final show of the tour took place on 6 June at the Palace Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia during White Nights.[21]

Date	City	Country	Venue	Tickets sold / available	Revenue
Leg 1: Europe
2 June 2006 (1)	Lisbon	Portugal	Parque da Bela Vista
4 June 2006	Verona	Italy	Verona Arena	22,000 / 26,000	$1,470,366
5 June 2006
8 June 2006	Berlin	Germany	Kindl-Bühne Wuhlheide	13,422 / 15,000	$863,217
10 June 2006 (2)	Lichtenvoorde	Netherlands	Achterhoek
12 June 2006 (3)	Reykjavík	Iceland	Egilshöll
14 June 2006 (4)	Oslo	Norway	Frognerbadet
16 June 2006	Rome	Italy	Stadio Olimpico	13,906 / 18,000	$750,692
18 June 2006	Attica	Greece	Terra Vibe Park
20 June 2006	Istanbul	Turkey	Turkcell Kuruçeşme Arena	12,000 / 14,000	$967,624
22 June 2006	Latrun	Israel	Neve Shalom
24 June 2006	Moscow	Russia	Red Square
26 June 2006	Stavanger	Norway	Viking Stadion
29 June 2006 (5)	Cork	Ireland	Marquee Showgrounds (with Nick Mason)
1 July 2006 (6)	London	England	Hyde Park (with Nick Mason)
2 July 2006 (7)	Roskilde	Denmark	Roskilde Festivalgrounds
7 July 2006	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Rotterdam Ahoy	9,547 / 9,547	$722,783
10 July 2006	Swieqi	Malta	Luxol Fields
12 July 2006 (3)	Lucca	Italy	Piazza Napoleone	10,795 / 11,000	$569,592
14 July 2006 (3)	Nevers	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
16 July 2006 (8)	Locarno	Switzerland	Piazza Grande
Leg 2: North America
6 September 2006	Holmdel Township	United States	PNC Bank Arts Center	15,279 / 15,457	$1,068,411
8 September 2006	Mansfield		Tweeter Center
9 September 2006			Tweeter Center[22]
12 September 2006 (3)	New York City		Madison Square Garden	29,488 / 29,488	$2,722,257
13 September 2006 (3)
15 September 2006	Wantagh		Nikon at Jones Beach Theater	14,046 / 14,119	$1,068,651
16 September 2006	Camden		Tweeter Center	24,963 / 24,963	$1,245,885
18 September 2006	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills	12,101 / 14,693	$911,424
20 September 2006	Toronto	Canada	Air Canada Centre	15,282 / 15,282	$1,381,277
21 September 2006	Montreal		Bell Centre
23 September 2006	Bristow	United States	Nissan Pavilion
24 September 2006	Burgettstown		Post-Gazette Pavilion
27 September 2006	Cleveland		Quicken Loans Arena
29 September 2006	Tinley Park		First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
30 September 2006	Noblesville		Verizon Wireless	19,734 / 24,474	$1,105,577
3 October 2006	Phoenix		Cricket Wireless Pavilion
5 October 2006 (3)	Los Angeles		Hollywood Bowl	50,321 / 50,321	$4,484,902
6 October 2006 (3)
8 October 2006 (3)
10 October 2006	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre
12 October 2006	Seattle		KeyArena
Leg 3: 2007 Australia, New Zealand & Asian tour dates
25 January 2007	Sydney	Australia	Acer Arena	10,668 / 12,607	$1,347,091
27 January 2007	Christchurch	New Zealand	AMI Stadium	14,032 / 14,733	$1,275,191
29 January 2007	Auckland		North Harbour Stadium	19,425 / 19,885	$2,658,331
1 February 2007	Melbourne	Australia	Rod Laver Arena	19,596 / 22,450	$2,510,478
2 February 2007
5 February 2007	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre	9,505 / 9,588	$1,278,039
7 February 2007	Adelaide		Adelaide Entertainment Centre	6,864 / 6,990	$857,127
9 February 2007	Perth		Perth Oval	11,215 / 11,615	$1,469,613
12 February 2007	Shanghai	China	Shanghai Grand Stage	6,212 / 6,800	$341,660
15 February 2007	Hong Kong	China	Convention & Exhibition Centre	6,748 / 6,991	$567,778
18 February 2007	Mumbai	India	MMRDA Grounds	12,137 / 12,200	$425,489
21 February 2007	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Media City	12,251 / 12,300	$1,898,905
Leg 4: Latin America
2 March 2007	Monterrey	Mexico	Estadio Universitario	20,279 / 27,220	$886,909
4 March 2007	Guadalajara		Estadio Tres de Marzo	21,707 / 22,224	$1,307,088
6 March 2007	Mexico City		Foro Sol	54,344 / 54,344	$2,692,145
9 March 2007	Bogotá	Colombia	Simón Bolívar Park	15,536 / 18,200	$1,238,361
12 March 2007	Lima	Peru	Estadio Monumental	13,293 / 15,451	$966,003
14 March 2007	Santiago	Chile	Estadio Nacional	46,166 / 50,000	$2,259,940
17 March 2007	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti	107,844 / 116,692	$4,803,326
18 March 2007
23 March 2007	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Praça da Apoteose	34,833 / 38,040	$1,650,950
24 March 2007	São Paulo		Estádio do Morumbi	42,321 / 47,978	$3,067,106
Leg 5: Europe
11 April 2007	Zurich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
13 April 2007	Prague	Czech Republic	Sazka Arena
14 April 2007	Budapest	Hungary	Papp László Budapest Sportaréna
16 April 2007	Cologne	Germany	Cologne Arena
18 April 2007	Leipzig		Leipzig Arena
19 April 2007	Hamburg		Colour Line Arena
21 April 2007	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi
23 April 2007	Milan	Italy	Datchforum
25 April 2007	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis Merksem
27 April 2007	Stockholm	Sweden	Globen
29 April 2007	Bergen	Norway	Vestlandshallen
1 May 2007	Soenderborg	Denmark	Augustenborg
3 May 2007	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
5 May 2007	Arnhem	Netherlands	Gelredome
7 May 2007	Manchester	England	Manchester Evening Arena
8 May 2007	Birmingham		NEC Arena
11 May 2007	London		Earls Court
12 May 2007 (3)
14 May 2007	Dublin	Ireland	The Point Theatre	8,280 / 8,280	$970,182
Leg 6: North America
18 May 2007	West Palm Beach	United States	Sound Advice Amphitheatre	19,381 / 19,381	$1,000,052
19 May 2007	Tampa		Ford Amphitheatre	19,366 / 19,366	$1,030,400
22 May 2007	Atlanta		Philips Arena	12,204 / 13,525	$1,158,623
24 May 2007	East Rutherford		Continental Airlines Arena	13,945 / 13,945	$1,271,704
30 May 2007	New York City		Madison Square Garden	15,217 / 15,217	$1,411,844
1 June 2007	Philadelphia		Wachovia Center	28,692 / 28,692	$2,753,651
2 June 2007
4 June 2007	Quebec City	Canada	Colisée Pepsi	9,414 / 9,530	$1,007,119
6 June 2007	Ottawa		Scotiabank Place	10,937 / 12,898	$1,202,327
7 June 2007	Montreal		Bell Centre	12,896 / 13,351	$1,413,522
9 June 2007	Chicago	United States	United Center	14,372 / 14,736	$1,498,817
13 June 2007	Los Angeles		Hollywood Bowl	16,790 / 16,790	$1,402,454
15 June 2007	Irvine		Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre	16,037 / 16,037	$1,195,129
16 June 2007	Paradise		MGM Grand Las Vegas	13,145 / 13,145	$1,386,402
19 June 2007	Oakland		Oracle Arena	13,008 / 13,008	$1,357,056
21 June 2007	Vancouver	Canada	GM Place	12,678 / 14,202	$1,394,640
23 June 2007	Calgary		Pengrowth Saddledome	11,642 / 12,254	$1,399,887
24 June 2007	Edmonton		Rexall Place	10,654 / 12,369	$1,023,978
27 June 2007	Winnipeg		MTS Centre	9,710 / 11,454	$1,105,123
29 June 2007	Omaha	United States	Qwest Center Omaha
30 June 2007	Saint Paul		Xcel Energy Center	14,326 / 15,873	$1,091,829
2 July 2007	Milwaukee		Marcus Amphitheater
7 July 2007 (9)	East Rutherford		Giants Stadium	46,160 / 50,010	$6,090,704
9 July 2007	Boston		TD Banknorth Garden
10 July 2007	Hartford		New England Dodge Music Center
12 July 2007	Corfu		Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
14 July 2007	Toronto	Canada	Rogers Centre
Leg 7: 2008 North America & Europe
27 April 2008	Indio	United States	Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
30 April 2008	Denver		Pepsi Center
2 May 2008	Dallas		SuperPages.com Center
4 May 2008	The Woodland		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
9 May 2008	Granada	Spain	Campo de Futbol de Atarfe
11 May 2008	Landgraaf	Netherlands	Megaland
13 May 2008	Odense	Denmark	Fionia Park
15 May 2008	Liverpool	England	Echo Arena	9,335 / 9,335	$906,913
18 May 2008	London		The O2 Arena	24,817 / 26,000	$2,556,224
19 May 2008
6 June 2008	Saint Petersburg	Russia	Palace Square

(1) - The show of 2 June 2006 as part of Rock in Rio Lisboa

(2) - The show of 10 June 2006 as part of Arrow Rock Festival

(3) - These shows are with Nick Mason

(4) - The show of 14 June 2006 as part of Norwegian Wood

(5) - The show of 29 June 2006 as part of Live at the Marquee

(6) - The show of 1 July 2006 as part of Hyde Park Calling

(7) - The show of 2 July 2006 as part of Roskilde Festival

(8) - The show of 16 July 2006 as part of Moon and Stars Festival

(9) - The show of 7 July 2007 as part of Live Earth

See also

• Inflatable pigs on Roger Waters' tours

References

1. Roger Waters 2008 mini-tour band - line-up change Archived 7 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine — BrainDamage.co.uk
2. "tour blog". ian-ritchie.com.
3. Roger Waters - Marquee Festival, Cork, Ireland Archived 4 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine — Brain-Damage.co.uk
4. "Nothing found for News 555 New Roger Waters Pink Floyd Website And Dark Side Of The Moon Tour Dvd 404". neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk.
5. "New Roger Waters/Pink Floyd Website and Dark Side of the Moon Tour DVD". Neptune Pink Floyd.
6. "Roger Waters Dark Side of the Moon Tour DVD 2010". Neptune Pink Floyd.
7. "Waters – The Dark Side of The moon DVD – Pink Floyd". fora.pl.
8. Roger Waters - Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA Archived 4 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine — Brain-Damage.co.uk
9. Roger Waters - The Dark Side of the Moon LIVE tickets — Preferredseating.com.au
10. Pinkfloydz.com — A Fleeting Glimpse
11. Roger Waters to play Denmark in 2008 Archived 19 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine — Brain-Damage.co.uk
12. Roger Waters To Perform in Denmark — A Fleeting Glimpse
13. Second 2008 Roger Waters concert announced Archived 22 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine — Brain-Damage.co.uk
14. Coachella - Official News Archived 13 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine — coachella.com
15. Roger Waters confirmed for Coachella Festival 2008 Archived 24 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine — Brain-Damage.co.uk
16. Roger Waters - Denver in April — Brain-Damage.co.uk
17. Roger Waters - 2008 US concerts confirmed Archived 8 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine — Brain-Damage.co.uk
18. Roger Waters - Granada, Spain concert announced Archived 26 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine — Brain-Damage.co.uk
19. Roger Waters to play UK in 2008 Archived 29 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine — Brain-Damage.co.uk
20. Roger Waters - second London show just announced Archived 7 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine — Brain-Damage.co.uk
21. Matt. "Pink Floyd news :: Brain Damage – June 6th – PALACE SQUARE, ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA". brain-damage.co.uk.
22. Not a planned date, but due to overwhelming popularity of the Sept 8 show, an encore performance was booked