Roger Waters "The Wall" Tour in 2010-2011

[Frettage]

Rumors are that Roger Waters is working on touring The Wall in 2010-2011.

Based on how loud the Waters DSOTM concert was, I think I'm gonna need some expensive earplugs before I go.

[jaywa]

< yawn >

Guessing that will be $120 ticket, easy. JMO but I don't think in today's economy a lot of people are gonna drop that kind of scratch on something like this.

[duff beer]

He can't sing live and I've heard he plays almost no bass during the show. So what's the point in going?

[overdrivethree]

i'd go. one of famous events in classic rock that i kick myself for missing, was the original Wall shows in 1980-81. i'm sure this would be an event in the true sense of the word, with staging and projections updated from the original Floyd shows.

now, i can say i missed Woodstock and not bum too hard, because that was in 1969. but i was born in 1980. so it's like...aww, come on. i was a zygote/infant, which is pretty much why i couldn't catch The Wall at Nassau in '80.

[GeoffByrne]

Originally Posted by duff beer

He can't sing live and I've heard he plays almost no bass during the show. So what's the point in going?

He played almost no bass.

[PDavyduck]

Originally Posted by duff beer

He can't sing live and I've heard he plays almost no bass during the show. So what's the point in going?

ummm... it's Roger Waters doing The Wall....

[Honk'n_down-low]

Another last Century Band that does not know when to retire. Please move over and let someone else in

[jaywa]

Originally Posted by Honk'n_down-low

Another last Century Band that does not know when to retire. Please move over and let someone else in

Agreed... however, it's not a "Last Century band". It's Roger Waters and a bunch of players he's hired. Pink Floyd effectively "retired" quite a whille ago and one of the original members (Rick Wright) has died.

Pink Floyd tribute band fronted by insufferable D-Bag making another shameless money grab with huge ticket prices... no thanks.

[Deluge Of Sound]

Originally Posted by jaywa

Pink Floyd effectively "retired" quite a whille ago and one of the original members (Rick Wright) has died.

No love for Syd?

[jaywa]

Deluge - point taken.

I meant the members that were in Floyd when The Wall was released.

[elgecko]

Originally Posted by duff beer

He can't sing live and I've heard he plays almost no bass during the show. So what's the point in going?

He sings live the way he sings on record...poorly but with heart. His bass playing was just "okay". I not convinced anyone really cares whether he plays or not.

[refbassist]

waters is a great composer/writer and musician and because of him Floyd is what they are,live with it!

[elgecko]

Originally Posted by jaywa

Agreed... however, it's not a "Last Century band". It's Roger Waters and a bunch of players he's hired. Pink Floyd effectively "retired" quite a whille ago and one of the original members (Rick Wright) has died.

Pink Floyd tribute band fronted by insufferable D-Bag making another shameless money grab with huge ticket prices... no thanks.

Since The Wall was essentially "a work by Roger Waters, performed by Pink Floyd", it's kind of irrelevant who plays. Sure it would be nice to have Gilmour on the tour, but you can't always get what you want. Where would you put it?

I agree it is a bit douchey for "classic" bands to charge the prices they do, but it does disprove the notion that there's no money to be made in the music business anymore.

[GeoffByrne]

Gilmour layed down the majority of the basslines in the studio & it has been known for Waters to mime playing bass on-stage while someone else actually played the line in the wings.

There's a pointer somewhere in Finnbass.com to an interview with Gilmour confirming this.