Roger Waters Us + Them Tour 2017

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milesalbert1 wrote:Hi sorry if this is in the middle of any on going chats but i havent been around for a while and have a question. This to has probably had the arse torn out of it but. Is there any news on a UK tour. ?
He usually tours Europe in May or June and as 2017 is pretty much taken up with a US tour it will probably be May/June 18. it will give you time to sane up!!
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drafsack wrote:
milesalbert1 wrote:Hi sorry if this is in the middle of any on going chats but i havent been around for a while and have a question. This to has probably had the arse torn out of it but. Is there any news on a UK tour. ?
He usually tours Europe in May or June and as 2017 is pretty much taken up with a US tour it will probably be May/June 18. it will give you time to sane up!!

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A guy just won 2 tickets on my local radio station by guessing a PF song... High Hopes :lol:
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Follix wrote:A guy just won 2 tickets on my local radio station by guessing a PF song... High Hopes :lol:
Ah, to be a Fly on the wall to see Roger's face over that! :lol:
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^^^
Maybe Roger was 'lost for words' ... :-;
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Follix wrote:A guy just won 2 tickets on my local radio station by guessing a PF song... High Hopes :lol:
:lol: :lol: He's gonna re-name the tour 'Me and Them' .
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Follix wrote:A guy just won 2 tickets on my local radio station by guessing a PF song... High Hopes :lol:
That's pretty cool that he guessed a lesser known song.
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So what if the answer was High Hopes does it matter? The guy knew the answer and won tickets too see Roger he is prob a fan of all era's of Floyd unlike some people on here.

High Hopes is a popular well known song
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I agree with azza200.
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I ended up going solo as my wife didn't want to see the surrogate band. My impression of the show was that I didn't need to go especially since I saw gilmour last year which was the far better concert vs event. I understand people go to see the show and to sing along and that's how the bread gets buttered but that's tragic considering the quality of Rogers latest work which I find to be terrific. Oh well it's most likely the last time I will see him "perform" and I did get fantastic seats that were released and reduced significantly but really it was a literal victory lap for mr waters who pranced about stage and pressed the flesh with the crowd at the end. i actually was bored for some of it
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mojoman wrote:I ended up going solo as my wife didn't want to see the surrogate band. My impression of the show was that I didn't need to go especially since I saw gilmour last year which was the far better concert vs event. I understand people go to see the show and to sing along and that's how the bread gets buttered but that's tragic considering the quality of Rogers latest work which I find to be terrific. Oh well it's most likely the last time I will see him "perform" and I did get fantastic seats that were released and reduced significantly but really it was a literal victory lap for mr waters who pranced about stage and pressed the flesh with the crowd at the end. i actually was bored for some of it
that's the exact feeling I have got 3 times so far. I've seen Gilmour (including the tremor inducing last performance at the RAH) 7 times since I last saw Roger (wall tour), so we're even less interested this time. we're going because why not. took me ages to buy tickets. Mostly to see the lights. While I expect to be bored and going to the washroom a lot, this is the least worst music I rather be bored to for a big show in town... that's the way I look at it.
on a separate note, the Mrs. actually vetoed seeing the current incarnation of Yes live. I wanted to go for roughly the same reasons noted above (we've seen ARW and I saw Yes without wakeman years and years ago), but she outright said no way. Shouldn't have shown her the atrocious youtube footage of the current band. anyways, completely off topic.
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Back from his Quebec City show...

I think the only song I really enjoyed was ''Welcome to the Machine'', I mean that was just gorgeous.

Other high points: ''ABITW'' (yeah I know...), End of ''Dogs'' and ''Pigs''...

The guitarist was very skilled, but he sounded more like Kirk Hammet than David Gilmour, I get he wants to make it his own but beside for Animals there was way too much treble in his tone.