Roger Waters, The Wall - Photo by Ros O'Gorman
Go to see Roger Waters ‘The Wall’. It will be by far the greatest show you will ever see.
What we have here is one of the greatest and biggest selling albums of all time before performed with the latest technology. When Pink Floyd first performed The Wall in 1980 they used three projectors. Today, Waters has a 230 foot long Wall, 35 feet high and computer generated images that take up the entire surface.
During the first part of the show, the wall is gradually built up in front of the band until they are completely obscured.
When they return for part 2, the band performs ‘Hey You’ completely out of view from behind the wall, cutting off the audience and creating the sense of separation that was the basis for the story on the album.
Last night’s show was exactly 32 years to the day since Pink Floyd performed The Wall for the very first time. Then, they did four shows. Waters performed his 125th The Wall show on this current tour last night.
‘The Wall’ becomes the greatest show on earth right from song one, ‘In The Flesh’ complete with Waters’ Neo-Nazi band and singers, a fireworks war and a plane that flies from one end of the arena to the other and knocks down parts of the wall all happens in the first 10 minutes of the show.
After that you can look forward to the flying pig, a staple of Floyd and Waters shows and 30 foot characters like the teacher, the mother and the girlfriend overwhelm the visual of this show.
The songs you know. It is the album from start to finish and only the album. There is no “Pink Floyd greatest hits” encore, nor is it needed.
Remaining Australian dates are:
February 8, 10, 11, Melbourne, Rod Laver Arena
February 14 and 15, Sydney, Allphones Arena
