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[Bluearsedfly]

KatiePC, on 11 October 2010 - 12:27 PM, said:

So we're gonna have Roger Waters playing 'The Wall'. Oh joy. Last time he played by God it was one of the dullest two hours of my life.

Err, don't go and watch him then?

[gibbin82]

MrZigster, on 02 December 2010 - 12:39 AM, said:

Thank you thank you thank you. I hope you're right about the email tomorrow.

However.

Done all that. Then get given a list of cities to tick for preference that doesn't include Birmingham. WTF?

Also, I can't believe that the proximity of this date to Glasto hasn't sparked a ton of speculative replies here. Am I missing something?

Hi MrZigster, if you have registered and marked Birmingham as one of you cities (it appeared after the tickets originally went on sale) you should receive your chance for front block tickets. Mine has just come.

Regards, John

[MrZigster]

gibbin82, on 06 December 2010 - 05:06 PM, said:

Hi MrZigster, if you have registered and marked Birmingham as one of you cities (it appeared after the tickets originally went on sale) you should receive your chance for front block tickets. Mine has just come.

Regards, John

Ah, I think I see what you mean now. Do you think "Block B" will go on sale tomorrow (or whatever day) then? I've got block C row Q so not too bad and given a stage show that elaborate it may pay to be a few rows back in order to take in the full spectacle. Just hope I'm not too far off to the right like I am for Rush in London. Just looked at the website and the best you can get atm on the floor are block J.

I was offered presales for Paris and was thinking that that would probably be easier and possibly cheaper to get to for me than Birmingham.  

[MrZigster]

gibbin82, on 06 December 2010 - 05:06 PM, said:

Hi MrZigster, if you have registered and marked Birmingham as one of you cities (it appeared after the tickets originally went on sale) you should receive your chance for front block tickets. Mine has just come.

Regards, John

Just got through the login on the link you provided and got this

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We're sorry, but you have not been selected to participate in the presale for this event. Please return to the site homepage.

If you believe you have received this message in error, and should be granted access to this page, please contact tickets@RogerWaters.com immediately.

Oh well, back a bit and to the right it is then.

[Al2006]

I really hope we get Roger Waters playing.. maybe with his guest appearance from David Gilmour.....

[glasto-worker]

I thought that by joining RogerWaters.com by the time the pre sale came they would be selling of tickets all over the 02 but I ended up with Block A1 - Row X { so front of stage } for may 2011.

Sure there will be some who are not into his music but cant really work out why they sit though a set when there is so much to see at Glastonbury.

Lucky enough I am old enough to have seen Floyd with Roger and then on his own and Floyd without him.

The Roger Water's Wall Concert in Berlin on 21 July 1990 was the best Concert I have ever seen .

Sadly the WBC did not have the Beer Contract so I went as a Punter.

By good fortune I went with two Dutch friends who speak perfect German and we arrived in the morning so was able to get very close to the huge stage.

Held in Potsdamer Platz (a location which was part of the former "no-man's land" of the Berlin Wall , this concert was even bigger than the Pink Floyd era ones, as Waters built a 550-foot long and 82-foot high wall, which was broken down in the same show.

The show had a sell-out crowd of over 200,000 people, and right before the performance started the gates were opened to the concert and an additional 100,000 to 500,000 (estimates vary) people were able to enter for free so we are talking about a huge audience.

I also saw him at Glastonbury and Hyde Park where I was working at both but was able to fix the shifts so I did not miss anything.

As he has a show in Birmingham on Monday 27 th of June you never know but it is a long tour he is on so I would not hold out much hope.

The odds are I will be working at Glasto 2011 and certainly if he is playing on the Sunday I will not miss it.

[Bobs]

I do hope Either Him or Macca play the 'Legend' Slot.
Would be absolutely Magical. Please Happen.

[TheBigJT]

A couple things to add here:

The presale e-mail did come late here in the US.  I actually got stuck with some extra tickets as a result.  I bought some on one presale since I didn't get the e-mail, then a half day later one arrived, so I bought a second set and then could never sell the first ones due to the high prices.  Ended up giving a friend a VERY expensive Christmas present.  So, expect presales codes to pop back up after seats are already on sale.

I just saw the show three times here in California.  The best one was 14th row on December 13th.  I was able to get my DSLR in with two lenses and took a ton of shots.  I've posted 20 or so of the best on my blog if you're interested in a preview of the show.  (http://jonctrask.wordpress.com/)   My Glasto photos and write ups are there as well if you scroll back a bit.

Lastly, having seen the show, I'm honestly not really sure that it would be the best choice for Glastonbury.  I think you'd end up with the same sort of situation as Gorillaz this year.  This tour is a very specific reading of the Wall and the Wall only....not greatest hits, no added bits (except solos and such).  It ends with a rather poignant acoustic number and not a rousing blast of hits.  In an arena it works....but it works more in line with a West End/Broadway show than a huge mass sing-along.  If that makes any sense?  

I love Waters, Gilmour, Floyd, etc.  I just don't think the Wall tour as it's being performed would translate well into that huge field.

[ivan]

KatiePC, on 11 October 2010 - 12:27 PM, said:

So we're gonna have Roger Waters playing 'The Wall'. Oh joy. Last time he played by God it was one of the dullest two hours of my life.

Having taken chemicals durig Rolf and smoked a huge one as Rog came on , I must say it was a brilliant
set !

I have a photo of it , and I am stood in front of the 3 wise men ( honest ) , so just shows how two people can have two different views of a set.

[paolo1980]

Who's Roger Waters? And why the "bloody'?

[THEBOILERMAN]

GLASTO-WORKER

   "The Roger Water's Wall Concert in Berlin on 21 July 1990 was the best Concert I have ever seen" .

   Like you i was also in Berlin 1990 and have to agree this was the greatest gig/show i have ever seen.

i`ve seen Roger Waters and Pink Floyd since  But nothing comes close to Berlin.

[glasto-worker]

TheBigJT, on 30 December 2010 - 06:34 AM, said:

I just saw the show three times here in California.  The best one was 14th row on December 13th.  I was able to get my DSLR in with two lenses and took a ton of shots.  I've posted 20 or so of the best on my blog if you're interested in a preview of the show.  (http://jonctrask.wordpress.com/)   My Glasto photos and write ups are there as well if you scroll back a bit.

Lastly, having seen the show, I'm honestly not really sure that it would be the best choice for Glastonbury.  I think you'd end up with the same sort of situation as Gorillaz this year.  This tour is a very specific reading of the Wall and the Wall only....not greatest hits, no added bits (except solos and such).  It ends with a rather poignant acoustic number and not a rousing blast of hits.  In an arena it works....but it works more in line with a West End/Broadway show than a huge mass sing-along.  If that makes any sense?  

I love Waters, Gilmour, Floyd, etc.  I just don't think the Wall tour as it's being performed would translate well into that huge field.

So it sounds as if it its like a smaller version of the Berlin Wall Concert which is just what I am expecting.

Your right that your viewing point can change your perspective as its a big show to take in .

One thing is certain if he does make it to Glasto it will not be a re run of the Wall concert as this Pyramid stage is such a small area.

In a ideal situation it has to be done out of doors with real Bombers flying over and dropping bombs.

I saw the original version at Earls Court with Floyd and it was clear the stage show had to be much bigger even although Earls Court is a huge venue.

Nice images by the way.

[TheBigJT]

glasto-worker, on 30 December 2010 - 10:09 AM, said:

So it sounds as if it its like a smaller version of the Berlin Wall Concert which is just what I am expecting.

Your right that your viewing point can change your perspective as its a big show to take in .

One thing is certain if he does make it to Glasto it will not be a re run of the Wall concert as this Pyramid stage is such a small area.

In a ideal situation it has to be done out of doors with real Bombers flying over and dropping bombs.

I saw the original version at Earls Court with Floyd and it was clear the stage show had to be much bigger even although Earls Court is a huge venue.

Nice images by the way.

Having watched the Berlin concert a few times (at least on video, would have loved to have been there.)
It is somewhat similar.  

However he has tweaked it to a more contemporary (and universal theme).  He's morphed it a bit from Pink (his) struggle to everyone's losses from hate, war and intolerance.  It took me one full show to got over and around that...the original is so iconic to me.  But, when I accepted it was from a new angle it opened up and improved it for me.  

The idea of real bombers and such would take it into a new level.  He did do DSOM at Coachella a few years ago and I heard that it was pretty awesome.  (I saw it at the Hollywood Bowl a couple times on that tour and there it was terrific).

Thank you for the kind word about the photos.  I'm as proud of those shots as almost anything I've shot in years.  
Even my friend who went with me (who is a MUCH better photographer than I am) complimented me on them.    
JT

[Paul ™]

My tickets for Dublin arrived last week :-)

[glasto-worker]

THEBOILERMAN, on 30 December 2010 - 10:07 AM, said:

GLASTO-WORKER

   "The Roger Water's Wall Concert in Berlin on 21 July 1990 was the best Concert I have ever seen" .

   Like you i was also in Berlin 1990 and have to agree this was the greatest gig/show i have ever seen.

i`ve seen Roger Waters and Pink Floyd since  But nothing comes close to Berlin.

Were you surprised that the venue bars were only selling ' Near Beer ' ?

When all the extra people arrived they were allowed to bring in bags so we were able to haggle for real bottled Beer .

Did you go to the big warehouse party afterwards that went on until the next day  ?

I was lucky as my two friends speak perfect German otherwise we would never have known about it - it was within earshot of the stage and we heard them do a few tracks again { the songs that were interrupted by the power failure } although not sure if it was for the live DVD or CD.

I bet the first thing you did was wash your face { for anyone who was not there - No mans land had been dug up for mines so the ground was very dusty and all the audience was covered from head to toe in brown dirt } - we could not find any soap but was able to track down a tube of toothpaste - smelled a bit but did the job.

It was a cracking weekend - well worth the drive to get there.

[glasto-worker]

TheBigJT, on 31 December 2010 - 06:11 AM, said:

Having watched the Berlin concert a few times (at least on video, would have loved to have been there.)

The idea of real bombers and such would take it into a new level.  He did do DSOM at Coachella a few years ago and I heard that it was pretty awesome.  (I saw it at the Hollywood Bowl a couple times on that tour and there it was terrific).

Thank you for the kind word about the photos.  I'm as proud of those shots as almost anything I've shot in years. Even my friend who went with me (who is a MUCH better photographer than I am) complimented me on them.    
JT

The Berlin Authorities would not give permission for the bombers claiming crowd safety reasons but they did permit a helicopter that let off the most enormous star burst that light up the whole crowd that stretched back for many miles - we had been unaware they had opened up the gates behind us so it was a shock to see all the extra people.The star burst was the brightest thing I have ever seen - I believe it was a eight foot long container and was dropped on a parchute .

It was over on the left hand side of the stage and I think it dropped behind the stage  

So how did you get a Nikon D90 into the venue ?

[TheBigJT]

glasto-worker, on 01 January 2011 - 10:11 AM, said:

The Berlin Authorities would not give permission for the bombers claiming crowd safety reasons but they did permit a helicopter that let off the most enormous star burst that light up the whole crowd that stretched back for many miles - we had been unaware they had opened up the gates behind us so it was a shock to see all the extra people.The star burst was the brightest thing I have ever seen - I believe it was a eight foot long container and was dropped on a parchute .

It was over on the left hand side of the stage and I think it dropped behind the stage  

So how did you get a Nikon D90 into the venue ?

That sounds amazing....I really would have loved to see that in person.
The only crowd like that I even experienced was at Cal Jam II (that's where my icon photo comes from) in 1978.  The estimates at that was around 400-500k people.  The gates came down there and no one ever even took my ticket.  I cut school and stayed out there a couple days, quite an experience when you're 18. (Ted Nugent, Aerosmith, Santana, Heart, Dave Mason, Bob Welch, Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush and Foreigner were the main acts during one long day of music.)

As for the camera:
I'm a Ducks (hockey) seat holder at the building, so I sort of know the drill there from going about 50 times a year.  I went to one of the supervisors at the hockey game held the night before and discussed it with him.  He said as long as the band said "cameras" were okay anything under a 6in lens was acceptable.  So, I popped my 50mm fixed onto the body and dropped my 55mm-200mm zoom into the bottom of my bag inside a black soft case.  The camera looked sort of weird, but it was well under 6in.  The extras lens was 5.5 off the camera, but he just glanced and waved me in.  Never even looked past the camera.  I was close enough the fast 50mm took some nice shots by itself and the zoom gave me enough reach to get some faces.  It worked out perfectly.  

Of course as I typed this, I realized that there was time I'd have sent that sort of effort on smuggling a bottle in....now it's just a camera, I guess I'm officially old....lol

[glasto-worker]

TheBigJT, on 02 January 2011 - 12:24 AM, said:

As for the camera:
I'm a Ducks (hockey) seat holder at the building, so I sort of know the drill there from going about 50 times a year.  I went to one of the supervisors at the hockey game held the night before and discussed it with him.  He said as long as the band said "cameras" were okay anything under a 6in lens was acceptable.  So, I popped my 50mm fixed onto the body and dropped my 55mm-200mm zoom into the bottom of my bag inside a black soft case.  The camera looked sort of weird, but it was well under 6in.  The extras lens was 5.5 off the camera, but he just glanced and waved me in.  Never even looked past the camera.  I was close enough the fast 50mm took some nice shots by itself and the zoom gave me enough reach to get some faces.  It worked out perfectly.  

Of course as I typed this, I realized that there was time I'd have sent that sort of effort on smuggling a bottle in....now it's just a camera, I guess I'm officially old....lol

The image tags retain which lens you were using and its f stop . { that is how I worked out which camera you were using } - you had to be close to use a 50mm.

I was good friends with Fish from Marillion and some of the early gigs was at the Hammersmith Odeon - check who has played at http://en.wikipedia....mersmith_Apollo

The backstage pass also allowed entry to the photo pit area and nine times out of ten I was the only one in that area .There was enough room to set up a few camera tripods and I got some cracking shots - for ticket holders there is no way they could get in a SLR but a few did bring in a simple compact and they would come close to the second barrier and ask one of the security to  call me over and ask me to take a few shots using their compact which I was happy to do - God knows how they turned out.The Hammersmith Odeon had a backstage bar but it was right at the top of the stage { a bloody long walk } which would be packed out after the event although Derek { I knew him before he was given the nick name hence why I don't call him Fish } would not have a clue who 99% were { so nothing has changed there }

Now I did not do a survey but I reckon 90% of the ticket holders at the Berlin Concert was expecting Pink Floyd rather than Roger Waters - I gave up trying to explain things - at least my friends and I knew exactly who was playing and it was a interesting mix as to who was taken part of it.

I have a strong feeling that the tickets were Country limited so only a small percent were ever available in the UK - I still have the ticket stub and the event book so will have to hunt it out.

It was a one off as after all its unlikely they will ever re build the Berlin Wall - there was a person renting out a small pointed hammer which I used to chip away apart of the wall { bloody heavy work I can tell you as it was not normal concrete }

[TheBigJT]

glasto-worker, on 02 January 2011 - 02:44 AM, said:

The image tags retain which lens you were using and its f stop . { that is how I worked out which camera you were using } - you had to be close to use a 50mm.

I was good friends with Fish from Marillion and some of the early gigs was at the Hammersmith Odeon - check who has played at http://en.wikipedia....mersmith_Apollo

The backstage pass also allowed entry to the photo pit area and nine times out of ten I was the only one in that area .There was enough room to set up a few camera tripods and I got some cracking shots - for ticket holders there is no way they could get in a SLR but a few did bring in a simple compact and they would come close to the second barrier and ask one of the security to  call me over and ask me to take a few shots using their compact which I was happy to do - God knows how they turned out.The Hammersmith Odeon had a backstage bar but it was right at the top of the stage { a bloody long walk } which would be packed out after the event although Derek { I knew him before he was given the nick name hence why I don't call him Fish } would not have a clue who 99% were { so nothing has changed there }

Now I did not do a survey but I reckon 90% of the ticket holders at the Berlin Concert was expecting Pink Floyd rather than Roger Waters - I gave up trying to explain things - at least my friends and I knew exactly who was playing and it was a interesting mix as to who was taken part of it.

I have a strong feeling that the tickets were Country limited so only a small percent were ever available in the UK - I still have the ticket stub and the event book so will have to hunt it out.

It was a one off as after all its unlikely they will ever re build the Berlin Wall - there was a person renting out a small pointed hammer which I used to chip away apart of the wall { bloody heavy work I can tell you as it was not normal concrete }

I was 14th row...tickets cost a fortune (about 275 USD, and that was from Waters website)....but, I think overall it was worth it for the experience.

I'm familiar with the Hammersmith Odeon, not just as a music fan (Springsteen, Thin Lizzy, etc...)  But, I also actually saw a show there in December 2001 (Travis with I Am Kloot supporting).  We had rather blah seats in the balcony, but it was fun to just go and experience a concert at a historic place like that.  I've had a fascination with UK bands pretty much all my life, so going to a show at any London venue has been a real treat for me.  After my last trip I've now been able to visit quite a few.  (RAH, O2, Wembley Stadium, Hyde Park and of course the Hammersmith Odeon as mentioned.)

Marillion never seemed to break here in the states, but I heard a bit of their material through the years.  The folk that I knew who liked them were very passionate about them.  Very cool about getting to shoot them....I assume that was with traditional film in the pre-digital days.  

I used to haul my 35mm camera into shows back in the 70's and 80's.  Got lucky and was close a few times back then.  I have some really good Cheap Trick stuff, some Bob  Welch, Journey and my favorite stuff was from a club in Huntington Beach where I shot Rick Danko, Paul Butterfield and Gary Bussey when they toured around 1979.  I have a huge box of negatives, contact sheets and prints stuffed away somewhere.  But, I never had that sort of great access...very cool!

The same with seeing the wall in Berlin, and coming home with a piece of the actual wall as well is awesome!

[glasto-worker]

TheBigJT, on 03 January 2011 - 05:17 AM, said:

The same with seeing the wall in Berlin, and coming home with a piece of the actual wall as well is awesome!

Will send you a pm - I am sure there was characters who was pulling up with a crane and taking away eight foot wide slabs of it - even although we were only there a few days the wall was disappearing in front of our eyes - just like the actual concert.