Roger Bloody Waters

[ICGenie]

So, I'm sitting down and thinking I fancy listening to a bit of Floyd. Do I purposefully chose to listen to the mess of highs and lows, with the dreary moaning and the self-centred Roger ego trip, or do I listen to something else.

Tricky.

I've just tried it. I'm currently listening to Echoes.

[Dunney77]

I've just tried it. I'm currently listening to Echoes.

[MrZigster]

So, playing Birmingham on the Monday after Glastonbury.

Link

Been trying to find a password for the presale tomorrow, or somewhere where I can register, no luck so far.

Can anyone help me out here?

[gibbin82]

So, playing Birmingham on the Monday after Glastonbury.

Link

Been trying to find a password for the presale tomorrow, or somewhere where I can register, no luck so far.

Can anyone help me out here?

[MrZigster]

You need to register on the Roger Waters web site http://tickets.rogerwaters.com/ and if it is like any of the other dates you will get a link tomorrow (Thursday) that enables you to buy premium tickets. I got a pair for Saturday at the O2 London in the middle front block (about 8 rows back) like this.

[gibbin82]

Don't worry I am sure the email will come, I only have Manchester and London ticked in my preferred cities, however I get notifications for all new ticket sales, most recently an extra one in Berlin.

[MrZigster]

Well. it's 8:58 and nothing.

Edit: 09:11 and I'm offered block 4 row S. They can just f**k off and I will take my chances with a tout in London.

Edited December 2, 2010 by MrZigster

[Paul ™]

Thats why I went for standing tickets in Dublin, couldn't get any decent seats at any of the UK gigs (was away working at Readingwhen they were on pre-sale)

[MrZigster]

Got block 4 row Q.

At just gone nine.

WEorst ticket buying experience EVER and REALLY cross.

Page after page after page of absolute bollocks to fill in. What nonsense.

£90 for the privilege as well.

[gibbin82]

Got block 4 row Q.

At just gone nine.

WEorst ticket buying experience EVER and REALLY cross.

Page after page after page of absolute bollocks to fill in. What nonsense.

£90 for the privilege as well.

[Bluearsedfly]

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.

[gibbin82]

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?

[MrZigster]

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]

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

[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]

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.

[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]

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.

[TheBigJT]

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.

[Paul ™]

My tickets for Dublin arrived last week :-)

[glasto-worker]

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.