Roger Waters: European Tour 2018 (Ireland included)

RayCon

https://rogerwaters.com/tour.php

Only German and Austrian dates confirmed so far however according to press spiel :

"The 2018 European Us + Them tour has so many more countries in the pipeline that it will visit including shows in 23 countries — Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Ireland :cool:, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK."

Summer date in the Aviva probably .....

The Nal

GLaDOS

Oh man, I'm all over this

PTH2009

The Nal wrote: »

id consider going to a show after seeing that, looks unreal, no way that would fit in the 3arena

dont knw many Floyd songs though so ill admit im jumping on the bandwagon

The Nal

PTH2009 wrote: »

id consider going to a show after seeing that, looks unreal, no way that would fit in the 3arena

dont knw many Floyd songs though so ill admit im jumping on the bandwagon

Yeah it'll be a stadium show.

Make sure Animals is a part of your life.

RayCon

Berlin, Sat June 2nd looking tasty

The Nal

RayCon wrote: »

Berlin, Sat June 2nd looking tasty

PTH2009

made a playlist of the setlist on Spotify and gave it a listen. It takes a while to get going but its sounds good and imagine the visuals will be out of this world

Would he return to the Aviva again after it supposably selling so bad in 2013 ???

Thundercats Ho

It had been just 2 years since he played 2 shows at the point.
It was the same show (the wall) albeit on a smaller scale.
I'd say that was a deciding factor for many.

There was 8 of us went to the point gig, and just 2 of us went to the Lansdowne road gig 2 years later.

There'll have been 5 years between the last gig and next years gig, so i'd expect it to sell very well.

RayCon

RayCon wrote: »

Berlin, Sat June 2nd looking tasty

Scratch that .... front section seats = €295 .... yes, you read that correctly = €295. :eek: ....

Peter File

Cheapest tickets seem to be €86. Very high but unfortunately par for the course for seeing legends.

PTH2009

Peter File wrote: »

Cheapest tickets seem to be €86. Very high but unfortunately par for the course for seeing legends.

I'll be going for them for the Irish gig, paid over €200 for my u2 Croke Park and I said never paying that price again unless it's the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen or a wrestling PPV

GuitarTown

Very happy to hear this. His Dark Side.. and The Wall tours are two of the best shows I've seen by anyone.

He seems to be playing a few songs from the new album which I really enjoyed. Some of them could easily be Floyd songs, Deja Vu is right:

finbarrk

Great news. I saw them in 1988. Will definitely take in some of these.

bodhrandude

Is there not an s after Water?

Peter File

bodhrandude wrote: »

Is there not an s after Water?

There is!!

rednik

Dates in Norway, Portugal & Finland just announced.

rednik

10 more dates in Europe just announced, being drip fed at this stage.

Peter File

Can someone edit the title of this thread?

bodhrandude

Whats the typical cost for a Roger Waters show, 50, 60 or 60 odd euros, might try and get onto the family for a possible early xmas pressie ha ha. Seriously though have never seen Roger Waters live, I seen the other three on the Momentary Lapse of Reason/Delicate Sound of Thunder tour at Manchester in 1988.

Peter File

bodhrandude wrote: »

Whats the typical cost for a Roger Waters show, 50, 60 or 60 odd euros, might try and get onto the family for a possible early xmas pressie ha ha. Seriously though have never seen Roger Waters live, I seen the other three on the Momentary Lapse of Reason/Delicate Sound of Thunder tour at Manchester in 1988.

Close to €100 for the cheapest tickets I feel judging by other venues for this tour. I would love if there were tickets for €50. As it looks likely to be the three arena it will be a big seller

Thunder77

It will be 3 arena, two nights most likely,that last Aviva gig didn't sell so there is no way he would go stadium again and the entire tour is indoors so i would expect it to be indoors

bodhrandude

Someone posted this in the Pink Floyd Glastonbury thread on efestivals, it gave me a chuckle.

ozzy jr

UK dates announced this morning,

http://rogerwaters.com/tour.php

Thunder77

I would expect Dublin to be between July 9th-11th

Zardoz

ozzy jr wrote: »

UK dates announced this morning,

http://rogerwaters.com/tour.php

The indoor Uk gigs are all seated ,no standing tickets.
I'd imagine it will be standing in Dublin though.

finbarrk

Thunder77 wrote: »

It will be 3 arena, two nights most likely,that last Aviva gig didn't sell so there is no way he would go stadium again and the entire tour is indoors so i would expect it to be indoors

Hyde Park is outdoor I presume.

Thunder77

yes but demand for him in London would be very high so instead of doing 5-6 nights in an arena he can just do one massive outdoor show and fit in some more cities around the UK

poundhound

I'm beginning to fear Dublin wont be included as the 3arena wont accommodate the current stage set. The same issue arises that U2 faced on the i+e tour.
He has a huge screen that comes out into the crowd during the 2nd half of the show. The 3arena's "fan shape" is far from ideal for this layout.
I think he's more likely to inc Belfast than Dublin.

Wooderson

poundhound wrote: »

I'm beginning to fear Dublin wont be included as the 3arena wont accommodate the current stage set. The same issue arises that U2 faced on the i+e tour.
He has a huge screen that comes out into the crowd during the 2nd half of the show. The 3arena's "fan shape" is far from ideal for this layout.
I think he's more likely to inc Belfast than Dublin.

Ireland is on his confirmed tour itinerary chief.

Thunder77

Well he did bring his Wall tour to the arena in 2011 and that fit fine and that was a massive production, i still reckon it will be 3 Arena

poundhound

Re "Ireland is on his confirmed tour itinerary chief".

For some of us, Belfast falls into that jurisdiction.

And yes, he brought The Wall production but that didn't involve a screen running from the stage out towards the back of the venue.

Wooderson

poundhound wrote: »

Re "Ireland is on his confirmed tour itinerary chief".

For some of us, Belfast falls into that jurisdiction.

And yes, he brought The Wall production but that didn't involve a screen running from the stage out towards the back of the venue.

Name a recent tour where a Belfast date was listed under "Ireland" by an international touring artist.

poundhound

U2 I+E tour

WED
NOV
18
2015
Belfast IE
Botanic Gardens
Show Report / Video / Photos 10 TBC
THU
NOV
19
2015
Belfast IE
Botanic Gardens
Show Report / Video / Photos 12 ENDED
MON
NOV
23
2015
Dublin IE
3Arena
Show Report / Video / Photos 35 ENDED
TUE
NOV
24
2015
Dublin IE
3Arena
Show Report / Video / Photos 9 ENDED
FRI
NOV
27
2015

The Nal

poundhound wrote: »

I'm beginning to fear Dublin wont be included as the 3arena wont accommodate the current stage set. The same issue arises that U2 faced on the i+e tour.
He has a huge screen that comes out into the crowd during the 2nd half of the show. The 3arena's "fan shape" is far from ideal for this layout.
I think he's more likely to inc Belfast than Dublin.

Well now hes doing outdoors shows why not the Aviva? Setlists are incredible and the new album is a banger. One of the best of the year.

The 3Arena is already very dated. Having been in Madison Square Garden and the 3Arena in the space of the last fortnight (other venues too in the last few years) the 3Arena is miles behind in every way. Sound, seats, facilities, transport links, surrounding bars, restaurants and cafes, staff etc. Feels old and need of an upgrade already.

PTH2009

The Nal wrote: »

Well now hes doing outdoors shows why not the Aviva? Setlists are incredible and the new album is a banger. One of the best of the year.

The 3Arena is already very dated. Having been in Madison Square Garden and the 3Arena in the space of the last fortnight (other venues too in the last few years) the 3Arena is miles behind in every way. Sound, seats, facilities, transport links, surrounding bars, restaurants and cafes, staff etc. Feels old and need of an upgrade already.

It's miles away from places like the Hydro, Manchester Arena and many others. If only they decided to look at UK arenas and build it in an ice hockey type layout. In fairness it's not too bad. The Olympia needs a huge revamp imo but that's more of an iconic place

The Nal

PTH2009 wrote: »

It's miles away from places like the Hydro, Manchester Arena and many others. If only they decided to look at UK arenas and build it in an ice hockey type layout. In fairness it's not too bad. The Olympia needs a huge revamp imo but that's more of an iconic place

The Olympia is a shíthole.

And yeah, the new Point was poorly designed from the start. The no mans land in between both sides of the stage and the crowd is an odd one. Sucks up all the atmosphere. Feels like you're about to see a Fianna Fáil Ard Fheis rather than a gig.

Zardoz

The Nal wrote: »

Well now hes doing outdoors shows why not the Aviva? Setlists are incredible and the new album is a banger. One of the best of the year.

The 3Arena is already very dated. Having been in Madison Square Garden and the 3Arena in the space of the last fortnight (other venues too in the last few years) the 3Arena is miles behind in every way. Sound, seats, facilities, transport links, surrounding bars, restaurants and cafes, staff etc. Feels old and need of an upgrade already.

The 3arena was specifically designed like the First Direct in Leeds for concerts and it suits most events that only use a main stage.
The arena is constructed in a super theatre fan shaped format , with 'perfect sightlines' from each seat and the longest distance from the stage is 60 metres as opposed to 95–110 metres at a traditionally designed Arena.
Its the more elaborate setups that it struggles with but these are in the minority.

The sound system is very good ,much better than the O2 in London for example .
Try sitting in the upper level there ,then you will have a reason to complain.

You do realise that they spent $1 billion dollars refurbishing Madison Square Gardens a few years ago ,before that it was a kip.

The Nal

Zardoz wrote: »

The 3arena was specifically designed like the First Direct in Leeds for concerts and it suits most events that only use a main stage.
The arena is constructed in a super theatre fan shaped format , with 'perfect sightlines' from each seat and the longest distance from the stage is 60 metres as opposed to 95–110 metres at a traditionally designed Arena.
Its the more elaborate setups that it struggles with but these are in the minority.

The sound system is very good ,much better than the O2 in London for example .
Try sitting in the upper level there ,then you will have a reason to complain.

You do realise that they spent $1 billion dollars refurbishing Madison Square Gardens a few years ago ,before that it was a kip.

So I hear yeah. You can see where the money went. Superb venue.

You can't see from everywhere in the 3Arena by the way. Had to swap seats with the missus at Chris Rock the other night because there was a slightly above average height bloke sitting in front of her. Seats are very close to each other (ie the in front and behind), they're a bit rickety now.

Disagree that the sound is good. The sound system may be good but I've been to lots and lots of gigs there with average sound. Theres only a few places when standing with good sound. The echo from the bars etc under the seats ruin it.

Anyway, happy to see Waters in there, he could modify and fit the screen in.

Wombatman

Somebody please put the 's' in the thread title. It tilts me every time I see it come up in latest posts

PTH2009

https://www.facebook.com/aikenpromotions/videos/1613039368736016/

Dublin annoucement perhaps ??

looks like Pink Floyds Triangle logo ??

Zardoz

The Nal wrote: »

So I hear yeah. You can see where the money went. Superb venue.

You can't see from everywhere in the 3Arena by the way. Had to swap seats with the missus at Chris Rock the other night because there was a slightly above average height bloke sitting in front of her. Seats are very close to each other (ie the in front and behind), they're a bit rickety now.

I agree ,flat seating your view might not be the best if there is someone with a big head in front of you ,but I've never had an issue in the tiered seating.
They should have put a minor incline on the floor area .

Disagree that the sound is good. The sound system may be good but I've been to lots and lots of gigs there with average sound. Theres only a few places when standing with good sound. The echo from the bars etc under the seats ruin it.

I've always found the sound good ,clear and not too loud or distorted.
Alot depends on the sound engineer ,some of them are absolutely useless ,they destroy the sound with too much bass and low frequency effects.

The Nal

PTH2009 wrote: »

https://www.facebook.com/aikenpromotions/videos/1613039368736016/

Dublin annoucement perhaps ??

looks like Pink Floyds Triangle logo ??

Aiken? RDS?

Wooderson

poundhound wrote: »

U2 I+E tour

WED
NOV
18
2015
Belfast IE
Botanic Gardens
Show Report / Video / Photos 10 TBC
THU
NOV
19
2015
Belfast IE
Botanic Gardens
Show Report / Video / Photos 12 ENDED
MON
NOV
23
2015
Dublin IE
3Arena
Show Report / Video / Photos 35 ENDED
TUE
NOV
24
2015
Dublin IE
3Arena
Show Report / Video / Photos 9 ENDED
FRI
NOV
27
2015

I'm sure the Wolfe Tones called it similarly.

OldMrBrennan83

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Peter File

Patww79 wrote: »

If it's the point on a weekend then all for it. Just please not the Aviva or RDS.

The three arena is the best large scale venue in Dublin. This concert needs to be experienced in Darkness not a bright summer evening

Wooderson

What % of the new tour does he mime?

jsms88

PTH2009 wrote: »

https://www.facebook.com/aikenpromotions/videos/1613039368736016/

Dublin annoucement perhaps ??

looks like Pink Floyds Triangle logo ??

Looks like his staging alright. He’s announced most of the other European dates over the last few days as far as I can see so makes sense that we’ll get an announcement this week.

PTH2009

https://www.instagram.com/p/BZ0mhFoDW1r/

Deff Roger Waters I'd say TBA 2morrow

ozzy jr

I hope tickets don't go on sale on Friday.

I want a week or so to think about this. I'm hearing he mimes a bit. Not sure if I want to hand over €100 to see someone mime

RayCon

Aiken promotions ... so won't be the 3 Arena - I think they are a Live Nation venue (ie. MCD).
Looking like outdoor announcement. RDS, Aviva or newly refurbed Pairc Ui Chaoimh possibly.