Roger Waters, bass player, co-vocalist and lyricist for the English band Pink Floyd, is offering a new way to experience his performance of the 1979 album “The Wall”.
ith the construction of a fake, brick wall halfway through his set - completely blocking himself (and his eleven-piece band) off from the crowd to show the disassociative state society is heading in.
“The new production of The Wall is an attempt to draw some comparisons, to illuminate our current predicament, and is dedicated to the innocent lost in the intervening years,” states Waters in his tour blog.
Waters also questions if, “the technologies of communication in our culture serve to enlighten us and help us to understand one another better, or will the deceive us and tear us apart?”
The rock veteran obviously sides his opinion on the matter with the latter statement since the only visual sequences during the show are flashes of Shell oil signs and various religious artifacts. Waters even allows fans to upload pictures of civilians and soldiers lost at war that are shown throughout the show as a protest of unnecessary violence. As he feels, “many of these tragic losses of life are avoidable.”
Tickets are not cheap, but Waters still has a few weeks of U.S. touring left. To get the first-hand experience of the visonary music, it would be wise to order tickets now before the prices rise any higher.
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