Who has seen Pink Floyd live? [Archive]

GCDEF

11-11-2008, 02:16 PM

Me. A momentary lapse of reason tour, USAir arena outside DC I think. That one was amazing. Comfortably Numb was probably the single best concert experience of my life.

Saw Roger Waters a year or two ago at the Ford Amphitheatre outside Tampa. We were on the lawn pretty far back from the stage. Not much in the way of sound bad there and the pig got stuck in front of the big screens for a good part of the show, so it wasn't particularly memorable. Probably would have been good in the first few rows.

jay42

11-11-2008, 02:18 PM

I missed the Pulse tour in my burg...according to the news, it only took 60 minutes to sell 60,000 seats. How is that possible? (yes, I'm being rhetorical) I refuse to buy from scalpers, even when condoned by the state of California.

Caretaker

11-11-2008, 02:18 PM

3 times on the Division Bell tour. Momentary Lapse? tour, 1st and last nights of The Wall at Nassau Coliseum. Waters a few times with Clapton and Gilmour a few times.

PUCKBOY99

11-11-2008, 02:20 PM

Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour....Montreal Forum, I think :huh

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:messedup

axehunter

11-11-2008, 02:36 PM

Saw the Roger Waters "In the Flesh" show, where he had Nick Mason join him for the second "set" to play Dark Side straight through...amazing show. Not seen Gilmour or the 'other' Pink Floyd yet.

franksguitar

11-11-2008, 02:49 PM

I saw Pink Floyd in 1967 with Sid Barrett at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia when I was 15. I saw them in early 70's doing Dark Side and saw The Division Bell tour. Australian Pink Floyd is coming here soon.

chrisr777

11-11-2008, 03:04 PM

1975 - LA Sports Arena - Wish You Were Here tour
1977 - Anaheim Stadium - Animals tour
1980 - LA Sports Arena - The Wall tour

rhp52

11-11-2008, 03:07 PM

Dark side tour 1970 0r 71

65sam

11-11-2008, 03:12 PM

3 times on the Division Bell Tour once in Dallas twice in Houston. It's still in my top 10 shows

mds

11-11-2008, 03:12 PM

I saw them in '94 too at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, AZ....great show...

russ6100

11-11-2008, 03:14 PM

Animals tour in '77 at the Spectrum in Philadelphia!

How was it?

Uh....I keep getting these error messages when I try to remember....:messedup

duckbunny

11-11-2008, 03:15 PM

MSG in 1977(?) on the Animals Tour; Nassau Coliseum in eighty whenever for the Wall tour, RFK in 94 Division Bell Tour. The Division Bell show had about the loudest, cleanest, headphone quality sound I think I have ever heard at a concert inside or outside.

Yep, me too. MSG, July 2, 1977 for the "Animals" tour. Great show, though how I can remember anything about it, I'll never know!;)

-db

kronos

11-11-2008, 03:20 PM

I saw them in 1973 at the Stadthalle in Vienna . My first big concert, unforgettable.

halcyon85

11-11-2008, 03:24 PM

I never did see the Floyd. My uncles went to New Orleans for the Division Bell tour, and failed to take me with them. "We'll bring you something back," they said. I got a Mickey Mouse hat. Insulting. Good way to piss off a ten year old Floyd fan. I eventually nabbed their ticket stubs and laminated them. At least it's something that was in the same room with Gilmour, Wright, and Mason.

I kept hoping and hoping with endless optimism that they would all reunite one last time, as impossible as it would be. I believed it would happen. And then Richard Wright died. So the closest I've ever got to a live Floyd experience was a DVD and a laser show. It's hard to feel regret over something you have no control over. And it's a good thing (sort of) I found out way too late about the Live 8 show. I would have sold everything to get over there.

Hopefully I'll catch Gilmour some time, but it might be too difficult for me to sit through. I've listened to Pink Floyd so long that I don't think there was ever an actual starting point. Their music has just always been around me my entire life.

Rid

11-11-2008, 03:25 PM

Pulse tour....uhu!

twinrider1

11-11-2008, 03:52 PM

1988, at the Horseshoe. Momentary Lapse tour.
http://www.pinkfloyd-co.com/band/interviews/art-rev/art-repent.html
"This is definitely the biggest thing to hit Columbus," declares one of the 240 clean-cut Ohio State University students whose good grades qualified them for the coveted position of Pink Floyd usher. For the first time ever, rockophobic school authorities have permitted the staging of a cncert at their 66-year old football stadium, and all tickets were snapped up within hours of going on sale on campus. Though the original plan was merely to give O.S.U.'s 100,000 students frist crack at Ohio Stadium's 63,016 seats, any townies wishing to see the show were left with no choice but to pay scalpers upwards of $40. Throughout the past 24 hours, local stations have been regaling the state capital virtually nonstop with the classic 1970's albums Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here and The Wall. As the band's police-escorted minibus proceeds throught the sprawling campus, groups of jocks - some wearing nothing but, of all things, electric pink shorts - interrupt their volleyball to cheer and shake their fists in approval at the smoked windows. Dormitory windows are festooned with bouquets of pink balloons and announcements of "post Pink" parties; and at least one campus bar attempts to lure customers with the promise of pink beer. (At the tour's previous university stop some students went so far as to repaint their dorms pink).

Later that tour, in Cleveland.
Our buddy that drove, was so wasted while driving up that we were planning a coup at the next stop. He heard us and we just drove straight through to Cleveland.
Four of us, two pair of tickets in different sections. Glad I wasn't with him, because we get there, he hears half a song, pukes on the guy in front of him, and passes out. Wakes up after the show ends. Youth really is wasted on the young.

I went, by myself to the Roger Waters show a few weeks before the Columbus show. None of my buddies wanted to go. "Dude, it's not Pink Floyd." But I figured since he wrote a ton of it I should go. Lucked into a great seat and it was a great show....Radio K.A.O.S. tour.

Roadeye

11-11-2008, 03:54 PM

Saw them on The Wall tour on Long Island in I think 79 or so. Amazing show. Later on I saw them without Waters and they were still good.

doublescale1

11-11-2008, 04:01 PM

It had to have been the winter of 72, can't remember the date or month even. They were touring to support the release of Meddle with a big orchestra - they took a side trip from the big-ass orchestra tour to play Crysler Arena at the University of Michigan. Just the band and the surround sound PA. It was amazing. We were in the balcony, but it is a pretty small venue so

Devnor

11-11-2008, 04:04 PM

Momentary Lapse of Reason at Renuion Area in Dallas and the Division Bell show at Texas Stadium.

Caretaker

11-11-2008, 04:13 PM

Dark side tour 1970 0r 71
Ahead of your time? DSOTM came out in 73.

woschiz

11-11-2008, 04:14 PM

Went to 2 out of the 3 shows in Toronto in '94. Couple pals went with me that we're Floyd fans, they still say it was the best concert they ever went to. Also have seen Roger in Toronto and Buffalo in '00, and again in Toronto in '06.

sausagefingers

11-11-2008, 04:20 PM

Very cool that so many of you saw them in their prime, so to speak.

I saw them once, and the neatest thing about it was that I went to NYC and saw them at Yankee Stadium. My one vivid memory of it was that I was walking down 5th avenue about an hour before showtime and I bought a peach from a street vendor. It was a delicious peach. The concert, unfortunately, I do not remember as well. But I know it was good. :bong

mikem

11-11-2008, 04:23 PM

Momentary Lapse Of Reason tour, 1987 or 88, Exhibition Stadium in Toronto. Great show! Saw the Who there as well, in 89.

Mike

chrisr777

11-11-2008, 05:04 PM

Ahead of your time? DSOTM came out in 73.

I have boots of them playing it as early as '71. When I saw them in '75 they opened with Dogs and Sheep (by other names) before playing complete versions of Wish You Were Here and DSOTM even though Animals didn't come out until '77. The encore was Echoes.

erksin

11-11-2008, 05:16 PM

I saw them in '88 for the 'Momentary Laspe Of Reason' tour in Oakland, CA.

It was outside and it rained (April) - the laser show was awesome.

Not a fan of theirs at all (and I've really tried over the years, believe me), but the show was excellent.

jbird327

11-11-2008, 05:17 PM

I have seen all of their concerts since the one before DSOTM, I think it was the Meddle tour, at least that was the tune that was the big deal. I recall they previewed Dark Side as the opening set. All of these shows were in the Philly area except for the Wall in NY. The Momentary Lapse tour is my least favorite, possibly since it was outside on a cold, rainy night but the show just had no spark. I even left early. I also saw the Gilmour tour in the 80s as well as one Roger Waters show (which was one too many).

rhp52

11-11-2008, 05:22 PM

Ahead of your time? DSOTM came out in 73.

you're right! Well I'm not sure what tour it was then but i remember the huge explosion that took out 60% of their PA. somebody put too much black powder in the pots. the brighest thing I've ever seem outside of the sun, and when the smoke was clearing the only one still playing was the bass player. Gilmore just turned around and dropped his guitar on the stage. He looked like he was in shock, as well as everyone else.

I think i wound up 1 seat over, too!

Careful with that axe, Eugene

datguytim

11-11-2008, 05:22 PM

Saw 'em in Tempe AZ back around '87 or so (sometime between '86 & & '89). Wasn't a big fan prior to that, but they were excellent! Now I dig 'em hard. They had 2 giant circular screens behind 'em & the lights & sound were killer. The fact that we snuck in & saw the whole show for free made it even better!

johndara

11-11-2008, 05:22 PM

I saw them on their "Division Bell" tour at Foxboro Stadium in Massachusettes. We parked the car and they were already into their first song, Astronomy Domine...the lasers were shooting out over the stadium, very cool site. Great concert! It was my only time seeing them.

BluesForDan

11-11-2008, 05:25 PM

Division Bell Tour, outdoors at the old Foxboro Stadium. like it was said before, headphone quality sound. we missed out on the lasers in the mist falling the night before, but the visuals were fantastic nonetheless.

Did the new stuff in the first set, DSOTM in its entirety in the second set. I only had 2 beers. One of the best concerts I've ever seen. At the time, it was the most (85 dollars) my concert buddy and I had ever paid to see a show. IMHO it was worth it. I paid more to see Clapton's Blues From The Cradle tour, and to me it was worth it, but I went with an unappreciative date so that was a bit of a buzzkill.

bluesjuke

11-11-2008, 05:29 PM

'74 ("73?) DSOTM at IIRC Roosevelt Raceway, Momenteary Lapse of Reasontour in Orlando (In the freezing rain!),
had tickets to go to the Division Bell show but sold the tickets to two coworkers hours before the show.

roadfilm

11-11-2008, 05:31 PM

I saw the Animals tour at Soldiers Field in Chicago, summer of 1977. They opened with all of "Wish You Were Here" took a break then did all of "Animals" but not in the same order as the record. Then for the encore did an EPIC version of "Money" that had to of lasted a good 20 - 25 minutes.
Also saw the Momentary Lapse tour in Cedar Rapids Iowa and the Division Bell tour in Ames Iowa. All three were awesome shows but the best Floyd experience I had was the Roger Waters "Pro's and Cons of Hitchhiking" tour at the Rosemont Horizon outside of Chicago with Clapton on guitar. Clapton blew the place down, by far the best I've ever seen Clapton play. I don't think he said a word all night. Also saw the "In The Flesh" Waters tour in Tinley Park, Ill.

murkat

11-11-2008, 05:37 PM

A momentary lapse of reason , King Dome, Seattle, Wa. 1990???? I forgot the date, but the concert was increadable, and the sound was pure.... emagine that in the now gone King Dome (huge concrete shell).

Austinrocks

11-11-2008, 05:45 PM

4 or 5 times in the late 70s, friends were big pink floyd fans, and I have most of the albums, especially the early floyd which is incredible, the shows were always great.

cadduc

11-11-2008, 05:58 PM

first, the guy that saw them at the king dome, sorry about that, that has to be the second worst place to see a show, the first is the cow palace in brisbane ca

i saw pink floyd about five times i will need to look up the dates

first couple of times was at the fillmore west maybe 68 or so
then a couple of times at winterland around 68 or so
once at the coliseum in oakland where it rained and rained
the winterland and fillmore shows were about 3.50 each
the coliseum was a bit higher priced

todd richman

11-11-2008, 07:15 PM

Back to back 5/15 and 5/16/88 on the MLOR tour at Vet Stadium in Philly (3rd row center for the 16th) and again back to back 6/2 and 6/3/04 on the Division Bell tour at the Vet again. Absolutely beautiful shows with unbelieveable quad sound, special effects lighting and mesmerizing Storm Thurgeson video animations on the round screen. Memories of those shows will last a lifetime. Thank God I saw The Floyd and Mr. Richard Wright on those four magical nights. Thank you Messrs Gilmour, Wright and Mason and terrific band members too.

Timmo

11-11-2008, 07:17 PM

I saw them only once unfortunately, in 1994 Division Bell Tour outside in the Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX. 50,000 folks.
We were on the 4th row center and the quality of their sound/tone still haunts me to this day.
It was soooo freakin' good it was scary............. :bow

I sure miss those guys and honestly, I wasn't their 'biggest fan in the world' but after that show I was and still am.........

mprvise

11-11-2008, 07:22 PM

Two shows at Texas Stadium in 1994. Absolutely incredible.

jbert

11-11-2008, 07:35 PM

i saw them on the 'echoes' tour at hill auditorium in ann arbor, michigan. it's a killer venue, not too big. they had a quad sound system that was activated by a stick the keyboard player used to cause the various sounds to swirl around the auditorium. quite something. after that tour 'dark side...' came out and the rest is history. no more small venues= no more me. i would have loved to see them with syd barret but you had to be at least 17 years old to get into the grande ballroom.

lhallam

11-11-2008, 07:37 PM

RFK in 94 Division Bell Tour. The Division Bell show had about the loudest, cleanest, headphone quality sound I think I have ever heard at a concert inside or outside.

I was at the RFK show about 16 rows back center. Excellent.

1st show was Momentary Lapse I think it was at a MSG. I walked around the building the wrong way and when I saw about 30 tractor trailors I knew I was in for something special. It was killer.

I still think about the flying bed.

I saw Waters a couple of months later and also took my daughter to see him a couple of yrs ago.

mad dog

11-11-2008, 08:16 PM

Once, in 1968 I think. They were news to me. I worked the show as a stagehand ... had never seen a band bring in their own supplemental sound system and put speakers in all quadrants of the hall. Beautiful sounds, very polished tonally compared with many others of the time.

lcjc800

11-11-2008, 09:35 PM

I was at:

11/71 Buffalo, NY

6/73 Buffalo, NY

6/75 Hamilton, Ont.

6/77 Cleveland, OH.

2/80 Long Island, NY

9/87 Toronto, Ont.

5/88 Toronto, Ont.

5/94 Nashville,TN

7/94 Toronto, Ont.

7/94 E. Rutherford, NJ.

One of my all time favorite bands live, nothing better than the Vanderbilt U show in 94, surrounded by kids smoking pot when they did "one of these days" and the big boars came out of the PA towers.

The '73 show in Buffalo for "Darkside" a guy took a swan dive off the high seats (oranges) and landed on another and seriously "F"ed him up.

The Roger Waters tour in 2007 was no slouch either, fantastic show.

MBreinin

11-11-2008, 09:40 PM

Twice in '88 Cap Center and RFK. The first was the best live show I have ever seen...it was amazing.

Mike

Prodigy

11-11-2008, 11:07 PM

I was there!!! At the now gone EX stadium. The 2nd part of the show was wicked when they played all the "old" stuff! It started off with "Run Like Hell", I'll never forget.

I was only 17 at that show, so I didn't know a lot of the songs back then when I was more into the 90's alt rock scene. That show certainly made me a fan though. I wonder what the setlist was...

Renardm

11-12-2008, 07:02 AM

The Division Bell tour in Foxboro MA. 2nd row center and it was amazing. I also saw Roger Waters on the Radio Kaos tour in 87.

Think Floyd

11-12-2008, 07:39 AM

Momentary Lapse Of Reason Tour at the now-gone JFK Stadium in Philly on 9/29/87. We had nosebleed seats; right in front of the stage, but only a few rows from the top of the stadium. I could barely make out people on the stage, but the sound way up there was excellent! I heard a great mix of Floyd and everyone in the crowd singing.

Tuberoast

11-12-2008, 07:53 AM

I saw the "Dark Side of the Moon " tour at Cobo Arena in Detroit. They had speakers on the front, back, and both sides of the auditorium. The original Floyd (post Barrett) and one of the great shows of my youth.

BobbyFudge

11-12-2008, 08:28 AM

1980 - LA Sports Arena - The Wall tour

Me too...I still have vivid memories of that show even though I was heavily into punk at the time.

DiazDude

11-12-2008, 08:32 AM

"Mometary Lapse" tour 3 times & "Division Bell" tour twice. Quad sound. The Silverdome shows were the only times I felt the dome shake. All amazing shows.

michaelvincent

11-12-2008, 08:45 AM

I would like to say that I'm jealous of anyone that got to see Floyd with Syd back in the day. He may not have been in the best frame of mind at the time but that's history right there, to see Floyd on their only tour in the states with Syd. The only thing that could beat that would be anyone who saw the handful of shows they did as a 5-piece with Syd and David both in the band (a total debacle to be sure but still a rare thing to witness!)

jordanL

11-12-2008, 09:42 AM

Delicate sound of thunder tour '89 (?) at MSG, also outdoors at Giant stadium a few months later. Best sound I ever experienced at an arena level show. Also the best lighting by a wide margin!.

iggs

11-12-2008, 09:59 AM

I was only 17 at that show, so I didn't know a lot of the songs back then when I was more into the 90's alt rock scene. That show certainly made me a fan though. I wonder what the setlist was...

The "P.U.L.S.E" CD and DVD were recorded during that tour, not sure if they played all the songs on all shows but it's a good reference to what they performed.

http://www.amazon.ca/Pink-Floyd-Pulse-Live-1994/dp/B000BTC5LW/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1226505432&sr=8-1

kludge

11-12-2008, 10:21 AM

Momentary Lapse of Reason tour, Cedar Falls Iowa. And quite frankly, I thought they sucked. The stage was amazing, the playing was great, but... they'd become everything Roger Waters had warned about. Turning "Money" into a parody just appalled me. They'd turned into the David Gilmour band. And don't get me wrong, I love David Gilmour and he's one of my favorite musicians. But it's not Pink Floyd.

relix63

11-12-2008, 01:24 PM

Once on the Division Bell Tour on a rainy night in Madison, WI. Fantastic show.

Franklin

11-12-2008, 02:03 PM

I saw the Division Bell in NJ back in '94. Crazy show!!

auburn-grad

11-12-2008, 05:56 PM

I saw them in the early 90's.....probably the Division Bell tour.....it was at Bobby Dodd stadium (Georgia Tech in Atlanta).......definitely one of the best shows ever.....

jbert

11-13-2008, 10:45 AM

franksguitar

11-13-2008, 02:34 PM

i couldn't agree more!!

I guess I'm one of rare ones here that actually saw Pink Floyd with Sid Barrett when he still had his wits.

FlyingDutchman

11-13-2008, 04:59 PM

Division Bell tour..Old Foxboro stadium in MA where the Pats played. Great show..Laser's were awesome. Too bad I had floor seats about 3 sections back. I could barely see. Great time nonetheless..

Zero Point

12-27-2008, 09:18 PM

5/08/94 Vanderbilt University Stadium, Nashville, Tennessee
5/10/94 Carter Finley Stadium, Raleigh, North Carolina

:)
-ZP

John Hurtt

12-27-2008, 09:30 PM

I've seen Floyd a couple times, the last time in Oakland on the Division Bell tour. My date and I were the only two people in our section that weren't hammered to the gills. Great show, though.

LowWatt

12-27-2008, 09:58 PM

When and where? How was it? I saw them in 1994 in Toronto on the Division Bell tour...not f***ed up on drugs if you can believe it! 75000 people in attendance. It was the best show I've ever seen.

I was 16 and at that show. Somehow my Dad scored front row center seats for me and my older brother. I still wonder how he pulled it off, we were verge of welfare poor in those days.

Goldstrat

12-27-2008, 09:58 PM

JFK in Philly 1987. I also saw them at Veterans stadium not to long after that maybe 88 and I saw Waters in Camden around 2000 or so. I miss JFK stadium saw some great shows there.

todd richman

12-27-2008, 11:45 PM

JFK in Sept 1987 is the one PF show I missed-they did Echoes at that show and it was raining, I remember. I saw the Vet shows in 1988 and 1994. As for JFK, it was huge-saw U2 on Joshua Tree there-Bruce came out with Steve Van Zant who opened the show for the encore. Also sat through the all day fiasco of Monsters of Rock in 1988 with VH.

johneeeveee

12-28-2008, 12:12 AM

I saw the "Wish you were here" tour, "Animals" tour, and "The Wall", all in NYC. Living near Madison SQ Garden in the 70's and 80's had it's perks for sure.

Fond memories - jv

Dr Git

12-28-2008, 12:16 AM

I was at the Garden in NYC for the WALL tour...Awesome to say the least

dkaplowitz

12-28-2008, 12:19 AM

I guess Roger Waters with Eric Clapton doesn't count. O well. It was a good show. I think it was the Pros and Cons tour.

TheCommish

12-28-2008, 12:30 AM

First live gig ever... 15 years old, 1977, Animals tour, Wembley arena in London. First song was 'Sheep', with that hypnotic bass line spinning around the arena in Quad sound. When that first snare drum hit came I nearly peed my pants with excitement, and at the end of that song, when Gilmore plays that descending KILLER triad riff, with fireworks going off over his head on the cranes, that was the first time music ever made me cry. It's happened a lot since then, but I will never forget that first time.

Subsequently saw the Wall show twice in London, and then the Division Bell tour here in Vancouver. All were awesome shows.

RickC

12-28-2008, 12:47 AM

I saw them once, in Providence, early '73, right after DSOTM was released; they did it for the second set. First set was a corker - "Echoes", "Set the Controls...", "Careful With That Axe...", and "One of These Days" for an encore. It was also my first big arena show; nothing ever quite lived up to it after that

/rick

mrface2112

12-28-2008, 02:50 AM

I was at the RFK show about 16 rows back center. Excellent. I too was at the RFK show in 94. First night. We camped outside RFK in the cold in March for tickets--it's the only time i've done that. Still don't know what I was thinking. Ended up with seats on the lower side of the stadium, about a section down from the stage--really hard to beat it.

Definitely one of the best shows i've ever seen. I too kept hoping for another tour. Hopefully I'll get to catch Gilmour one of these days. I have no desire to see Waters. Talk about a bitter old man.

I have a bootleg of that first night RFK 94 show. If anyone wants a copy, just drop me a PM. Doesn't do the sound in the venue any justice, but it's sure great to relive the memories (and refresh the brain on the setlist--it was a bit different than the Pulse dvd).

cheers,
wade

Zelmo

12-28-2008, 10:01 AM

Saw them in March, 1973 at Radio City Music Hall, starting at midnight and slowly rising up in a cloud of smoke from the orchestra pit to a drone organ chord that shook the room. The played much of Meddle, Obscured by Clouds, and DSOTM (released that month).

I thought I had left the planet.

Luke Gibson

12-28-2008, 10:13 AM

I saw them in 1994 in Birmingham Alabama on the Division Bell tour... A buddy of mine got me backstage before the show, cool!

Michael Hunter

12-28-2008, 10:33 AM

'94 at the Pontiac Silverdome. Played DSOTM in its entirety for the second set. About the loudest (and worst) live sound I've ever experienced.

Zero Point

12-28-2008, 11:09 AM

Yeah the 94 show was unbelievably loud. The Nashville show I saw changed the rules on how loud a show can legally be at that venue. :P

They did not perform the entire Dark Side at either show, unfortunately. But I was second row, right in front of David Gilmour for both the Nashville, and the Raleigh shows.

-ZP

dead mike

12-28-2008, 01:52 PM

When and where? How was it? I saw them in 1994 in Toronto on the Division Bell tour...not f***ed up on drugs if you can believe it! 75000 people in attendance. It was the best show I've ever seen.

i was at that show. probably the greatest concert ive seen. when they were playing the animal noises before they went on stage i was looking under my seat, i seriouslythought there was a frog under it. if you stood up and walked 5 feet away you could hear sounds from a different animal. the best sounding most mind blowing thing ive ever seen. i was not on drugs either.

scoob

12-28-2008, 01:58 PM

Saw them in 92 or 93 at the old Cleveland stadium. It started storming after dark and the lightning was awesome! They sounded amazing too.

FUSER

12-28-2008, 02:00 PM

I wish.

I have however seen the Roger Waters In the Flesh tour.
Best show I have been to.

Alaskaguitar

12-28-2008, 03:43 PM

I think it was 72...hard to be sure after more than 35 years....I don't remember much but they had speakers in 4 corners of Winterland to make a quadraphonic type thing and got some sounds swirling around the hall. Very psychedelic. I think it was the Medle tour. It was only later that I became a big fan.

xxooliver

12-28-2008, 05:45 PM

I saw them in Vancouver in '75. The had a corner section of the Pacific Colosseum cordoned off and covered in protective padding. There was supposed to be a dummy fighter jet that ran along a length of cable and then crashed, with all the pieces landing in the empty seating area beside the stage. Unfortunately, the "aircraft" didn't make it in time for the show, so that spectacle had to be left out. Along with a Yes concert that same year, it was the best I've ever been to. The quadraphonic PA system sounded huge and more than made up for the stadium's boxy acoustics.

soulohio

12-28-2008, 07:11 PM

i was there on the second nite...great show and beeyootiful sound.

Saw them in 92 or 93 at the old Cleveland stadium. It started storming after dark and the lightning was awesome! They sounded amazing too.

JeffD

12-28-2008, 08:00 PM

I saw them on the same tour, but in Tucson AZ. In that venue, no chance for rising out of the orchestra pit. Same set list though, and same reaction.

Saw them in March, 1973 at Radio City Music Hall, starting at midnight and slowly rising up in a cloud of smoke from the orchestra pit to a drone organ chord that shook the room. The played much of Meddle, Obscured by Clouds, and DSOTM (released that month).

I thought I had left the planet.

Lotis

12-28-2008, 11:03 PM

Saw 'em with Syd Barrett opening for the Chamber brothers at the Fillmore 1st tour. SCARY!

TBoneDeluxe

12-29-2008, 02:26 AM

I saw them in 1988 at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

BLEW MY MIND!!!

StompBoxBlues

12-29-2008, 02:36 AM

Saw them in Milwaukee, mid-70's just after they had released Wish you were here.

Me and my GF drove up from Chicago. Had a little pot in a film canister (like..who didn't), and they had a line of police just after the ticket check, where they searched you and if you passed you went further on into the main crowd...sort of a no mans land behind their line for 15 feet or so.

I got through, my GF had a camera and lots of film so she had the canister too, but I saw the cop shaking it and starting to give her a hard time. I had to break through a line of cops to get to them, and said to him "It isn't hers, it's mine" and he replied "oh, so YOU want to spend some time in our jail?", I just repeated it was mine and the cop "relented" and threw both of us out of the place.

My GF was determined, so she went over to another ticket taker further down and said "did you see that, they threw us out because we had pot but we have valid tickets..." and he was nice enough to let us in.

We found seating, plenty of folks had gotten their pot in and it was all shared. Pink Floyd was fantastic. It was a cloudy, rainy evening and we were outdoors in a stadium....They did DSOTM, flawless and magical, but the funniest part was when they got to the end of it and are singing "I'll see you on the dark side of the moooooon" the clouds parted, and the moon shone beautifully down for the first time that night....and a whole stadium of stoned people collectively went "ohhhhhh......cool" and probably 80% of us wondered "how did they DO that???"

bilbal

12-29-2008, 03:32 AM

GrisGrisFunk

12-29-2008, 05:07 PM

I have seen Gilmour's Pink Floyd (without Roger Waters) in '94.

It was the best show I have ever been too. We had 10th row/center seats and it was unbelievable. It was outside at Foxboro (where the NE Patriots play). It's now Gillette Stadium. It was a crappy, rainy, and foggy day but it kinda worked for the show, ya know??? The fog was super thick during 'Shine on You Crazy Diamond' and it got kinda creepy, but really cool!!!!

I was at that show too, I think that was the huge marijuana cloud, not the fog. I remember that night being cold. It was probably the coolest venue to see Floyd during that tour. I remember the lasers going to infinite into the sky because the stadium was so low.

I also saw floyd twice at Yankee stadium and twice at Giants stadium. The 1st night was probably the best show out of them all just because it was a total surprise to us that they played all of Darkside in it's entirety. Great tour to experience!

george4908

12-29-2008, 09:10 PM

Now tell me this isn't cool. I saw Pink Floyd in Lisner Auditorium in Washington, D.C. on November 16, 1971. I was living in a dorm at GWU one block away, and Pink Floyd was one of my two favorite bands at the time. Meddle was just out -- they played a mix of various LPs up to that time.

Fast forward to three weeks ago. It turns out my neighbor across the street lived in the same dorm as me. We didn't know each other at the time, and it was a while before we figured this out. It so happens, however, that he was on the student concert committee at GWU and was involved in band promotion -- and he had a bootleg of the very same concert which he just burned for me. So 37 years after my first Pink Floyd Concert, I was able to listen to it again.

He also gave me a videotape of a Mahavishnu Orchestra concert I attended at the same venue in the Spring of '72. This was my other favorite band. So I not only got to listen to that one again, I got to see it as well.

madformac

12-30-2008, 09:23 AM

I was one of the fortunate ones up near the front at Live 8 to see the short but brilliant set that day. I've been to a lot of gigs but the 20 minutes of Floyd that day is without a doubt the most emotional and greatest musical moment of my life.

When I heard Pink Floyd would be performing and with Roger Waters my friend and I got lucky in the ticket lottery and were in the first 20 or so people through the gates that day (I think we got there at 5.20am and Floyd played at 11pm!!) It was worth the wait.

Saw Gilmour in London back in 2006 and that was a great solo show, the DVD "Remember That Night" is worth a look.

arthur rotfeld

12-30-2008, 09:35 AM

I saw 'em in '89 I think. Nassau LI. Great show.
Gilmour sounded awesome. The pig was there. Can't beat that.

Tonekat

12-30-2008, 10:10 AM

Only twice I regret to say:

"The Wall" in it's entirety at Nassau Coliseum, and

a show in support of "Monmentary Lapse of Reason" in what was at the time, the Capital Centre in Maryland outside DC

I have friends that saw them preview Dark Side at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, I so wish I had seen that show as it was reported to be exceptional.

Mike Schriber

01-01-2009, 12:06 AM

I saw the Division Bell tour in '94 at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse.
Best concert I have ever been to!!!!

Zilmo

01-01-2009, 12:11 AM

I saw Floyd in Portland on May 12th '77.

Craziness.

DaGlenster

01-01-2009, 12:57 AM

Hollywood bowl 1973, with surround sound speaker system. I think it was the UmmaGumma or the Medal tour. They previewed songs that later I realized were "Dark Side of the Moon" songs. Great show as was the acid I took that night.

barkingpumpkin

01-01-2009, 01:30 AM

June 28, 1977. 'Twas a warm summer night. Swallowed a tab of clear windowpane acid and a ball of Opium once we grabbed our seats.

Let in early, we enjoyed the sound crew testing the surround sound (or what ever the bleeding edge PA system tech was back then on this tour). They were playing the sound of airliners taking off from the back of the arena to the front for a while.

The entire concert was like listening on headphones. Excellent and smoking performance. They handed the lead to the inflatable pig to the audience that ran on a circuitous track overhead and it snagged a few times.

When the white lasers hit the enormous disco balls during Shine On... well, the crowd simultaneously achieved an mental orgasm is the only way I could describe it.

The entire day was surreal and that started even before ingesting the recreationals at the arena. Fer instance, driving down I-95 from Bucks County to Philly, the GoodYear blimp was following us down the interstate for good period of time.

Arguably the most perfect concert experience I've experienced and I've seen a few.