In The Flesh 2002
Tour Reviews

In the flesh, the first song, caused the fans to shout deliriously along with notes of the instruments, which were complete with effects of light and sound. At the bottom stood Waters on a raised area of the stage, and behind was a screen where scenes of the The film The Wall were projected. And after that ....the great helicopter entrance (not just sound, a real helicoptor...). It was a great begining for a great and marvelous concert.

Everything was perfect. The sound, the lights, the images on the screen, the musicians and specially the backup chorus. They are really great! Waters is without discussion a living legend in the world of music. Thanks for comming. We hope to see you back again in your next World Tour. Venezuela will recieve you with open arms.
Ignacio Carrasquero / Caracas - Venezuela

Uncle Rog seemed to be enjoying the show a lot (I'm happy for him), and so was the audience. The setlist was exactly the same as in previous shows, and the quadraphonic sound system helped to make this one a memorable, unforgettable night.

The concert was just great from the beginning until the end, although there were 3 highlights that literally gave me cold sweats: The first one was the real helicopter that flew for a while about 100 ft. above the audience during The Best Days of Our Lives, which drove the place completely nuts. The second one -as mentioned above- was Perfect Sense, you could almost hear jaws dropping to the floor as the song evolved. The third and last was Comfortably Numb, with Chester and Snowy exchanging licks for a few minutes before playing the last bars of the song in unison.

All in all, a thrilling experience. I can guarantee that those who are planning to see Rog will not be dissappointed: too many good songs, great quadraphonic sound and an excellent, gifted handful of musicians. It can't get any better than this!. (And if you are not into Roger's solo works, never mind. I don't think too many people in Caracas had listened to Pros and Cons and/or Amused, but I already mentioned how everyone reacted to Perfect Sense).

Thanxs much for coming down to Venezuela, Rog. Hope to see you again here soon!

While waiting I gave 2000 orange fliers away with the request of his unpublished song 'FLICKERING FLAME'. Everyone was excited and I thought we might convince him about playing that touching song. I also drew a couple of banners so he could read our request.

After waiting 9 hours, heat and sun, the concert started with the overwhelming ' eins, zwei, drei' I couldn't believe I was ten meters away from Roger, never been so close, never so excited about a concert before, including my attendance to In The Flesh Tour 2000 at West Palm Beach on June 3rd 2000.

The whole thing was a combination of his greatest work and one of the greatest performances ever. We were yelling and screaming as the concert was taking place. Snowy White looked at the banner and smiled, Roger looked too and gave me a thumbs up and a smile. Every song was magical and right before Brain Damage there was a silence,
I screamed: 'ROGER!!!!'
What a surprise his as his response was: 'WHAT???'
The crowd got mad and Roger said:'Why are you screaming if I'm speaking to this guy over here... pointing at me.
I went speechless and a loud: 'HELLO!!!' came out of my mouth. I felt out of space: Roger Waters answered me!!!!!! What a reward for being his fan!!!!.

Comfortably Numb started, and so did everyone with the orange fliers I gave away and the Flickering Flame wish, he finished the concert and started to wave goodbyes and thanking phrases, we all yelled and asked him to come back.

He came back and said something about the next song, he had only sang it in South Africa and Brazil, and the reason of singing it was our persistence and again pointed at us! Then one of the greatest poetry he had created began, speaking about his ideals of freedom and his wish for justice .

I felt like everybody in the world could understand and speak my own language, the language of mercifulness. I'd like to believe I was one of the guys responsible for that last gift to all of his fans.

Now back at my city Maracaibo an emptiness fills my being, I feel an orphan, I guess that's the way everyone's feeling right now .

Thanks for everything Roger..
GIANFRANCO PETRELLA
gi@nfranco.com www.gfpetrella.com

Every song was great; there was non-stop euphoria for nearly three hours, except in the second half when Roger sang some of his solo material, which was a good thing after all, since most people didnt know the lyrics and you could easily appreciate Roger's voice and the sounds of all the instruments, specially in IT'S A MIRACLE. PERFECT SENSE was a true highlight among his solo songs, as were ANOTHER BRICK, WELCOME TO THE MACHINE (with its great animations on the background), SHINE ON, and the continuous BREATHE-TIME-MONEY among the better known Floyd material (the drum intro to TIME was incredibly powerful).

Even though at times the lighting wasn't anything out of this world, the giant background screen was always bursting with animation, video or abstract psychedelic colors, an effect mostly used when they played SHINE ON and SET THE CONTROLS (this one with images of the four original Pink Floyd members moving on the background. I felt an eerie sensation when I saw today's Roger looking up to the video projected behind him, watching himself 30 years younger, falling over a field of wheat with a smile of extasy upon his face. A magical moment indeed).

And as was to be expected, the closing was spectacular, gigantic, as they played BRAIN DAMAGE-ECLIPSE and then COMFORTABLY NUMB while the audience's excitement reached its peak (well, actually the last song was Flickering Flame, but this one was more like a smooth desert). Overall, an overwhelming show, a moment in rock history that'll shine on forever in our memories, and most definetely THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH!