Roger Waters World Tour 2007
Northern Hemisphere
Tour Reviews

Madison Square Garden

From: Ken Cranna
Hey again Reg... God appeared for the second NYC area show at the magestic Madison Square Garden, my 9th time, personally, seeing Roger. The humidity was worse than the Meadowlands last Thursday. The air was also more, let's say, um, acrid.

We had an extra ticket in the stratosphere, and decided to give it to the first person to tell us the opening line of Sheep. Took 13 people for the 13th to get it right! Shame on them (and shame on you if you're reading this and not knowing yourself!)

Roger is still giving me the chills. The voice is what does it folks. We were blessed to here God bark out Sheep again. We also heard the everlasting sarcasm eminating from The Fletcher Memorial Home, and got a better feel this time from Beruit, another sarcastic rant by our hero. But that's the thing with Roger - he can basically tell people to go fuck themselves or their ideas or beliefs without actually saying it.

Otherwise, this show's itinerary was nearly identical to the one in the Meadowlands (not that I'm complaining!). Still looking for more solo stuff Roger, you gotta come back and make that happen. The players were their awesome selves, and a big hey to Harry for his part. The synthe player seemed to do an even better job, and he was great the first time. The crowd was lethargic, but screamed blue murder at the end when it truely counted. Guess you can't expect miracles when 1/2 the audience is, um, acting up.

Great disappointment not hearing 'Welcome to the Machine.' Again, security guards were generally a pain in the ass, with constant interruptions of me and my friends, um, partakings, but to their credit they never threatened to toss anyone out.

We will try to get to the Philadelphia show, but think this might be our last time seeing God. Please Roger, come back and inspire my ass once more. May your life be long and your sarcastic rants continue in song forever.

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