Roger Waters World Tour 2007
Northern Hemisphere
Tour Reviews

Globe Arena

From: Aronld Layne
The concert took place at Globen ("The Globe"), which is a globe shaped (hence the name) sports arena, holding, I think, about 15,000 people at rock concerts. The place was sold out.

I'm not a Floyd- or Waters fanatic, but I have listened to most of Floyd's music and liked a lot of it very much. My favourites are the two albums "WishÉ" and "Dark sideÉ"plus a few of the old songs, like "See Emily Play" and some of the really far out psychedelic stuff from that era. There is one particular instrumental one, with a devilish guitar riff... AAAAH, I wish I remembered the name of it! And I wish he would have played it...

However, I enjoyed the concert very much indeed! It was an amazing experience to hear these classics, played in a brilliant way and with the lighting & videos etc. fitting in with the music and the lyrics in a way that I have never seen with any other artist! Great musicians, great back up singers. Very good sound quality for an arena show.

There were a few songs that I was not familiar with and some of these I found somewhat less attractive. But I have always had trouble with "taking in" new music in a concert context, so... whatever!

Another thought is that it could have been interesting if Waters did rearrange some of the songs. They are now played in an almost note for note copy of the recorded versions. It would be fun if he experimented a bit, I think.

But all in all: a truly great experience! 4+ on a 1 - 5 scale.

Set list (copied from a Swedish evening paper):
Part 1:
"In the flesh", "Mother", "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun", "Shine On You Crazy Diamond", "Have a Cigar", "Wish You Were Here", "Southampton Dock", "The Fletcher Memorial Home", "Perfect Sense", "Leaving Beirut", "Sheep"

Part 2:
"Speak To Me/Breathe", "On the Run", "Time", "The Great Gig In the Sky", "Money", "Us and Them", "Any Colour You Like", "Brain Damage", "Eclipse"

Encores:
"The Happiest Days of Our Lives", "Another Brick In the Wall (Pt 2)", "Vera", "Bring the Boys Back Home" and "Comfortably Numb".

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