Roger Waters World Tour 2007
Southern Hemisphere
Tour Reviews

From: Daniel Fernando Silva
Hey Guys: So here is my review of the Roger Waters show in Bogota last friday:

Last night Roger Waters set a new standard for concerts in Bogota. This city had never seen a spectacle of such magnitude. We rarely get any big, world-famous bands here, and when they do come by for a visit, they usually bring a really good, however simple show.

Roger Waters just threw that custom out the window. First of all, I need to mention the quality of the sound, the 360 degree sound made it feel like you were in the middle of the stage, music coming from every direction, it was amazing, not to mention crystal-clear.

The setlist remained as it has been for the rest of the tour so far. The anticipation before the show was tremendous. When Roger finally came out, the 20,000 people in the crowd went nuts! He just came out smiling, and walked all around the stage, it was very exciting.

The first part of the show was great, it included cool light work, pyrotecnics, strong political content, also a lot of really cool videos. The giant screen at the back of the stage displayed all sorts of different videos, matching the music to each song and carrying a general story throughout. At the end of the first set the pig came out, with some political commentary on it, the crowd loved it! It hovered overhead during Sheep, and finally flew to the skies. It was really great, particularly the sheer power of every chord during "In the Flesh", the beautiful story behind "Leaving Beirut", the solos during "Shine on" and of course the pig.

After the 15 minute break, the band came back for DSOTM. During "Speak to me" and "On the Run" you could REALLY feel the 360 degree sound, it was fantastic! The whole performance of DSOTM was beautiful, the music, the lighting and a 3-D laser proyection of the album-cover prism made it great. Personally I loved Time (one of my Pink Floyd absolute faves), Any Colour you Like was sheer insanity in lighting and video and Eclipse was so powerful I thought Roger was just going to burst.

Finally, we came to the encores, Roger brought out a small group of under-privileged kids from an inner-city school for Another Brick part 2, which was really touching. He closed with Comfortably Numb and a birthday salute to author and national celebrity Gabriel Garc’a M‡rquez (although he slightly slipped, mispronouncing the last name).

It was the biggest concert ever in Bogota. I hope we get to see shows half as a good as this in the future. THANK YOU ROGER!! THANK YOU!!!