In late December 2007, REG learned that Roger would be performing 2 European shows in 2008. One in Halland
and one in Denmark. The show in Holland will be at Pinkpop, a venue which is part of the larger Megaland venue
located in Landgraaf. The concert will be the night before the Pinkpop festivals begin. Tickets go on sale
Dec. 20th at 10 am through Ticketmaster (ticketservice.nl) and most other ticket agencies.
For more information about the show in Denmark from the Danish press (in Danish...):
http://www.ob.dk/?NewsID=15478
In late January 2008, REG received confirmation that Roger Waters will be headlining
the Coachella Valley Music Festival on Sunday April 27th 2008. The music festival is a 3
day event which will be held on April 25th, 26th and 27th, at the Empire Polo
Fields in Indio California. Roger Waters will headline the event on Sunday the 27th.
The cost of tickets for all three days will be $269.00 plus $3.00 that is to go to charity and any applicable
service fees. Tickets for individual days will cost 90.00 each, plus $1.00 that is to go to charity and any
applicable service fees. However, the Coachella Valley Music Festival website states that tickets for
individual days can only be purchased from the event box office by cash or credit card "only on the days of
the event and only if tickets are still available." There will be NO refunds!
Tickets will go on sale on Friday January 25th at 10 AM. Although the site references only ticketmaster
online agencies it is likely that the rest of the normal ticket websites and agencies will cover the show.
Among the many other bands performing at this festival are Jack Johnson, Vere, Raconteurs, Portishead,
Kraftwerk, Death Cab for Cutie, Love and Rockets, and My Morning Jacket.
Indio is located in the Coachella Valley in the southern California desert near Palm Springs. It will be an open
air show that will go on "rain or shine" and arrangements can be made for camping at the festival as well as
the normal hotels in the area. For more information, check out the concert venue website at: http://www.coachella.com
In early February, REG received confirmation from Roger Waters manager of three other US shows, in Denver Colorado, and in
Houston and Dallas Texas. It makes sense that Roger would perform in these locations as these are all cities
and states that were missed in both 2006 and 2007 US tours. Tickets for these shows go on sale February
9th and 16th.
In late February REG confirmed a new European concert to be performed in Grandaa Spain at
the massive 70 thousand spectator Atarfe Football Stadium on May 9th. Tickets
went on sale February 20th. The show is reported to begin at 10 PM!!
REG also revieved word from Roger's manager that two shows, which were reported
on some websites but not confirmed, in Cypress Greece and Buenos Aires Argentina,
were only tentative, and will now not being happening. The Buenos Aires show
would have been a concert for charity, but an agreement could not be reached with
promotors.
February 26th - REG received word of two more shows to announce,
both in England. One in Liverpool on May 15th and the other in London on May
18th.
Tickets are priced at £55.00 /£45.00 in London and £50.00 in Liverpool. Tickets
go on-sale to the general public on Friday, February 29th at 09:00am. However,
there is a special pre-sale for web site subscribers, which will allow Roger
Waters' fans to purchase the best seats before they go on-sale to the general
public. This pre-sale goes live from 09:00am on Wednesday, February 27th at http://www.livenation.co.uk/rogerwaters
March 5th - REG received word of a second show in London to be performed on Monday May
19th.
Once again, tickets are priced at £55.00 /£45.00 in London and £50.00 in
Liverpool. Tickets go on-sale to the general public on Friday, March 7th at
09:00am. However, there is a special pre-sale for web site subscribers, which
will allow Roger Waters' fans to purchase the best seats before they go on-sale
to the general public. This pre-sale goes live from 1:00pm on Thursday, March 6th
at http://www.livenation.co.uk/rogerwaters
April 14th - REG received word of a new show in St. Petersburg Russia on June 6th at The Palace
Square. It seems the tour continues to cities not played during the 2006 or 2007 tours. If this
is the case, there will likely be more dates announced in the near future. Stay tuned.
It has been reported that Roger will be again performing The Dark Side of the Moon during all 2008 performances.
However, it is hoped that the set list might be a bit different from that of the last two years and even contain
some surprises or new material. It would be wonderful indeed if Roger released a new album Spring 2008.
Whether or not this will be, or become, a full fledged tour is still not known. Although it seems as if
these 2008 shows can be termed a 'tour extention' from the tours of the last 2 years.
NOTE: I have received hundreds of complaints
about ticketmaster from Roger's fans for the past 8 years!. The Ticketmaster tactics and
policies of discrimination and aligning themselves with the more well off fans by
giving preference and better seating to American Express Gold card holders as well as
their complete indifference to the satisfaction of any of their customers, has
become symbolic of huge greedy international corporations interested in profit
alone over anything else. They are worse than ticket scalpers and on a massive
scale. I hate the company and strongly advocate ticket purchases from any of the many other
online ticket agencies.
For those who can afford to puchase the best seats, please
follow the ticketshow links for each show of the North American tour. The ticketsnow
brokers are a trusted company and have the best seats, but be warned
that their prices are NOT cheap!!
WARNING!! Last year we received several complaints about 2 International
ticket brokers named Worldticketshop and TicketWorld! Fans in the US were sold tickets to many of Roger's
2007 European dates, but the tickets never arrived in time for the shows and I don't believe these customers
ever received a refund.
Do NOT buy tickets from these brokers! These tickets were sold for hundreds of dollars each, and
I can only think that these agency's are perpetuating an internet scam! If you ordered tickets from them,
contact your
credit card company to refund your order. If you can't find tickets for a show anywhere else, there should be plenty of
tickets from scalpers available before the show if the
price is right
These are the 2008 shows that have been confirmed so far.
There may be other shows to be announced in the near future,
but REG will not report any shows until they are confirmed by Roger's manager.
The Roger Waters 2008 concerts that have been confirmed are as follows:
Roger Waters North American Concerts 2008
Be assured as more information regarding the tour, or any changes in the
Itinerary become available, we will be posting it on the REG - The International
Roger Waters Fan Club website.
Day
Date
City
Country
Venue
On Sale
Tickets/Web
Tickets/Tel
Sunday
April 27th
Indio
California USA
Coachella Valley Music Festival
Empire Polo FieldJanuary 25th 2008
http://www.ticketmaster.com
Not Available
Wednesday
April 30th
Denver
Colorado
Pepsi Center Arena
February 9th 2008
For the best seats:
http://www.ticketsnow.com Not Available
Friday
May 2nd
Dallas
Texas
Smirnoff Music Center
February 16th 2008
For the best seats:
http://www.ticketsnow.com Not Available
Sunday
May 4th
Houston
Texas
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
February 16th 2008
For the best seats:
http://www.ticketsnow.com Not Available
Roger Waters European Concerts 2008
Day
Date
City
Country
Venue
On Sale
Tickets/Web
Tickets/Tel
Friday
May 9th
Grenada
Spain
Atarfe Football Stadium
February 20th 2008
http://www.ticktackticket.com/
Not Available
Sunday
May 11th
Landgraaf
Holland
Megaland
December 20th 2007
http://www.mojo.nl/
0900 300 1250
Tuesday
May 13th
Odense
Denmark
Fionia Park
December 20th 2007
http://www.jvb.dk/
Or
http://www.billetnet.dk
Not Available
Thursday
May 15th
Liverpool
England
Liverpool Echo Arena
February 29th 2008 at 9AM
http://www.livenation.co.uk
(all tickets subject to a booking fee).
PRESALE Tickets Feb. 27th: http://www.livenation.co.uk/rogerwaters(all tickets subject to a booking fee).0844 576 5483
Sunday
May 18th
London
England
London 02 Arena
February 29th 2008 at 9AM
http://www.livenation.co.uk
(all tickets subject to a booking fee).
PRESALE Tickets Feb. 27th: http://www.livenation.co.uk/rogerwaters(all tickets subject to a booking fee).0844 576 5483
Monday
May 19th
London
England
London 02 Arena
March 7th 2008 at 9AM
http://www.livenation.co.uk
(all tickets subject to a booking fee).
PRESALE Tickets March 6th: http://www.livenation.co.uk/rogerwaters
(all tickets subject to a booking fee).0844 576 5483
Friday
June 6th
St. Petersburg
Russia
The Palace Square
To be announced
To be announced
Not Available
