A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour

A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour
Tour by Pink Floyd
Associated album A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Start date 9 September 1987
End date 18 July 1989
Legs 7
No. of shows 198
Box office $135 million[1][2]
Pink Floyd concert chronology

A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour was a concert tour by the British rock band Pink Floyd from 1987 to 1989 in support of their album A Momentary Lapse of Reason. The tour was the band's first since The Wall Tour in 1981, and also the first without the band's original bassist Roger Waters. The band later reprised the set-list and stage show of this tour for their performance at Knebworth Park in 1990.

History

Initially, there was a great deal of uncertainty around the tour. Pink Floyd had not played live since 1981, and had not embarked on a full-fledged tour since 1977. Roger Waters left the band in 1985, believing the band would not continue. However, Gilmour and Mason decided to continue as Pink Floyd. Waters threatened legal action against Gilmour and Mason, as well as any promoters who promoted shows as "Pink Floyd". However, by the end of 1987, with the success of the album and first stages of the tour, the new lineup had established itself commercially, and the band reached a settlement with Waters in December.

Having the success of The Wall shows to live up to, the concerts' special effects were more impressive than ever. The initial "promotional tour" was extended, and finally lasted almost two years, ending in 1989 after playing around 197 concerts to about 5.5 million people in total, including 3 dates at Madison Square Garden (5–7 October 1987) and 2 nights at Wembley Stadium (5–6 August 1988). The tour took Pink Floyd to various exotic locations they had never played before such as shows in the forecourt of the Palace of Versailles, Moscow's Olympic Stadium, and Venice, despite fears and protests that the sound would damage the latter city's foundations. The tour marked the first time that the band played in Russia, Norway, Spain and New Zealand, and was the first time they had played in Australia since 1971 and Japan since 1972.

Pink Floyd was the second highest grossing act of 1987 and the highest grossing of 1988 in the U.S.. Financially, Pink Floyd was the biggest act of these two years combined, grossing almost US$60 million from touring, about the same as U2 and Michael Jackson, their closest rivals, combined. Worldwide, the band grossed around US$135 million, making A Momentary Lapse of Reason the highest-grossing tour of the 1980s.

A further concert was held at the Knebworth Festival in 1990, a charity event that also featured other Silver Clef Award winners. Pink Floyd was the last act to play, to an audience of 120,000. During this gig Clare Torry joined Vicki and Sam Brown in providing backing vocals, Candy Dulfer contributing saxophone solos. The £60,000 firework display that ended the concert was entirely financed by the band. These shows are documented by the Delicate Sound of Thunder album, video and Live at Knebworth '90 video.

Tour band

Additional musicians:

  • Richard Wright – keyboards, vocals
  • Jon Carin – keyboards, sound effects, vocals
  • Scott Page – saxophones, oboe on "Terminal Frost", additional guitars
  • Guy Pratt – bass guitar, vocals
  • Tim Renwick – guitars, backing vocals
  • Gary Wallis – percussion, keyboards, vocals
  • Rachel Fury - backing vocals
  • Durga McBroom – backing vocals
  • Margaret Taylor – backing vocals (during the 1987-88 dates)
  • Lorelei McBroom – backing vocals (at The Omni shows 1987 and the 1989 dates)
  • Roberta Freeman – backing vocals (at The Omni shows 1987)

Knebworth Park additional musicians:

Set list

Tour

The first set mainly consisted of songs from A Momentary Lapse of Reason and the second of hits and older songs.

First Set:

  1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5)" replaced "Echoes" after only 11 shows. (except for 30 April 1988)
  2. "Signs of Life"
  3. "Learning to Fly"
  4. "Yet Another Movie"/"Round and Around" (moved to this position after 6 performances. It was originally performed after "The Dogs of War".)
  5. "A New Machine (Part 1)"
  6. "Terminal Frost"
  7. "A New Machine (Part 2)" ("A New Machine" [both parts] & "Terminal Frost" were sometimes left out of sets)
  8. "Sorrow"
  9. "The Dogs of War"
  10. "On the Turning Away" (ended the first half of the show)

Second set:

  1. "One of These Days"
  2. "Time" (omitting "Breathe (Reprise)")
  3. "On the Run" (performed on all dates except Japan shows where it was replaced by "The Great Gig in the Sky")
  4. "The Great Gig in the Sky" (added to the set on 2 March 1988)
  5. "Wish You Were Here"
  6. "Welcome to the Machine" (performed on all dates except on 30 April 1988)
  7. "Us and Them"
  8. "Money"
  9. "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)"
  10. "Comfortably Numb"

Encore:

  1. "One Slip" (performed on all dates except on 19 September 1987)
  2. "Run Like Hell"

Second Encore:

  1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5)" (This was only performed at a few of the Canadian dates and the Cleveland Municipal Stadium's first show in 1987 and was under-rehearsed. It was also performed in a second, unplanned, encore at the Philadelphia show at JFK Stadium.)

Grand Canal, Venice, 15 July 1989 – Live TV concert

This was a special performance, for live Italian TV and was also broadcast worldwide. Due to time restrictions of live TV some songs were left out and others shortened in places.

'The Venice show was great fun, but it was very tense and nerve-wracking. We had a specific length of show to do; the satellite broadcasting meant we had to get it absolutely precise. We had the list of songs, and we'd shortened them, which we'd never done before. I had a big clock with a red digital read-out on the floor in front of me, and had the start time of each number on a piece of paper. If we were coming near the start time of the next number, I just had to wrap up the one we were on. We had a really good time, but the city authorities who had agreed to provide the services of security, toilets, food, completely reneged on everything they were supposed to do, and then tried to blame all the subsequent problems on us.'

— David Gilmour, [3]
  1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Part 1 intro only)
  2. "Learning to Fly"
  3. "Yet Another Movie"
  4. "Round and Around"
  5. "Sorrow" (shortened outro)
  6. "The Dogs of War"
  7. "On the Turning Away"
  8. "Time"
  9. "The Great Gig in the Sky"
  10. "Wish You Were Here"
  11. "Money" (shorter than had previously been performed on the tour)
  12. "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)"
  13. "Comfortably Numb"
  14. "Run Like Hell"

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Tickets sold / available Revenue
North America #1
9 September 1987Ottawa, OntarioCanadaLansdowne Park26,062 / 35,000$495,099
12 September 1987MontrealMontreal Forum42,912 / 42,912N/A
13 September 1987
14 September 1987
16 September 1987Cleveland, OhioUnited StatesCleveland Stadium128,364 / 128,364$2,567,280
17 September 1987
19 September 1987PhiladelphiaJohn F. Kennedy Stadium80,754 / 80,754$1,615,080
21 September 1987TorontoCanadaExhibition Stadium146,599 / 150,000$2,825,860
22 September 1987
23 September 1987
25 September 1987Rosemont, IllinoisUnited StatesRosemont Horizon54,400 / 54,400N/A
26 September 1987
27 September 1987
28 September 1987
30 September 1987MilwaukeeCounty Stadium58,044 / 60,000$1,160,880
3 October 1987Syracuse, New YorkCarrier Dome39,510 / 39,510N/A
5 October 1987New York CityMadison Square Garden50,571 / 50,571$1,100,500
6 October 1987
7 October 1987
10 October 1987East Rutherford, New JerseyBrendan Byrne Arena51,923 / 51,923$1,049,449
11 October 1987
12 October 1987
14 October 1987Hartford, ConnecticutHartford Civic CenterN/A N/A
15 October 1987
16 October 1987Providence, Rhode IslandProvidence Civic Center23,860 / 23,860$536,850
17 October 1987
19 October 1987Landover, MarylandCapital Centre54,505 / 58,000$1,304,200
20 October 1987
21 October 1987
22 October 1987
25 October 1987Chapel Hill, North CarolinaDean Smith Center28,636 / 29,604$529,766
26 October 1987
30 October 1987Tampa, FloridaTampa Stadium55,107 / 55,107N/A
1 November 1987MiamiOrange Bowl55,000 / 55,000N/A
3 November 1987AtlantaOmni Coliseum41,129 / 41,429$822,823
4 November 1987
5 November 1987
7 November 1987Lexington, KentuckyRupp Arena31,175 / 31,175$576,138
8 November 1987
10 November 1987Pontiac, MichiganPontiac Silverdome46,192 / 46,192$923,840
12 November 1987IndianapolisHoosier Dome41,782 / 41,782$835,640
15 November 1987St. Louis, MissouriSt. Louis Arena27,954 / 27,954$548,460
16 November 1987
18 November 1987Houston, TexasAstrodome37,956 / 37,956$734,760
19 November 1987Austin, TexasFrank Erwin Center26,966 / 26,966$489,675
20 November 1987
21 November 1987DallasReunion Arena46,179 / 46,179$895,543
22 November 1987
23 November 1987
26 November 1987Los AngelesLos Angeles Memorial Sports ArenaN/A N/A
27 November 1987
28 November 1987
30 November 1987
1 December 1987
3 December 1987Oakland, CaliforniaOakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena53,013 / 53,013$1,192,793
4 December 1987
5 December 1987
6 December 1987
8 December 1987SeattleKingdome33,700 / 40,000$710,382
10 December 1987VancouverCanadaBC Place Stadium45,538 / 45,538$879,825
Australia and New Zealand
22 January 1988AucklandNew ZealandWestern Springs StadiumN/A N/A
27 January 1988SydneyAustraliaSydney Entertainment CentreN/A N/A
28 January 1988
29 January 1988
30 January 1988
31 January 1988
1 February 1988
2 February 1988
3 February 1988
4 February 1988
5 February 1988
7 February 1988BrisbaneBrisbane Entertainment CentreN/A N/A
8 February 1988
11 February 1988AdelaideThebarton OvalN/A N/A
13 February 1988MelbourneMelbourne & Olympic ParksN/A N/A
14 February 1988
15 February 1988
16 February 1988
17 February 1988
18 February 1988
19 February 1988
20 February 1988
24 February 1988PerthEast Fremantle OvalN/A N/A
Japan
2 March 1988TokyoJapanNippon BudokanN/A N/A
3 March 1988
4 March 1988Yoyogi National GymnasiumN/A N/A
5 March 1988
6 March 1988
8 March 1988OsakaOsaka-jo HallN/A N/A
9 March 1988
11 March 1988NagoyaRainbow HallN/A N/A
North American #2
15 April 1988Los AngelesUnited StatesLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum56,672 / 64,019$1,233,203
18 April 1988DenverMile High Stadium51,976 / 65,000$1,143,472
20 April 1988SacramentoCharles C. Hughes Stadium27,000 / 27,000$607,960
22 April 1988[A]OaklandOakland–Alameda County Coliseum78,972 / 90,000$1,716,870
23 April 1988[A]
25 April 1988Phoenix, ArizonaMunicipal Stadium48,330 / 48,330$1,070,402
26 April 1988
28 April 1988IrvingTexas Stadium47,137 / 47,137$924,080
30 April 1988OrlandoCitrus BowlN/A N/A
4 May 1988RaleighCarter–Finley Stadium42,982 / 42,982$866,576
6 May 1988FoxboroughSullivan Stadium85,911 / 88,998$1,932,998
8 May 1988
11 May 1988MontrealCanadaOlympic Stadium41,761 / 55,000$1,168,236
13 May 1988TorontoCNE Stadium47,017 / 50,000$1,014,204
15 May 1988PhiladelphiaUnited StatesVeterans Stadium88,010 / 95,800$1,917,675
16 May 1988
18 May 1988Cedar FallsUNI-Dome15,857 / 15,857N/A
20 May 1988MadisonCamp Randall Stadium45,132 / 55,000$902,640
21 May 1988Rosemont, IllinoisRosemont Horizon28,788 / 28,788$704,725
22 May 1988
24 May 1988MinneapolisHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome42,532 / 50,000$938,768
26 May 1988Kansas CityArrowhead StadiumN/A N/A
28 May 1988ColumbusOhio Stadium63,016 / 63,016$1,260,320
30 May 1988PittsburghThree Rivers Stadium51,101 / 51,101$1,022,020
1 June 1988Washington, D.C.RFK Stadium44,586 / 44,586$1,003,185
3 June 1988East RutherfordGiants Stadium107,568 / 107,568$2,389,635
4 June 1988
Europe #1
10 June 1988NantesFranceStade de la BeaujoireN/A N/A
13 June 1988RotterdamNetherlandsFeijenoord StadionN/A N/A
14 June 1988
16 June 1988BerlinWest GermanyReichstagsgelände N/A N/A
18 June 1988MannheimMaimarkt-GeländeN/A N/A
21 June 1988VersaillesFrancePalace of VersaillesN/A N/A
22 June 1988
25 June 1988HanoverWest GermanyNiedersachsenstadionN/A N/A
27 June 1988DortmundWestfalenhallenN/A N/A
28 June 1988
29 June 1988
1 July 1988ViennaAustriaErnst-Happel-StadionN/A N/A
3 July 1988MunichWest GermanyOlympiastadion MünchenN/A N/A
6 July 1988TurinItalyStadio Olimpico di TorinoN/A N/A
8 July 1988ModenaStadio Alberto BragliaN/A N/A
9 July 1988
11 July 1988RomeStadio FlaminioN/A N/A
12 July 1988
15 July 1988GrenobleFranceStade du Municipal Charles-BertyN/A N/A
17 July 1988NiceStade Charles-EhrmannN/A N/A
20 July 1988BarcelonaSpainEstadi de SarriàN/A N/A
22 July 1988MadridEstadio Vicente CalderónN/A N/A
24 July 1988MontpellierFranceEspace RichterN/A N/A
26 July 1988BaselSwitzerlandSt. Jakob StadiumN/A N/A
28 July 1988LilleFranceStadium Nord Lille MétropoleN/A N/A
31 July 1988CopenhagenDenmarkGentofte StadionN/A N/A
2 August 1988OsloNorwayValle HovinN/A N/A
5 August 1988LondonEnglandWembley StadiumN/A N/A
6 August 1988
8 August 1988ManchesterMaine RoadN/A N/A
North America #3
12 August 1988Richfield, OhioUnited StatesRichfield Coliseum44,640 / 44,640$1,116,000
13 August 1988
14 August 1988
16 August 1988Auburn Hills, MichiganThe Palace of Auburn Hills31,016 / 31,016$775,400
17 August 1988
19 August 1988Uniondale, New YorkNassau Coliseum71,862 / 71,862$1,796,550
20 August 1988
21 August 1988
22 August 1988
23 August 1988
Europe #2 ("Another Lapse Tour")
13 May 1989[B]WerchterBelgiumRock WerchterN/A N/A
16 May 1989VeronaItalyVerona ArenaN/A N/A
17 May 1989
18 May 1989
20 May 1989MonzaAutodromo Nazionale MonzaN/A N/A
22 May 1989LivornoStadio Armando PicchiN/A N/A
23 May 1989
25 May 1989Cava de' TirreniStadio Simonetta LambertiN/A N/A
26 May 1989
31 May 1989AthensGreeceOlympic StadiumN/A N/A
3 June 1989MoscowSoviet UnionOlympic StadiumN/A N/A
4 June 1989
6 June 1989
7 June 1989
8 June 1989
10 June 1989LahtiFinlandLahden SuurhalliN/A N/A
12 June 1989StockholmSwedenStockholm Globe ArenaN/A N/A
13 June 1989
14 June 1989
16 June 1989HamburgWest GermanyFestwiese Im StadtparkN/A N/A
18 June 1989CologneMungersdorfer StadionN/A N/A
20 June 1989FrankfurtFesthalle FrankfurtN/A N/A
21 June 1989
23 June 1989LinzAustriaLinzer StadionN/A N/A
25 June 1989StuttgartWest GermanyNeckarstadionN/A N/A
27 June 1989ParisFrancePalais Omnisports de Paris-BercyN/A N/A
28 June 1989
29 June 1989
30 June 1989
1 July 1989
4 July 1989LondonEnglandLondon ArenaN/A N/A
5 July 1989
6 July 1989
7 July 1989
8 July 1989
9 July 1989
10 July 1989NijmegenNetherlandsGoffertparkN/A N/A
12 July 1989LausanneSwitzerlandStade Olympique de la PontaiseN/A N/A
15 July 1989VeniceItalyGrand CanalN/A N/A
18 July 1989MarseilleFranceStade VélodromeN/A N/A
Festivals and other miscellaneous performances
A This concert was part of Day on the Green
B This concert was part of Rock Werchter

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gilmore, Mikal (2008). Stories Done: Writings on the 1960s and Its Discontents. Simon & Schuster. p. 330. Retrieved April 30, 2011.
  2. ↑ Schinder, Scott; Schwartz, Andy (2008). Icons of Rock. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 452. Retrieved April 30, 2011.
  3. ↑ "The Rightful Heir?". Q Magazine #48. September 1990. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
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