The Great Gig in the Sky...Dome

[progea]

From spotted T-shirts and overheard conversations, it looked like all

the people on the GO train I was riding were going to the Roger Waters
show at Toronto's Rogers Centre. "I've seen all good people turn their
heads today so satisfied I'm on my way". There was no one to ask
riders to produce their tickets. If there had been one, I think I
would have shown that person my ticket to the show, in a hurry, rather
than my fare proof...

One such guy I rode with had been told to get off one stop before
Toronto's Union station. I told him that one was good to get off at if
he came back in September to see the pop trio Genesis.

When he heard this, he told me he was Phil Collins's third cousin
(their great grand-mothers were sisters). And, indeed, his face, from
under his nose down, was basically Phil Collins's as, e.g., on the
cover of Collins's "Face Value" album.

If you arrive like 50 minutes before a show in such a venue, you may
quickly run out of time on simply accessing the building. This one's
for you, SkyDome motherfuckers: if my ticket is sold with "access via
gate 14" printed on it, then don't fuckin' make me blank stare at a
door sheet on gate 14 with "Access via this gate is closed, use gate 2
instead, sorry for any inconvenience!" printed on it, after I fuckin'
walked from Toronto's Union and around about all the SkyDome from gate
4 to gate 14. "Up and Down And in the end it's only round and round
and round...".

The arena was almost packed. A great, spectacular show, more
spectacular than the one put out by Gilmour et comp. during "On an
Island" tour.

Setlist:

In the Flesh
Mother
Shine on You Crazy Diamond (parts 1-5, with an abridged beginning,
less guitar, that is...)
Have a Cigar
Wish You Were Here
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun ("spaceman" flying)
The Final Cut
The Fletcher Memorial House
Leaving Beirut (Waters shared the story of his generous welcome as a
guest to a Lebanese-Arab family when he was being only 17...)
It Makes Perfect Sense
Sheep (inflatable pig flying; small rectangular confetti; hey, I too
got one, even though I was in the 500-level section...)

After a 15 minutes' break:

The Dark Side of the Moon (entirely; optical prism difracting light
into its spectre...)

Encore:

Another Brick in the Wall (part II)
Vera
Bring the Boys Back Home
Comfortably Numb

Total time: 3 hrs

Band:

Roger Waters - bass, vocals, acoustic guitar
Dave Kilminster - guitar, vocals
Andy Fairweather-Low - guitar, bass, vocals
Snowy White - guitar
Ian Ritchie - sax
Jon Carin - keyboards, guitar, vocals
Harry Waters - Hammond, synth
Graham Broad - drums
Katie Kissoon, P.P. Arnold, Carol Kenyon (lead on "The Great Gig in
the Sky) - vocals, percussion

Merch (expensive): T-shirts 40 (girl 45!), caps 40, mugs 20,
litography (signed and numbered) 85, posters 10 - all prices in CAN$

This was the last show of the 2007 tour. "The end of another day. All
the bugs fixed, all the customers happy, all pigs ready to fly". Thank
you for flying the pig again under the SkyDome, Mr. Waters!

[Bob]

Post by progea

From spotted T-shirts and overheard conversations, it looked like all

the people on the GO train I was riding were going to the Roger Waters
show at Toronto's Rogers Centre. "I've seen all good people turn their
heads today so satisfied I'm on my way". There was no one to ask
riders to produce their tickets. If there had been one, I think I
would have shown that person my ticket to the show, in a hurry, rather
than my fare proof...
One such guy I rode with had been told to get off one stop before
Toronto's Union station. I told him that one was good to get off at if
he came back in September to see the pop trio Genesis.
When he heard this, he told me he was Phil Collins's third cousin
(their great grand-mothers were sisters). And, indeed, his face, from
under his nose down, was basically Phil Collins's as, e.g., on the
cover of Collins's "Face Value" album.
If you arrive like 50 minutes before a show in such a venue, you may
quickly run out of time on simply accessing the building. This one's
for you, SkyDome motherfuckers: if my ticket is sold with "access via
gate 14" printed on it, then don't fuckin' make me blank stare at a
door sheet on gate 14 with "Access via this gate is closed, use gate 2
instead, sorry for any inconvenience!" printed on it, after I fuckin'
walked from Toronto's Union and around about all the SkyDome from gate
4 to gate 14. "Up and Down And in the end it's only round and round
and round...".
The arena was almost packed. A great, spectacular show, more
spectacular than the one put out by Gilmour et comp. during "On an
Island" tour.
In the Flesh
Mother
Shine on You Crazy Diamond (parts 1-5, with an abridged beginning,
less guitar, that is...)
Have a Cigar
Wish You Were Here
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun ("spaceman" flying)
The Final Cut
The Fletcher Memorial House
Leaving Beirut (Waters shared the story of his generous welcome as a
guest to a Lebanese-Arab family when he was being only 17...)
It Makes Perfect Sense
Sheep (inflatable pig flying; small rectangular confetti; hey, I too
got one, even though I was in the 500-level section...)
The Dark Side of the Moon (entirely; optical prism difracting light
into its spectre...)
Another Brick in the Wall (part II)
Vera
Bring the Boys Back Home
Comfortably Numb
Total time: 3 hrs
Roger Waters - bass, vocals, acoustic guitar
Dave Kilminster - guitar, vocals
Andy Fairweather-Low - guitar, bass, vocals
Snowy White - guitar
Ian Ritchie - sax
Jon Carin - keyboards, guitar, vocals
Harry Waters - Hammond, synth
Graham Broad - drums
Katie Kissoon, P.P. Arnold, Carol Kenyon (lead on "The Great Gig in
the Sky) - vocals, percussion
Merch (expensive): T-shirts 40 (girl 45!), caps 40, mugs 20,
litography (signed and numbered) 85, posters 10 - all prices in CAN$
This was the last show of the 2007 tour. "The end of another day. All
the bugs fixed, all the customers happy, all pigs ready to fly". Thank
you for flying the pig again under the SkyDome, Mr. Waters!

Your description is a carbon copy of the show we saw in Hartford on 7/10.
Good show and worth the price of admission
Bob

[darkstar]

Post by progea

From spotted T-shirts and overheard conversations, it looked like all

the people on the GO train I was riding were going to the Roger Waters
show at Toronto's Rogers Centre. "I've seen all good people turn their
heads today so satisfied I'm on my way". There was no one to ask
riders to produce their tickets. If there had been one, I think I
would have shown that person my ticket to the show, in a hurry, rather
than my fare proof...
One such guy I rode with had been told to get off one stop before
Toronto's Union station. I told him that one was good to get off at if
he came back in September to see the pop trio Genesis.
When he heard this, he told me he was Phil Collins's third cousin
(their great grand-mothers were sisters). And, indeed, his face, from
under his nose down, was basically Phil Collins's as, e.g., on the
cover of Collins's "Face Value" album.
If you arrive like 50 minutes before a show in such a venue, you may
quickly run out of time on simply accessing the building. This one's
for you, SkyDome motherfuckers: if my ticket is sold with "access via
gate 14" printed on it, then don't fuckin' make me blank stare at a
door sheet on gate 14 with "Access via this gate is closed, use gate 2
instead, sorry for any inconvenience!" printed on it, after I fuckin'
walked from Toronto's Union and around about all the SkyDome from gate
4 to gate 14. "Up and Down And in the end it's only round and round
and round...".
The arena was almost packed. A great, spectacular show, more
spectacular than the one put out by Gilmour et comp. during "On an
Island" tour.
In the Flesh
Mother
Shine on You Crazy Diamond (parts 1-5, with an abridged beginning,
less guitar, that is...)
Have a Cigar
Wish You Were Here
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun ("spaceman" flying)
The Final Cut
The Fletcher Memorial House
Leaving Beirut (Waters shared the story of his generous welcome as a
guest to a Lebanese-Arab family when he was being only 17...)
It Makes Perfect Sense
Sheep (inflatable pig flying; small rectangular confetti; hey, I too
got one, even though I was in the 500-level section...)
The Dark Side of the Moon (entirely; optical prism difracting light
into its spectre...)
Another Brick in the Wall (part II)
Vera
Bring the Boys Back Home
Comfortably Numb
Total time: 3 hrs
Roger Waters - bass, vocals, acoustic guitar
Dave Kilminster - guitar, vocals
Andy Fairweather-Low - guitar, bass, vocals
Snowy White - guitar
Ian Ritchie - sax
Jon Carin - keyboards, guitar, vocals
Harry Waters - Hammond, synth
Graham Broad - drums
Katie Kissoon, P.P. Arnold, Carol Kenyon (lead on "The Great Gig in
the Sky) - vocals, percussion
Merch (expensive): T-shirts 40 (girl 45!), caps 40, mugs 20,
litography (signed and numbered) 85, posters 10 - all prices in CAN$
This was the last show of the 2007 tour. "The end of another day. All
the bugs fixed, all the customers happy, all pigs ready to fly". Thank
you for flying the pig again under the SkyDome, Mr. Waters!

We went to the show and saw a true spectacle, except for a row of
assholes behind us who thought it was cool to spend the entire evening
shouting louder than the band, and the more people asked them to
quiet, the more noise they made ... absolute assholes, and prove
positive that alcohol ruins shows.

Acoustically, the Rogers center was as intimate as it ever sounded ...
a real work of art!

[progea]

Post by darkstar
We went to the show and saw a true spectacle, except for a row of
assholes behind us who thought it was cool to spend the entire evening
shouting louder than the band, and the more people asked them to
quiet, the more noise they made ... absolute assholes, and prove
positive that alcohol ruins shows.

I too experienced something like that in my 500-level section, but
fortunately not for the entire show. Actually, I think I experience
something like that at basdically any show I attend. Asia couple of
weeks ago at The Docks was such a nice exception. Also, perhaps some
people's showcoming's timing went bad for some reason: I noticed a
massive flow-in of people by the time the vocals on "Shine on You
Crazy Diamond" started.

Post by darkstar
Acoustically, the Rogers center was as intimate as it ever sounded ...
a real work of art!-

True. Especially for acoustic Waters. And, overall, quadrophonic
indeed. Too bad I hate venues like this one and the Air Canada Centre
because of access problems...

[Kyla*]

"progea" > >From spotted T-shirts and overheard conversations, it looked
like all

Post by progea
the people on the GO train I was riding were going to the Roger Waters
show at Toronto's Rogers Centre. "I've seen all good people turn their
heads today so satisfied I'm on my way". There was no one to ask
riders to produce their tickets. If there had been one, I think I
would have shown that person my ticket to the show, in a hurry, rather
than my fare proof...
One such guy I rode with had been told to get off one stop before
Toronto's Union station. I told him that one was good to get off at if
he came back in September to see the pop trio Genesis.
When he heard this, he told me he was Phil Collins's third cousin
(their great grand-mothers were sisters). And, indeed, his face, from
under his nose down, was basically Phil Collins's as, e.g., on the
cover of Collins's "Face Value" album.
If you arrive like 50 minutes before a show in such a venue, you may
quickly run out of time on simply accessing the building. This one's
for you, SkyDome motherfuckers: if my ticket is sold with "access via
gate 14" printed on it, then don't fuckin' make me blank stare at a
door sheet on gate 14 with "Access via this gate is closed, use gate 2
instead, sorry for any inconvenience!" printed on it, after I fuckin'
walked from Toronto's Union and around about all the SkyDome from gate
4 to gate 14. "Up and Down And in the end it's only round and round
and round...".
The arena was almost packed. A great, spectacular show, more
spectacular than the one put out by Gilmour et comp. during "On an
Island" tour.
In the Flesh
Mother
Shine on You Crazy Diamond (parts 1-5, with an abridged beginning,
less guitar, that is...)
Have a Cigar
Wish You Were Here
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun ("spaceman" flying)
The Final Cut
The Fletcher Memorial House
Leaving Beirut (Waters shared the story of his generous welcome as a
guest to a Lebanese-Arab family when he was being only 17...)
It Makes Perfect Sense
Sheep (inflatable pig flying; small rectangular confetti; hey, I too
got one, even though I was in the 500-level section...)
The Dark Side of the Moon (entirely; optical prism difracting light
into its spectre...)
Another Brick in the Wall (part II)
Vera
Bring the Boys Back Home
Comfortably Numb
Total time: 3 hrs
Roger Waters - bass, vocals, acoustic guitar
Dave Kilminster - guitar, vocals
Andy Fairweather-Low - guitar, bass, vocals
Snowy White - guitar
Ian Ritchie - sax
Jon Carin - keyboards, guitar, vocals
Harry Waters - Hammond, synth
Graham Broad - drums
Katie Kissoon, P.P. Arnold, Carol Kenyon (lead on "The Great Gig in
the Sky) - vocals, percussion
Merch (expensive): T-shirts 40 (girl 45!), caps 40, mugs 20,
litography (signed and numbered) 85, posters 10 - all prices in CAN$

Geeeeeeeeeez

Post by progea
This was the last show of the 2007 tour. "The end of another day. All
the bugs fixed, all the customers happy, all pigs ready to fly". Thank
you for flying the pig again under the SkyDome, Mr. Waters!

Glad you had a good time:)
(((HUG))))
Kyla

[pogostix]

Post by Kyla*
"progea" > >From spotted T-shirts and overheard conversations, it looked
like all

Post by progea
the people on the GO train I was riding were going to the Roger Waters
show at Toronto's Rogers Centre. "I've seen all good people turn their
heads today so satisfied I'm on my way". There was no one to ask
riders to produce their tickets. If there had been one, I think I
would have shown that person my ticket to the show, in a hurry, rather
than my fare proof...
One such guy I rode with had been told to get off one stop before
Toronto's Union station. I told him that one was good to get off at if
he came back in September to see the pop trio Genesis.
When he heard this, he told me he was Phil Collins's third cousin
(their great grand-mothers were sisters). And, indeed, his face, from
under his nose down, was basically Phil Collins's as, e.g., on the
cover of Collins's "Face Value" album.
If you arrive like 50 minutes before a show in such a venue, you may
quickly run out of time on simply accessing the building. This one's
for you, SkyDome motherfuckers: if my ticket is sold with "access via
gate 14" printed on it, then don't fuckin' make me blank stare at a
door sheet on gate 14 with "Access via this gate is closed, use gate 2
instead, sorry for any inconvenience!" printed on it, after I fuckin'
walked from Toronto's Union and around about all the SkyDome from gate
4 to gate 14. "Up and Down And in the end it's only round and round
and round...".
The arena was almost packed. A great, spectacular show, more
spectacular than the one put out by Gilmour et comp. during "On an
Island" tour.
In the Flesh
Mother
Shine on You Crazy Diamond (parts 1-5, with an abridged beginning,
less guitar, that is...)
Have a Cigar
Wish You Were Here
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun ("spaceman" flying)
The Final Cut
The Fletcher Memorial House
Leaving Beirut (Waters shared the story of his generous welcome as a
guest to a Lebanese-Arab family when he was being only 17...)
It Makes Perfect Sense
Sheep (inflatable pig flying; small rectangular confetti; hey, I too
got one, even though I was in the 500-level section...)
The Dark Side of the Moon (entirely; optical prism difracting light
into its spectre...)
Another Brick in the Wall (part II)
Vera
Bring the Boys Back Home
Comfortably Numb
Total time: 3 hrs
Roger Waters - bass, vocals, acoustic guitar
Dave Kilminster - guitar, vocals
Andy Fairweather-Low - guitar, bass, vocals
Snowy White - guitar
Ian Ritchie - sax
Jon Carin - keyboards, guitar, vocals
Harry Waters - Hammond, synth
Graham Broad - drums
Katie Kissoon, P.P. Arnold, Carol Kenyon (lead on "The Great Gig in
the Sky) - vocals, percussion
Merch (expensive): T-shirts 40 (girl 45!), caps 40, mugs 20,
litography (signed and numbered) 85, posters 10 - all prices in CAN$

Geeeeeeeeeez

Post by progea
This was the last show of the 2007 tour. "The end of another day. All
the bugs fixed, all the customers happy, all pigs ready to fly". Thank
you for flying the pig again under the SkyDome, Mr. Waters!

Glad you had a good time:)
(((HUG))))
Kyla
Saw this same show in Detroit last year. The exception was The Final Cut.
I think you may be confusing TFC with Southhampton Dock. I would have
loved to hear TFC but I doubt Rog could hit those high notes.