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PHOTO GALLERY: Roger Waters Kicks Off This Is Not a Drill Tour, Previews New Song “The Bar”

by Tina Benitez-Eves July 7, 2022, 1:58 pm

Roger Waters kicked off his This Is Not A Drill 2022 North American Tour, after a four-year hiatus off the road, on July 6, at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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The tour marks the first time Waters has played an in-the-round stage set up with the band performing in the center of a giant cross, with catwalks in four directions, and large LED screens running through photos, iconic Pink Floyd imagery, and political messages.

“If you’re one of those ‘I love Pink Floyd but I can’t stand Roger’s politics people,’” said Waters to the audience, “you might do well to fuck off to the bar right now.”

Playing with his his current band—guitarists Jonathan Wilson and Dave Kilminster, drummer Joey Waronker, guitarist and bassist Gus Seyffert, keyboardist and guitarist Jon Carin, organist Robert Walter, saxophonist Seamus Blake and backing singers Amanda Belair and Shanay Johnson—the setlist consisted of 20 Pink Floyd and Roger Waters classics, opening with “Comfortably Numb,” and including “Wish You Were Here,” “Another Brick in the Wall,” “Have a Cigar,” “Shine on You You Crazy Diamond,” “Sheep,” “Run Like Hell,” “Money,” “Us and Them,” “Two Suns in the Sunset,” “Is This The Life We Really Want?” and more. 

Waters also previewed a new song “ The Bar ” before closing the show with “Outside the Wall.”

“The champion sits on his golden throne in his echoing, empty, magnificent home,” said Waters. “Looking out over the sea of bones, the last man standing, stands alone.  Think about it. This is not a drill.”

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Roger Waters – This Is Not a Drill – 2022 Tour Dates July 8, 2022 – Toronto, ON, Scotiabank Arena July 9, 2022 – Toronto, ON, Scotiabank Arena July 12, 2022 – Boston, MA, TD Garden July 15, 2022 – Montreal, QC, Bell Centre July 17, 2022 – Quebec, QC, Videotron Centre July 20, 2022 – Albany, NY, MVP Arena July 23, 2022 – Detroit, MI, Little Caesars Arena July 26, 2022 – Chicago, IL, United Center July 28, 2022 – Milwaukee, WI, Fiserv Forum July 30, 2022 – Minneapolis, MN, Target Center August 2, 2022 – Cincinnati, OH, Heritage Bank Center August 5, 2022 – Philadelphia, PA, Wells Fargo Center August 6, 2022 – Philadelphia, PA, Wells Fargo Center August 10, 2022* – Columbus, OH, Nationwide Arena August 13, 2022 – Elmont, NY, UBS Arena at Belmont Park August 16, 2022 – Washington, D.C., Capital One Arena August 18, 2022 – Raleigh, NC, PNC Arena August 20, 2022 – Atlanta, GA, State Farm Arena August 23, 2022 – Miami, FL, FTX Arena August 25, 2022 – Orlando, FL, Amway Center August 27, 2022 – Nashville, TN, Bridgestone Arena August 30, 2022 – New York, NY, Madison Square Garden August 31, 2022 – New York, NY, Madison Square Garden September 3, 2022 – Kansas City, MO, T-Mobile Center September 6, 2022 – Denver, CO, Ball Arena September 8, 2022 – Salt Lake City, UT, Vivint Arena September 10, 2022 – Portland, OR, Moda Center September 13, 2022 – Edmonton, AB, Rogers Place September 15, 2022 – Vancouver, BC, Rogers Arena September 17, 2022 – Tacoma, WA, Tacoma Dome September 20, 2022 – Sacramento, CA, Golden 1 Center September 23, 2022 – San Francisco, CA, Chase Center September 24, 2022 – San Francisco, CA, Chase Center September 27, 2022 – Los Angeles, CA, Crypto.com Arena September 28, 2022 – Los Angeles, CA, Crypto.com Arena October 1, 2022 – Las Vegas, NV, T-Mobile Arena October 3, 2022* – Glendale, AZ, Gila River Arena October 6, 2022* – Austin, TX, Moody Center October 8, 2022 – Dallas, TX, American Airlines Center

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Review: Roger Waters pulls no punches in Pittsburgh tour launcher

PITTSBURGH − Roger Waters came out swinging Wednesday, at his big and bold tour opening show in Pittsburgh. Even before taking the stage, he beat critics to the punch.

"If you're one of those 'I love Pink Floyd, but I can't stand Roger Waters' politics' people, you might do well to, (swear word) off to the bar right now."

Many in the decent-sized, but nowhere near sold-out PPG Paints Arena crowd laughed and cheered.

The concert, with an in-the-round setup, commenced with one of Waters' biggest Pink Floyd songs, "Comfortably Numb," sung in a heavy, far-away tone, with the melody more stripped down, gradually intensifying the guitar and keys ambience. Dark lighting and a gigantic perpendicular wall with dystopian imagery filling the stage made it tough to tell how much of that song was performed live.

With helicopter sound effects blasting from the surround-sound speakers, the wall then lifted and turned into four gigantic video screens as Waters emerged, wearing head-to-toe black, joined by nine bandmates all identically mono-chromed, ripping into "Happiest Days of Our Lives," "Another Brick in The Wall, Part II" and "Another Brick in The Wall, Part III," a beloved mini-suite from Waters' largely autobiographical Pink Floyd masterpiece, "The Wall."

Waters then picked "The Powers That Be" as the video screens referenced victims of police brutality. Waters' backup singers, Amanda Belair and Shanay Johnson, gave the song extra emotional heft.

Many spectators booed as Ronald Reagan popped up on the screens as part of the preface to "The Bravery of Being Out of Range." By song's end, the English-born Waters, via video screen messages, would denounce as a "war criminal" every full-term U.S. president since and including Reagan. President Biden's face popped up, with the pessimistic message "he's just getting started." At the end of that song, Waters, playing piano, let out a sigh of relief and pounded his chest with his right fist, in a "thank you" gesture to fans for their support.

Waters introduced a new, pandemic-spawned song "The Bar," joking it wasn't the same bar that fans had fled to "because they don't like my politics." (I didn't see anyone Wednesday get up and leave in a huff, as reportedly happened on early dates of Waters' 2017 tour; nor did that conspicuously occur at his 2017 PPG Paints Arena concert, )

Still at the piano, Waters emotionally sang lines like "we're trading the family farms for some snake oil," as the video screens transitioned to support of Native Americans being pushed from their land. "The Bar," and its sentiments, earned a loud audience cheer.

"Enough with our current predicament," Waters said, pledging to take fans far back in time, launching a sequence with "Have a Cigar," "Wish You Were Here" and "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" all from Pink Floyd's 1975 album.

Waters did an amiable shrug for the "by the way, which one's pink?" punchline in "Have a Cigar," and arched his feet as his launch sequence to nail the "riding the gravy trainnnn" part. His voice hasn't changed much, maybe a bit softer, and there would be a few concessions to his 78 years, as on "Run Like Hell," where he let the backup singers and fans handle a few vocal lines.

"Wish You Were Here" brought touching memories via video screen of Waters' Pink Floyd co-founder, the late-Syd Barrett. Waters said they decided to form the band after witnessing a Rolling Stones performance. Waters' pre-recorded narration, matched with words scrolled onto the video screens with a typewriter sound effect, alluded gently to Barrett's mental issues, escalated by psychedelic drug use, which drove him out of the band. "When you lose someone you love," Waters said in the narration, "It does serve to remind you this is not a drill," (The 2022 tour is called This Is Not a Drill.) Waters, strumming acoustic at a far end of the stage, soaked it in as fans loudly sang a verse of "Wish You Were Here."

The instrumental parts of the Barrett-inspired "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" were a highlight of the first set; a hypnotic and harrowing amalgam of swirling keys, psychedelic lap steel guitar, twin electric guitars and drum pounds from Joey Waronker who was a bit too reined-in on other songs.

"Sheep," from Pink Floyd's Orwellian "Animals" album, mightily ended the first set, a full-throttle, razor-sharp jam by the solid band including guitarist-vocalist Jonathan Wilson, Jon Carin on guitars and keys, Roland Walter on keys, and rhythm guitar from Dave Kilminster (who played in Waters' 2012 Pittsburgh arena concert ). A number of fans clapped as the video screens showed tweets opposed to the Supreme Court's recent overturn of Roe vs. Wade. Caught up in the music, Waters played air drums, flashed the peace sign and did triumphant fist pumps at the song's end.

Near the conclusion of a 20-minute intermission, one of Waters' trademark inflatable pigs began flying above the crowd bearing fascist statements criticizing the poor. Then on cue, Waters re-emerged in a knee-length leather jacket and mirrored sunglasses, portraying the fascist dictator antagonist from Pink Floyd's "The Wall" movie, as he theatrically sneered the lyrics to "In The Flesh." He finished the song, still in evil character, shooting a very realistic-sounding toy machine gun at the audience.

Waters' vocals sound labored on "Deja Vu," a song bearing pro-transgender, pro-reproductive rights, and pro-Palestinian messages, and his voice got overpowered in the atmospheric guitar and keys mix of "Is This The Life We Really Want?"

He got to focus on his bass playing for those meaty riffs that power "Money," Floyd's "The Dark Side of The Moon" epic complete with saxophone and surround-sound cash register noises.

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Another "Dark Side" classic, the anti-war "Us and Them," slowly unfurled and emotionally roused, with Waters doing a dramatic arm wave gesture for the "And who'll deny it's what the fighting's all about?" line.

The standard "Dark Side" pairing of "Brain Damage" and "Eclipse," with great, stinging guitar strains, earned a standing ovation.

Basked in red lighting, Waters strummed an acoustic guitar for the nuclear war cautionary tale "Two Suns in The Sunset." It was that rarest of anti-apocalypse songs that included sax.

"It feels good to sit down," Waters said, thanking the audience for turning out to a show that the pandemic had postponed for two years. He smiled and said his wife was in the audience.

For an opening night, there were only minor glitches; an unpolished start on the new song, maybe some pacing issues that can be easily tweaked. Many seating aisles had strings of two or three empty seats.

As with his 2012 tour, Waters finished with "Outside The Wall," the quietest song from "The Wall," featuring a light accordion as the band huddled together and Waters introduced them one-by-one with their names in big letters on the video screens.

Pink Floyd fans will enjoy this show. Unless they detest Waters' overt political remarks, but at least he's warned them ahead of time.

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iHeartRadio Opening Night Live with Roger Waters: How To Stream

By Taylor Fields

July 1, 2022

Roger Waters is kicking off his "This Is Not A Drill Tour" on July 6th in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and fans will be able to catch some of the action during iHeartRadio Opening Night Live with Roger Waters.

Waters' "This Is Not A Drill" Tour kicks off on July 6th in Pittsburgh, PA, and stops in cities across the country including Boston, Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia, Nashville, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and more, before wrapping up in Dallas, Texas on October 8th. Tickets are on sale now , see the full list of tour dates below.

In a statement, Waters explained of the tour, "'This Is Not A Drill' is a groundbreaking new rock and roll/cinematic extravaganza, performed in the round, it is a stunning indictment of the corporate dystopia in which we all struggle to survive, and a call to action to LOVE, PROTECT and SHARE our precious and precarious planet home. The show includes a dozen great songs from PINK FLOYD ’S GOLDEN ERA alongside several new ones, words and music, same writer, same heart, same soul, same man. Could be his last hurrah. Wow! My first farewell tour! Don't miss it. Love R."

During iHeartRadio Opening Night Live with Roger Waters, fans will get to hear from Waters himself during an exclusive interview with Jim Kerr, and live performances from his tour's opening night.

How to Watch

Fans can listen and tune in free for a stream of the exclusive iHeartRadio Opening Night Live with Roger Waters on Wednesday, July 6th at 10pm ET/7pm PT via iHeartRadio's  Classic Rock Channel .

Roger Waters: This Is Not A Drill – 2022 North AmericanTour Dates

7/6 - Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena

7/8 - Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena

7/9 - Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena

7/12 - Boston, MA @ TD Garden

7/15 - Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre

7/17 - Quebec, QC @ Videotron Centre

7/20 - Albany, NY @ MVP Arena

2/23 - Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena

2/26 - Chicago, IL @ United Center

2/28 - Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum

2/30 - Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center

8/2 - Cincinnati, OH @ Heritage Bank Center

8/5 - Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center

8/6 - Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center

8/10 - Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena

8/13 - Elmont, NY @ UBS Arena at Belmont Park

8/16 - Washington, D.C. @ Capital One Arena

8/18 - Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena

8/20 - Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena

8/23 - Miami, FL @ FTX Arena

8/25 - Orlando, FL @ Amway Center

8/27 - Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena

8/30 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

8/31 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

9/3 - Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center

9/6 - Denver, CO @ Ball Arena

9/8 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Arena

9/10 - Portland, OR @ Moda Center

9/13 - Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place

 9/15 - Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena

9/17 - Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome

9/20 - Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center

9/23 - San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center

9/24 - San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center

9/27 - Los Angeles, CA @ Crypto.com Arena

9/28 - Los Angeles, CA @ Crypto.com Arena

10/1 - Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena

10/3 - Glendale, AZ @ Gila River Arena

10/6 - Austin, TX @ Moody Center

10/8 - Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center

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Roger Waters Announces 2022 North American Tour

The highly-anticipated trek kicks off on July 6 in Pittsburgh

Rock icon Roger Waters has announced a 2022 North American tour. Rescheduled from 2020, the highly-anticipated This Is Not A Drill trek kicks off on July 6 at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh and wraps up on October 15 and October 15 with back-to-back performances at Palacio de los Desportes in Mexico City, MX. Tickets are on sale now HERE .

The full tour itinerary can be found below.

All tickets from the original 2020 shows will be honored at the new dates.

The tour is being billed as Waters’ “first farewell tour,” which is undoubtedly bittersweet for fans. On the tour, Waters will be performing “a dozen great songs from Pink Floyd ‘s golden era.” Check out the tour preview video below.

Roger Waters released his fourth solo album Is This the Life We Really Want? back in 2017 via Columbia Records. For this outing, Waters worked with famed producer Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Beck, Paul McCartney). The record peaked at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart and the Billboard Top Rock Albums Chart. It also landed at No. 11 on the Billboard 200.

7/6 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena 7/8 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena 7/9 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena 7/12 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden 7/15 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre 7/17 – Quebec, QC @ Videotron Centre 7/20 – Albany, NY @ Times Union Center 7/23 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena 7/26 – Chicago, IL @ United Center 7/28 – Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum 7/30 – Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center 8/2 – Cincinnati, OH @ Heritage Bank Center 8/5 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center 8/6 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center 8/10 – Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena 8/13 – Elmont, NY @ UBS Arena 8/16 – Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena 8/18 – Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena 8/20 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena 8/23 – Miami, FL @ AmericanAirlines Arena 8/25 – Orlando, FL @ Amway Center 8/27 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena 8/30 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden 8/31 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden 9/3 – Kansas City, MO @ T-Mobile Center 9/6 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena 9/8 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Arena 9/10 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center 9/13 – Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place 9/15 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena 9/17 – Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome 9/20 – Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center 9/23 – San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center 9/24 – San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center 9/27 – Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center 9/28 – Los Angeles, CA @ Staples Center 10/1 – Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena 10/3 – Glendale, AZ @ Gila River Arena 10/6 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center 10/8 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center 10/11 – Monterrey, MX @ Arena Monterrey 10/14 – Mexico City, MX @ Palacio de los Desportes 10/15 – Mexico City, MX @ Palacio de los Desportes

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Roger Waters This Is Not A Drill 2022 Tour

Roger Waters will embark on what he’s cheekily teasing as his “first farewell tour,” officially dubbed This Is Not a Drill, summer 2022. He was supposed to launch the trek last year, but pandemic lockdowns sidelined his plans. The new run of dates will kick off in Pittsburgh on July 6th, 2022.

Tickets are on sale now via RogerWaters.com . Those who held onto tickets for the 2020 dates will get an email with further information about the new dates. Those tickets will be valid for the new dates.

“ This Is Not A Drill is a groundbreaking new rock & roll/cinematic extravaganza, performed in the round, ” Waters wrote in a statement. “ It is a stunning indictment of the corporate dystopia in which we all struggle to survive, and a call to action to love, protect, and share our precious and precarious planet home. The show includes a dozen great songs from Pink Floyd’s Golden Era alongside several new ones — words and music, same writer, same heart, same soul, same man. Could be his last hurrah. Wow! My first farewell tour! Don’t miss it. Love, R. ”

When Waters announced the tour last year, he promised an all-new production, following his Us + Them and the Wall tours, that would be presented in the round.

When he was originally planning it, he had timed it to run up to the 2020 election. “ [The new tour] will be even more political than Us + Them was — political and humane, ” “ We were listening to songs and looking at setlists today. We were talking about, what should we call it? I shouldn’t be giving this away, but I don’t give a shit because it will probably all change, but imagine the iconic helicopter that normally comes before ‘Happiest Days’ and ‘Brick 2’ — that noise that we all know and love — and imagine a megaphone, somebody abused this device before, I know — but, ‘This is not a drill.’ I thought that could be a good title for the show: This Is Not a Drill. The ruling class is killing us. ”

Tickets may be purchased from Roger Waters.com  OR Ticketmaster

2022 Band Lineup Roger Waters – Bass Guitar / Guitars / Vocals Jon Carin – Keyboards / Guitars / Vocals Robert Walter – Organ Jonathan Wilson – Guitars / Vocals Gus Seyffert – Bass Guitar / Guitar Dave Kilminster – Guitar / Vocals Joey Waronker – Drums / Percussion Seamus Blake – Saxophone Amanda Belair  – Vocals Shanay Johnson   – Vocals

2nd July 2022 – Roger Waters is kicking off his “ This Is Not A Drill Tour ” on July 6th in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and fans will be able to catch some of the action during iHeartRadio Opening Night Live with Roger Waters.

Waters’ “This Is Not A Drill” Tour kicks off on July 6th in Pittsburgh, PA, and stops in cities across the country including Boston, Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia, Nashville, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and more, before wrapping up in Dallas, Texas on October 8th. Tickets are on sale now, see the full list of tour dates below.

In a statement, Waters explained of the tour, “‘This Is Not A Drill’ is a groundbreaking new rock and roll/cinematic extravaganza, performed in the round, it is a stunning indictment of the corporate dystopia in which we all struggle to survive, and a call to action to LOVE, PROTECT and SHARE our precious and precarious planet home. The show includes a dozen great songs from PINK FLOYD ’S GOLDEN ERA alongside several new ones, words and music, same writer, same heart, same soul, same man. Could be his last hurrah. Wow! My first farewell tour! Don’t miss it. Love R.”

During iHeartRadio Opening Night Live with Roger Waters, fans will get to hear from Waters himself during an exclusive interview with Jim Kerr, and live performances from his tour’s opening night.

Fans can listen and tune in free for a stream of the exclusive iHeartRadio Opening Night Live with Roger Waters on Wednesday, July 6th at 10pm ET/7pm PT via iHeartRadio’s  Classic Rock Channel .

23rd June 2022 – Ian Ritchie producer of Roger Waters Radio K.A.O.S album and long-serving saxophone player in his touring band 2006 – 2016 minus The Wall tour has just announced that he is stepping down from Roger’s upcoming This Is Not A Drill Tour.

In a statement released on his official website blog 23/06/22 that following was said

22nd June 2022 – The creative force behind Pink Floyd, the legendary Roger Waters, returns to The Late Show to perform a medley of songs including one classic that fans can expect to hear on his 40-date North American tour, which will be performed in-the-round, titled “This Is Not A Drill.”

A firm favorite amongst fans over the globe, it features exclusive photography and gives an insight into the day and life of a touring band member within Roger Waters’ touring arsenal.

Fans can also read previous entries from Ian’s involvement with Roger on his 2006–2008 Dark Side Of The Moon Tour , 2016’s Desert Trip performances, and the 2017–2018 Us And Them Tour .

Click Here to be taken to the Ian Ritchie 2022 Website to keep track of his personal This Is Not A Drill Tour Diary .

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Roger Waters Opens ‘This Is Not A Drill’ Tour In Pittsburgh [Audio/Videos]

After two years of pandemic delays,  Roger Waters  launched his long-awaited  This Is Not A Drill  tour in Pittsburgh, PA on Wednesday. The concert from the founding  Pink Floyd  bassist at  PPG Paints Arena  featured a healthy dose of classic rock staples, solo compositions, and a pair of new songs written during lockdown.

Waters has never been one to hold his tongue about anything, be it his former bandmate  David Gilmour  or former President  Donald Trump . The songwriter made sure everyone was on the same page by welcoming audiences with the message “If you’re one of those ‘I love Pink Floyd, but I can’t stand Roger’s politics’ people you might do well to fuck off to the bar right now,” broadcast across the PA and on LED screens.

The stage set up for  This Is Not A Drill  features Waters and his band—comprised of Jonathan Wilson  (guitar),  Robert Walter  (keyboards),  Jon Carin  (keyboards),  Joey Waronker  (drums),  Gus Seyffert  (bass),  Seamus Blake  (saxophone) and  Dave Kilminster (guitar) in addition to backing vocalists Amanda Belair and Shanay Johnson —performing in the round for the first time. The band was stationed in the center of a giant cross, with catwalks going out in all four directions. Above the group hung a similar cross-section of LED screens which displayed Pink Floyd iconography, political messaging, and more imagery throughout the 23-song performance.

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The first set sandwiched beloved Pink Floyd staples “Comfortably Numb”, “Another Brick in the Wall Part 2”, “Wish You Were Here”, “Have A Cigar”, and more between Waters’ solo works including “The Powers That Be”, which he busted out for the first time since 1999 last week at a private, invite-only dress rehearsal at Bryce Jordan Center  in University Park, PA. It was also there that he debuted the new composition “The Bar”, which Waters performed on Wednesday for the first time in front of a ticketed audience.

During the second frame, Waters offered yet another public debut with “Is This the Life We Really Want?”, which was also first performed at the dress rehearsal. The crowd was then rewarded with the entire B-side of The Dark Side Of The Moon , with  The Final Cut ‘s “Two Suns in the Sunset” following before a reprise of “The Bar” and finally “Outside the Wall” to close the show.

Check out fan-shot videos from Roger Waters in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, as well as a radio broadcast of “Have a Cigar”, “Wish You Were Here”, and “Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 6-9)”. The tour continues on Friday in Toronto, ON.

Roger Waters –  This Is Not A Drill  Intro – 7/6/22

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Roger Waters – “The Bar” – 7/6/22

Roger Waters –”Have A Cigar”, “Wish You Were Here”, “Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 6-9)” – 7/6/22 – Audio

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Roger Waters – “Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 6-9)” – 7/6/22

Roger Waters – “Money” – 7/6/22

Setlist : Roger Waters | PPG Paints Arena | Pittsburgh, PA | 7/6/22

Set One: Comfortably Numb, The Happiest Days of Our Lives, Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2, Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3, The Powers That Be, The Bravery of Being Out of Range, The Bar [1], Have a Cigar, Wish You Were Here, Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 6-9), Sheep

Set Two: In the Flesh, Run Like Hell, Déjà Vu, Is This the Life We Really Want? [1], Money, Us and Them, Any Colour You Like, Brain Damage, Eclipse, Two Suns in the Sunset, The Bar (Reprise), Outside the Wall

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Roger Waters returns to North America with an all-new tour. Challenging and thought-provoking, the tour continues Waters’ message of Love, and for the first time will be In The Round.

“This Is Not A Drill is a ground breaking new rock and roll/cinematic extravaganza, performed in the round, it is a stunning indictment of the corporate dystopia in which we all struggle to survive, and a call to action to LOVE, PROTECT and SHARE our precious and precarious planet home. The show includes a dozen great songs from PINK FLOYD’S GOLDEN ERA alongside several new ones, words and music, same writer, same heart, same soul, same man. Could be his last hurrah. Wow! My first farewell tour! Don’t miss it. Love R.”

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Roger Waters “This is Not a Drill” Tour Recap

The Pink Floyd legend thrilled fans with an epic show filled with hits and classics

After two years of postponements from the Covid-19 Pandemic, Roger Waters finally began his This is Not a Drill tour ,  which made its way to the Golden 1 Arena in Sacramento, CA. Best known for his work as the iconic bassist of Pink Floyd, Waters didn’t pick up a bass until the second half of the show. The setlist is comprised of songs from The Wall , The Dark Side of the Moon , Wish You Were Here, The Final Cut , and Animals . The show was broken into two sets beginning with an audio-only version of “Comfortably Numb.” Following that a massive screen rose and Waters came walking out and took the mic to begin “Happiest Days of Our Lives,” “Another Brick in the Wall Parts II and III.” Set one also included “Have a Cigar,” “Wish You Were Here,” and “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” (Parts VI-VII, V) all from Wish You Were Here , with the final song of the first half “Sheep” from Animals . Set one also includes Waters’ newest song “The Bar.”

The second half was set with banners with the hammers from The Wall movie and the screen had a virtual wall. Out came waters in his black trench coat and sunglasses just like he wore on The Wall tour and kicked off set two with “In the Flesh,” followed by “Run Like Hell,” both from The Wall . The giant pig came flying around during “In the Flesh” with the words “F*ck the Poor.”

Waters ended this epic show with “Outside the Wall,” the final song of The Wall, which is also the last song the three surviving members of Pink Floyd played together. From The Wall album Waters had sung lead or shared vocals on all except three songs.

To close out the show Waters led the band around the stage while still playing the song then each member walked down the stairs to the floor one by one and finished the show backstage which could be seen on the video screens. While still onstage each member was shown with their name as you would see in a movie or TV opening or closing credits. Waters incredible band is made up of vocalists Amanda Belair and Shanay Johnson, keyboardist/guitarist Jon Carin, guitarists Jonathan Wilson and Dave Kilminster who also sings Gilmour’s vocals, bassist/guitarist Gus Seyffert, saxophonist Seamus Blake, keyboardist Robert Walter, and drummer Joey Waronker.

1. Comfortably Numb- Pink Floyd

2. The Happiest Days of Our Lives- Pink Floyd

3. Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2-Pink Floyd

4. Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3- Pink Floyd

5. The Powers That Be

6. The Bravery of Being Out of Range

8. Have a Cigar- Pink Floyd

9. Wish You Were Here- Pink Floyd

10. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-,VII,V)

11. Sheep- Pink Floyd

12. In the Flesh- Pink Floyd

13. Run Like Hell- Pink Floyd

14. Deja Vu

15. Deja Vu (Reprise)

16. Is This the Life We Really Want?

17. Money- Pink Floyd

18. Us and Them- Pink Floyd

19. Any Colour You Like- Pink Floyd

20. Brain Damage- Pink Floyd

21. Eclipse- Pink Floyd

22. Two Suns in the Sunset- Pink Floyd

23. The Bar (Reprise)

24. Outside the Wall- Pink Floyd

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Roger Waters Explains Opening Warning Statement at Start of Current Concerts

Former Pink Floyd bassist/singer Roger Waters is as outspokenly political and he is musically talented, so it’s no shock that each performance on his current “This Is Not a Drill” tour begins with the following emphatic warning: “If you’re one of those ‘I love Pink Floyd, but I can’t stand Roger’s politics’ people, you might do well to fuck off to the bar right now. Thank you, and please enjoy the show.”

In a recent video interview with CNN , Waters explained why he cautions attendees in such a characteristically blunt way:

It’s a really good way to start the show. Apart from anything else, it sets a few things straight. It also encourages a lot of the people who’ve come to the show because they have listened to everything I’ve written since, you know, 1965 or wherever I started writing songs [ laughs ]. So, they do know what my politics are and they do understand where my heart is and they understand sort of why I’m there.

On the other hand, he continues, “Maybe it also gives a message to people who don’t want to be there, in which case, them fucking off to the bar is probably not a bad idea.”

Waters is also quick to point out that the latter group of concertgoers may not enjoy it because of the tour’s all-encompassing message about “community” and “communication” concerning not only his bond with attendees but also between “us combined with all our brothers and sisters [and] all the rest of the world, irrespective of who they are, where they live, their ethnicity, their religion . . . or anything else.”

Lastly, he clarifies that he’s fine with naysayers sticking around if they “don’t annoy the people who do understand what’s going on in the arena.”

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Besides solo vocals, Waters also switched between piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar and bass — from every corner of the stage. Photo by Todd Kaplan

Clair Global Hangs 224K Pounds of Surround Sound Quad Speakers

“I realized six months before going out on this tour that this was the heaviest show I have ever worked on,” says FOH Jon Lemon about the 224,000 pounds of speakers flying in the air. “It’s breaking records for the heaviest hang in many of the arenas we’re playing.” Roger Water’s This is Not a Drill is in the round, though literally it is made up of four stage sections that are an “x” formation. It’s a big band: Drums, bass player, two keyboards, sax, two backing vocalists and Roger Waters — who jumps between piano, acoustic guitar, electric guitar and bass. Yet, the 25-truck/8-bus show with all those Clair Global speakers impressively felt loud without being loud. “The idea of the P.A. design is to deliver the most even sound possible throughout a given venue,” Lemon continues. “My style of mixing is to make it sound big but not necessarily loud, and I achieve that with various small touches of compression on the 2-bus.”

There are many challenges, including navigating around the huge video walls which hang directly above and correspond with the “x” stage set up … as if general RF challenges weren’t big enough. “That’s a big one as we’re looking for around 80 frequencies every day and RF gets harder with every passing year,” notes monitor engineer John Chadwick.

Achieving the right amount of energy from the mains and surrounds without blocking sight lines around the massive video screens and lighting rigs required finesse and a little trial and error. Photo by Todd Kaplan

In the Round? “I Try To Avoid It”

Lemon grew up in the coastal city of Adelaide, Australia, and by age 13 he was making small amps in addition to being a “crappy bass player playing in crappy bands.” Interest in the former won out and he worked for a local audio company on the weekends. At 16 when Lemon was told he had macular degeneration and would be profoundly blind by 21, he did not let that slow him down in pursuing an interest in pro audio (he would retain some of his sight, though he’s legally blind). “I pushed into the sex, drugs and rock and roll lifestyle without the sex,” he jokes. Starting in 1977, he worked for Jands, which has supplied pro audio and lighting for Australian and New Zealand acts since 1970. While with them, an early break was working with renowned classical guitarist John Williams, who during the 1970s had a progressive rock band called Sky. “He asked me to come to the UK and do a tour in Europe.” It was so successful, Lemon stayed. Next came Level 42, the band that really established him. From there he did Sinead O’Connor’s Nothing Compares to U tour, Pet Shop Boys, The Cure and others.

(L-R): Audio crew chief Jeff Stearns, FOH engineer Jon Lemon and system tech Alex Moore. Photo by Kevin M. Mitchell

One of the others was Depeche Mode who he was with in the early 1990s, during which time he got a call to go out with Pink Floyd. “I turned it down, because I had given my word to Depeche Mode to stay with them on their next tour,” he says. Smashing Pumpkins, Beck, and many others followed. In 2005, for the worldwide charity show Live 8, Pink Floyd reunited, and Lemon mixed that. In 2017, Lemon got the call to take the FOH chair for Waters’ Us + Them tour that year. He had just gotten home to Australian from another tour when he got the call asking if he could be on the plane that day. “I said, well I have to do laundry, so I need 24 hours.” He made it to the third show, and “did a lot of homework in hotel room with Pro Tools.” He’s worked with Waters since.

For this show, Lemon is once again on a DiGiCo console. “I’ve been using their boards pretty much since their inception of the D5 back in 2003,” he says. “On Beck’s tour that year I think I had the second console they made.” He’s currently out with DiGiCo’s Quantum 5. Otherwise his toolbox contains the Midas XL42, Maag EQ and Alan Smart C2 compressor, among a few other gadgets.

As for mixing an act in the round, “quite honestly, I have tried to avoid it! It’s tough for a sound person to do.” But after testing the Clair Global system designed for this specific spectacular, Lemon was onboard. Being used are Clair Cohesion 12s with 36 double-18 CP-218 subs spread around. “From talking to other engineers about playing in the round, one of the things I knew is I couldn’t have speaker cabinets on stage. Roger and the band were completely cool with that.” Audio chief Jeff Stearns went with a lot of isolation cabinets under the stage for guitars, keyboards and Waters’ bass. There are also eight hangs of Cohesion 10s on the perimeter of the arena, facing back toward the band and the four quad systems in the corners. “It’s very big and effective, though it certainly took me a while to nail the mix down.”

Monitor tech Jamie Nelson, monitor engineer John Chadwick and stage tech Alexi Wright. Photo by Kevin M. Mitchell

Monitor World: Down Under

A “secret” door beneath the stage offers access to monitor world. Once there, one finds 22 channels of Wisycom IEMs and 32 channels of Shure Axient D wireless. An additional eight channels of Wisycom at FOH feed signals to the surround system.

In that hidden underworld, you’ll find Chadwick. He grew up in Manchester, England, and went to Loughborough University. His guitar playing was decent enough to get him into the school’s Musician’s Club, which had a P.A. that he figured out how to run. Once a week, Chadwick mixed comedy shows at the Students’ Union and for student bands. “Regular visitors to the Students’ Union were audio company W&T Ultrasonics who dealt with the ‘real’ bands,” he says. After learning how their system went together during their visits, they took Chadwick out to fill in on some of their other shows and this grew into regular FOH work with The Manfreds (“Manfred Mann without the Mann”) and The Blues Band in various venues around the UK during the late 90s.

A longtime friend at W&T, Martin Walker, “kidnapped” him and took him out into the world of full production tours with Judas Priest. “There I was, the stage tech or ‘monitor babysitter’.” This led to touring with Luis Miguel in the U.S. and when that monitor engineer left, he took that chair. This enabled a return to Judas Priest, this time mixing monitors. Next, he spent five years in the hot seat as Aerosmith’s monitor engineer for which he would receive two Parnelli Award nominations. He’s also worked with “the Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman configuration” of Yes; Ringo Starr and his All Starr Band; and more recently, Nine Inch Nails. In 2018, he was on David Byrne’s American Utopia world tour — a complicated monitor gig if there ever was one, but for him it was “a really fun year.”

This is Chadwick’s first outing with Waters, taking that spot at the last minute — as in two hours after the dress rehearsal. “Fortunately, already here was [monitor tech] Jamie Nelson, who I had worked with on David Byrne, so that was tremendously helpful.” Chadwick is also dedicated DiGiCo user and has “been an SD7 user for over 10 years” and today is on the Quantum 7. “The drummer gets a single sub on the stage; the rest of the band is all in-ears,” he says. It’s all Jerry Harvey Audio Roxannes except for Waters, who uses JH Sharonas.

This is his first time engineering in the round, which means among other things those surround speakers are facing the band. All the musicians are singing but the drummer and one of the keyboard players, making for a total of seven vocal mics for the general band. Add Waters and the two background vocalists, who are all constantly in motion, and it becomes a herculean effort to keep extraneous room noise at bay and everything sounding great to the performers.

The huge video screens dominating the stage also created problems for keeping signals from RF antennas within line of sight. Photo by Kevin M. Mitchell

Then, There’s the Rooms…

“Some arenas have more VIP boxes than others, and that means more glass. Some purposely don’t have acoustic ceilings or treatment because they want [sports] crowd noise as loud as possible when their team plays there, and that’s another adjustment. All these arenas are different and add in being in the round on top of that and well… that’s a lot of reflections and surround sound coming back at those vocal mics on stage.” It means Chadwick is active the whole show. “I keep my fingers on the faders for the background singers and take them out whenever they are not singing and push them back in time for their vocals.”

Chadwick is not bothering with Primary Source Enhancers because he says they only provide around 3 or 4 dB of reduction when “I need in the realm of 8-10 dB, so I’d still end up riding those faders anyway!” One more “bonus” of being in the round? “That means we’re the last to get power and the clock never stops ticking.” The enormous video rig is hung, P.A. speakers are flown, and finally the stage gets rolled in. Then — and only then — monitor world is attended to. “Sound check is actually more of a rehearsal followed by a sound check, as while the set list never changes, songs are regularly tweaked with additional elements. There’s always something to be working on!”

Although a seasoned professional, Chadwick can be moved by the music. “When that first show was underway and the intro to ‘Wish You Were Here’ started, all the hair on my arms and the back of my neck went up. But that’s why you do this, right?”

Ears are the Best Tools

When discussing pulling off the impressive — if not overwhelming — audio feat daily, all point their fingers to Alex Moore, the system tech who manages to get the system working consistently every night, every show.

Moore grew up in Elkhart, IN, and attended Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN, majoring in audio recording and minoring in physics, electro-acoustics. Out of college he went to Nashville and worked for Sound Image, who sent him out with Brad Paisley, Lady A, Kacey Musgraves, Rascal Flatts, and others, mostly as a tech or mixing monitors. When there was a lull in the work in 2017, he reached out to Clair Global. “The first tour I did for them was with Eric Clapton, and I moved onto Zac Brown Band as monitor system engineer, and then was the FOH system engineer after that. Clair gave me the opportunity to grow in this role as I did a lot of amphitheaters, arenas and baseball stadiums.”

This is Moore’s first tour with Waters, and he says, “it’s been a really great opportunity. Clair Global provides the set of tools and the support, and after five months on a tour like this, you find your stride. On a show this big, it’s important to develop a consistent workflow and commit some of that to muscle memory.”

Moore agrees the room itself is the biggest challenge, but there again, the provided tools help with that. “We have incredible consistency, as all the motors are pre-rigged in our clouds,” with the latter being a truss system that acts as a sub grid to fly all those speakers from. “This means no matter where we are playing, all of the speaker arrays have the same distance relationship to each other. That’s a massive advantage, as it allows me to eliminate some of the variables right away.” But not all the variables: The tour started off trimming the bottom of the P.A. to 40’ and then found themselves trimming to 35’. But even then, getting the right amount of energy from the system and creating sight lines around those video screens and lighting rigs requires finesse with a little trial and error. It is always a balancing act, as he says when one adjustment is made somewhere, it affects all the other aspects. “But all the teams work together for the greater good, and nobody does anything that prevents someone else from doing their job.”

This is also Moore’s first time working with surround sound speakers. “Unlike the main system, the location of our surround arrays varies from day to day depending on where there is steel to hang from around the perimeter of the venue. It’s kind of an imperfect science due to the physical distance that they can be from the other [main system] speakers. You can’t introduce electronic delay in the same way you would when time-aligning the main speaker arrays. If you did, some days you could be introducing 50 to 100 msec of delay to the mains to align them back to the surrounds. You must think outside the box in terms of the relative difference versus absolute time. You can’t necessarily use tools like SMAART for this. It becomes more of a psychoacoustics issue and in this case, your ears are the best tools.”

The crew was prepared to do anything, including inflating the famous pig. Photo by Kevin M. Mitchell

You Get Paid For This?

Stearns started off at the School of Arts in Philadelphia in 2011, taking recording classes. “I didn’t know the live industry, but then I had one class that was about live sound, and that teacher would take the class to different live venues to meet house engineers. We discussed mixing, signal flow, acoustic/room treatment and P.A. coverage,” he says. After learning from audio engineers in the field, he was smitten. Compared to all the endless Pro Tools classes he was taking, live was more inviting and “just because of that one class, I was like, wow, you get paid to do this?” Halfway through college, Stearns found an ad online from Clair Global and next thing he knew he was scurrying up the road to Lititz, PA where he went to work. “Clair’s standard is to bring in a new person into the shop to learn all their proprietary products.” When one of their tours comes through nearby Philly (an 80-minute drive), the new hires get some field experience. After six months, they sent Stearns out on his first tour: Paul McCartney.

In 2017, he was a P.A. rigger for Waters’ Us + Them tour and got familiar with the production camp, and so was named crew chief for this current tour. He too confirms it’s a complicated tour. “I honestly don’t know if any other company could have done this tour,” he says, pointing to rig hanging from the ceiling. “Our Cohesion System uses our proprietary cable, HI-D, that can go the distance connecting our amp racks to the farthest speakers, which is a 330’ cable run. Other P.A. systems would have had to hang additional amp racks in the rig up there to make it work, and believe me, we’re close to maxing out every arena as it is.”

For Stearns, labor is the biggest challenge. Not his people, but the day crew hired for each venue, as that pool still suffers from the industry-wide labor shortage. Echoing a familiar theme for all live event companies these days, he says, “sometimes we’ll walk into a building and the rigging call is for 20 people, and there are five of them teaching the other 15 what to do.” A careful eye and lots of questions and support makes sure it’s all done safely; but still it’s a persistent problem: “There are local crew members who are so overworked they had just slept in their car from the gig the night before, and when we come in, it could be their eighth show in a row.” He adds his crew always picks up the slack. “We all step up to do whatever needs to be done regardless of job title,” he says, adding with a laugh: “We could not make it out alive if we didn’t!”

The audio crew, L-R: Front row — Jamie Nelson, Katrina Rice, Alexi Wright, John Meusel; Back row — Alex Moore, Jeff Stearns, Zoe Johnson, John Chadwick, Wayne “Chan” Teaster, Ken Fiedler. Photo by Kevin M. Mitchell

About that crew: “We have an awesome diverse crew with varying levels of experience, and some of which are on their first tour. We all look after each other.”

The tour is taking a short break and then the crew is off to Europe in 2023.

Roger Waters 2022 ‘This is Not a Drill’ Tour

• FOH Engineer: Jon Lemon
• Audio Crew Chief: Jeff Stearns
• Monitor Engineer: John Chadwick
• Systems Engineer: Alex Moore
• Monitor Tech: Jamie Nelson
• Stage Tech: Alexi Wright
• Audio/Comms: Ken Fiedler
• Audio Techs: Katrina Rice, John Meusel
• Audio Surround Techs: Zoe Johnson, Wayne “Chan” Teaster

Overview of the system hang at the Moody Center in Austin, TX. Photo by Kevin M. Mitchell

• Main Flown System: (8) 16-deep hangs of Clair Cohesion 12 (128 total)
• Flown Subs: (4) 3-deep hangs of CP-218 Subs (12 total)
• Ground Subs: (8) groups of 3 CP-218 Subs in cardioid (24 total)
• Surrounds: (8) 10-deep hangs of Cohesion 10 (80 total)
• Front Fills: (18) Clair CP-6
• FOH Console: DiGiCo Quantum 5
• P.A. Drive: (6) Lake LM44 to mains; (8) LM26 to subs and fills
• Surround Wireless: (5) Wisycom MTK952 transmitters, (8) MRK960 receivers
• Amps: Lab.gruppen PLM20k44

Outboard Gear:

• (2) Tubetech CL 2A; (2) Midas XL42; (2) Maag EQ4, Maag Magnum K Channel; Alan Smart C2 compressor; SSL Fusion, The Bus+; (2) Bricasti M7; and 64 channels of UAD inserts via UAD2 live racks

Wireless Riedel Bolero units provided smooth crew communications. Photo by Kevin M. Mitchell

• Monitor Console: DiGiCo Quantum SD7
• IEM Hardware: Wisycom MTK952, MPR50
• IEMs: Jerry Harvey Audio Sharona, Roxannes
• Wireless: Shure Axient D (32 channels)
• Mics: Vocals — Sennheiser 435, Shure SM58, KSM11; Drums — Earthworks DP30/C, Royer SF-24, AEA N22, Beyer 201, DPA 4055, Lauten LS-208; Water’s guitar — Neumann TLM103; Sax — Shure Beta 98 HC RF; Keyboards — DPA 4099; AKG C414; Neumann KMS 104
• DI Boxes: Radial Engineering SW8, J48
• Intercoms: Riedel Bolero (wireless)

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This is Not a Drill (First Show)

Roger Waters This is Not a Drill Tour has been rescheduled to September 23 & 24, 2022 at Chase Center. Ticketholders for the previously announced 2020 tour dates will receive an email with further information. Fans are encouraged to hold onto their original tickets as they will be valid for the new 2022 dates. For any further ticketing inquiries fans should reach out to their point of purchase. Roger Waters is an English songwriter best known for co-founding the iconic rock band, Pink Floyd. Pink Floyd achieved international success in the ‘70s with a series of genre-bending concept albums including The Dark Side of the Moon . As a solo artist, Roger Waters continued his inventive brand of rock, releasing several critically acclaimed albums like Amused to Death and Is This the Life We Really Want? , which debuted at three on U.K. charts and 11 in the U.S. Roger Waters will also be playing at Chase Center on Sept. 24 .

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Dumpling Time

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Roger Waters – September 13, 2022

What: roger waters: this is not a drill when: tuesday, september 13, 2022 doors: 7:00 pm | show time: 8:00 pm, rogers place enews.

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Roger Waters at Rogers Place has been rescheduled to September 13, 2022. All tickets purchased from the originally scheduled date are still valid.

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Roger Waters

This is an evening with Roger Waters - the show is scheduled to begin at 8pm.  We encourage guests to plan ahead and arrive early, allowing ample time for parking, security screening, and entry so you don't miss a moment.  

Clear Bag Policy & Lockers

GO CLEAR FOR SAFETY

The Tacoma Dome has a clear bag policy to expedite entry and reduce touch points for security staff and guests. 

Tacoma Dome Bag Policy

• Bags may only be clear plastic, vinyl, or PVC, sized 12"x6"x12" or smaller
• Small clutch purses are okay if sized 4.5"x6.5" or smaller
• One gallon plastic storage bags are okay
• Tacoma Dome clear bags are available for purchase at  Stocklist Goods  
• Binbox lockers are available for rent outside the venue for $10-$15 (card only, no cash)

Please visit our  Bag Policy page  for additional information.

Cashless Facility

The Tacoma Dome is a cashless facility, including all concession and merchandise sales. Google Pay and Apple Pay are also available at concession points of sale. There are cash-to-card kiosks (reverse ATM’s) where guests can exchange their cash for a Tacoma Dome VISA card.  Card balances remain usable anywhere after the event.  Going cashless improves the transaction process, reduces wait times, and limits guest to staff contact. Cashless parking payment options are also available. Please visit our  Cashless FAQs  for more information.

Getting Here

Let us guide your way! Please follow our  recommended routes  - use of Exit 133 from I-5 is not advised. For real-time traffic, we suggest using  Waze .  Parking  in Tacoma Dome lots is $30 and may be limited. 

Tacoma Link Light Rail is currently closed for construction. Free shuttle buses will service all stations during normal operating hours.  The shuttle will be running extended hours post-show until approximately midnight.

More information on Sound Transit .

Check out the  Plan Your Visit  page for alternate parking and transportation options.

Security measures are in place for all Tacoma Dome events, including metal detectors and a  clear bag policy . Weapons of any kind, including pocket knives, are not allowed. No outside food and beverage. If you see something, say something™. Only bring necessary items to expedite the entry process.

Entry Doors

Main doors are scheduled to open at approximately 6:30pm.

Guests should use Upper NW and Upper SW entry doors. Recommended doors for our guests with disabilities are the Lower NW.

Entry Door Map

Be prepared to have your digital ticket scanned for entry. Make sure to retrieve your tickets ahead of time and don’t forget to charge your phone.

Camera Policy

Non-professional (no detachable lens) cameras are allowed. No video cameras, audio recording devices, GoPros, iPads, selfie sticks, gimbals, or tripods.

Food & Beverage

Concessions will be available for purchase throughout the arena.

For ticket holders on the floor, join us at the Tacoma Dome's premiere lounge - The Garage, Fueled by Heritage Distilling Co. Located on the SW Arena floor, The Garage features rotating cocktails, local craft, and domestic beers, and wine. Drink specials include:

• The Garage Mule (Batch No. 12® Whiskey, Lime Juice, and Ginger Beer)
• Chocolate Strawberry (Cocoa Bomb Chocolate Whiskey®, Lemonade, Muddled Strawberry, and Grenadine)
• Maui Gin (Batch No. 12® Gin, Pineapple Juice, and Lime Garnish)

For guests with 100 and 200 level seating, visit the Outdoor Bar, located just outside the West doors on the concourse.

Beer and wine will also be available at locations throughout the arena.

Skip the lines! Order ahead and pick up at any Beer Here location during the event. You must be 21 to participate. Order at  https://beerhere.pub/tdome  or scan this code:

Please note: No outside food or beverage permitted. 

Chick-fil-A

Avoid post show traffic and grab a bite to eat before heading home.

Chick-fil-A will be outside the Tacoma Dome on the Plaza after the show selling a selection of their signature Chick-fil-A food and beverage items!

Health & Safety Guidelines

Face coverings are no longer required for our guests by state order (subject to change). Individuals are welcome to wear masks if they choose. 

Effective March 1, 2022 , proof of vaccination or negative testing is no longer required by Washington State mandate to attend large events.

Please continue to monitor this page, as well as our  Reopening page  for current health and safety protocols.

Upcoming Events

Cody Johnson: The Leather Tour

With justin moore and drake milligan, event starts 7:30 pm.

ENHYPEN WORLD TOUR ‘FATE PLUS’ IN U.S.

HOT 103.7 Presents Something Sexy For The City

Ashanti, monica, mya, keke wyatt, and ann marie.

TOMORROW X TOGETHER

World tour  in u.s.

Lil Wayne - LIVE IN CONCERT

With special guest ddg, also performing kash and king & yngsolomon, event starts 8:00 pm.

Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live

2024 ATEEZ WORLD TOUR [TOWARDS THE LIGHT : WILL TO POWER] IN NORTH AMERICA

with special guest Gojira and Spiritbox

Event starts 6:30 pm.

Iron Maiden: The Future Past World Tour

The Quittin Time Tour