In the Flesh (Roger Waters tour)

In the Flesh was a series of worldwide concert tours by Roger Waters that spanned three individual tours over the course of three years (1999, 2000, and 2002). Returning from a 12-year-long hiatus from the road, In The Flesh was a showcase of his best known work from his days with Pink Floyd, with that material dominating shows. Songs were also performed from Waters' most recently released solo album, 1992's Amused to Death, being played live for the first time. The tour's name is an allusion to the 1977 Pink Floyd tour for the Animals album, as well as the two songs so titled on the album The Wall.

The tour was a financial success in the United States. Because of Waters' long absence from the music scene, promoters and other industry figures were unsure of how well a Waters tour would do commercially, and were surprised when tickets began selling rapidly as soon as they were put on sale. In a number of cases, dates booked in smaller venues such as theatres were moved into larger ones such as outdoor amphitheatres or arenas. The 1999 portion of the tour ended up grossing $6.7 million from 21 shows, with a total of some 243,000 people attending.

Although Waters himself had no new music being released in conjunction with In the Flesh, the 2000 portion of the tour coincided with the release of Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81, commemorating Pink Floyd's historic live performance of The Wall, and the tour and the release were cross-promoted. While the first two years of the tour took place only in North America, the third year stretched across the world. During the tour, Waters played two completely new songs, "Flickering Flame" or "Each Small Candle", often as the final encore to many of the shows. In June 2002, he completed the tour with a performance in front of 70,000 people at the Glastonbury Festival of Performing Arts.

The 27 June 2000 performance at the Rose Garden Arena (Now Moda Center) in Portland, Oregon was later released as the primary source for the CD and DVD In the Flesh – Live. Mabbett, Andy. Pink Floyd: The Music and the Mystery (Omnibus Press, 2010), pp. 325–326. Several other shows were filmed as well for use in the CD/DVD, with announcements being made alerting audience members that they were being filmed.

1999

The concert show consisted of his most famous tracks from the beginning of his Pink Floyd career, as well as selected tracks from his solo career, notably, the tour marked the first full length shows to feature material from his 1992 "Amused to Death" album. Along with the popular acclaim, the show received critical praise from various artists and magazines. Most of the tour band had worked with Waters before, although guitarist Doyle Bramhall II was new.

Personnel Roger Waters – guitar, bass guitar, vocals Andy Fairweather Low – guitar, bass guitar, vocals (has toured and recorded with George Harrison, The Who, Who member Pete Townshend, and Eric Clapton). Snowy White – guitars (former member of Thin Lizzy, played with Pink Floyd in 1977 and 1980). Doyle Bramhall II – vocals, guitar (worked with Eric Clapton) Graham Broad – drums, percussion (part of former Rolling Stones member Bill Wyman's band The Rhythm Kings). Jon Carin – keyboards, lap steel guitar, vocals, acoustic guitar on "Dogs" (toured with post-Waters Pink Floyd, Roxy Music front man Bryan Ferry, and The Who). Andy Wallace – keyboards, backing vocals (has performed and recorded with several artists including Hamish Stuart, David Bowie, Daryl Hall, Tom Jones and Whitney Houston.) P. P. Arnold – backing vocals, percussion (former backing band member for Ike and Tina Turner.) Katie Kissoon – backing vocals, percussion (backed the likes of Elton John, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison, and many others). Source:

Set list Set 1 "In the Flesh" "The Thin Ice" "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1" "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2" (Prior to 31 July 1999, "Happiest Days" and "Another Brick, Part 2" were played at the end of set two after "Amused to Death") "Mother" "Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert" "Southampton Dock" "Pigs on the Wing, Part 1" "Dogs" "Welcome to the Machine" "Wish You Were Here" "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I–II, IV, VI–VIII)"

Set 2 "Speak to Me" "Breathe" "Time" "The Great Gig in the Sky" (piano intro only, dropped prior to 15 August 1999) "Money" "5:06AM (Every Stranger's Eyes)" "The Powers That Be" "What God Wants, Part I" "Perfect Sense, Part I" "Perfect Sense, Part II" "It's a Miracle" "Amused to Death"

Encore "Brain Damage" "Eclipse" "Comfortably Numb"

+ 1999 tour dates Date City Country VenueNorth America 23 July 1999 MilwaukeeUnited States Milwaukee Auditorium 24 July 1999 Rosemont Rosemont Theatre 25 July 1999 Clarkston Pine Knob Music Theatre 27 July 1999 Cleveland Gund Arena 30 July 1999 Quebec City Canada L'Agora 31 July 1999 Montreal Molson Centre 1 August 1999 Toronto Molson Amphitheatre 4 August 1999 MansfieldUnited States Tweeter Center 6 August 1999 Holmdel PNC Bank Arts Center 7 August 1999 Wantagh Jones Beach 8 August 1999 Wallingford Oakdale Theatre 10 August 1999 Albany Pepsi Arena 11 August 1999 Camden E-Centre 13 August 1999 Scranton Montage Mountain 14 August 1999 Corfu Darien Lake Performing Arts Center 15 August 1999 Columbus Schottenstein Center 17 August 1999 Hershey Star Pavilion 18 August 1999 Burgettstown Star Lake Amphitheatre 20 August 1999 Baltimore Baltimore Arena 22 August 1999 Atlanta Lakewood Amphitheatre 24 August 1999 Noblesville Deer Creek Music Center 25 August 1999 Grand Rapids Van Andel Arena 27 August 1999 St. Louis Riverport 28 August 1999 Kansas City Kemper Arena

2000

Following the startling success of the 1999 tour, Waters mounted an even more extensive tour, touching areas of the country ignored on previous tours. The set list was also altered with "The Thin Ice", "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 1", "The Powers That Be" and "What God Wants, Part 1" being removed in favour of "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun", "The Bravery of Being Out of Range" and new song titled "Each Small Candle". The backing band was relatively the same as the previous tour, with an addition of a backup singer and a new saxophone player for the songs "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" and "Money".

Guest musicians Mike MacArthur: saxophone on 2 June Ed Calle: saxophone on 3 June Wayne Jackson: trumpet on 6 June Andrew Love: saxophone on 6 June Tim Gordon: saxophone on 7 June Shelley Carroll: saxophone on the 10-11–13 June Don Menza: saxophone on the 16-17–19 June Steve Tavaglione: saxophone on the 21-22–24 June Norbert Stachel: saxophone for 25 & 27 June Rose Garden, Portland show (as documented on the In the Flesh – Live DVD) Eric Walton: saxophone on 30 June & 1 July Mark Harris: saxophone on 3 July Steve Eisen: saxophone on 6 July Mel Collins: saxophone for the last 6 dates* (toured with Waters on The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking and Radio Kaos tours)

Set list Set 1 "In the Flesh" "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2" "Mother" "Get Your Filthy Hand Off My Desert" "Southampton Dock" "Pigs on the Wing, Part 1" "Dogs" "Welcome to the Machine" "Wish You Were Here" "Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts I–II, IV, VI–VII"

Set 2 "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" "Breathe" "Time" "Money" "5:06AM (Every Strangers Eyes)" "What God Wants, Part I" (dropped after 2 June 2000) "Perfect Sense, Part I" "Perfect Sense, Part II" "The Bravery of Being Out of Range" "It's a Miracle" "Amused to Death" "Brain Damage" "Eclipse"

Encore "Comfortably Numb" "Each Small Candle"

+ 2000 tour dates Date City Country VenueNorth America 2 June 2000 TampaUnited States Ice Palace 3 June 2000 West Palm Beach Mars Music Amphitheatre 6 June 2000 Nashville AmSouth Amphitheatre 7 June 2000 Charlotte Blockbuster Pavilion 10 June 2000 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 11 June 2000 Dallas Starplex Amphitheatre 13 June 2000 San Antonio Alamodome 16 June 2000 Phoenix America West Arena 17 June 2000 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena 19 June 2000 Chula Vista Coors Amphitheatre 21 June 2000 Los Angeles Universal Amphitheatre 22 June 2000 24 June 2000 Irvine Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre 25 June 2000 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre 27 June 2000 Portland Rose Garden Arena 30 June 2000 George The Gorge Amphitheatre 1 July 2000 Boise Idaho Center 3 July 2000 Greenwood Village Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre 6 July 2000 Minneapolis Target Center 8 July 2000 Tinley Park World Music Theater 9 July 2000 Cincinnati Riverbend Music Center 11 July 2000 New York City Madison Square Garden 13 July 2000 15 July 2000 Bristow Nissan Pavilion 16 July 2000 Providence Providence Civic Center

Notes The Rose Garden show in Portland, Oregon was both filmed and recorded and subsequently released as a DVD and double CD titled In the Flesh – Live.

2002

The success of Waters' two American tours encouraged him to make his 2002 tour a world tour. The set list for 2002 was similar to the previous tour with the addition of another new song, "Flickering Flame", which was substituted periodically for "Each Small Candle" as the encore. The band also changed with the departure of Doyle Bramhall II, his wife and back up singer Sussanah Melvoin and Jon Carin. Brought in was Chester Kamen who replacing Bramhall on guitars and vocals as well as Carin's vocals, Linda Lewis as back up singer (who later was replaced by Carol Kenyon due to personal issues), and Harry Waters (son of frontman Roger Waters) to replace Carin on keyboards and occasional guitar. By far the most historical moment of this or any of Waters in the Flesh tours came at London's Wembley Arena as former Pink Floyd bandmate and drummer Nick Mason sat in and played both nights on "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun".

Personnel Roger Waters – guitar, bass guitar, vocals Andy Fairweather Low – guitar, bass guitar, vocals (has toured and recorded with George Harrison, The Who, Who member Pete Townshend, and Eric Clapton). Snowy White – guitars (former member of Thin Lizzy, played with Pink Floyd in 1977 and 1980). Chester Kamen – vocals, guitar (Played with David Gilmour and Bryan Ferry at Live Aid) Graham Broad – drums, percussion (part of former Rolling Stones member Bill Wyman's band The Rhythm Kings). Harry Waters – keyboards, acoustic guitar on "Comfortably Numb" (Waters' Son and Jazz Hammond organist and pianist Andy Wallace – keyboards, backing vocals (has performed and recorded with several artists including Hamish Stuart, David Bowie, Daryl Hall, Tom Jones and Whitney Houston.) P. P. Arnold – backing vocals, percussion (former backing band member for Ike and Tina Turner.)

In the Flesh (Roger Waters tour)

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