The North American Tour, also referred to as the Wish You Were Here Tour, was a concert tour by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd in 1975 in support of their then-forthcoming album Wish You Were Here. The tour was divided in two legs in the United States, West Coast and East Coast, and a gig in the UK at the Knebworth Festival.
On this tour the band debuted the song "Have a Cigar", and the "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" suite was divided in two parts with "Have a Cigar" between. The other two songs from Wish You Were Here (the title track and "Welcome to the Machine") wouldn't be played live until their In the Flesh concert series of 1977.
The last gig of the tour was as the headliner of 1975 Knebworth Festival, which also featured Steve Miller Band, Captain Beefheart and Roy Harper (who joined Pink Floyd on the stage to sing "Have a Cigar"). Knebworth was the last time the band would perform "Echoes" and the entire The Dark Side of the Moon album with Roger Waters.
Setlist
The band performed two sets for the tour. The first set included songs from Wish You Were Here and early versions of songs from Animals under working titles. The second set consisted of the entire The Dark Side of the Moon album with "Echoes" performed as an encore.
First set "Raving and Drooling" "You've Got to Be Crazy" "Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts I-V" "Have a Cigar" "Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts VI-IX" Second set: The Dark Side of the Moon
"Speak to Me" "Breathe" "On the Run" "Time / Breathe (Reprise)" "The Great Gig in the Sky" "Money" "Us and Them" "Any Colour You Like" "Brain Damage" "Eclipse"
Encore "Echoes"
Tour dates +List of 1975 concerts showing date, city, country and venue Date City Country Venue 8 April Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum 10 April Seattle United States Seattle Center Coliseum 12 AprilDaly CityCow Palace 13 April 17 April Denver Denver Coliseum 19 April Tucson Tucson Convention Center 20 April Tempe ASU Activity Center 21 April San Diego San Diego Sports Arena 23 April Los Angeles Los Angeles Sports Arena 24 April 25 April 26 April 27 April 7 June Atlanta Atlanta Stadium 9 JuneLandoverCapital Centre 10 June 12 JunePhiladelphiaThe Spectrum 13 June 14 June Jersey City Roosevelt Stadium 16 JuneUniondaleNassau Coliseum 17 June 18 June Boston Boston Garden 20 June Pittsburgh Three Rivers Stadium 22 June Milwaukee Milwaukee County Stadium 23 JuneDetroitOlympia Stadium 24 June 26 June Montreal Canada Autostade 28 June Hamilton Ivor Wynne Stadium 5 July Stevenage England Knebworth Park
Notes
Personnel Pink Floyd David Gilmour – vocals, guitar Roger Waters – bass, vocals Richard Wright – keyboards, vocals Nick Mason – drums Additional musicians Dick Parry – saxophone The Blackberries (Venetta Fields & Carlena Williams) – backing vocals
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Sources
External links Brain Damage.co.uk