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All in all, you’re just another brick in the wall..

The venue was fully packed way before we could even sense Roger Waters and his crew might be around.

The energy was very calm, bit emotional knowing it is a farewell tour. After finding my place, I sat down and the whole place got dark and the curtains lowered: Ladies and Gentlemen the show is about to begin in 15 minutes, said Roger Waters. We got to hear that reminder two more times and then a message for anyone that disagrees with him or his views to kindly visit the bar or leave the place.

The show began with great visuals and Roger Waters was there, in the flesh greeting everyone.

I won’t go through the setlist as you can find that online, but there was an even mix of preserving the early Pink Floyd and the later years while still maintaining to bring attention to his solo works from the past decades and show new material to the audience.

The first part of the concert was all about looking back to his past, honoring the late Syd Barrett, co-founder of Pink Floyd which felt a little regretful as if he may have regretted treating Syd as they, as a band did.

The concert was more than just a concert, it was like reading a biography while watching it and experiencing the impact of one of the biggest bands of all time. It was an incredibly vulnerable and sensitive moment as we got to look into his past, his marriages and thoughts when he was at his lowest.

Let me remind you, Roger is 79 and still brought us everything he could, no backing tracks, he switched from playing the bass to the guitar and made sure everyone in the crowd got a chance to look at him.

His crew was very well put together, with two absolutely great backing singers: Shanay Johnson and Amanda Belair (check them out they are phenomenal) who looked at Roger with so much admiration, it was all so genuine and the audience could feel it too.

It was time for us to go to The Bar where Roger started telling us stories, joked around and sang a little in between the stories. It felt like we, as an audience were much more involved in the whole concert since we were the ones getting to listen to these stories.

As I’m writing this review, Roger is facing some controversy over one of his stage acts which is a reference from Pink Floyd: The Wall movie made in 1982 directed by Alan Parker. This has caused many misunderstandings amongst people in various communities. Roger has been political throughout his whole life and he’s been doing this particular act for the past 40 years with and without Pink Floyd.

The show was indeed political but it also did open up many people’s eyes to things we maybe didn’t know were happening around the world. It almost felt like a political campaign taking place and I was wondering when will the police show up due to strong opinions. It was all very powerful.

Roger has came out with a statement stating he feels incredibly sad that after 40 years of performing this part, people are trying to cancel him without doing any kind of research behind his work.

But back to the concert. The quality of the show was definitely worth the money I paid, we did not only get a concert, but a cinematic experience that felt impactful and shocking at times, it was a great collection of everything he did so far in his life, thanking the audience for being there and the others to, well.. go away.

This show is something you should see at least once in your life, even if it’s the recorded version. It was all beautifully done with carefully selected pictures as Roger Waters made sure you got more than you were expecting!

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