First date of The Wall
4 August 1980
Floyd's Roger Waters was inspired to write "The Wall" after a particularly difficult US tour where he'd spat at a fan. The making of the album had been fraught and had been much less collaborative than previous Floyd efforts and keyboard player Rick Wright had been sacked during it. The scale of the show was gargantuan; it included 45 tons of equipment, inflatable puppets, a bomber plane and (unsurprisingly) a wall which was 160 feet wide and 35 feet high. Ironically the only musician to make any money out of the concerts was Wright, who'd been hired to play keyboards on a session basis. The final Wall gig on 17 June 1981 would be the last time the four men would share a stage for 24 years.
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this is a great series...and i understand that time is limited, but as a ardent fan of pink floyd,david bowie, and others i find that a series dedicated to individual artists per programme with more and complete music tracks would be a real treat for us die-hard fans ......but keep up the good work..
mike OkehamptonWent to the last night of "The Wall" at Earls Court. Having been a Floyd fan from the early days this was the culmination of a, till then, lifetime ambition. The atmosphere was fantastic, the auditorium buzzing and the music truly emotional. The whole wall concept struck a chord with so many at that time. Many of us could relate to the alienation from society. Having been brought up under the enlightenment of the sixties only to experience the despair, for so many, of the Thatcher years . I was teaching in a comprehensive school at the time, and so many of the pupils we were trying to motivate could only see the dole que before them. No wonder "we don't need no education" was so poigniant.
Don Jones, Hampshirepink floyd are are the best band ever to walk the earth roger waters and pink floyd together have sold over 290 million tickets ROCK ON P.F r.i.p syd
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Bob Ezrin
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Co-produced the album, 'The Wall'.