A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour

A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour

Tour by Pink Floyd
Associated album	A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Start date	9 September 1987
End date	30 June 1990
Legs	7
Number of shows	197
Pink Floyd concert chronology

A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour was a concert tour by the British rock band Pink Floyd from 1987–1989 in support of their album A Momentary Lapse of Reason. The tour was the band's first since The Wall Tour in 1981, and also the first without the band’s original bassist Roger Waters. Furthermore, it was also the first tour in 10 years where people seeing Pink Floyd were treated to any other music besides The Wall album. The band reprised the set-list and stage show of this tour for their performance at Knebworth Park in 1990.

History

Initially, there was a great deal of uncertainty around the tour. Pink Floyd had not played live since 1981, and had not embarked on a full-fledged tour since 1977. Roger Waters left the band in 1985, believing the band would not continue. However, Gilmour and Mason decided to continue as Pink Floyd. Waters threatened legal action against Gilmour and Mason, as well as any promoters who promoted shows as "Pink Floyd." However, by the end of 1987, with the success of the album and first stages of the tour, the new lineup had established itself commercially, and the band reached a settlement with Waters in December.

Having the success of The Wall shows to live up to, the concerts' special effects were more impressive than ever. The initial "promotional tour" was extended, and finally lasted almost two years, ending in 1989 after playing around 197 concerts to about 5.5 million people in total, including 3 dates at Madison Square Garden (5–7 October 1987) and 2 nights at Wembley Stadium (5–6 August 1988). The tour took Pink Floyd to various exotic locations they had never played before such as shows in the forecourt of the Palace of Versailles, Moscow's Olympic Stadium, and Venice, despite fears and protests that the sound would damage the latter city's foundations. The tour marked the first time that the band played in Russia, Norway, Spain and New Zealand, and was the first time they had played in Australia since 1971 and Japan since 1972.

Pink Floyd was the second highest grossing act of 1987 and the highest grossing of 1988 in the U.S. Financially, Pink Floyd was the biggest act of these two years combined, grossing almost US$60 million from touring, about the same as U2 and Michael Jackson, their closest rivals, combined. Worldwide, the band grossed around US$135 million.

A further concert was held at the Knebworth Festival in 1990, a charity event that also featured other Silver Clef Award winners. Pink Floyd was the last act to play, to an audience of 120,000. During this gig Clare Torry joined Vicki and Sam Brown in providing backing vocals, Candy Dulfer contributing saxophone solos. The £60,000 firework display that ended the concert was entirely financed by the band.

These shows are documented by the Delicate Sound of Thunder album, video and Live at Knebworth '90 video.

Tour band

• David Gilmour - lead vocals, guitars
• Nick Mason – drums
• Richard Wright – keyboards, vocals

Additional musicians:

• Jon Carin – keyboards, sound effects, vocals
• Scott Page – saxophones, guitar
• Guy Pratt – bass guitar, vocals
• Tim Renwick – guitars, backing vocals
• Gary Wallis – percussion, keyboards, vocals
• Rachel Fury, Durga McBroom - backing vocals
• Machan (Margaret) Taylor – backing vocals (during the 1987-88 dates)
• Lorelei McBroom - backing vocals (at The Omni shows 1987 and the 1989 dates)
• Roberta Freeman - backing vocals (at The Omni shows 1987)

Knebworth Festival additional musicians:

• Guy Pratt – bass guitar, vocals
• Jon Carin – keyboards, vocals
• Tim Renwick – guitar, backing vocals
• Gary Wallis – percussion
• Durga McBroom, Sam Brown, Vicki Brown, Clare Torry - backing vocals
• Candy Dulfer - saxophone

Set list

Tour

The first set mainly consisted of songs from A Momentary Lapse of Reason and the second of hits and older songs.

First Set:

1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5)" replaced "Echoes" after only 11 shows.
2. "Signs of Life"
3. "Learning to Fly"
4. "Yet Another Movie"/"Round and Around" (moved to this position after 6 performances. It was originally performed after "The Dogs of War".)
5. "A New Machine (Part 1)"
6. "Terminal Frost"
7. "A New Machine (Part 2)" ("A New Machine" [both parts] & "Terminal Frost" were sometimes left out of sets)
8. "Sorrow"
9. "The Dogs of War"
10. "On the Turning Away" (ended the first half of the show)

Second set:

1. "One of These Days"
2. "Time" (omitting "Breathe (Reprise)")
3. "On the Run" (performed on all dates except Japan shows where it was replaced by "The Great Gig in the Sky")
4. "The Great Gig in the Sky" (added to the set on 2 March 1988)
5. "Wish You Were Here"
6. "Welcome to the Machine"
7. "Us and Them"
8. "Money"
9. "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)"
10. "Comfortably Numb"

Encore:

1. "One Slip" (performed on all dates except on 19 September 1987)
2. "Run Like Hell"

Second Encore:

1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5)" (This was only performed at a few of the Canadian dates and the Cleveland Municipal Stadium's first show in 1987 and was under-rehearsed. It was also performed in a second, unplanned, encore at the Philadelphia show at JFK Stadium.)

Knebworth Park 1990

1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5)"
2. "The Great Gig in the Sky"
3. "Wish You Were Here"
4. "Sorrow"
5. "Money"
6. "Comfortably Numb"
7. "Run Like Hell"

Grand Canal, Venice - Live TV Concert

This was a special performance, for live Italian TV and was also broadcast worldwide. Due to time restrictions of live TV some songs were left out and others shortened in places.

'The Venice show was great fun, but it was very tense and nerve-wracking. We had a specific length of show to do; the satellite broadcasting meant we had to get it absolutely precise. We had the list of songs, and we'd shortened them, which we'd never done before. I had a big clock with a red digital read-out on the floor in front of me, and had the start time of each number on a piece of paper. If we were coming near the start time of the next number, I just had to wrap up the one we were on. We had a really good time, but the city authorities who had agreed to provide the services of security, toilets, food, completely reneged on everything they were supposed to do, and then tried to blame all the subsequent problems on us.'

— David Gilmour, ^[1]

1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Part 1 intro only)
2. "Learning to Fly"
3. "Yet Another Movie"
4. "Round and Around"
5. "Sorrow" (shortened outro)
6. "The Dogs of War"
7. "On the Turning Away"
8. "Time"
9. "The Great Gig in the Sky"
10. "Wish You Were Here"
11. "Money" (shorter than had previously been performed on the tour)
12. "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)"
13. "Comfortably Numb"
14. "Run Like Hell"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America #1
9 September 1987	Ottawa, Ontario	Canada	Lansdowne Park
12 September 1987	Montreal, Quebec		Montreal Forum
13 September 1987
14 September 1987
16 September 1987	Cleveland, Ohio	United States	Municipal Stadium
17 September 1987
19 September 1987	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		JFK Stadium
21 September 1987	Toronto, Ontario	Canada	CNE Stadium
22 September 1987
23 September 1987
25 September 1987	Rosemont, Illinois	United States	Rosemont Horizon
26 September 1987
27 September 1987
28 September 1987
30 September 1987	Milwaukee, Wisconsin		Milwaukee County Stadium
3 October 1987	Syracuse, New York		Carrier Dome
5 October 1987	New York City, New York		Madison Square Garden
6 October 1987
7 October 1987
10 October 1987	East Rutherford, New Jersey		Brendan Byrne Arena
11 October 1987
12 October 1987
14 October 1987	Hartford, Connecticut		Hartford Civic Center
15 October 1987
16 October 1987	Providence, Rhode Island		Providence Civic Center
17 October 1987
19 October 1987	Landover, Maryland		Capital Centre
20 October 1987
21 October 1987
22 October 1987
25 October 1987	Chapel Hill, North Carolina		Dean Smith Center
26 October 1987
30 October 1987	Tampa, Florida		Tampa Stadium
1 November 1987	Miami, Florida		Miami Orange Bowl
3 November 1987	Atlanta, Georgia		Omni Coliseum
4 November 1987
5 November 1987
7 November 1987	Lexington, Kentucky		Rupp Arena
8 November 1987
10 November 1987	Pontiac, Michigan		Pontiac Silverdome
12 November 1987	Indianapolis, Indiana		Hoosier Dome
15 November 1987	St. Louis, Missouri		St. Louis Arena
16 November 1987
18 November 1987	Houston, Texas		Astrodome
19 November 1987	Austin, Texas		Frank Erwin Center
20 November 1987
21 November 1987	Dallas, Texas		Reunion Arena
22 November 1987
23 November 1987
26 November 1987	Los Angeles, California		Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
27 November 1987
28 November 1987
30 November 1987
1 December 1987
3 December 1987	Oakland, California		Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena
4 December 1987
5 December 1987
6 December 1987
8 December 1987	Seattle, Washington		Kingdome
10 December 1987	Vancouver, British Columbia	Canada	BC Place Stadium
Australia and New Zealand
22 January 1988	Auckland	New Zealand	Western Springs Stadium
27 January 1988	Sydney	Australia	Sydney Entertainment Centre
28 January 1988
29 January 1988
30 January 1988
31 January 1988
1 February 1988
2 February 1988
3 February 1988
4 February 1988
5 February 1988
7 February 1988	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre
8 February 1988
11 February 1988	Adelaide		Thebarton Oval
13 February 1988	Melbourne		Melbourne & Olympic Parks
14 February 1988
15 February 1988
16 February 1988
17 February 1988
18 February 1988
19 February 1988
20 February 1988
24 February 1988	Perth		East Fremantle Oval
Japan
2 March 1988	Tokyo	Japan	Budokan
3 March 1988
4 March 1988			Yoyogi Olympic Pool
5 March 1988
6 March 1988
8 March 1988	Osaka		Osaka-jo Hall
9 March 1988
11 March 1988	Nagoya		Rainbow Hall
North American #2
15 April 1988	Los Angeles, California	United States	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
18 April 1988	Denver, Colorado		Mile High Stadium
20 April 1988	Sacramento, California		Charles C. Hughes Stadium
22 April 1988^[A]	Oakland, California		Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
23 April 1988^[A]
25 April 1988	Phoenix, Arizona		Phoenix Municipal Stadium
26 April 1988
28 April 1988	Irving, Texas		Texas Stadium
30 April 1988	Orlando, Florida		Citrus Bowl
4 May 1988	Raleigh, North Carolina		Carter–Finley Stadium
6 May 1988	Foxborough, Massachusetts		Sullivan Stadium
8 May 1988
11 May 1988	Montreal, Quebec	Canada	Olympic Stadium
13 May 1988	Toronto, Ontario		CNE Stadium
15 May 1988	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	United States	Veterans Stadium
16 May 1988
18 May 1988	Cedar Falls, Iowa		UNI-Dome
20 May 1988	Madison, Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium
21 May 1988	Rosemont, Illinois		Rosemont Horizon
22 May 1988
24 May 1988	Minneapolis, Minnesota		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
26 May 1988	Kansas City, Missouri		Arrowhead Stadium
28 May 1988	Columbus, Ohio		Ohio Stadium
30 May 1988	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania		Three Rivers Stadium
1 June 1988	Washington, D.C.		RFK Stadium
3 June 1988	East Rutherford, New Jersey		Giants Stadium
4 June 1988
Europe #1
10 June 1988	Nantes	France	Stade de la Beaujoire
13 June 1988	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Feijenoord Stadion
14 June 1988
16 June 1988	Berlin	West Germany	Reichstagsgelande
18 June 1988	Mannheim		Maimarkt-Gelände
21 June 1988	Versailles	France	Palace of Versailles
22 June 1988
25 June 1988	Hanover	West Germany	Niedersachsenstadion
27 June 1988	Dortmund		Westfalenhallen
28 June 1988
29 June 1988
1 July 1988	Vienna	Austria	Ernst-Happel-Stadion
3 July 1988	Munich	West Germany	Olympiastadion
6 July 1988	Turin	Italy	Stadio Olimpico di Torino
8 July 1988	Modena		Stadio Alberto Braglia
9 July 1988
11 July 1988	Rome		Stadio Flaminio
12 July 1988
15 July 1988	Grenoble	France	Stade du Municipal
17 July 1988	Nice		Stade Charles-Ehrmann
20 July 1988	Barcelona	Spain	Estadi de Sarrià
22 July 1988	Madrid		Estadio Vicente Calderón
24 July 1988	Montpellier	France	Espace Richter
26 July 1988	Basel	Switzerland	Fussballstadion St. Jakob
28 July 1988	Lille	France	Stadium Nord
31 July 1988	Copenhagen	Denmark	Gentofte Stadion
2 August 1988	Oslo	Norway	Valle Hovin
5 August 1988	London	England	Wembley Stadium
6 August 1988
8 August 1988	Manchester		Maine Road
North America #3
12 August 1988	Richfield, Ohio	United States	Richfield Coliseum
13 August 1988
14 August 1988
16 August 1988	Auburn Hills, Michigan		The Palace of Auburn Hills
17 August 1988
19 August 1988	Uniondale, New York		Nassau Coliseum
20 August 1988
21 August 1988
22 August 1988
23 August 1988
Europe #2 ("Another Lapse of Reason")
13 May 1989^[B]	Werchter	Belgium	Festivalground Werchter
16 May 1989	Verona	Italy	Verona Arena
17 May 1989
18 May 1989
20 May 1989	Monza		Autodromo Nazionale Monza
22 May 1989	Livorno		Stadio Armando Picchi
23 May 1989
25 May 1989	Cava de' Tirreni		Stadio Simonetta Lamberti
26 May 1989
31 May 1989	Athens	Greece	Olympic Stadium
3 June 1989	Moscow	Soviet Union	Olympic Stadium
4 June 1989
6 June 1989
7 June 1989
8 June 1989
10 June 1989	Lahti	Finland	Lahden Suurhalli
12 June 1989	Stockholm	Sweden	Globen
13 June 1989
14 June 1989
16 June 1989	Hamburg	West Germany	Festwiese Im Stadtpark
18 June 1989	Cologne		Mungersdorfer Stadion
20 June 1989	Frankfurt		Festhalle Frankfurt
21 June 1989
23 June 1989	Linz	Austria	Linzer Stadion
25 June 1989	Stuttgart	West Germany	Neckarstadion
27 June 1989	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
28 June 1989
29 June 1989
30 June 1989
1 July 1989
4 July 1989	London	England	London Arena
5 July 1989
6 July 1989
7 July 1989
8 July 1989
9 July 1989
10 July 1989	Nijmegen	Netherlands	Goffertpark
12 July 1989	Lausanne	Switzerland	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
15 July 1989	Venice	Italy	Grand Canal
18 July 1989	Marseille	France	Stade Vélodrome
30 June 1990^[C]	Stevenage	England	Knebworth Park

Festivals and other miscellaneous performances

^A This concert was part of Day on the Green

^B This concert was part of Rock Werchter

^C This concert was part of The Silver Clef Award Winners Concert

References

1. "The Rightful Heir?". Q Magazine #48. September 1990. Retrieved 2011-07-23.

External links

• Brain Damage.co.uk
• Pink Floyd Archives