Pink Floyd 1974 tours

French Summer Tour 1974

Tour by Pink Floyd
Start date	18 June 1974
End date	14 December 1974
Legs	2
Number of shows	27
Pink Floyd concert chronology

1974 French Summer Tour

Pink Floyd's 1974 French Summer Tour, was a short concert tour by Pink Floyd during the summer of 1974 in France. The tour commenced on 18 June 1974 and concluded on 26 June 1974. The first date of the tour was recorded by France's Europe 1 radio, with segments broadcast later in the year.

The French 1974 tour featured the debut of "Shine On" (with the two halves played as one, as on the British 1974 tour) and "Raving and Drooling". The French tour was the first time Floyd used their circular screen.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe
18 June 1974	Toulouse	France	Palais des Exposition
19 June 1974	Poitiers		Arles Amphitheater
21 June 1974	Dijon		Palais des Expositions
22 June 1974	Colmar		Théâtre de Plein Air, Parc des Expositions
24 June 1974	Paris		Palais des Sports
25 June 1974
26 June 1974

Set list

First Set:

1. "Shine On" (at the time, this was a work in progress that would later be retitled "Shine On You Crazy Diamond")
2. "Raving and Drooling" (early version of "Sheep")

Second Set:

1. "Speak to Me" (extended tape)
2. "Breathe"
3. "On the Run"
4. "Time"
5. "The Great Gig in the Sky"
6. "Money"
7. "Us and Them"
8. "Any Colour You Like"
9. "Brain Damage"
10. "Eclipse"

Encore:

1. "Echoes" (18–22 June)
2. "One of These Days" (24–26 June)

1974 British Winter Tour

Pink Floyd’s British Winter Tour '74, was a short concert tour by Pink Floyd during the winter of 1974 in the United Kingdom. The 16th November show was recorded by BBC Radio One and later broadcast on the Alan Freeman Show on 11 January 1975, minus the encore. This recording is included in the 2011 Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here box sets, except for "Echoes" which remains unreleased.

The 1974 British tour featured the debut of "You Gotta Be Crazy".

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe
4 November 1974	Edinburgh	Scotland	Usher Hall
5 November 1974
8 November 1974	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	Odeon
9 November 1974
14 November 1974	London		Empire Pool, Wembley
15 November 1974
16 November 1974
17 November 1974
19 November 1974	Stoke-on-Trent		Trentham Gardens
22 November 1974	Cardiff	Wales	Sophia Gardens Pavilion
28 November 1974	Liverpool	England	Liverpool Empire Theatre
29 November 1974
30 November 1974
3 December 1974	Birmingham		The Hippodrome
4 December 1974
5 December 1974
9 December 1974	Manchester		The Palace Theatre
10 December 1974
13 December 1974	Bristol		The Hippodrome
14 December 1974

Set list

First Set:

1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (at the time, this was a work in progress; moved to 3rd position starting on 17/11/1974)
2. "Raving and Drooling" (early version of "Sheep")
3. "You've Got to Be Crazy" (early version of "Dogs")

Second Set:

1. "Speak to Me" (extended tape)
2. "Breathe"
3. "On the Run"
4. "Time"
5. "The Great Gig in the Sky"
6. "Money"
7. "Us and Them"
8. "Any Colour You Like"
9. "Brain Damage"
10. "Eclipse"

Encore:

1. "Echoes"

Tour band

• David Gilmour - guitar, vocals
• Roger Waters - bass, vocals
• Richard Wright - keyboards, vocals
• Nick Mason - drums

Additional musicians:

• Dick Parry - saxophone
• The Blackberries (Venetta Fields & Carlena Williams) - backing vocals

References

• Brain Damage.co.uk