{"id":803353,"date":"2020-01-23T07:00:31","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T14:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=941431"},"modified":"2020-01-23T07:00:31","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T14:00:31","slug":"roger-waters-plots-north-american-tour-calls-on-human-race-to-change-or-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/roger-waters-plots-north-american-tour-calls-on-human-race-to-change-or-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Roger Waters Plots North American Tour, Calls on Human Race to \u2018Change\u2019 or \u2018Die\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A little over a year after wrapping his monumental Us + Them Tour, Roger Waters<\/a> will return to the road this summer for a North American tour summer dubbed This Is Not a Drill.<\/p>\n

He will present an all-new show, this time in the round. The trek, which finds him performing in arenas, kicks off July 8th in Pittsburgh and makes its way west and central before ending in Dallas on October 3rd, exactly a month before Election Day in the U.S.<\/p>\n

Tickets for the tour go on sale on January 31st at 10 a.m. local time. For more information on tickets, visit the artist\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Waters discussed the tour in a video announcement that featured him rehearsing \u201cComfortably Numb,\u201d \u201cSheep,\u201d his solo song \u201cThe Powers That Be\u201d and others with his band.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the clock ticks faster and faster and faster down to extinction, it seemed like a good thing to make a fuss about it, so that\u2019s why I\u2019m going on the road,\u201d he said. \u201cTo be blunt, we need to change the way we organize ourselves as a human race or die. This tour will be part of a global movement by people who are concerned by others to affect the change that is necessary. That\u2019s why we\u2019re going on the road. That\u2019s why speak to each other in pubs. That\u2019s why this conversation should be on everybody\u2019s lips, constantly, the whole time, because it\u2019s super important. So I hope you\u2019ll all come to the shows. This is not a drill.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The timing of the tour to Election Day is no accident. Waters\u2019 last trek was politically charged, with imagery mocking Donald Trump and his dangerous rhetoric set to hits he wrote for Pink Floyd. He used songs like \u201cMoney\u201d and \u201cUs and Them\u201d to demonstrate the ways he sees the powers that be ripping people apart and reminding fans that people can work together toward an ideal future.<\/p>\n

\u201c[The new tour] will be even more political than Us + Them was \u2014 political and humane,\u201d Waters told Rolling Stone<\/a> <\/em>in 2019. \u201cWe were listening to songs and looking at setlists today. We were talking about, what should we call it? I shouldn\u2019t be giving this away, but I don\u2019t give a shit because it will probably all change, but imagine the iconic helicopter that normally comes before \u2018Happiest Days\u2019 and \u2018Brick 2\u2019 \u2014 that noise that we all know and love \u2014 and imagine a megaphone, somebody abused this device before, I know \u2014 but, \u2018This is not a drill.\u2019 I thought that could be a good title for the show: This Is Not a Drill. The ruling class is killing us.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for the content of the tour, Waters said it would be something new. \u201cIt will be no-holds-barred,\u201d he said. \u201cMy work is to think, \u2018Well, how can I make rock & roll more interesting or theatrical or exciting or visual or musical or whatever?\u2019 That\u2019s what I\u2019ve spent the last 50 years doing, expressing myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roger Waters Tour Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n

July 8 \u2013 Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
July 10 \u2013 Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
July 14 \u2013 Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
July 17 \u2013 Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
July 21 \u2013 Quebec City, QC @ Videotron Centre
July 23 \u2013 Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
July 25 \u2013 Albany, NY @ Times Union Center
July 28 \u2013 Boston, MA @ TD Garden
July 30 \u2013 Washington, DC @ Capitol One Arena
August 1 \u2013 Cincinnati, OH @ Heritage Bank Center
August 5 \u2013 New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
August 11 \u2013 Raleigh, NC @ PNC Arena
August 13 \u2013 Orlando, FL @ Amway Center
August 15 \u2013 Miami, FL @ AmericanAirlines Arena
August 18 \u2013 Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
August 20 \u2013 Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
August 22 \u2013 Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum
August 25 \u2013 Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
August 27 \u2013 Chicago, IL @ United Center
August 29 \u2013 Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center
September 2 \u2013 Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
September 4 \u2013 Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena
September 10 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @ STAPLES Center
September 14 \u2013 Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
September 16 \u2013 Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place
September 19 \u2013 Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome
September 21 \u2013 Portland, OR @ Moda Center
September 23 \u2013 Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center
September 25 \u2013 San Francisco, CA @ Chase Center
September 30 \u2013 Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Smart Home Arena
October 3 \u2013 Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center<\/p>\n

via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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