Along with Hotel California.

This makes me all nostalgic :

http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest/roger-waters-to-perform-57-wall-sho...

Big acts playing America and then, drops from the table, maybe some dates next year.

Now, thirty years later, even as not a fan of Floyd, I do know where they were coming from, that they didn't make as much money as we thought and that they were not the only offender (The Stones playing the States only while promoting Some Girls , Blackmore's Rainbow, endlessly trying to break America, or Yes whose promotion of the Tormato album was several nights at the Empire Pool Wembley -great if you were 15 and in Glasgow - leapt to mind) but still I felt an Proustian thrill, taking me back to the late 70s when British bands would tour America first, often whingeing that the UK didn't have the venues for bands of their stature, and how we mocked their arrogance.

This meant that because they basically didn't turn up so many of my generation passed them by, and instead went off in pursuit of, variously, The Clash , AC/DC or Rush.

Of course now we can take the pretensions , both artistic and commercial, of artists much more preening than Roger Waters in our stride. Still...

I went to see Waters in Hyde Park a few years ago, without any huge expectations, but he was really excellent. He still seems passionate about what he does and its message, which is a lot more than can be said for most of his contemporaries.

So, yes, I would definitely go and see The Wall if he brings it here.

The Wall was where me and the Floyd parted company.I just can't stand it.

He asks himself on the website

Guess whether the answer is

a) Blah..artistic vision...time is right..blah..i've matured...vision...blah
or
b) $$$$$

It was a staggering show back in 1979/80 but it's been done.

I suspect the finances will be considerably better organised than they were the last time.

The Final Cut - The Musical.

for him and those who saw the original show. But I as a fairly young whippersnapper didn't and wasn't fighting in the punk wars so if he builds it I will come.