So I've noticed that several folks on here are share the same love I have for the band and was curious if anyone here has ever seen them play live? I'm only 29 and wanted to vicariously live through those experiences because I've never had or ever will get a chance to witness my favorite band do their thing on the big stage. Got introduced and fell in love at the age of 15, and have never looked back. Do tell for those of y'all that have been!
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Have to go find my ticket, but saw them outdoors at Grant Field back in the day. Was so psyched for it, but frankly, thought they mailed it in that night. I know I've seen televised clips where they were much better, so I guess they just had a bad night back then.
Yankee Stadium 1994 - absolutely the greatest show I have ever seen and I have been to about 250 shows. I was of the opinion (at the time) that Roger Waters WAS the band and was not expecting to enjoy the show.
The sound is like nothing I have ever heard anywhere...and the light show was beyond astounding.
Sorry you were not able to see this all time great band.
The sound is like nothing I have ever heard anywhere...and the light show was beyond astounding.
Sorry you were not able to see this all time great band.
I figured alot of yall would have been there during the Division Bell Tour in 1994. I was 9 at the time and grew up in a household where music just wasn't a big deal unfortunately. I own every live DVD they have ever made, and it still blows my mind how incredible of an experience that must have been. I've been told the same thing by others that the sound was just amazing, and something that was almost mystical. I personally have never been a huge fan of Roger Waters, his attitude has just always seemed to suck to me and in my opinion Pink Floyd found themselves with the addition of David Gilmour. His sound he creates is just something that Ive never heard captured by anyone else. I will say that I went to a Brit Floyd show 2 years ago and it was awesome, probably about as close as you can get to the real thing. That 94 tour was the last shebang as Pink Floyd, but Dave has done some awesome tours himself which would rank up there with the 94 stuff.
Checkerdome in St. Louis 1987 while on crutches from an injury suffered from jumping from my burning apartment.
The sorta "cool" part is the tickets were the only thing that survived the fire. They were in a small pine box on my dresser. My dad got permission from the fire dept. a few days after the fire to go into my apartment. He found the pine box & brought it to me in the hospital. I have to say, I wasn't sure what may have been in that box if you know what I mean.... Opened it and WOW!! My Floyd tickets
Yea, I'll never forget that show! Awesome!!!
Saw them at the ole Sombrero in Tampa during the Animals tour circa 77-78ish. My gosh what a show.
They did the entire Animals album and then the encore was the Money side of Dark Side of the Moon.
Whuuuge speaker banks and the sound was moving all over the place, cranes with flying pigs,... Flipping awesome.
They did the entire Animals album and then the encore was the Money side of Dark Side of the Moon.
Whuuuge speaker banks and the sound was moving all over the place, cranes with flying pigs,... Flipping awesome.
I was at this concert and it was in 94. I remember it because I was coming home from FSU for the summer after my first year at FSU. That was a mistake, because summers in Tally were great.
It was a great show and I will always remember it. I do wish I could have seen them with Roger too, but that was and is not in the cards. Pink Floyd is my favorite band of all time too.
I am on team Gilmour too, but the band was awesome with both Dave and Roger togther. Some of the best music ever made in my opinion.
Last concert in North America on the Divison Bell tour at Giants Stadium. Concert was amazing. Coolest part to me was the opening of the second act. They opened with One of these days, but had miniature plane "crash" in to the seats behind the stage. Cool part is that stadium is right by Newark airport so it looked real, especially if you had partaken in certain activities prior to the show. Place went nuts when the giant disco ball turned into a huge mushroom during solo of Comfortably Numb.
About 5 or 6 times, those guys never stopped touring until the day they broke up
I saw 'em in 1987 in Tampa. It was the "Momentary Lapse of Reason" tour, if I recall correctly. As we were approaching the stadium the afternoon of the show, you could see this huge bed flying (it was on guy wires) diagonally across the stadium - they were testing one of the props - a bed like the ones on the cover of the album. And, yes, the concert was magical. At some point during the show, I was able to get down on the field and get up pretty close to the stage.
Ha! At the 1994 show in Tampa, as well. On the floor, still can remember the heat from the fires shooting up from the stage during Run Like Hell. Glow sticks landing all around us were fun too! Amazing show and bought my tix at the student union ticket office!
One of the times I saw them was in Birmingham at Legions Field. When we get to the inside of the stadium before the show theres fog from machines really thick and the sounds of frogs croaking and crickets chirping with lights going through the fog like search lights. Weird noises and lights. Really bizarre, we just sat there in this WOW state of mind. No warm up band, just sit back and trip out.
Saw them back in the 90's at Texas Stadium. Don't remember the year but they had the big inflatable pig.
Saw them on 94 for the first show of the tour in Miami at Joe Robbie Stadium. Unreal show. Absolutely unreal. Best show I've ever been too. Then saw them again later that year in Atlanta at Bobby Dodd Stadium. They have been my favorite band since way back and I'm glad I got to see them live. Incredible experience.
Pink Floyd sucks, way overrated and unoriginal. Especially that Gilmore guy, complete tool if you ask me.
:waddles back under bridge:
:waddles back under bridge:
Waddle back blank man haha! I thought you were off the train? It's Gilmour...dont disrespect the God of the strat. Back to your hole!
This is awesome jam, that's what I picture going on at a true Floyd concert! I can picture this vividly! Badass
Mission Bell Tour - Mile High Stadium - June, 1994. Saw Roger Water's tour (The Wall) a few years ago in Denver as well. Great group!
I went to about 20 Pink Floyd laser light shows at Bishop Planetarium in Bradenton (I think) when I was in high school.
As close as I ever came though.
As close as I ever came though.
Old timer clocking in here, think I owned Meddle before Dark Side of the Moon came out so I go way back. Saw them four times, First saw them in Boston during the Dark Side of the Moon tour in 73' {senior in HS}, once during the summer of 75' at Three Rivers Pittsburgh, and twice in the summer of 77' at Chicago Soldiers Field and Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The Boston show was most notable because they did "Careful with That Axe Eugene", one of my favorite songs. Very high in that show can't remember much, lol. In Pittsburgh in 75', for some damn reason, they started the show while it was still light out, kinda killed the buzz if you ask me. They had that large model plane fly down and crash behind the stage. They were promoting Wish You Were Here and also did Dark Side of the Moon. As for Cleveland and Chi-town in 77', both venues were huge and packed, so probably 80k plus in attendance at each. They did both Animals and Wish You Were Here albums. In Cleveland they had a passenger jet flyover very low at the beginning of the concert which blew everyone away. Maybe the originators of the "flyover?" The stage and set pieces were lavish, some kind of iridescent umbrella formation was covering them, as well as the big dirigibles. I had a few blurry pics but lost them. I can't remember the encores, but likely stuff off Dark Side of the Moon. In the mid 80's saw Gilmour promoting a solo lp "About Face" in Orlando. He somehow talked Mick Ralphs{Bad Company and Mott the Hopple} to tour with him. Did some Floyd stuff in the set.
This is good first hand info, must have been an awesome experience seeing the dark side of the moon live as a senior in high school. Did you have the slightest clue they were going to turn into what they did, especially that album. Thanks for the feedback!
I was at the Celebration of LIfe in La. in 71 and they were one of the many artists supposed to play but never showed..... it was a really rough few days....google it.
Saw Roger Waters at the Lakeland Civic Center in 1984.
Saw Pink Floyd at the Orlando Citrus Bowl in 1988.
I'm guessing at the years and may be off by maybe a year.
The Citrus Bowl was an out door concert and it rained. Couldn't even light a joint.
Saw Pink Floyd at the Orlando Citrus Bowl in 1988.
I'm guessing at the years and may be off by maybe a year.
The Citrus Bowl was an out door concert and it rained. Couldn't even light a joint.
You should have found a way...no excuses for that. You were there, in the rain.....you get out there and find a way to light the dang joint. Period
Yes, the full compliment of animals, back then they were huge and hung separately, not together like some of their later tours. The two banks of speakers were massive, I'm just guessing 20'X50'? You could probably find pics of them online. Yes, "Careful with that Axe Eugene" is off the Ummagumma lp.
I hear ya. The show I saw in Tampa had those big speaker banks on either side of the stage, in the opposite end zone, (we were on the field) and up high on each side of the stands. Amazing.
Well, they were pretty obscure before that, and Dark Side of the Moon blew us out of the water. The production at the time was cutting edge and "Money" was played regularly on the dreaded top 40 stations. This increased their popularity greatly, but they didn't sell out like other prog bands, {Genesis, Journey, to name a few}. Did I realize they had arrived? Yes, but I didn't realize DSOTM would stay on the charts for what, 700 plus weeks? Amazing!
