Roger Waters - Hyde Park Calling - 1 July 2006
It was hard picking my favourite photos, so the full set are unindexed here.
The set list was as follows: In the Flesh, Mother, Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun, Shine On You Crazy Diamond (pt 1-4), Have a Cigar, Wish You Were Here, Final Cut, Fletcher Memorial Home, Perfect Sense (pt 1 & 2), Leaving Beirut, Sheep
followed by Dark Side of the Moon (cover to cover with no breaks)
Encore: Another Brick in the Wall (pt 2), Vera Lynn, Bring the Boys Back Home, Comfortably Numb.
For me, there was too much emphasis on The Wall, but Shine On, Set The Controls and Sheep were just amazing. Particularly of note was that the screens intercut performance from the stage with prepared films, and during Shine On the screens showed images of Syd...
 View fullsize So ya thought ya might like to go to the show... |
 View fullsize Sparks fly during In The Flesh. Video: Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun |
 View fullsize Syd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond |
 View fullsize Roger singing. |
 View fullsize It all makes Perfect Sense, doesn't it? |
 View fullsize Roger seems alarmingly demanding. |
 View fullsize Leaving Beirut - an anti war song, which Roger introduced with an explanation. It was illustrated with cartoons giving the lyrics and story. The image shows how it ends. Video: Leaving Beirut |
 View fullsize Guitar solo in Sheep |
 View fullsize Meeeeeeh! |
 View fullsize What's that? A smile from Roger? |
 View fullsize Flames mark the end of the first half. |
 View fullsize The Moon marks the start of the second. |
 View fullsize Yellow light bathes the stage for Breathe |
 View fullsize Clocks mark the start of Time |
 View fullsize As the sun sets, I change my camera settings so I can still pick the detail of the performers. |
 View fullsize It wasn't really this dark! |
 View fullsize The Great Gig in the Sky (sadly not Clare Torry) |
 View fullsize Passionate finale |
 View fullsize The video screens fade out Nick Mason and fade in Roger |
 View fullsize There's Nick - sadly we were too far to the right for a view of him, we could just see his drumkit |
 View fullsize Final stage shot Video: See you on the Dark Side of the Moon... |
 View fullsize Everyone gathers for a bow |
 View fullsize But of course there's an encore, and then a finale with dramatic bursts of flame to mark the end of the set and of the evening. | |
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