Meddle Tour

Meddle Tour
Tour by Pink Floyd
Start date	15 October 1971
End date	20 November 1971
Legs	1
Shows	26
Pink Floyd tour chronology
Atom Heart Mother World Tour (1970–1971) Meddle Tour (1971) Dark Side of the Moon Tour (1972–1973)

The 1971 Meddle tour was a short concert tour by British band Pink Floyd. Commenced on October 1971 and ended on November of that year. It was intended to promote their new album Meddle in the United States, although some of the album material had been played months before the album release, a common practice by the band. The set list was varied, playing material from many of their previous albums, some of them never played again by the band.

Set list

A typical set list during this stage of 1971 would include most of the following:

• "Embryo"
• "Fat Old Sun"
• "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun"
• "Atom Heart Mother"
• "One of These Days"
• "Careful with That Axe, Eugene"
• "Cymbaline"
• "Echoes"
• "A Saucerful of Secrets" (occasional)
• "Blues" (occasional)

Tour band

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

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
15 October 1971	San Francisco, California	United States	Winterland Ballroom
16 October 1971	Santa Monica, California		Santa Monica Civic Center
17 October 1971	San Diego, California		Golden Hall
19 October 1971	Eugene, Oregon		National Guard Armory
21 October 1971	Salem, Oregon		Willamette University
22 October 1971	Seattle, Washington		Paramount Theatre
23 October 1971	Vancouver, British Columbia	Canada	Vancouver Gardens
26 October 1971	Detroit, Michigan	United States	Ford Auditorium
27 October 1971	Chicago, Illinois		Auditorium Theater
28 October 1971	Ann Arbor, Michigan		Hill Auditorium
31 October 1971	Toledo, Ohio		Field House
2 November 1971	Princeton, New Jersey		McCarter Theatre
3 November 1971	Passaic, New Jersey		Central Theater
4 November 1971	Providence, Rhode Island		Lowes Theater
5 November 1971	New York City, New York		Assembly Hall
6 November 1971	Cleveland, Ohio		Emerson Gymnasium
8 November 1971	Buffalo, New York		Peace Bridge Center
9 November 1971	Montreal, Quebec	Canada	Centre Sportif
10 November 1971	Quebec City, Quebec		Pavillon de la Jeunesse
11 November 1971	Boston, Massachusetts	United States	Orpheum Theatre
12 November 1971	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		Irvine Auditorium
13 November 1971	Asbury Park, New Jersey		Asbury Park Convention Hall
14 November 1971	Stony Brook, New York		Gymnasium
15 November 1971	New York City, New York		Carnegie Hall
16 November 1971	Washington, D.C.		Lisner Auditorium
19 November 1971	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania		Syria Mosque
20 November 1971	Cincinnati, Ohio		Taft Theatre

External links

• Brain Damage.co.uk
• Pink Floyd Archives
• KPPC-FM INTERVIEW of NICK MASON and RICK WRIGHT on October 16, 1971