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*18/04/73 {{flagicon|England}} SHELTER-National Campaign for the Homeless benefit, [[Earls Court Exhibition Centre]], Earls Court, [[London]], [[England]] |
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Revision as of 17:55, 19 March 2009
World tour by Pink Floyd | |
Associated album | The Dark Side of the Moon |
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Start date | 4 March, 1973 |
End date | 4 December, 1973, |
Legs | 5 |
No. of shows | 35 |
Pink Floyd concert chronology |
The Dark Side of the Moon Tour was a concert tour by Pink Floyd. The tour started on March 4 of 1973 and ended on November 4 of the same year.
History
1973 saw Pink Floyd go on two relatively short tours of the US, one in March to coincide with the release of Dark Side of the Moon and a later one in June. Sandwiched between them were two nights at London's Earl's Court on 18 May and 19 May where they debuted the special effect of a plane crashing into the stage at the end of the song "On the Run". This was also the first year that the band took additional musicians on tour with them, unlike the earlier performances of "Atom Heart Mother" where the band would often hire local musicians. Dick Parry would join Pink Floyd during Money and Us and them and a backing chorus of three or four women. Clare Torry sung backing vocals during the Robert Wyatt benefit concerts, she won't do this again till 1990 at the Knebworth Festival.
Due to the overwhelming chart success of both Dark Side of the Moon, which reached #1 in the US in late April, #2 in the UK, and the US-released single "Money", the nature of Pink Floyd's audiences changed in June 1973. Thay used to play at theaters and auditoriums but in this tour they played at Stadiums and large arenas.
On 4 November 1973, Pink Floyd played two shows at London's Rainbow Theatre to benefit musician Robert Wyatt formerly the drummer of Soft Machine, a band they'd played with in their UFO Club days. Wyatt fell from a fourth floor window in June 1973, breaking his back and making him a paraplegic. The concerts raised a reported £10,000 for Wyatt.
Tour Band
- David Gilmour - vocals, guitar
- Roger Waters - bass, vocals
- Richard Wright - keyboards
- Nick Mason - drums
Additional musicians:
- Dick Parry - saxophone
- Black Grass (Nawasa Crowder, Mary Ann Lindsey & Phyllis Lindsey) - backing vocals (during the March and May gigs)
- Blackberries (Billy Barnum, Venetta Fields & Clydie King)- backing vocals (during the October gigs)
- Vicki Brown, Liza Strike, and Clare Torry - backing vocals (A Benefit For Robert Wyatt concerts)
Set List
A typical set list for the tour:
Set One:
- Echoes
- Obscured By Clouds
- When You're In
- Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun
- Careful With that Axe, Eugene
- Childhood's End
Set Two: The Dark Side of the Moon
- Speak to Me
- Breathe
- On the Run
- Time
- The Great Gig in the Sky
- Money
- Us and Them
- Any Colour You Like
- Brain Damage
- Eclipse
Encore:
Tour dates
- 04/03/73 Dane County Memorial Coliseum, Madison, Wisconsin
- 05/03/73 Cobo Hall, Detroit, Michigan
- 06/03/73 Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri
- 07/03/73 The Ampitheater, Chicago, Illinois
- 08/03/73 The Fieldhouse, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
- 10/03/73 Gymnasium, Kent State University, Ohio
- 11/03/73 Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 12/03/73 Montreal Forum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 14/03/73 Music Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
- 15/03/73 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 17/03/73 Radio City Music Hall, New York City, New York
- 18/03/73 The Palace Theater, Waterbury, Connecticut
- 19/03/73 The Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island
- 22/03/73 The Coliseum, Hampton, Virginia
- 23/03/73 Park Center, Charlotte, North Carolina
- 24/03/73 Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia
- 25/03/73 (Cancelled) The Bayfront Center, St. Petersburg, Florida
- 18/04/73 SHELTER-National Campaign for the Homeless benefit, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Earls Court, London, England
- 19/04/73 SHELTER-National Campaign for the Homeless benefit, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Earls Court, London, England
- 16/06/73 Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, New Jersey
- 17/06/73 Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, New York
- 19/06/73 Civic Center Arena, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 20/06/73 Merriweather Post Pavillion, Columbia, Maryland
- 21/06/73 Merriweather Post Pavillion, Columbia, Maryland
- 22/06/73 Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, New York
- 23/06/73 Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan
- 24/06/73 Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
- 25/06/73 Convention Center, Louisville, Kentucky
- 26/06/73 Lake Spivey Park, Jonesboro, Georgia
- 27/06/73 Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Jacksonville, Florida
- 28/06/73 The Sportatorium, Hollywood, Florida
- 29/06/73 Tampa Stadium, Tampa, Florida
- 12/10/73 Olympiahalle, Munich, West Germany
- 13/10/73 Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
- 04/11/73 A Benefit For Robert Wyatt, Rainbow Theater, Finsbury Park, London, England (two shows)