Meddle Tour

Meddle Tour

Tour by Pink Floyd
Associated album	Meddle
Start date	15 October 1971
End date	20 November 1971
Legs	1
No. of shows	26
Pink Floyd concert chronology

The 1971 Meddle tour was a short concert tour by the British band Pink Floyd. It began in October 1971 and ended in November of the same year. It was intended to promote their new album Meddle in the United States and Canada, however some of the album's material had already been played during the band's Atom Heart Mother World Tour. The practice of playing songs before their official release later became a tradition for the group following the Meddle tour. The set list played during the tour was varied, with the band playing material from their previous albums A Saucerful of Secrets, More, and Atom Heart Mother, plus the newly released Meddle. The tour would also feature the final time "Embryo", "Fat Old Sun" and "Cymbaline" would be played by the band live.

Tour band

• David Gilmour – guitars, vocals
• Roger Waters – bass guitar, percussion, vocals
• Richard Wright – Hammond organ, Farfisa organ, piano, EMS VCS 3, vocals
• Nick Mason – drums, percussion

Set List

A typical set list during the 1971 Meddle Tour:

1. "Embryo"
2. "Fat Old Sun"
3. "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun"
4. "Atom Heart Mother"
5. "One of These Days"
6. "Careful with That Axe, Eugene"
7. "Cymbaline"
8. "Echoes"

Encore (when played):

1. "More Blues"

Also played were:

• "A Saucerful of Secrets" (occasionally rotated with "Echoes" as closing number or an additional encore)
• "Interstellar Overdrive" (only played twice on 8 and 15 November after "Set The Controls for the Heart of the Sun".)
• "Green is the Colour" (only played once on 19 November before "Careful With That Axe, Eugene".)
• "If" (only played once on 2 November, replaced "Embryo" as opener)

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
15 October 1971	San Francisco	United States	Winterland Ballroom
16 October 1971	Santa Monica		Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
17 October 1971	San Diego		Golden Hall
19 October 1971	Eugene		National Guard Armory
21 October 1971	Salem		Salem Armory Auditorium
22 October 1971	Seattle		Paramount Theatre
23 October 1971	Vancouver	Canada	Garden Auditorium
26 October 1971	Detroit	United States	Eastown Theatre
27 October 1971	Chicago		Auditorium Theater
28 October 1971	Ann Arbor		Hill Auditorium
31 October 1971	Toledo		The Field House
2 November 1971	Princeton		McCarter Theatre
3 November 1971	Passaic		Central Theatre
4 November 1971	Providence		Loew's Theatre
5 November 1971	New York City		Assembly Hall
6 November 1971	Cleveland		Emerson Gymnasium
8 November 1971	Buffalo		Peace Bridge Exhibition Center
9 November 1971	Montreal	Canada	Centre Sportif
10 November 1971	Quebec City		Pavillon de la Jeunesse
11 November 1971	Boston	United States	Orpheum Theatre
12 November 1971	Philadelphia		Irvine Auditorium
13 November 1971	Williamstown		Chapin Hall
14 November 1971	Stony Brook		Pritchard Gymnasium
15 November 1971	New York City		Carnegie Hall
16 November 1971	Washington, D.C.		Lisner Auditorium
19 November 1971	Pittsburgh		Syria Mosque
20 November 1971	Cincinnati		Taft Theatre

External links

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