Earlier in the thread I was asking OTP about the Roger Waters concert and he pm'ed me offering his services to find the cheapest prices. So on Tuesday he kept in touch with me following the ticket prices as they were dropping, because apparently the shows were not selling as well as previously anticipated. Well that's good news for me! OTP helped me score 3rd row seats for $125, which is half off face. Very cool of him!
I thought I'd post a mini TR about the concert here. I've been big pink floyd fan for a few years, and now Roger Waters is performing the Wall in Chicago. Perfect! As soon as I walked in the United Center the myriad of lights and speakers set up in the rafters immediately caught my eye. This was going to be one hell of a show!
Around 8:15 Roger appeared on stage, silver hair and all, looking quite well for his age. The first song was In the Flesh, accompanied by a remarkable display of lights, fireworks, and a giant hydraulic platform lifting uniformed men about 30 feet in the air. It was like a friggen broadway production! Throughout the concert a wall was slowly being built up on the stage, which also served as a canvas for the multimedia extravaganza. I've never seen a concert that was as visually exciting as this. Complete with giant inflatable puppets, ghoulish cartoons, and haunting war images with sounds of helicopters and trains blaring through the speakers. Its kind of hard to describe the atmosphere of the show but it was truly captivating. And when Roger came out to play comfortably numb, all the multimedia stuff was toned down and it was just him silhouetted against the giant white wall. It was very cool. I had goosebumps all over that whole song. The wall comes crumbling down of course to conclude the epic album. I was very happy I went to show. It really was a sight to behold, especially from the 3rd row. I took a couple of crappy iphone pics too, to give you some idea what it was like
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