The Wall Live (concert tour)

For the original tour of The Wall by Pink Floyd, see The Wall Tour.
The Wall Live
Tour by Roger Waters
Legs 5
Shows North America: 96
Europe: 64
Oceania: 15
South America: 15
Total: 190
Roger Waters tour chronology
The Dark Side of the Moon Live
(2006–2008)		 The Wall Live
(2010–2012)

The Wall Live is a worldwide[1] concert tour by Roger Waters, formerly of Pink Floyd.[2][3] The tour is the first time the Pink Floyd album The Wall has been performed in its entirety by the band or any of its former members since Waters performed the album live in Berlin 21 July 1990. According to Cole Moreton of the Daily Mail, "The touring version of Pink Floyd's The Wall is one of the most ambitious and complex rock shows ever staged."[4] It is estimated that the tour cost £37 million ($60M) to stage.[4] The first leg of the tour grossed in North America over $89.5 million from 56 concerts. It was the second highest grossing concert tour in North America in 2010 and the 10th worldwide."[5]

The tour opened 15 September 2010 in Toronto, and moved through North America before ending the first leg of the tour in Mexico City, 21 December 2010. The European tour began 21 March 2011 in Lisbon, Portugal, and ended 12 July 2011 in Athens, Greece. In 2012, the tour will include Australia, New Zealand, and South America, resuming 27 January in Perth, and ending 1 April 2012 in São Paulo.[6] It was confirmed by Waters during an interview with Jimmy Fallon that he will be returning to North America for yet another leg of The Wall tour, beginning 27 April 2012 and tentatively ending 14 July 2012.[7][8]

Waters, a pacifist, has incorporated an increased emphasis on the show's anti-war message, and he has requested that fans send in pictures of loved ones who have died as a result of wars.[9] Waters has published on his Facebook page, many of the pictures of projections made onto building's walls in urban areas, of a speech Dwight D. Eisenhower held before the American Society of Newspaper Editors 16 April 1953:

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed.

Snowy White[10] and Dave Kilminster[11] were the first musicians confirmed to be in Waters's touring band. Kipp Lennon, Mark Lennon and Michael Lennon of the band Venice were confirmed for backing vocal duties,[12] but Michael Lennon withdrew from the band due to rehearsal difficulties. He was replaced by cousin Pat Lennon, also of Venice. On 23 April, the full band line-up was announced on Roger Waters's Facebook page. Following a charity gig Waters performed with his former Pink Floyd bandmate on 10 July 2010,[13] he confirmed that David Gilmour would guest on "Comfortably Numb" at one show during the tour. Gilmour appeared at the 12 May 2011 show at The O2 Arena, London playing lead guitar on "Comfortably Numb" and mandolin on "Outside the Wall", on which they were also joined by Nick Mason on tambourine. Waters has said that this tour might be his last.[1]

On 24 August 2010, The Times Leader newspaper of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, reported that Waters and company were in town rehearsing for the tour at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre Township. This venue previously hosted pre-tour rehearsals and pre-tour concerts for such performers as Elton John, the Simon & Garfunkel "Old Friends" Reunion Tour in 2003 and AC/DC rehearsals in 2008 before the band's world tour.[14] There were no rehearsals or performances; the crew used the occasion to work out technical details. On 12 September 2010, there was a rehearsal performance at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, New Jersey for invited guests.[15]

Contents

Musicians[16]

Concert overview

Pre-show

During the pre-show, in the American part of the tour, a man who appears to be homeless pushes a shopping cart around the aisles around the floor seats. He wears a flannel jacket and a cowboy hat, and makes small talk with the fans as he makes his way around the floor. His cart is full of empty soda cans and rubbish and a sign that reads different sayings that vary from show to show, including, "No thought control" on one side and, "Homeless people need money for booze and hookers" on the other. His cart also contains the original stuffed "Pink" doll from 1979. In order, the music that plays during the pre-show are "Mother" by John Lennon, "Masters of War" by Bob Dylan, "A Change Is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke, "Imagine" by John Lennon, "Strange Fruit" by Billie Holiday, and "People Get Ready" by the Impressions. The walk-in audio has differed from city to city ranging from Neil Young tracks to George Carlin comedy routines.

The show

During the homeless man's tour through the crowd, the pre-show music stops and the sounds of channel surfing can be heard. When the homeless man reaches the stage, the climax of the movie Spartacus is played. A spotlight shines on him and his cart as the sounds of the slaves each claiming to be Spartacus are heard. After which, the man throws "Pink" onto the stage.

For the European shows, the homeless man is replaced with two "soldiers", bearing the crossed hammer uniform, who bring the "Pink" puppet onto the stage and hold him throughout the Spartacus clip, before dumping him on the ground and marching off the stage.

As he does this, the audio transitions to a trumpet (later revealed to be Roger Waters) playing the melody of "Outside the Wall". The trumpet playing lingers unaccompanied for about a minute, until the band bursts into "In the Flesh?" with no warning. Fireworks explode across the stage during the opening chords and stage hands with arm bands and flags bearing the marching hammers emblems rise up above the band on lifts hidden in the stage floor. At about mid-song, Waters emerges from the back of the stage, dressed in black. During the climax of the song, a scaled down Stuka Dive Bomber, suspended by a guide wire, flies into the wall and explodes in a fiery ball. During "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" and "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2" there is a giant inflated puppet schoolmaster, an icon from the original show, which plunges up and down and appears to walk via suspending guide wires. Local school children are brought out onto the stage to lip-sync and dance. From the Berlin 16 June show onwards, Waters sings an acoustic reprise of Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) with lyrics referring to the murder of Jean Charles de Menezes before finally greeting the audience and telling them about the filming of the original Wall Tour shows. He then sings along with a video of him playing the song from the original 1980 tour. He refers to the video as "Miserable little Roger." A giant mother blow-up designed on the look of the animated version is featured as well. The song has more of a political message than before, the words "Big Brother Is Watching You" are written on the wall, with the "Br" crossed off and replaced with an "M". After the line "Mother, should I trust the government?" the words "No fucking way" are projected on the wall, as well as a local translation in non-English speaking countries.

The initial projections shown during "Goodbye Blue Sky" caused some controversy. During the song, aeroplanes are shown dropping bombs shaped like Latin crosses, hammer and sickles, dollar signs, star and crescents, Stars of David, the Shell logo, and the Mercedes-Benz logo, with the addition of the McDonald's logo in later shows. The plane dropping dollar signs appeared directly after the plane dropping the Star of David. Although Waters said in Rolling Stone that there was no relevance to the order of the bombs, he changed the order after Abraham Foxman, president of the Anti-Defamation League, complained.[17] Waters stated, "Contrary to Mr Foxman's assertion, there are no hidden meanings in the order or juxtaposition of these symbols."[18] These visuals were changed at Waters' request for all future shows, to avoid any sensitive juxtapositions of the symbols used in the video. During the song "Don't Leave Me Now" the production features a giant wife puppet similar in design and execution as the Schoolmaster. During the first half on the show, The Wall is slowly built up brick by brick and as with the eighties tour, an instrumental called "The Last Few Bricks" that doesn't appear on the original album is played to give the stage hands extra time to build the wall. At the end of "Goodbye Cruel World", the last brick is put in place and the wall is completed across the stage. An intermission follows with photos and short bios of people lost in conflicts are projected on the wall.

The second act begins with "Hey You" and is played with minimal visuals on the wall. The band performs, now hidden from the audience's view, from behind the wall. For the acoustic guitar solo piece "Is There Anybody Out There?" a brick is removed so that guitarists Dave Kilminster and G.E. Smith are visible. As "Nobody Home" begins, a section folds out of the wall revealing a small mock hotel room complete with a television, chair, lamp and unmade bed. Waters, in character as "Pink", sings the song while seated on a comfy chair that is on a platform extending from the wall. During "Vera" images of Vera Lynn are displayed on the wall, along with videos of young children being reunited with their veteran fathers. "Bring the Boys Back Home" features Dwight D. Eisenhower's American Society of Newspaper Editors speech. During "Comfortably Numb", Robbie Wyckoff and Dave Kilminster stand on top of the wall as David Gilmour did in the original tour – a performance reprised by Gilmour himself during a one-off appearance at the London O2 show on 12 May 2011. At the end of the song, the projection of the wall explodes and cinematic pillars rise.

The band plays "The Show Must Go On" dressed in black fascist attire complete with the Marching Hammers armbands. Waters' trademarked inflatable pig is released, untethered, during "In the Flesh", and guided by remote control, floats around the venue. Spotlights shine on the audience as Waters interrogates them, pointing out the "riff raff" in the room. During "Run Like Hell", images are displayed on the wall parodying the iPod lowercase "i" fad. Pictures of pigs are shown next to the words "iLead", dogs next to "iProtect", sheep next to "iFollow", George Bush and other leaders next to "iBelieve", Hitler next to "iPaint", children next to "iLearn", and gravestones next to "iPay" among others. In all of the pictures, the subjects are wearing iPods. After this montage, the leaked footage from the 12 July 2007 Baghdad airstrike is played, displaying captions of the American pilots speaking and pointing out Reuters employees Saeed Chmagh and Namir Noor-Eldeen, whose cameras were mistaken for weapons; after the attack, a banner is projected onto the wall: "Namir Noor-Eldeen and Saeed Chmagh, We Will Remember You." A burst of gunfire sends it to the ground.

"Waiting For The Worms" features more of Gerald Scarfe's original animation from the film adaptation and tour, except that the infamous sequence of marching hammers has now been replaced with a new computer-generated, cel-shaded version. "Stop" abruptly blacks out the entire wall, with a lone spotlight shining upon the Pink doll from the beginning of the program, which is sitting atop the wall; it is then thrown off of its high perch to the ground.

Gerald Scarfe's animated sequence is displayed during "The Trial". As the song reaches its steady climax and with the crowd shouting "Tear down the Wall", the wall crumbles violently from the top down amid smoke while a flurry of red paper confetti (in the shape of the bomb symbols from earlier in the show) drops on to the audience. The band emerges from behind the rubble and plays "Outside the Wall" with a variety of acoustic instruments. Waters introduces the band to the crowd, they bow and then exit the stage.

Critical reception

Kevin Coffey of the Omaha World-Herald writes:

Roger Waters and a cast of supporting musicians ... perform[ed] from start to finish one of the most commercially successful, beloved and ambitious art-rock albums in history ... as the show begins, the famous and enormous white wall is erected on stage, brick by brick, until it obscures the band and becomes a screen upon which a dazzling array of videos and visuals are projected. Technically, this was a nearly flawless show. The sound was clean and true. The original album and tour was about isolation. This time around, it was more anti-war, anti-capitalism and anti-poverty than about any kind of psychological issue. In addition to wild and slightly creepy animations from Gerald Scarfe, projections on the wall and video screens showed images of poverty, soldiers and others who died in conflicts as well as video of planes bombing areas with crosses, dollar signs, Shell Oil logos and others.[19]

Steve Pick of stltoday.com writes:

"Roger Waters did not put on just an ordinary concert Friday night at the Scottrade Center — he created a huge, technologically complex and metaphorically dense theatrical spectacle."[20] Timothy Fin of the Kansas City Star has this to say about the show, " ... Waters accordingly turned the performance into a[n] epic, gaudy and extravagant piece of theatre — an onslaught of sights, sounds and socio-political themes. Some of it was poignant, some of it was bombastic, some of it was viscerally thrilling, like a great rock show ought to be. But all of it was entertaining."[21]

Kevin Stevens of The Setonian, writes:

A hail of firework explosions, hundreds of large rectangular bricks, crashing planes, enormous puppets, 3D effects. Surely, this is not your average concert. Roger Waters' tour of his seminal album, "The Wall," lavishes in this Broadway-esque pomp, but never compromises its music for theatrics. This is a rock concert, one that succeeds in transforming Pink Floyd's brilliant 1979 opus into a compelling aesthetic and auditory experience.[22]

A.D. Amorosi of the Philadelphia City Paper writes:

"If epic paranoia over monster themes such as megalomania, mother fixation, loneliness, television, the warring industrial complex and the uselessness of fans and celebrity, accompanied by the sounds of unsettling bombast, is what you seek as entertainment, there’s a bridge I can sell you. Or rather, a wall — The Wall, Roger Waters’ semi-autobiographical 1979 magnum opus ...[23]

According to Matt DeMarco of The Hofstra Chronicle online:

Pyrotechnics were used throughout the show, as were massive marionette puppets, representative of several of the opera's supporting characters. The technological aspect of this show was astounding. Musically, the show was just as phenomenal. Waters brought an impressive touring band with him, including lead guitarist Dave Kilminster, who was just spectacular. The solo he delivered during "Comfortably Numb" was absolutely mind-blowing. Waters, himself, proved that rock ‘n roll has no age limit. At 67 years old, the rock icon played a flawless show, hitting notes that he was hitting 30 years ago. His energy was visibly present; he was truly excited to be performing this album for a live crowd again.[24]

Image gallery

Setlist

The Wall album is played in its entirety, as well as two songs not in the original release—What Shall We Do Now? and The Last Few Bricks[25]—both of which were also played at every concert during The Wall Tour in 1980–1981, and documented on the album Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81, released in 2000. "One of My Turns", "Don't Leave Me Now" and "Run Like Hell" are all transposed one key down to accommodate Waters' vocal range.

A change was made in the setlist from the Berlin 16 June 2011 show onwards, when Waters added an acoustic coda to "Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)" with brand new lyrics referring to the murder of Jean Charles de Menezes. There has been no official announcement yet, but this is being nicknamed "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) Reprise". This is the first time ever a new song has been added to The Wall—all previous additions to the setlist of the original album either restored unused material (in The Wall film) or added existing songs from Waters' work (in The Wall – Live in Berlin).

Set one

  1. "In The Flesh?"
  2. "The Thin Ice"
  3. "Another Brick In The Wall (Part 1)"
  4. "The Happiest Days Of Our Lives"
  5. "Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)"
  6. "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) Reprise"
  7. "Mother"
  8. "Goodbye Blue Sky"
  9. "Empty Spaces"
  10. "What Shall We Do Now?"
  11. "Young Lust"
  12. "One Of My Turns"
  13. "Don't Leave Me Now"
  14. "Another Brick In The Wall (Part 3)"
  15. "The Last Few Bricks"
  16. "Goodbye Cruel World"

Set two

  1. "Hey You"
  2. "Is There Anybody Out There?"
  3. "Nobody Home"
  4. "Vera"
  5. "Bring The Boys Back Home"
  6. "Comfortably Numb"
  7. "The Show Must Go On"
  8. "In The Flesh"
  9. "Run Like Hell"
  10. "Waiting For The Worms"
  11. "Stop"
  12. "The Trial"
  13. "Outside The Wall"

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue

Leg 1: North America
02010-09-1515 September 2010 Toronto, Ontario Canada Air Canada Centre
02010-09-1616 September 2010 Toronto, Ontario Canada Air Canada Centre
02010-09-1818 September 2010 Toronto, Ontario Canada Air Canada Centre
02010-09-2020 September 2010 Chicago, Illinois United States United Center
02010-09-2121 September 2010 Chicago, Illinois United States United Center
02010-09-2323 September 2010 Chicago, Illinois United States United Center
02010-09-2424 September 2010 Chicago, Illinois United States United Center
02010-09-2626 September 2010 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States Consol Energy Center
02010-09-2828 September 2010 Cleveland, Ohio United States Quicken Loans Arena
02010-09-3030 September 2010 Boston, Massachusetts United States TD Garden
02010-10-011 October 2010 Boston, Massachusetts United States TD Garden
02010-10-033 October 2010 Boston, Massachusetts United States TD Garden
02010-10-055 October 2010 New York City, New York United States Madison Square Garden
02010-10-066 October 2010 New York City, New York United States Madison Square Garden
02010-10-088 October 2010 Buffalo, New York United States HSBC Arena
02010-10-1010 October 2010 Washington, District of Columbia United States Verizon Center
02010-10-1212 October 2010 Uniondale, New York United States Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
02010-10-1313 October 2010 Uniondale, New York United States Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
02010-10-1515 October 2010 Hartford, Connecticut United States XL Center
02010-10-1717 October 2010 Ottawa, Ontario Canada Scotiabank Place
02010-10-1919 October 2010 Montreal, Quebec Canada Centre Bell
02010-10-2020 October 2010 Montreal, Quebec Canada Centre Bell
02010-10-2222 October 2010 Columbus, Ohio United States Value City Arena at Jerome Schottenstein Center
02010-10-2424 October 2010 Detroit, Michigan United States The Palace of Auburn Hills
02010-10-2626 October 2010 Omaha, Nebraska United States Qwest Center
02010-10-2727 October 2010 St. Paul, Minnesota United States Xcel Energy Center
02010-10-2929 October 2010 St. Louis, Missouri United States Scottrade Center
02010-10-3030 October 2010 Kansas City, Missouri United States Sprint Center
02010-11-033 November 2010 East Rutherford, New Jersey United States Izod Center
02010-11-044 November 2010 East Rutherford, New Jersey United States Izod Center
02010-11-066 November 2010 New York City, New York United States Madison Square Garden
02010-11-088 November 2010 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States Wells Fargo Center
02010-11-099 November 2010 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States Wells Fargo Center
02010-11-1111 November 2010 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States Wells Fargo Center
02010-11-1313 November 2010 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida United States BankAtlantic Center
02010-11-1414 November 2010 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida United States BankAtlantic Center
02010-11-1616 November 2010 Tampa, Florida United States St. Pete Times Forum
02010-11-1818 November 2010 Atlanta, Georgia United States Philips Arena
02010-11-2020 November 2010 Houston, Texas United States Toyota Center
02010-11-2121 November 2010 Dallas, Texas United States American Airlines Center
02010-11-2323 November 2010 Denver, Colorado United States Pepsi Center
02010-11-2626 November 2010 Las Vegas, Nevada United States MGM Grand Garden Arena
02010-11-2727 November 2010 Phoenix, Arizona United States US Airways Center
02010-11-2929 November 2010 Los Angeles, California United States Staples Center
02010-11-3030 November 2010 Los Angeles, California United States Staples Center
02010-12-033 December 2010 Oakland, California United States Oracle Arena
02010-12-055 December 2010 Los Angeles, California United States Staples Center
02010-12-077 December 2010 San Jose, California United States HP Pavilion
02010-12-088 December 2010 San Jose, California United States HP Pavilion
02010-12-1010 December 2010 Vancouver, British Columbia Canada Rogers Arena
02010-12-1111 December 2010 Tacoma, Washington United States Tacoma Dome
02010-12-1313 December 2010 Anaheim, California United States Honda Center
02010-12-1414 December 2010 Anaheim, California United States Honda Center
02010-12-1818 December 2010 Mexico City Mexico Palacio de los Deportes
02010-12-1919 December 2010 Mexico City Mexico Palacio de los Deportes
02010-12-2121 December 2010 Mexico City Mexico Palacio de los Deportes

Leg 2: Europe
02011-03-2121 March 2011 Lisbon Portugal Pavilhão Atlântico
02011-03-2222 March 2011 Lisbon Portugal Pavilhão Atlântico
02011-03-2525 March 2011 Madrid Spain Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid
02011-03-2626 March 2011 Madrid Spain Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid
02011-03-2929 March 2011 Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi
02011-03-3030 March 2011 Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi
02011-04-011 April 2011 Milan Italy Mediolanum Forum
02011-04-022 April 2011 Milan Italy Mediolanum Forum
02011-04-044 April 2011 Milan Italy Mediolanum Forum
02011-04-055 April 2011 Milan Italy Mediolanum Forum
02011-04-088 April 2011 Arnhem Netherlands GelreDome
02011-04-099 April 2011 Arnhem Netherlands GelreDome
02011-04-1111 April 2011 Arnhem Netherlands GelreDome
02011-04-1313 April 2011 Zagreb Croatia Arena Zagreb
02011-04-1515 April 2011 Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena
02011-04-1616 April 2011 Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena
02011-04-1818 April 2011 Łódź Poland Arena Łódź
02011-04-1919 April 2011 Łódź Poland Arena Łódź
02011-04-2323 April 2011 Moscow Russia Olimpiyskiy Stadion (Олимпийский стадион)
02011-04-2525 April 2011 St. Petersburg Russia Sportivno-Kontsertnyi Kompleks Peterburgskiy
(Спортивно-концертный комплекс Петербургский)
02011-04-2727 April 2011 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Areena
02011-04-2828 April 2011 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Areena
02011-04-3030 April 2011 Oslo Norway Telenor Arena
02011-05-011 May 2011 Oslo Norway Telenor Arena
02011-05-044 May 2011 Stockholm Sweden Ericsson Globe
02011-05-055 May 2011 Stockholm Sweden Ericsson Globe
02011-05-077 May 2011 Copenhagen Denmark Parken Stadion
02011-05-1111 May 2011 London United Kingdom The O2 Arena
02011-05-1212 May 2011 London United Kingdom The O2 Arena
02011-05-1414 May 2011 London United Kingdom The O2 Arena
02011-05-1515 May 2011 London United Kingdom The O2 Arena
02011-05-1717 May 2011 London United Kingdom The O2 Arena
02011-05-1818 May 2011 London United Kingdom The O2 Arena
02011-05-2020 May 2011 Manchester United Kingdom Manchester Evening News Arena
02011-05-2121 May 2011 Manchester United Kingdom Manchester Evening News Arena
02011-05-2323 May 2011 Dublin Ireland The O2
02011-05-2424 May 2011 Dublin Ireland The O2
02011-05-2727 May 2011 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis
02011-05-2828 May 2011 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis
02011-05-3030 May 2011 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
02011-05-3131 May 2011 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
02011-06-033 June 2011 Mannheim Germany SAP Arena
02011-06-044 June 2011 Mannheim Germany SAP Arena
02011-06-066 June 2011 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
02011-06-077 June 2011 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
02011-06-1010 June 2011 Hamburg Germany O2 World Hamburg
02011-06-1111 June 2011 Hamburg Germany O2 World Hamburg
02011-06-1313 June 2011 Herning Denmark Jyske Bank Boxen
02011-06-1515 June 2011 Berlin Germany O2 World Berlin
02011-06-1616 June 2011 Berlin Germany O2 World Berlin
02011-06-1818 June 2011 Düsseldorf Germany Esprit Arena
02011-06-2020 June 2011 Munich Germany Olympiahalle
02011-06-2222 June 2011 Budapest Hungary Papp László Budapest Sportaréna
02011-06-2424 June 2011 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
02011-06-2525 June 2011 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
02011-06-2727 June 2011 Birmingham United Kingdom National Indoor Arena
02011-06-2828 June 2011 Manchester United Kingdom Manchester Evening News Arena
02011-06-3030 June 2011 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
02011-07-011 July 2011 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
02011-07-033 July 2011 Milan Italy Mediolanum Forum
02011-07-044 July 2011 Milan Italy Mediolanum Forum
02011-07-088 July 2011 Athens Greece OAKA Kleistó Gymnastírio (ΟΑΚΑ Κλειστό Γυμναστήριο)
02011-07-099 July 2011 Athens Greece OAKA Kleistó Gymnastírio (ΟΑΚΑ Κλειστό Γυμναστήριο)
02011-07-1212 July 2011 Athens Greece OAKA Kleistó Gymnastírio (ΟΑΚΑ Κλειστό Γυμναστήριο)

Leg 3: Oceania
02012-01-2727 January 2012 Perth, Western Australia Australia Burswood Dome
02012-01-2828 January 2012 Perth, Western Australia Australia Burswood Dome
02012-02-011 February 2012 Brisbane, Queensland Australia Brisbane Entertainment Centre
02012-02-022 February 2012 Brisbane, Queensland Australia Brisbane Entertainment Centre
02012-02-044 February 2012 Brisbane, Queensland Australia Brisbane Entertainment Centre
02012-02-077 February 2012 Melbourne, Victoria Australia Rod Laver Arena
02012-02-088 February 2012 Melbourne, Victoria Australia Rod Laver Arena
02012-02-1010 February 2012 Melbourne, Victoria Australia Rod Laver Arena
02012-02-1111 February 2012 Melbourne, Victoria Australia Rod Laver Arena
02012-02-1414 February 2012 Sydney, New South Wales Australia Allphones Arena
02012-02-1515 February 2012 Sydney, New South Wales Australia Allphones Arena
02012-02-1818 February 2012 Auckland New Zealand Vector Arena
02012-02-2020 February 2012 Auckland New Zealand Vector Arena
02012-02-2222 February 2012 Auckland New Zealand Vector Arena
02012-02-2323 February 2012 Auckland New Zealand Vector Arena

Leg 4: South America
02012-03-022 March 2012 Santiago Chile Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
02012-03-033 March 2012 Santiago Chile Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos
02012-03-077 March 2012 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
02012-03-099 March 2012 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
02012-03-1010 March 2012 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
02012-03-1212 March 2012 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
02012-03-1414 March 2012 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
02012-03-1515 March 2012 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
02012-03-1717 March 2012 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
02012-03-1818 March 2012 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
02012-03-2020 March 2012 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti
02012-03-2525 March 2012 Porto Alegre Brazil Estadio Beira Rio
02012-03-2929 March 2012 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Estádio Olímpico João Havelange
02012-03-3131 March 2012 São Paulo Brazil Estadio do Morumbi
02012-04-011 April 2012 São Paulo Brazil Estadio do Morumbi

Leg 5: North America
02012-04-2727 April 2012 Mexico City Mexico Foro Sol
02012-04-2828 April 2012 Mexico City Mexico Foro Sol
02012-05-011 May 2012 Houston, Texas United States Toyota Center
02012-05-033 May 2012 Austin, Texas United States Frank Erwin Center
02012-05-055 May 2012 Tulsa, Oklahoma United States BOK Center
02012-05-077 May 2012 Denver, Colorado United States Pepsi Center
02012-05-1111 May 2012 San Francisco, California United States AT&T Park
02012-05-1313 May 2012 San Diego, California United States Valley View Casino Center
02012-05-1515 May 2012 Phoenix, Arizona United States US Airways Center
02012-05-1919 May 2012 Los Angeles, California United States Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
02012-05-2222 May 2012 Portland, Oregon United States Rose Garden
02012-05-2424 May 2012 Seattle, Washington United States Key Arena
02012-05-2626 May 2012 Vancouver, British Columbia Canada BC Place
02012-05-2828 May 2012 Edmonton, Alberta Canada Rexall Place
02012-05-2929 May 2012 Edmonton, Alberta Canada Rexall Place
02012-05-3131 May 2012 Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada MTS Centre
02012-06-011 June 2012 Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada MTS Centre
02012-06-033 June 2012 St. Paul, Minnesota United States Xcel Energy Center
02012-06-055 June 2012 Detroit, Michigan United States Joe Louis Arena
02012-06-066 June 2012 Grand Rapids, Michigan United States Van Andel Arena
02012-06-088 June 2012 Chicago, Illinois United States Wrigley Field
02012-06-1010 June 2012 Louisville, Kentucky United States KFC Yum! Center
02012-06-1111 June 2012 Indianapolis, Indiana United States Bankers Life Fieldhouse
02012-06-1313 June 2012 Atlanta, Georgia United States Phillips Arena
02012-06-1515 June 2012 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida United States BankAtlantic Center
02012-06-1616 June 2012 Orlando, Florida United States Amway Center
02012-06-1919 June 2012 Nashville, Tennessee United States Bridgestone Arena
02012-06-2121 June 2012 Buffalo, New York United States First Niagara Center
02012-06-2323 June 2012 Toronto, Ontario Canada Rogers Center
02012-06-2525 June 2012 Ottawa, Ontario Canada Scotiabank Place
02012-06-2626 June 2012 Montreal, Quebec Canada Bell Centre
02012-06-2828 June 2012 Albany, New York United States Times Union Center
02012-06-2929 June 2012 Hartford, Connecticut United States XL Center
02012-07-011 July 2012 Boston, Massachusetts United States Fenway Park
02012-07-033 July 2012 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States Consol Energy Center
02012-07-066 July 2012 New York City, New York United States Yankee Stadium
02012-07-099 July 2012 Raleigh, North Carolina United States RBC Center
02012-07-1010 July 2012 Charlotte, North Carolina United States Time Warner Cable Arena
02012-07-1212 July 2012 Washington, D.C. United States Verizon Center
02012-07-1414 July 2012 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States Citizens Bank Park

Box office score data

Venue City Tickets sold / available Gross revenue
Air Canada Centre Toronto 40,922 / 40,922 (100%) $5,623,300
United Center Chicago 45,653 / 47,487 (96%) $5,400,900
CONSOL Energy Center Pittsburgh 12,561 / 12,561 (100%) $1,316,224
Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland 12,369 / 13,320 (93%) $1,229,950
TD Garden Boston 34,120 / 34,626 (99%) $3,836,070
Madison Square Garden New York City 36,704 / 36,704 (100%) $5,449,885
HSBC Arena Buffalo 13,718 / 13,718 (100%) $1,493,334
Verizon Center Washington, D.C. 12,865 / 12,865 (100%) $2,017,970
Nassau Coliseum Uniondale 21,147 / 21,147 (100%) $2,365,175
XL Center Hartford 11,647 / 11,647 (100%) $1,534,942
Scotiabank Place Ottawa 12,699 / 12,699 (100%) $1,346,000
Centre Bell Montreal 27,210 / 27,210 (100%) $3,482,540
Schottenstein Center Columbus 12,010 / 12,010 (100%) $1,325,804
Palace of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills 13,481 / 13,481 (100%) $1,536,384
Qwest Center Omaha 9,471 / 9,897 (96%) $898,513
Xcel Energy Center Saint Paul 14,130 / 14,130 (100%) $1,704,884
Scottrade Center Saint Louis 12,574 / 12,574 (100%) $1,341,058
Sprint Center Kansas City 11,458 / 11,458 (100%) $1,253,051
Izod Center East Rutherford 25,690 / 25,690 (100%) $3,385,970
Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia 39,280 / 39,280 (100%) $5,474,340
Bank Atlantic Center Sunrise 24,939 / 24,939 (100%) $2,956,233
St Pete Times Forum Tampa 14,630 / 15,650 (93%) $1,784,297
Philips Arena Atlanta 12,665 / 12,665 (100%) $1,772,797
Toyota Center Houston 11,443 / 11,443 (100%) $1,541,128
American Airlines Center Dallas 12,804 / 12,804 (100%) $1,673,754
Pepsi Center Denver 11,801 / 11,801 (100%) $1,491,145
MGM Grand Garden Las Vegas 12,661 / 12,661 (100%) $1,992,350
US Airways Center Phoenix 12,234 / 12,234 (100%) $1,428,183
STAPLES Center Los Angeles 36,621 / 36,621 (100%) $5,408,750
Oracle Arena Oakland 12,579 / 12,579 (100%) $1,536,895
HP Pavilion San Jose 23,209 / 23,209 (100%) $3,106,707
Rogers Arena Vancouver 13,159 / 13,159 (100%) $1,940,070
Tacoma Dome Tacoma 19,785 / 19,785 (100%) $2,194,338
Honda Center Anaheim 23,854 / 23,854 (100%) $3,321,700
Palacio de los Deportes Mexico City 42,864 / 42,864 (100%) $4,788,270
Atlantic Pavilion Lisbon 31,170 / 31,170 (100%) $2,593,376[26]
Palacio de los Deportes Madrid 29,338 / 29,338 (100%) $2,135,012[26]
Palau Sant Jordi Barcelona 28,738 / 28,738(100%) $2,079,519[26]
Mediolanum Forum Milan 38,513 / 38,513 (100%) $3,888,218[26]
Gelredome Arnhem 88,693 / 88,693 (100%) $8,632,039[26]
Arena Zagreb Zagreb 17,004 / 17,004 (100%) $1,122,965[26]
O2 Arena Prague 29,095 / 29,095 (100%) $3,495,960[26]
Atlas Arena Lodz 26,231 / 26,231 (100%) $2,248,310[26]
Olympiski Moscow 21,894 / 21,894 (100%) $1,904,778[26]
SKK Arena St. Petersburg 15,998 / 15,998 (100%) $1,542,045[26]
Hartwall Areena Helsinki 20,583 / 20,583(100%) $2,291,537[26]
Telenor Arena Oslo 36,034 / 36,034 (100%) $5,597,370[26]
Ericsson Globe Stockholm 23,212 / 23,212 (100%) $3,127,365[26]
Parken Stadion Copenhagen 46,825 / 46,825 (100%) $5,151,114[26]
The O2 Arena London 89,182 / 90,006 (99%) $10,232,800[27]
Evening News Arena Manchester 25,006 / 25,239 (99%) $2,989,250[27]
The O2 Dublin 24,540 / 24,540(100%) $2,370,038[26]
Sportspaleis Antwerp 24,977 / 24,977 (100%) $2,703,230[26]
Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy Paris 28,000 / 28,000(100%) $2,967,148[26]
SAP Arena Mannheim 16,444 / 16,444(100%) $2,226,201[28]
Hallenstadion Zurich 39,811 / 39,811(100%) $9,633,656[28]
O2 World Hamburg 19,839 / 19,839(100%) $2,605,683[28]
Jyske Bank BOXEN Herning 13,564 / 13,564(100%) $1,595,402[28]
O2 World Berlin 21,961 / 21,961(100%) $2,734,176[28]
Esprit Arena Düsseldorf 33,299 / 33,299(100%) $3,784,690[28]
Olympiahalle Munich 9,888 / 9,888(100%) $1,343,821[28]
Papp Laszlo Sportarena Budapest 13,445 / 13,445(100%) $1,333,913[28]
National Indoor Arena Birmingham 9,326 / 9,326(100%) $1,142,757[28]
Evening News Arena Manchester 11,811 / 11,811(100%) $1,438,940[28]
Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy Paris 28,764 / 28,764(100%) $3,048,832[28]
Mediolanum Forum Milan 21,005 / 21,005(100%) $1,335,100[29]
OAKA Olympic Indoor Hall Athens 35,005 / 35,005(100%) $2,559,048[29]
TOTAL 1,624,152 / 1,629,945 (99%) $191,305,974

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