Pink Floyd Live In Venice Concert

                                            

           A  Live concert by Pink Floyd in Piazza San Marco 1989. 

  

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1. Shine You Crazy Diamond
2. Learning To Fly
3. Yet Another Movie
4. Round And Around
5. Sorrow
6. The Dogs Of War
7. On The Turning Away
8. Time
9. The Great Gig In The Sky
10. Wish You Were Here
11. Money
12. Another Brick In The Wall
13. Comfortably Numb
14. Run Like Hell


                                    


A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour

After the release of A Momentary Lapse of Reason in 1987, Pink Floyd embarked on an 11-week tour to promote the album. The two remaining members of the band, David Gilmour and Nick Mason, along with Richard Wright, had just won a legal battle against Roger Waters and the future of the group was uncertain. Having the success of The Wall shows to live up to, the concerts' special effects were more impressive than ever. The initial "promotional tour" was extended, and finally lasted almost two years, ending in 1989 after playing around 200 concerts to about 5.5 million people in total, including 3 dates at Madison Square Garden (5–7 October 1987) and 2 nights at Wembley Stadium (5–6 August 1988). The tour took Pink Floyd to various exotic locations they had never played before such as shows in the forecourt of the Palace of Versailles, Moscow's Olympic Stadium, and Venice, despite fears and protests that the sound would damage the latter city's foundations.

These shows are documented by the Delicate Sound of Thunder album and video.

Pink Floyd was the second highest grossing act of 1987 and the highest grossing of 1988 in the U.S. Financially, Pink Floyd was the biggest act of these two years combined, grossing almost US$ 60 million from touring, about the same as U2 and Michael Jackson, their closest rivals, combined. Worldwide, the band grossed around US$ 135 million.

The tour marked the first time that the band played in Russia, Norway, Spain, New Zealand and was the first time that had played in Australia since 1973.

 A further concert was held at the Knebworth Festival in 1990, a charity event that also featured other Silver Clef Award winners. Pink Floyd was the last act to play, to an audience of 125,000. During this gig Clare Torry sang backing vocals making it the second and last time she did so. Vicki and Sam Brown also attended as backing vocalists, as well as Candy Dulfer with saxophone solo. The £60,000 firework display that ended the concert was entirely financed by the band.




                                    

David Gilmour (guitars and vocals)
Richard Wright (keyboards and vocals)
Nick Mason (drums and percussion)
Jon Carin (keyboards, synthesizers and vocals)
Tim Renwick (guitars)
Guy Pratt (bass and vocals)
Scott Page (saxophones)
Gary Wallis (percussion
Rachel Fury (backing vocals)
Durga McBroom (backing vocals)
Lorelei McBroom (backing vocals)