Wish You Were Here Tour

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Wish You Were Here Tour
Tour by Pink Floyd
Associated album Wish You Were Here
Start date8 April 1975
End date5 July 1975
Legs3
No. of shows29
Pink Floyd concert chronology

The Wish You Were Here Tour, also referred to as the North American Tour, was a concert tour by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd in 1975 in support of their then-forthcoming album Wish You Were Here . The tour was divided in two legs in the United States, West Coast and East Coast, and a gig in the UK at the Knebworth Festival.

Contents

On this tour debuted the song "Have a Cigar" and the "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" suite was divided in two parts with "Have a Cigar" between.

The last gig of the tour was as the headliner of 1975 Knebworth Festival, which also featured Steve Miller Band, Captain Beefheart and Roy Harper (who joined Pink Floyd on the stage to sing "Have a Cigar"). [1] Knebworth was the last time the band would perform "Echoes" and the entire The Dark Side of the Moon album with Roger Waters. [2]

Setlist

Rotating flower-petal mirror ball, used to reflect spotlights during concerts from 1975 to 1977; displayed at the Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains exhibition Pink Floyd Their Mortal Remains - 2017-10-13 - Andy Mabbett - 26.jpg
Rotating flower-petal mirror ball, used to reflect spotlights during concerts from 1975 to 1977; displayed at the Pink Floyd: Their Mortal Remains exhibition

The band performed two sets for the tour. The first set included songs from Wish You Were Here and early versions of songs from Animals under working titles. The second set consisted the entire The Dark Side of the Moon album with "Echoes" performed as an encore. [3] [4]

First set

  1. "Raving and Drooling"
  2. "You've Got to Be Crazy"
  3. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts I-V"
  4. "Have a Cigar"
  5. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts VI-IX"

Second set: The Dark Side of the Moon

  1. "Speak to Me"
  2. "Breathe"
  3. "On the Run"
  4. "Time / Breathe (Reprise)"
  5. "The Great Gig in the Sky"
  6. "Money"
  7. "Us and Them"
  8. "Any Colour You Like"
  9. "Brain Damage"
  10. "Eclipse"

Encore

  1. "Echoes"

Tour dates

List of 1975 concerts showing date, city, country and venue [4] [5]
DateCityCountryVenue
8 April Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum
10 April Seattle United States Seattle Center Coliseum
12 April Daly City Cow Palace
13 April
17 April Denver Denver Coliseum
19 April Tucson Tucson Convention Center
20 April Tempe ASU Activity Center
21 April San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
23 April Los Angeles Los Angeles Sports Arena
24 April
25 April
26 April
27 April
7 June Atlanta Atlanta Stadium
9 June Landover Capital Centre
10 June
12 June Philadelphia The Spectrum
13 June
14 June Jersey City Roosevelt Stadium
16 June Uniondale Nassau Coliseum
17 June
18 June Boston Boston Garden
20 June Pittsburgh Three Rivers Stadium
22 June Milwaukee Milwaukee County Stadium
23 June Detroit Olympia Stadium
24 June
26 June Montreal Canada Autostade
28 June Hamilton Ivor Wynne Stadium
5 July [lower-alpha 1] Knebworth England Knebworth House
Notes
  1. The concert in Knebworth on 5 July 1975 was part of the Knebworth Festival.

Personnel

Pink Floyd

Additional musicians

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Citations

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