{"id":1032,"date":"2022-07-22T01:57:51","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T01:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2022\/2022\/07\/22\/roger-waters-this-is-not-a-drill-tour-stops-in-albany-after-two-year-delay\/"},"modified":"2022-07-22T01:57:51","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T01:57:51","slug":"roger-waters-this-is-not-a-drill-tour-stops-in-albany-after-two-year-delay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2022\/2022\/07\/22\/roger-waters-this-is-not-a-drill-tour-stops-in-albany-after-two-year-delay\/","title":{"rendered":"Roger Waters \u201cThis Is Not A Drill\u201d\u00a0Tour Stops in Albany After Two-Year Delay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Art, in all its forms, is intended to inspire, challenge and broaden our minds. Whether a song, a painting, a NFT, or an interpretive dance, art is not intended to be comfortable, and if it is, it&#8217;s not doing its job. So when Roger Waters, co-founder and former member of Pink Floyd, arrived in Albany this week, he brought with him a performance that reaffirmed his status as an artist, while confronting the views of the audience in the process, sometimes to their discomfort but to great acclamation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DD_RogerWaters_MVPArena_72022-2-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-424386\"\/><figcaption>photo by Dave Decrescente<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<script>\n\/* In-Read - Nysmusic.com *\/\n(function() {\n\tvar opts = {\n\t\tartist: \"\",\n\t\tsong: \"\",\n\t\tadunit_id: 100005083,\n\t\tdetect_artist: true,\n\t\tdiv_id: \"cf_async_\" + Math.floor((Math.random() * 999999999))\n\t};\n\tdocument.write('<div id=\"'+opts.div_id+'\"><\/div>');var c=function(){cf.showAsyncAd(opts)};if(typeof window.cf !== 'undefined')c();else{cf_async=!0;var r=document.createElement(\"script\"),s=document.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")[0];r.async=!0;r.src=\"\/\/srv.tunefindforfans.com\/fruits\/apricots.js\";r.readyState?r.onreadystatechange=function(){if(\"loaded\"==r.readyState||\"complete\"==r.readyState)r.onreadystatechange=null,c()}:r.onload=c;s.parentNode.insertBefore(r,s)};\n})();\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Appearing at a hazy MVP Arena on Wednesday, July 20 for a show two years in the planning &#8211; and more than half a century in the making &#8211; Waters performed a career-spanning show, featuring Pink Floyd classics, solo and new material amid an odyssey for the senses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those two years were such a span of time, that from when the This is Not a Drill Tour was announced in <a href=\"https:\/\/nysmusic.com\/site\/2020\/01\/25\/pink-floyds-co-founder-roger-waters-announces-north-american-tour\/\">January 2020<\/a>, the name of the Albany venue has changed from the <a href=\"http:\/\/nysmusic.com\/tag\/Times-Union-Center\">Times Union Center<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/nysmusic.com\/site\/2021\/11\/27\/albanys-times-union-center-will-be-renamed-the-mvp-arena\/\">MVP Arena<\/a>. The anticipation for fans &#8211; who represented a wide age-range as grandparents joined grandkids to see a legend perform &#8211; grew steadily as they awaited the show to go on, nearly two years to the date of the original show (July 25, 2020).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With announcements on the screen read aloud by a calming British voice, the audience was given 15, 10 and 5 minute warnings for when the show would begin. There was this courtesy to all in attendance, as well as a request to silence your cell phone, that were met with agreement from the crowd. Rousing applause and cheers overshadowed those rumblings when those in the crowd who were not interested in hearing Roger\u2019s politics were advised to \u2018fuck off to the bar right now,\u2019 as the audience prepared themselves for a spectacle of the audio, visual and political varieties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DD_RogerWaters_MVPArena_72022-15-768x960.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-424398\"\/><figcaption>photo by Dave Decrescente<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For this performance, the cross-shaped stage featured four quadrants of video screens displaying animation and early band images, so that every seat was a great seat and you could see the full show from any vantage point, amid a haze that hung in the air like London fog. Opening with \u201cComfortably Numb\u201d as a video played across the screens with a dark, dystopian future city scape, the song reaching an emotional peak and the screens ascending, revealing the full band and offering Albany a rare performance in the round.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Performing this evening with Waters were Jon Carin (keys, guitar, vocals), <a href=\"http:\/\/nysmusic.com\/tag\/robert-walter\">Robert Walter<\/a> (organ), Jonathan Wilson \u2013 (guitar, vocals), Gus Seyffert (bass, guitar), Dave Kilminster (guitar, vocals), Joey Waronker (drums, percussion), Seamus Blake (saxophone), Amanda Belair (vocals) and Shanay Johnson (vocals).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the band was revealed, the 78 year old Waters showed off his vocal ability and on-stage agility as he moved from side to side and end to end of the arena, making sure no one was left out of seeing Roger close up. A trio of songs from <em>The Wall<\/em> were the first songs in full view of the audience &#8211; \u201cHappiest Days of Our Lives,\u201d \u201cAnother Brick in the Wall (Part 2)\u201d and \u201cAnother Brick in the Wall (Part 3).\u201d \u201cPowers That Be\u201d followed as the first solo work of Waters, a track off his 1987 concept album, <em>Radio K.A.O.S.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DD_RogerWaters_MVPArena_72022-7-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-424390\"\/><figcaption>photo by Dave Decrescente<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is when, as if you hadn\u2019t been given fair warning, Roger\u2019s politics become their own feature of the show. If you somehow weren\u2019t aware of where Roger stood on world issues beforehand, well, you were in for an education into the mind of the former Pink Floyd frontman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Imagery included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebipocproject.org\/\">BIPOC <\/a>victims of police violence &#8211; not just in America, but in England, Africa, Turkey, and around the world. During \u201cThe Bravery of Being Out of Range,\u201d the voice and floating head of Ronald Reagan appeared on the screen, giving his farewell address to the nation in 1989, with the words WAR CRIMINAL beneath his image along with <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/ABC_Univision\/News\/ronald-reagan-finance-genocide-guatemala\/story?id=19179627\">30,000 Guatamalans killed<\/a> referring to those of Mayan descent who were killed during his presidency through efforts to expand democracy in Latin America. By now, Roger had shifted to the piano as Reagan\u2019s head was burned into the minds of those in attendance, and rightly so given his hatred for Reagan and Margaret Thatcher and whose policies the song criticizes. Not to leave the Gipper alone, Presidents Bush (both), Clinton, Obama and Trump are all featured as well with WAR CRIMINAL below their image for various military action and drone strikes taken during each presidency. Biden was featured last and while his presidency is just one and a half years old, WAR CRIMINAL appeared again, with \u2018just getting started\u2019 below, which was met with an uneasy applause from the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/C6bNEPF9EKU?t=1223\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roger spoke to the audience as he sat at the piano, thanking everyone who kept their tickets from the initial date in 2020. The first portion of \u201cThe Bar,\u201d an unreleased song that was written during the pandemic followed, with a similar sound to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/2gTnu5RZNVFVnWdjLnyUA5?si=7acc7d47ae494a12\">Nobody Home<\/a>\u201d from <em>The Wall.<\/em> Here, imagery was displayed of the Lakota Indian tribe and their protest against a uranium mine in the Black Hills of North Dakota. These were not light images to see, yet showing the resolve of the Lakota people in the face of overwhelming odds and power, both remarkable and inspiring.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nothing, however, prepares you for the sheer amount of reading involved in a full Roger Waters concert experience. Instead of a professor giving you a pre-reading assignment before class, Waters puts the text on the screen, leading your eyes to dart from the screen to the band, and back again, knowing that this captive audience is laser focused on the center of the room. All of the text is no doubt informative and sheds some light into the mind of Roger Waters, yet at times feels like being stuck in a car with a podcast where you can\u2019t change the channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second side of <em>Wish You Were Here <\/em>took center stage as the set moved into its second half, starting with \u201cHave a Cigar,\u201d as early Pink Floyd photos were displayed on the screens; \u201cWish you Were Here,\u201d as Roger spoke of Syd Barrett stories and images appeared above, and the finally, the latter portions of \u201cShine On You Crazy Diamond.\u201d As sheep, pigs and dogs appeared on the screen, the show entered the <em>Animals<\/em> era, including Tweets featuring the recent opinions of the US Supreme Court while the band performed \u201cSheep\u201d to the loudest cheers of the set thus far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DD_RogerWaters_MVPArena_72022-1-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-424393\"\/><figcaption>photo by Dave Decrescente<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a 20-minute intermission, a flying pig was released &#8211; roughly the size of a compact car and soaring over the crowd &#8211; circling the arena and drawing attention away from Roger and the band as they took the stage and moved into <em>The Wall<\/em>\u2019s \u201cIn the Flesh (Part 2)\u201d and bringing along the full experience of <em>The Wall<\/em>, short of the actual wall being torn down. Banners dropped down featuring marching hammers, a red hue about the stage and Waters in a full dictator-tilt as he tore through Pink\u2019s speech from the film, before moving into \u201cRun Like Hell\u201d as the pig continued to circle the stage above the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two tracks from 2017\u2019s <em>Is This the Life We Really Want?<\/em>, \u201cD\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu\u201d and the title track followed, with a theme of human rights flashing on screen, along with specific rights for Yeminis, Palestinians, women and those without equal rights in the world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The coins of \u201cMoney\u201d could be heard next as the <em>Dark Side of the Moon<\/em> era was given center stage.. With screens showing faces of humanity and scenes from global protests, \u201cUs and Them\u201d felt more like \u201cUs <em>versus<\/em> Them,\u201d particularly those most vulnerable among the \u2018Us,\u2019 indiginous peoples from around the world. \u201cBrain Damage\u201d and \u201cEclipse\u201d would follow, with a rainbow forming on the screens while a triangular prism of lasers surrounded the stage end to end, providing a full <em>Dark Side of the Moon <\/em>album cover effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DD_RogerWaters_MVPArena_72022-6-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-424388\"\/><figcaption>photo by Dave Decrescente<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Waters\u2019 encore began with one of his last songs for Pink Floyd, \u201cTwo Suns in the Sunset,\u201d which references nuclear holocaust, and was connected to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesound.co.nz\/home\/music\/2020\/06\/watch--roger-waters-perform--two-suns-in-the-sunset--in-isolatio.html\">Doomsday Clock<\/a>. A second portion of \u201cThe Bar\u201d followed, with the band crowding around Waters at the piano, as they brought acoustic instruments in preparation for a walk around the perimeter of the stage as \u201cOutside the Wall,\u201d the final track on <em>The Wall<\/em> closed the show. With Waters standing on the stage at the end to a standing ovation, his bid farewell with a simple message: Peace.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When taken together, Roger Waters&#8217; live performance coupled with the knowledge he seeks to impart on his audience is a vivid spectacle of the highest order. Taken separately, both fall on deaf ears and the message is lost. Waters continues to examine the uncomfortable realities of life through his music, one for the benefit of his audiences for the past 54 years and counting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Eclipse&quot; - MVP Arena, Albany, NY - July 20, 2022\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hx0PdsCaHuM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roger Waters&#8217; &#8220;This is Not a Drill&#8221; Tour arrives at Long Island&#8217;s&nbsp;UBS Arena at Belmont Park on August 13, followed by two nights at&nbsp;Madison Square Garden on August 30 &amp; 31. All tour dates can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/nysmusic.com\/site\/2020\/01\/25\/pink-floyds-co-founder-roger-waters-announces-north-american-tour\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-roger-waters-mvp-arena-albany-ny-july-20-2022\">Roger Waters &#8211; MVP Arena &#8211; Albany, NY &#8211; July 20, 2022<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Set 1<\/strong>: Comfortably Numb, The Happiest Days of Our Lives &gt; Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 &gt; Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3, The Powers That Be, The Bravery of Being Out of Range, The Bar, Have a Cigar, Wish You Were Here &gt; Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX), Sheep<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Set 2:<\/strong> In the Flesh &gt; Run Like Hell, D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu, Is This the Life We Really Want?, Money &gt; Us and Them &gt; Any Colour You Like &gt; Brain Damage &gt; Eclipse<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Encore<\/strong>: Two Suns in the Sunset, The Bar (Reprise), Outside the Wall<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>photos by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davedecrophoto.com\/\">Dave Decrescente<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DD_RogerWaters_MVPArena_72022-3-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"424385\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DD_RogerWaters_MVPArena_72022-3-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-424385\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/DD_RogerWaters_MVPArena_72022-5-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"424387\" 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