The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (tour)

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The Pros and Cons Tour
Tour by Roger Waters
Associated albumThe Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking
Start date16 June 1984
End date14 April 1985
Legs2
No. of shows36
Roger Waters concert chronology

The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking was the first solo concert tour by Roger Waters. It included performances of some of his songs from Pink Floyd of whom he was still a part when the album was produced, and a full performance of his first solo album, The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking. The tour, despite featuring Eric Clapton (who was present on the 1984 dates only), under-sold tickets, but did better during 1985.[1]

Tour set list[]

A typical set list for the tour:

1984

Set One

  1. "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun"
  2. "Money"
  3. "If"
  4. "Welcome to the Machine"
  5. "Have a Cigar"
  6. "Wish You Were Here"
  7. "Pigs on the Wing"
  8. "In the Flesh"
  9. "Nobody Home"
  10. "Hey You"
  11. "The Gunner's Dream"

Set Two: The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking

  1. "4:30 AM (Apparently They Were Travelling Abroad)"
  2. "4:33 AM (Running Shoes)"
  3. "4:37 AM (Arabs with Knives and West German Skies)"
  4. "4:39 AM (For the First Time Today, Part 2)"
  5. "4:41 AM (Sexual Revolution)"
  6. "4:47 AM (The Remains of Our Love)"
  7. "4:50 AM (Go Fishing)"
  8. "4:56 AM (For the First Time Today, Part 1)"
  9. "4:58 AM (Dunroamin, Duncarin, Dunlivin)"
  10. "5:01 AM (The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, Part 10)"
  11. "5:06 AM (Every Stranger's Eyes)"
  12. "5:11 AM (The Moment of Clarity)"

Encore

  1. "Brain Damage"
  2. "Eclipse"
1985

Set One

  1. "Welcome to the Machine"
  2. "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun"
  3. "Money"
  4. "If"
  5. "Wish You Were Here"
  6. "Pigs on the Wing (part 1)"
  7. "Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert"
  8. "Southampton Dock"
  9. "The Gunner's Dream"
  10. "In the Flesh"
  11. "Nobody Home"
  12. "Have a Cigar"
  13. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 1"
  14. "The Happiest Days of Our Lives"
  15. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2"

Set Two, as 1984

Encore, as 1984

Backdrop projections[]

The backdrop projection was directed by Nicolas Roeg and between 1984 and 1985, combining Gerald Scarfe's animations and Roeg's live action footage.

"He [Nicolas Roeg] came to America and all the stuff he shot in America... Yeah. I told him what I wanted but, I mean, very broadly. I said 'I want trucks, truck stops, people get on and off buses, deserted cabins...' You know. After the going to the country dream has gone sour. Just broad stuff like that, but I never expected him to arrive back with these fantastic kind of circling helicopter shots of broken down cabins in the middle of the desert and things like that. He actually went there to shoot the clip from "Pros and Cons" and so, he stayed on for an extra three days or something, just shot a whole bunch of footage and came back and said 'There you are!'"

The 1984 tour featured footage during "Apparently They Were Travelling Abroad", "Running Shoes", "Arabs With Knives (and West German Skies)", "For the First Time Today, Part 2", "The Remains of Our Love", "Go Fishing", "For the First Time Today, Part 2", "Dunroamin, Ducarin, Dunlivin" and "Every Strangers's Eyes" while the 1985 tour had uninterrupted footage during the full piece. The first set featured the original 1974 Pink Floyd footage for "Money" and the original 1977 Pink Floyd footage for "Welcome to the Machine". The film used in "Wish You Were Here" is the same that was used for "Us and Them" on the 1974 Pink Floyd tour. "Pigs on the Wing" featured footage of the inflatable pig suspended over Battersea Power Station. "In the Flesh" used the footage of "Waiting for the Worms" from the original 1980-81 Wall shows and movie. "The Gunner's Dream" was a completely new video featuring stock footage and the photographs from "The Final Cut". "Brain Damage / Eclipse" featured the same footage as on the original 1974 Pink Floyd tour.

Tour dates[]

Date City Country Venue Tickets sold / available Revenue
Europe
16 June 1984 Stockholm Sweden Isstadion N/A
17 June 1984
19 June 1984 Rotterdam Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy
21 June 1984 London England Earls Court
22 June 1984
26 June 1984 Birmingham National Exhibition Centre
27 June 1984
3 July 1984 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion
6 July 1984 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
North America (1984)
17 July 1984 Hartford United States Hartford Civic Center 17,754 / 23,500 $292,941
18 July 1984
20 July 1984 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena 42,000 / 42,000 $788,000
21 July 1984
22 July 1984
24 July 1984 Philadelphia Spectrum 12,867 / 12,867 $215,425
26 July 1984 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon N/A
28 July 1984 Toronto Canada Maple Leaf Gardens 17,932 / 20,000 $321,199
29 July 1984
31 July 1984 Montreal Montreal Forum N/A
North America (1985)
19 March 1985 Detroit United States Joe Louis Arena N/A
20 March 1985 Richfield Richfield Coliseum
21 March 1985 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 11,000 / 11,000 $159,059
23 March 1985 Toronto Canada Maple Leaf Gardens N/A
26 March 1985 New York City United States Radio City Music Hall 16,297 / 17,400 $349,880
27 March 1985
28 March 1985
29 March 1985 Philadelphia Spectrum 13,713 / 13,713 $218,655
30 March 1985 Worcester Centrum in Worcester N/A
3 April 1985 Oakland Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum
4 April 1985 Inglewood The Forum
6 April 1985 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
8 April 1985 Houston The Summit
9 April 1985 Austin Frank Erwin Center 7,378 / 12,503 $100,266
11 April 1985 Atlanta The Omni N/A
13 April 1985 Pembroke Pines Hollywood Sportatorium
14 April 1985 Lakeland Lakeland Civic Center

Tour band[]

References[]

  1. ^ Carruthers, Bob (2011). "The Wall". Pink Floyd – Uncensored on the Record (E-book ed.). Cooda Books Ltd. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-908538-27-7.

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