A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour explained

Concert Tour Name:	A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour
Number Of Legs:	7
Number Of Shows:	198
Artist:	Pink Floyd
Album:	A Momentary Lapse of Reason
Start Date:	9 September 1987
End Date:	18 July 1989
Last Tour:	The Wall Tour (1980–1981)
This Tour:	A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour (1987–1989)
Next Tour:	The Division Bell Tour (1994)
Gross:	$135 million^[1] ^[2]

A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour was two consecutive concert tours by the English rock band Pink Floyd. The A Momentary Lapse of Reason tour ran from September 1987 to August 1988; the Another Lapse tour ran from May–July 1989. Both tours were in support of their album A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987). The tour was the band's first since The Wall tour in 1981, and also the first without the band's original bassist Roger Waters. The band later reprised the setlist and stage show of this tour for their performance at Knebworth Park in 1990.

History

Initially, there was a great deal of uncertainty around the tour. Pink Floyd had not played live since 1981, and had not embarked on a full-fledged tour since 1977. Roger Waters left the band in 1985, believing the band would not continue. However, Gilmour and Mason decided to continue as Pink Floyd. Waters threatened legal action against Gilmour and Mason, as well as any promoters who promoted shows as "Pink Floyd". However, by the end of 1987, with the success of the album and first stages of the tour, the new lineup had established itself commercially, and the band reached a settlement with Waters in December.

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 197 concerts 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. The tour marked the first time that the band played in the Soviet Union, Norway, Spain and New Zealand, and was the first time they had played in Australia since 1971 and Japan since 1972.

Worldwide, the band grossed around US$135 million, making A Momentary Lapse of Reason the highest-grossing tour of the 1980s.

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 120,000. During this gig Clare Torry joined Vicki and Sam Brown in providing backing vocals, Candy Dulfer contributing saxophone solos. The £60,000 firework display that ended the concert was entirely financed by the band. These shows are documented by the Delicate Sound of Thunder album, video and Live at Knebworth '90 video. Video of both the Venice and Knebworth concerts were released on Blu-Ray and DVD in The Later Years boxset.^[3] ^[4]

Personnel

Pink Floyd:

David Gilmour – lead vocals, lead guitars and console steel guitar (on "One of These Days" and "The Great Gig In The Sky")
Nick Mason – drums, percussion
Richard Wright – keyboards, backing vocals and harmony vocals

Additional musicians:

Jon Carin – keyboards, sound effects, vocals, additional percussion
Scott Page – saxophones, oboe, additional guitars
Guy Pratt – bass guitar, vocals
Tim Renwick – guitars, backing vocals
Gary Wallis – percussion, additional keyboards
Rachel Fury – backing vocals
Durga McBroom – backing vocals (from Omni shows in 1987 forward)
Margaret Taylor – backing vocals (during the 1987-88 dates)
Lorelei McBroom – backing vocals (at The Omni shows 1987 and the 1989 dates)
Roberta Freeman – backing vocals (at The Omni shows 1987)

Knebworth Park additional musicians:

Guy Pratt – bass guitar, vocals
Jon Carin – keyboards, vocals
Michael Kamen - keyboards
Tim Renwick – rhythm and occasional lead guitars, backing vocals
Gary Wallis – percussion
Durga McBroom, Sam Brown, Vicki Brown, Clare Torry – backing vocals
Candy Dulfer – saxophone

Set list

Tour

The first set mainly consisted of songs from A Momentary Lapse of Reason and the second of hits and older songs. See notes on individual tour dates to see changes made to the usual set list.

Grand Canal, Venice, 15 July 1989 – Live TV concert

See also: Pink Floyd in Venice: A Concert for Europe. This was a special performance on a floating platform,^[5] for live Italian TV and was also broadcast worldwide. Due to time restrictions of live TV some songs were left out and others shortened in places. Before the concert, city authorities were so worried about the effects of loud amplified music on the ancient structures of the city that Pink Floyd agreed to play more quietly than usual.^[6] The influx of 200,000 fans into the city, and the outcry arising from the mountains of litter left behind and the inevitable consequences of the lack of toilet facilities, led to the entire city council resigning after the concert.^[6]

"Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Part I" (intro only)
"Learning to Fly"
"Yet Another Movie"
"Round and Around"
"Sorrow" (shortened outro)
"The Dogs of War"
"On the Turning Away"
"Time"
"The Great Gig in the Sky"
"Wish You Were Here"
"Money" (shorter than had previously been performed on the tour)
"Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2"
"Comfortably Numb"
"Run Like Hell"

Knebworth House, Knebworth, 30 June 1990 – Silver Clef Award Winners Concert

"Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts I-V" (featuring Candy Dulfer)
"The Great Gig in the Sky" (featuring Clare Torry)
"Wish You Were Here"
"Sorrow"
"Money"
"Comfortably Numb"
"Run Like Hell"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Tickets sold / available	Revenue
North America #1
9 September 1987	Ottawa	Canada	Lansdowne Park	26,062 / 35,000	$495,099
12 September 1987	Montreal		Montreal Forum	42,912 / 42,912	N/A
13 September 1987
14 September 1987
16 September 1987	Cleveland	United States	Cleveland Stadium	128,364 / 128,364	$2,567,280
17 September 1987	Cleveland		Cleveland Stadium	128,364 / 128,364	$2,567,280
19 September 1987	Philadelphia		John F. Kennedy Stadium	80,754 / 80,754	$1,615,080
21 September 1987	Toronto	Canada	Exhibition Stadium	146,599 / 150,000	$2,825,860
22 September 1987
23 September 1987
25 September 1987	Rosemont	United States	Rosemont Horizon	54,400 / 54,400	N/A
26 September 1987
27 September 1987
28 September 1987
30 September 1987	Milwaukee		County Stadium	58,044 / 60,000	$1,160,880
3 October 1987	Syracuse		Carrier Dome	39,510 / 39,510	N/A
5 October 1987	New York City		Madison Square Garden	50,571 / 50,571	$1,100,500
6 October 1987
7 October 1987
10 October 1987	East Rutherford		Brendan Byrne Arena	51,923 / 51,923	$1,049,449
11 October 1987
12 October 1987
14 October 1987	Hartford		Hartford Civic Center	N/A	N/A
15 October 1987	Hartford		Hartford Civic Center	N/A	N/A
16 October 1987	Providence		Providence Civic Center	23,860 / 23,860	$536,850
17 October 1987	Providence		Providence Civic Center	23,860 / 23,860	$536,850
19 October 1987	Landover		Capital Centre	54,505 / 58,000	$1,304,200
20 October 1987
21 October 1987
22 October 1987
25 October 1987	Chapel Hill		Dean Smith Center	28,636 / 29,604	$529,766
26 October 1987	Chapel Hill		Dean Smith Center	28,636 / 29,604	$529,766
30 October 1987	Tampa		Tampa Stadium	55,107 / 55,107	N/A
1 November 1987	Miami		Orange Bowl	55,000 / 55,000	N/A
3 November 1987	Atlanta		Omni Coliseum	41,129 / 41,429	$822,823
4 November 1987
5 November 1987
7 November 1987	Lexington		Rupp Arena	31,175 / 31,175	$576,138
8 November 1987	Lexington		Rupp Arena	31,175 / 31,175	$576,138
10 November 1987	Pontiac		Pontiac Silverdome	46,192 / 46,192	$923,840
12 November 1987	Indianapolis		Hoosier Dome	41,782 / 41,782	$835,640
15 November 1987	St. Louis		St. Louis Arena	27,954 / 27,954	$548,460
16 November 1987	St. Louis		St. Louis Arena	27,954 / 27,954	$548,460
18 November 1987	Houston		Astrodome	37,956 / 37,956	$734,760
19 November 1987	Austin		Frank Erwin Center	26,966 / 26,966	$489,675
20 November 1987	Austin		Frank Erwin Center	26,966 / 26,966	$489,675
21 November 1987	Dallas		Reunion Arena	46,179 / 46,179	$895,543
22 November 1987
23 November 1987
26 November 1987	Los Angeles		Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	N/A	N/A
27 November 1987
28 November 1987
30 November 1987
1 December 1987
3 December 1987	Oakland		Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena	53,013 / 53,013	$1,192,793
4 December 1987
5 December 1987
6 December 1987
8 December 1987	Seattle		Kingdome	33,700 / 40,000	$710,382
10 December 1987	Vancouver	Canada	BC Place Stadium	45,538 / 45,538	$879,825
Australia and New Zealand
22 January 1988	Auckland	New Zealand	Western Springs Stadium	N/A	N/A
27 January 1988	Sydney	Australia	Sydney Entertainment Centre	N/A	N/A
28 January 1988
29 January 1988
30 January 1988
31 January 1988
1 February 1988
2 February 1988
3 February 1988
4 February 1988
5 February 1988
7 February 1988	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre	N/A	N/A
8 February 1988	Brisbane		Brisbane Entertainment Centre	N/A	N/A
11 February 1988	Adelaide		Thebarton Oval	N/A	N/A
13 February 1988	Melbourne		Melbourne & Olympic Parks	N/A	N/A
14 February 1988
15 February 1988
16 February 1988
17 February 1988
18 February 1988
19 February 1988
20 February 1988
24 February 1988	Perth		East Fremantle Oval	N/A	N/A
Japan
2 March 1988	Tokyo	Japan	Nippon Budokan	N/A	N/A
3 March 1988			Nippon Budokan	N/A	N/A
4 March 1988			Yoyogi National Gymnasium	N/A	N/A
5 March 1988
6 March 1988
8 March 1988	Osaka		Osaka-jo Hall	N/A	N/A
9 March 1988	Osaka		Osaka-jo Hall	N/A	N/A
11 March 1988	Nagoya		Rainbow Hall	N/A	N/A
North American #2
15 April 1988	Los Angeles	United States	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	56,672 / 64,019	$1,233,203
18 April 1988	Denver		Mile High Stadium	51,976 / 65,000	$1,143,472
20 April 1988	Sacramento		Charles C. Hughes Stadium	27,000 / 27,000	$607,960
22 April 1988	Oakland		Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	78,972 / 90,000	$1,716,870
23 April 1988	Oakland		Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum	78,972 / 90,000	$1,716,870
25 April 1988	Phoenix		Municipal Stadium	48,330 / 48,330	$1,070,402
26 April 1988	Phoenix		Municipal Stadium	48,330 / 48,330	$1,070,402
28 April 1988	Irving		Texas Stadium	47,137 / 47,137	$924,080
30 April 1988	Orlando		Florida Citrus Bowl	N/A	N/A
4 May 1988	Raleigh		Carter–Finley Stadium	42,982 / 42,982	$866,576
6 May 1988	Foxborough		Sullivan Stadium	85,911 / 88,998	$1,932,998
8 May 1988	Foxborough		Sullivan Stadium	85,911 / 88,998	$1,932,998
11 May 1988		Canada	Olympic Stadium	41,761 / 55,000	$1,168,236
13 May 1988		Canada	CNE Stadium	47,017 / 50,000	$1,014,204
15 May 1988		United States	Veterans Stadium	88,010 / 95,800	$1,917,675
16 May 1988			Veterans Stadium	88,010 / 95,800	$1,917,675
18 May 1988	Cedar Falls		UNI-Dome	15,857 / 15,857	N/A
20 May 1988	Madison		Camp Randall Stadium	45,132 / 55,000	$902,640
21 May 1988	Rosemont		Rosemont Horizon	28,788 / 28,788	$704,725
22 May 1988	Rosemont		Rosemont Horizon	28,788 / 28,788	$704,725
24 May 1988	Minneapolis		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	42,532 / 50,000	$938,768
26 May 1988	Kansas City		Arrowhead Stadium	N/A	N/A
28 May 1988	Columbus		Ohio Stadium	63,016 / 63,016	$1,260,320
30 May 1988	Pittsburgh		Three Rivers Stadium	51,101 / 51,101	$1,022,020
1 June 1988	Washington, D.C.		RFK Stadium	44,586 / 44,586	$1,003,185
3 June 1988	East Rutherford		Giants Stadium	107,568 / 107,568	$2,389,635
4 June 1988	East Rutherford		Giants Stadium	107,568 / 107,568	$2,389,635
Europe #1
10 June 1988	Nantes	France	Stade de la Beaujoire	N/A	N/A
13 June 1988	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Feijenoord Stadion	N/A	N/A
14 June 1988	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Feijenoord Stadion	N/A	N/A
16 June 1988	West Berlin	West Germany	Reichstagsgelände	N/A	N/A
18 June 1988	Mannheim	West Germany	Maimarktgelände	N/A	N/A
21 June 1988	Versailles	France	Palace of Versailles	N/A	N/A
22 June 1988	Versailles	France	Palace of Versailles	N/A	N/A
25 June 1988	Hanover	West Germany	Niedersachsenstadion	N/A	N/A
27 June 1988	Dortmund		Westfalenhallen	N/A	N/A
28 June 1988
29 June 1988
1 July 1988	Vienna	Austria	Ernst-Happel-Stadion	N/A	N/A
3 July 1988	Munich	West Germany	Olympiastadion München	N/A	N/A
6 July 1988	Turin	Italy	Stadio Olimpico di Torino	N/A	N/A
8 July 1988	Modena		Stadio Alberto Braglia	N/A	N/A
9 July 1988	Modena		Stadio Alberto Braglia	N/A	N/A
11 July 1988	Rome		Stadio Flaminio	N/A	N/A
12 July 1988	Rome		Stadio Flaminio	N/A	N/A
15 July 1988	Grenoble	France	Stade du Municipal Charles-Berty	N/A	N/A
17 July 1988	Nice	France	Stade Charles-Ehrmann	N/A	N/A
20 July 1988	Barcelona	Spain	Estadi de Sarrià	N/A	N/A
22 July 1988	Madrid	Spain	Estadio Vicente Calderón	N/A	N/A
24 July 1988	Montpellier	France	Espace Richter	N/A	N/A
26 July 1988	Basel	Switzerland	St. Jakob Stadium	N/A	N/A
28 July 1988	Lille	France	Stadium Nord Lille Métropole	N/A	N/A
31 July 1988	Copenhagen	Denmark	Gentofte Stadion	N/A	N/A
2 August 1988	Oslo	Norway	Valle Hovin	N/A	N/A
5 August 1988	London	England	Wembley Stadium	N/A	N/A
6 August 1988	London		Wembley Stadium	N/A	N/A
8 August 1988	Manchester		Maine Road	N/A	N/A
North America #3
12 August 1988	Richfield	United States	Richfield Coliseum	44,640 / 44,640	$1,116,000
13 August 1988
14 August 1988
16 August 1988	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills	31,016 / 31,016	$775,400
17 August 1988	Auburn Hills		The Palace of Auburn Hills	31,016 / 31,016	$775,400
19 August 1988	Uniondale		Nassau Coliseum	71,862 / 71,862	$1,796,550
20 August 1988
21 August 1988
22 August 1988
23 August 1988
Europe #2 ("Another Lapse Tour")
13 May 1989	Werchter	Belgium	Rock Werchter	N/A	N/A
16 May 1989	Verona	Italy	Verona Arena	N/A	N/A
17 May 1989
18 May 1989
20 May 1989	Monza		Autodromo Nazionale Monza	N/A	N/A
22 May 1989	Livorno		Stadio Armando Picchi	N/A	N/A
23 May 1989	Livorno		Stadio Armando Picchi	N/A	N/A
25 May 1989	Cava de' Tirreni		Stadio Simonetta Lamberti	N/A	N/A
26 May 1989	Cava de' Tirreni		Stadio Simonetta Lamberti	N/A	N/A
31 May 1989	Athens	Greece	Olympic Stadium	N/A	N/A
3 June 1989	Moscow	Soviet Union	Olympic Stadium	N/A	N/A
4 June 1989
6 June 1989
7 June 1989
8 June 1989
10 June 1989	Lahti	Finland	Lahden Suurhalli	N/A	N/A
12 June 1989	Stockholm	Sweden	Stockholm Globe Arena	N/A	N/A
13 June 1989
14 June 1989
16 June 1989	Hamburg	West Germany	Festwiese Im Stadtpark	N/A	N/A
18 June 1989	Cologne		Mungersdorfer Stadion	N/A	N/A
20 June 1989	Frankfurt		Festhalle Frankfurt	N/A	N/A
21 June 1989	Frankfurt		Festhalle Frankfurt	N/A	N/A
23 June 1989	Linz	Austria	Linzer Stadion	N/A	N/A
25 June 1989	Stuttgart	West Germany	Neckarstadion	N/A	N/A
27 June 1989	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy	N/A	N/A
28 June 1989
29 June 1989
30 June 1989
1 July 1989
4 July 1989	London	England	Docklands Arena	N/A	N/A
5 July 1989
6 July 1989
7 July 1989
8 July 1989
9 July 1989
10 July 1989	Nijmegen	Netherlands	Goffertpark	N/A	N/A
12 July 1989	Lausanne	Switzerland	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise	N/A	N/A
15 July 1989	Venice	Italy	Piazza San Marco	N/A	N/A
18 July 1989	Marseille	France	Stade Vélodrome	N/A	N/A
30 June 1990	Knebworth	England	Knebworth House	N/A	N/A

External links

Notes and References

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Book: Icons of Rock. 452. Greenwood Publishing Group. Scott. Schinder. Andy. Schwartz. 2008. 9780313338458 . 30 April 2011.
Web site: Pink Floyd - The Later Years . 2022-03-05 . thelateryears.pinkfloyd.com . en-US.
Web site: Pink Floyd - THE LATER YEARS BOXED SET . 2022-03-05 . Pink Floyd.
Web site: Szacka . Léa-Catherine . When Pink Floyd played Venice in 1989 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20201112023848/https://www.archpaper.com/2016/08/pink-floyd-venice/ . 2020-11-12 . 2016-08-12 . San Giorgio Maggiore, the band performed from a floating platform in the middle of the Venetian lagoon, while the assembled crowds filled every inch of St. Mark’s Square, the adjoining Piazzetta, and waterfront Riva degli Schiavoni, and even jostled for a front row seat in an ever-growing carpet of boats moored within the lagoon itself. ..a vast floating stage, 318 feet long by 79 feet wide and 79 feet high. ..city’s refusal to provide either city cleaners or portable toilets for the concert. . live.
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