Roger Waters presents The Wall
Roger Waters, the creative genius behind musical pioneers Pink Floyd, is set to bring his groundbreaking masterpiece, The Wall, to the MEN Arena next spring.
Celebrating the seminal album's 30th anniversary, the 2011 concerts will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for fans to witness a full band performing The Wall in its entirety, with a specially designed state-of-the-art stage show designed by album illustrator Gerald Scarfe.
Boasting Pink Floyd classics including Comfortably Numb, Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2, Mother, Run Like Hell and Young Lust, The Wall remains one of the top five best-selling albums of all time.
The Wall has been performed by its creator just 31 times live, including Pink Floyd's 1980-81 tour in support of the album. Roger Waters resurrected the phenomena in July 1990 with one of the largest concerts ever held to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall. That awe-inspiring event attracted nearly half a million fans to the Potsdamer Platz and while countless millions more around the world watched the extravaganza on television, critics hailed Waters' creation as the best concert ever, setting the standard for every act since to try to achieve. And Waters reveals that to make sure The Wall is as relevant in 2011 as it was 30 years ago, he has revisited every song and embraced the latest technology and special effects to energise his masterpiece.
"Projection systems now are completely different from what they were then, which means that I would be able to project over the entire 240-foot expanse of the wall ... which we couldn't do in those days," says Roger.
The show starts with the wall broken down and throughout the first half bricks are built. The second half is played with the wall completely built. Roger Waters is developing dynamic new video graphics and visual images to illustrate the story and the songs, using an 8,000 sq ft wall as a huge screen. The show features all the Roger Waters scale grandeur and special effects such as original Gerald Scarfe imagery, crashing aeroplane, quadraphonic sound, pyrotechnics, spot pods, gigantic inflatable puppets, projection, video mapping and many elaborate effects.
Price £175pp (21st May - Sold Out)
Price includes:
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Official ticket
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Entry to the VIP Suite
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VIP red carpet entrance
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Cash bar
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Hostess service
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13 fixed seats on the balcony inside the arena bowl
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2 seats inside the suite by a sliding window (same view as balcony seats)
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VIP reserved car parking on the ground floor level of the arena car park (limited spaces available per event)
To book or for more information please call 0161 829 6500