Watch Roger Waters Rebuild ‘The Wall’

Pink Floyd founding member and main lyricist Roger Waters has been away from the music scene since completing his successful “Dark Side of the Moon Live” tour in 2008 (which included a headlining spot at 2008’s Coachella Festival). He’s returning this year, and it seems Mr. Waters still has a penchant for celebrating the classic Floyd albums in their entirety, seeing that he just announced a new tour for 2010: The Wall Live.

The classic 1979 double album The Wall will be played in its entirety in venues spanning at least 36 dates across the United States.

Roger spoke to Spinner on the current the relevancy of the album, stating that “maybe the story of my fear and loss with it’s concomitant inevitable residue of ridicule, shame and punishment, provides an allegory for broader concerns: Nationalism, racism, sexism, religion, whatever! All these issues and ‘isms are driven by the same fears that drove my young life.”

The original tour behind The Wall is widely remembered for two things: being overblown, and serving as the final straw that broke Pink Floyd apart. Ever since then, the other members of Pink Floyd expressed interest in reviving pretty much every other moment of the band’s career but The Wall, even performing their iconic Dark Side of The Moon album in its entirety before Roger’s recent solo tour. The only exception to this rule would be the song Comfortably Numb, arguably the last equal (and truly brilliant) collaboration between guitarist David Gilmour and then-overlord Roger Waters.

It’s worth remembering, however that The Wall is 95% Roger Water’s baby, his most personal record – or, as Gilmour put it, “a catalog of people Roger blames for his own failings in life”.

Whether you love or hate The Wall, you can be sure that Mr. Waters will put on a hell of a spectacle; if the Dark Side of the Moon tour was any indication, one can at least expect mind-blowing visuals at the show.

There’s also an underlying message: ”This new production of ‘The Wall’ is an attempt to draw some comparisons, to illuminate our current predicament, and is dedicated to all the innocent lost in the intervening years,” Waters explained.

Roger Waters The Wall tour dates:

9/15: Toronto / Air Canada Centre
9/20: Chicago / United Center
9/21: Chicago / United Center
9/26: Pittsburgh / Consol Energy Center
9/28: Cleveland / Quicken Loans Arena
9/30: Boston / TD Garden
10/5: New York / Madison Square Garden
10/8: Buffalo / HSBC Arena
10/10: Washington DC / Verizon Center
10/12: Uniondale / Nassau Coliseum
10/15: Hartford / XL Center
10/17: Ottawa / ScotiaBank Place
10/19: Montreal / Bell Centre
10/22: Columbus / Schottenstein Center
10/24: Detroit / Palace of Auburn Hills
10/26: Omaha / Qwest Center
10/27: St Paul / Xcel Energy Center
10/29: St. Louis / Scottrade Center
10/30: Kansas City / Sprint Center
11/3: New York / Izod Center
11/8: Philadelphia / Wachovia Center
11/9: Philadelphia / Wachovia Center
11/13: Fort Lauderdale / Bank Atlantic Center
11/16: Tampa / St. Pete Times Forum
11/18: Atlanta / Philips Arena
11/20: Houston / Toyota Center
11/21: Dallas / American Airlines Center
11/23: Denver / Pepsi Center
11/26: Las Vegas / MGM Grand Garden Arena
11/27: Phoenix / US Airways Center
11/29: Los Angeles / The Forum
12/6: San Jose / HP Pavilion
12/10: Vancouver / General Motors Place
12/11: Tacoma / Tacoma Dome
12/13: Anaheim / Honda Center

Head to Roger Waters’ official site to learn more.