I guess that's an understandable reason for you guys, because you lived through Pink Floyd and got to see them, anticipate new releases, etc... I just became a Floyd fan last year, and being 15, I doubt my live Floyd-related experiences will ever top this, seeing as how this'll probably be my only and last chance to see something as magnificent (or once magnificent depending on who you talk to) as this. That's really why I'm so excited.
I can totally understand this line of thinking. Had Waters done this tour when I first got into Floyd, I would have been all over it, regardless of price.
Ya know, Gilmour did do a tour with DSotM and a lot of non-Floyd band members (including a couple of Roger's). It's a nostalgia act now, but wasn't in the 90s? I also remember tickets being exorbitantly expensive and being as much about the [truly incredible] stage show as anything else. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of Gilmour's and I was reasonably cool with the Division Bell, I'm having a hard time with your distinction.
No, it is completely different.
For one, it was
The Division Bell tour. Floyd were touring on a new record; Waters is touring a record that is 31 years old.
Two, they didn't start playing all of
Dark Side of the Moon until later in the tour, and even then, it still wasn't played in its entirety every night.
Lastly, tickets were not that expensive. I remember mine was $75, and my seat was pretty darn good. Okay, ticket prices have gone up since 1994, so you have to account for that, but they still weren't gouging fans the way Waters and/or promotes are this year.
Also, I am still disappointed that "Astronomy Domine" didn't make the set on the show recorded for the
Pulse video. That was a fantastic opener. The greatness of "Shine On..." speaks for itself, but for a concert, starting off with a rocker like AD was absolute money.