Of course there would be a tour for the Division Bell. The Division Bell Tour in 1994 was promoted by Canadian concert impresario Michael Cohl. These shows on this tour featured the most special effects, including two custom designed airships. There were three different stages that went around North America and Europe, each 180 feet (55 m) long and featuring a 130-foot (40 m) arch resembling the Hollywood Bowl venue. This required 700 tons of steel carried by 53 articulated trucks, a crew of 161 people and an initial investment of 4 million plus 25 million dollars of running costs just to stage. Ouch, that hurts the wallet.
Of course, this concert was big. It played to 5.5 million people in 68 cities, to the average audience of 45,000 people. At the end of the year, the Division Bell Tour was announced as the biggest tour ever, with worldwide gross of over $250 million. This was shortlived because the very next year, along came Rolling Stones' Voodoo Lounge Tour with a record $300 million. Both of these share the fact that they were both partially sponsored by Volkswagen! To this day though, only The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, U2, The Police, Bon Jovi, Roger Waters (who) and Madonna have had higher grossing tours.
The tour was sponsored in Europe by Volkswagen, which also issued a commemorative version of its top-selling car, the "Golf Pink Floyd", one of which was given as a prize at each concert. It was a standard Golf with Pink Floyd decals and a premium stereo, and had Volkswagen's most environmentally friendly engine, at Gilmour's insistence. The special edition, originally scheduled for a 1996 release, was cancelled.
These shows were of course documented! What in..?
p·u·l·s·e (1995)
Disc one
Lead vocals performed by David Gilmour unless stated otherwise.
"Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V, VII)" (David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Richard Wright) – 13:35
London, 20 October 1994 (All London performances were at Earls Court.)
"Astronomy Domine" (Syd Barrett) – 4:20
London, 15 October 1994
Lead vocals: David Gilmour and Richard Wright
"What Do You Want from Me" (Gilmour, Wright, Polly Samson) – 4:10
Cinecittà, Rome, on 21 September 1994
"Learning to Fly" (Gilmour, Anthony Moore, Bob Ezrin, Jon Carin) – 5:16
London, 14 October 1994
"Keep Talking" (Gilmour, Wright, Samson) – 6:52
Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, Germany on 17 August 1994
"Coming Back to Life" (Gilmour) – 6:56
London, 13 October 1994
"Hey You" (Waters) – 4:40
London, 13 and 15 (last verse) October 1994
Lead vocals: David Gilmour and Jon Carin
"A Great Day for Freedom" (Gilmour, Samson) – 4:30
London, 19 October 1994
"Sorrow" (Gilmour) – 10:49
Cinecittà, Rome on 20 September 1994
"High Hopes" (Gilmour, Samson) – 7:52
London, 20 October 1994. Some parts ("forever and ever" line and part of lap steel solo) from London, October 14–19 or 21-29, 1994
"Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)" (Waters) – 7:08
London, on 21 October 1994
Lead vocals: David Gilmour and Guy Pratt
Bonus track on cassette and LP editions
"One of These Days" (Gilmour, Waters, Wright, Nick Mason) – 6:45
London, 16 and 20 (last part) October 1994
Disc two
The Dark Side of the Moon
"Speak to Me" (Mason) – 2:30
Cinecittà, Rome on 20 September 1994
"Breathe" (Gilmour, Waters, Wright) – 2:33
London, 20 October 1994 (All London performances were at Earls Court.)
Lead vocals: David Gilmour and Jon Carin
"On the Run" (Gilmour, Waters) – 3:48
London, 20 October 1994. Explosion recorded in London, 15 October 1994.
"Time" (Gilmour, Waters, Wright, Mason) – 6:47
Intro recorded in Modena, Italy on 17 September 1994. The rest of song and most of "Breathe (Reprise)" was recorded at Cinecittà in Rome on 20 September 1994. Ending of "Breathe (Reprise)" recorded in London on 20 October 1994.
Lead vocals: David Gilmour and Richard Wright
"The Great Gig in the Sky" (Wright, Torry) – 5:52
London, 20 October 1994
Lead vocals: Sam Brown, Durga McBroom and Claudia Fontaine
"Money" (Waters) – 8:54
Modena, Italy on 17 September 1994. Part of sax solo in London on 20 October 1994
"Us and Them" (Waters, Wright) – 6:58
London, 20 October 1994. Second and third choruses London, 19 October 1994.
"Any Colour You Like" (Gilmour, Wright, Mason) – 3:21
London, 23 October 1994. Last part recorded in London, 19 October 1994.
"Brain Damage" (Waters) – 3:46
London, 19 October 1994
"Eclipse" (Waters) – 2:38
London, 19 October 1994
"Wish You Were Here" (Gilmour, Waters) – 6:35
Cinecittà, Rome, 20 September 1994
"Comfortably Numb" (Gilmour, Waters) – 9:29
London, 20 October 1994
Lead vocals: David Gilmour, Richard Wright, Jon Carin and Guy Pratt
"Run Like Hell" (Gilmour, Waters) – 8:36
London, 15 October 1994
Lead vocals: David Gilmour and Guy Pratt
So, bold prediction, because the cassette version has a song called..
"Soundscape" (Gilmour, Wright, Mason) – 22:00
An ambient piece that was played before the 1994 concerts
This song will be on the next album.
Unlike Delicate Sound of Thunder, David Gilmour and producer James Guthrie have stated that no parts of the songs were re-recorded in the studio. So everything you hear wasn't from a studio, which is probably for the best because this is an incredible live album/DVD. Seriously, it sounds fantastic. If you're watching the DVD it LOOKS fantastic. Some difference to the PPV version in cameras, you got a longer solo for Comfortably Numb (which makes it TOO long in my book), but it was relatively the same. Though if you watched the Pay-Per-View version, you got a shot of Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) of "ENIGMA".
Well, that refers to my all time favorite marketing scheme. It originated on the Internet as a Web-based contest, implemented presumably as a promotion for the album and its tour.
On 11 June 1994, a user of the anonymous Penet remailer service posted the following message to the Usenet newsgroup, alt.music.pink-floyd:
>>>>>>>> T H E M E S S A G E <<<<<<<<
My friends,
You have heard the message Pink Floyd has delivered,
but have you listened?
Perhaps I can be your guide, but I will not solve the enigma for you.
All of you must open your minds and communicate with each other,
as this is the only way the answers can be revealed.
I may help you, but only if obstacles arise.
Listen.
Read.
Think.
Communicate.
If I don't promise you the answers would you go.
Publius
Read the rest on
Wikipedia because it's incredible to read. I don't want to flood this with Publius quotes now.
Topic: Pink Floyd Discography thread v. 'On An Island, end V1' (Read 33748 times)
