Us + Them Tour

The Us + Them Tour was a concert tour by rock musician Roger Waters. The tour visited the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and countries in Europe and Latin America, showcasing songs from Waters' career with Pink Floyd and his 2017 album Is This the Life We Really Want? It opened on 26 May 2017 in Kansas City, United States[1][2] and ended on 9 December 2018 in Monterrey, Mexico.

For the Pink Floyd song, see Us and Them (song).

Us + Them Tour
Tour by Roger Waters
Promotional poster for the tour
Location
  • North America
  • Oceania
  • Europe
  • South America
  • Central America
Associated albumIs This the Life We Really Want?
Start date21 May 2017
End date9 December 2018
Legs5
No. of shows
  • 72 in North America
  • 12 in Oceania
  • 59 in Europe
  • 14 in South America
  • 1 in Central America
  • 157 in total
Box officeUS $261,784,386
Roger Waters concert chronology

Background

In mid-October 2016, Waters announced that he would return to North America in 2017 with a pioneering new tour named "Us + Them", stating: "We are going to take a new show on the road, the content is very secret. It'll be a mixture of stuff from my long career, stuff from my years with Pink Floyd, some new things. Probably 75% of it will be old material and 25% will be new, but it will be all connected by a general theme. It will be a cool show, I promise you. It'll be spectacular like all my shows have been." The tour is named after the track "Us and Them", from Pink Floyd's 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon.[1][2]

Tour band
The band members holding hands onstage
The touring band saying good night on 24 January 2018 in New Zealand

Set list

The following set list was obtained from the concert held on September 12, 2017 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.[7] It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

Notes about encore section

The following songs were performed during the tour, with each song noted the city and date it was performed:

  • "Vera"/"Bring the Boys Back Home" (medley) (all shows until 11 August 2017; Oslo, 14 August 2018; Stockholm, 18 August 2018)
  • "Mother" (Nashville, 13 August 2017; Boston, 27 & 28 September 2017; Québec, 6 & 7 October 2017; Ottawa, 10 October 2017; Toronto, 13 October 2017; Montreal, 16, 17 & 18 October 2017; Winnipeg, 22 October 2017; Vancouver, 28 October 2017; Auckland, 24 & 26 January 2018; Dunedin, 30 January 2018; Sydney, 2 & 3 February 2018; Melbourne, 10, 11 & 13 February 2018; Adelaide, 16 February 2018; Bologna, 21, 24 & 25 April 2018; Budapest, 2 May 2018; Zagreb, 6 May 2018; Lyon, 9 May 2018; Antwerp, 11 May 2018; Rome, 14 July 2018; Kraków, 3 August 2018; São Paulo, 9 & 10 November 2018; Brasília, 13 October 2018; Rio de Janeiro, 24 October 2018; San José, 24 October 2018)
  • "Wait for Her/Oceans Apart/Part of Me Died" (medley) (Vancouver, 29 October 2017; Perth, 20 February 2018; Bologna, 22 April 2018; Prague, 28 April 2018; Antwerp, 12 May 2018; Lisbon, 20 May 2018; Amsterdam, 18 June 2018; Glasgow, 29 June 2018; Gdańsk, 5 August 2018)
  • "Danny Boy" (Dublin, 26 & 27 June 2018)
  • "Broken Bones" (Copenhagen, 10 August 2018; Oslo, 15 August 2018; Helsinki, 21 August 2018; Bogotá, 21 November 2018)
  • "The Bravery of Being Out of Range" (Riga, 24 August 2018; Kaunas, 26 August 2018; St. Petersburg, 29 August 2018; Moscow, 31 August 2018)
  • "Two Suns in the Sunset" (Salvador, 17 October 2018; Belo Horizonte, 21 October 2018; Montevideo, 3 November 2018; Lima, 17 November 2018)
  • "The Gunner's Dream" (Santiago, 14 November 2018)

Reception

As of July 2017, the Us + Them Tour, which had cost $4 million to produce, had grossed over $25 million in North America and ranked 19th in highest grossing shows in North America for that year.[8] The tour has been highly praised for its setlist, which is heavy on songs from Waters' tenure in Pink Floyd, along with its visuals and technology.

Anti-Donald Trump imagery from the tour

One portion of the show features extensive anti-Donald Trump imagery, which led some attendees to boo or even walk out of the show.[9] Waters responded to the anti-Trump critics by saying, "I find it slightly surprising that anybody could have been listening to my songs for 50 years without understanding", and said to those critics if they didn't like what he was doing, "Go see Katy Perry or watch the Kardashians. I don't care." Waters also said that due to his anti-Trump images that he lost sponsors such as American Express, who refused to have their company associated with his shows in the U.S., although they are still sponsoring the tour in Canada, according to Waters.[10] In Brazil, Waters similarly attacked then presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro and was repeatedly booed by crowds on all shows.[11] Some imagery mentioned "neo-fascism is on the rise", and also cited multiple other politicians such as Vladimir Putin and Marine Le Pen.[12]

Waters also was met with some backlash, boycotts and even attempts to cancel his show by some lawmakers[13] in various cities due to his anti-Israel boycott which some felt was anti-semitic. Prior to his performances in Washington, D.C., the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington produced a video criticizing Waters' support of BDS, the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement that compares the country's treatment of Palestinians to apartheid.[14] In October 2016, Waters lost $4 million in sponsorship after American Express refused to fund the tour due to his anti-Israel rhetoric at a previous festival sponsored by the financial company.[15] In November 2016, Citibank joined American Express in cutting ties to Waters.[16]

Movie and live album

The Amsterdam shows of 18 – 23 June 2018 at the Ziggo Dome were filmed for Roger Waters: Us + Them. The movie was premiered at Venice Film Festival in 2019. A live album with the songs from the movie was released on 2 October 2020.

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue Attendance Gross
North America[17][18]
21 May 2017[lower-alpha 1] East Rutherford United States Meadowlands Arena — —
26 May 2017 Kansas City Sprint Center 12,077 / 12,077 $1,412,641
28 May 2017 Louisville KFC Yum! Center 11,760 / 11,760 $1,336,338
30 May 2017 St. Louis Scottrade Center 11,682 / 11,682 $1,083,554
1 June 2017 Tulsa BOK Center 10,031 / 10,031 $1,059,057
3 June 2017 Denver Pepsi Center 22,731 / 22,731 $2,619,769
4 June 2017
7 June 2017 San Jose SAP Center 12,230 / 12,230 $1,977,011
10 June 2017 Oakland Oracle Arena 12,665 / 12,665 $1,708,813
12 June 2017 Sacramento Golden 1 Center 12,980 / 12,980 $1,635,413
14 June 2017 Glendale Gila River Arena 11,682 / 11,682 $1,422,541
16 June 2017 Las Vegas T-Mobile Arena 12,601 / 12,601 $1,767,456
20 June 2017 Los Angeles Staples Center 38,003 / 38,003[lower-alpha 2] $5,613,448[lower-alpha 2]
21 June 2017
24 June 2017 Tacoma Tacoma Dome 18,073 / 18,073 $2,337,871
25 June 2017 Portland Moda Center 11,547 / 11,547 $1,223,572
27 June 2017 Los Angeles Staples Center [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 2]
1 July 2017 San Antonio AT&T Center 11,170 / 12,000 $1,168,987
3 July 2017 Dallas American Airlines Center 13,002 / 13,002 $1,930,195
6 July 2017 Houston Toyota Center 9,413 / 10,500 $1,296,710
8 July 2017 New Orleans Smoothie King Center 11,397 / 11,397 $1,179,322
11 July 2017 Tampa Amalie Arena 12,750 / 12,750 $1,552,781
13 July 2017 Miami American Airlines Arena 12,742 / 12,742 $1,597,676
16 July 2017 Duluth Infinite Energy Arena 9,458 / 9,458 $1,320,554
18 July 2017 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum 12,632 / 12,632 $1,316,674
20 July 2017 Columbus Nationwide Arena 13,198 / 13,198 $1,615,737
22 July 2017 Chicago United Center 32,414 / 36,000[lower-alpha 3] $4,162,170[lower-alpha 3]
23 July 2017
26 July 2017 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center 12,875 / 12,875 $1,755,448
28 July 2017 Chicago United Center [lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 3]
29 July 2017 Milwaukee BMO Harris Bradley Center 12,039 / 12,500 $1,298,257
2 August 2017 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 12,138 / 12,138 $1,330,313
4 August 2017 Washington, D.C. Verizon Center 20,022 / 22,000 $2,650,410
5 August 2017
8 August 2017 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center 34,589 / 36,000 $4,165,354
9 August 2017
11 August 2017
13 August 2017 Nashville Bridgestone Arena 12,515 / 12,515 $1,393,041
7 September 2017 Newark Prudential Center 12,064 / 12,064 $1,810,911
9 September 2017 Buffalo KeyBank Center 10,634 / 13,183 $1,148,574
11 September 2017 Brooklyn Barclays Center 21,018 / 25,048 $2,779,735
12 September 2017
15 September 2017 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 18,137 / 20,765 $2,280,573
16 September 2017
19 September 2017 Pittsburgh PPG Paints Arena 10,772 / 12,701 $1,208,751
21 September 2017 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena 11,458 / 13,104 $1,275,858
23 September 2017 Albany Times Union Center 11,017 / 11,017 $1,217,536
24 September 2017 Hartford XL Center 7,783 / 10,014 $810,988
27 September 2017 Boston TD Garden 24,094 / 24,094 $3,331,153
28 September 2017
2 October 2017 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre 40,061 / 40,061[lower-alpha 4] $4,640,310[lower-alpha 4]
3 October 2017
6 October 2017 Quebec City Videotron Centre 25,105 / 25,105 $2,966,180
7 October 2017
10 October 2017 Ottawa Canadian Tire Centre 11,365 / 12,478 $1,148,110
13 October 2017 Toronto Air Canada Centre [lower-alpha 4] [lower-alpha 4]
16 October 2017 Montreal Bell Centre 34,983 / 38,143 $3,813,280
17 October 2017
19 October 2017
22 October 2017 Winnipeg Bell MTS Place 11,152 / 12,682 $1,182,730
24 October 2017 Edmonton Rogers Place 19,347 / 23,440 $1,973,130
25 October 2017
28 October 2017 Vancouver Rogers Arena 25,520 / 27,312 $2,927,440
29 October 2017
Oceania[20]
24 January 2018[21] Auckland New Zealand Spark Arena 14,744 / 17,580 $1,605,066
26 January 2018
30 January 2018[22] Dunedin Forsyth Barr Stadium 12,790 / 14,836 $1,211,553
2 February 2018 Sydney Australia Qudos Bank Arena 16,608 / 16,716 $2,145,500
3 February 2018
6 February 2018 Brisbane Brisbane Entertainment Centre 12,927 / 16,444 $1,476,330
7 February 2018
10 February 2018 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena 25,824 / 29,727 $3,203,621
11 February 2018
13 February 2018 [23]
16 February 2018 Adelaide Adelaide Entertainment Centre 7,202 / 7,765 $904,922
20 February 2018 Perth Perth Arena 12,624 / 12,707 $1,546,760
Europe[24]
13 April 2018 Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi 26,070 / 30,258 $2,339,029
14 April 2018
17 April 2018 Milan Italy Mediolanum Forum 19,094 / 19,094 $2,124,221
18 April 2018
21 April 2018 Bologna Unipol Arena 48,400 / 64,844 $4,379,175
22 April 2018
24 April 2018
25 April 2018
27 April 2018 Prague Czech Republic O2 Arena 30,764 / 30,764 $2,770,112
28 April 2018
2 May 2018 Budapest Hungary Budapest Sports Arena 13,332 / 13,380 $1,072,031
4 May 2018 Sofia Bulgaria Arena Armeec 13,564 / 14,750 $856,600
6 May 2018 Zagreb Croatia Arena Zagreb 14,471 / 15,705 $925,312
9 May 2018 Lyon France Halle Tony Garnier 13,788 / 13,788 $1,147,029
11 May 2018 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis 25,929 / 29,602 $2,694,928
12 May 2018
14 May 2018 Hamburg Germany Barclaycard Arena 10,652 / 11,696 $1,218,910
16 May 2018 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle 9,758 / 9,852 $1,277,703
20 May 2018 Lisbon Portugal Altice Arena 32,068 / 32,068 $2,563,839
21 May 2018
24 May 2018 Madrid Spain WiZink Center 28,402 / 32,722 $2,835,089
25 May 2018
28 May 2018 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion 16,942 / 19,000 $2,806,270
29 May 2018
1 June 2018 Berlin Germany Mercedes-Benz Arena 23,059 / 23,059 $2,483,560
2 June 2018
4 June 2018 Mannheim SAP Arena 9,239 / 9,361 $1,084,250
8 June 2018 Nanterre France U Arena 45,639 / 56,540 $4,281,563
9 June 2018
11 June 2018 Cologne Germany Lanxess Arena 13,530 / 13,555 $1,508,170
13 June 2018 Munich Olympiahalle 10,711 / 10,751 $1,284,431
16 June 2018 Lille France Stade Pierre-Mauroy 23,649 / 27,137 $1,903,451
18 June 2018[lower-alpha 5] Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome 56,524 / 58,620 $5,146,945
19 June 2018[lower-alpha 5]
22 June 2018[lower-alpha 5]
23 June 2018[lower-alpha 5]
26 June 2018 Dublin Ireland 3Arena 15,226 / 16,506 $1,885,287
27 June 2018
29 June 2018 Glasgow Scotland SSE Hydro 19,678 / 20,042 $2,404,309
30 June 2018
2 July 2018 Liverpool England Echo Arena Liverpool 9,103 / 9,192 $1,097,010
3 July 2018 Manchester Manchester Arena 11,478 / 13,697 $1,361,650
6 July 2018[lower-alpha 6] London Hyde Park — —
7 July 2018 Birmingham Arena Birmingham 11,319 / 11,391 $1,358,340
11 July 2018 Lucca Italy Lucca City Walls 18,680 / 23,000 $2,111,898
14 July 2018 Rome Circus Maximus 30,710 / 33,800 $3,003,301
3 August 2018 Kraków Poland Tauron Arena Kraków 16,937 / 17,054 $1,390,587
5 August 2018 Gdańsk Ergo Arena 12,092 / 12,293 $1,009,888
7 August 2018 Herning Denmark Jyske Bank Boxen 10,040 / 10,444 $1,350,013
10 August 2018 Copenhagen Royal Arena 23,512 / 24,270 $3,217,551
11 August 2018
14 August 2018 Oslo Norway Telenor Arena 33,596 / 38,808 $3,712,435
15 August 2018
18 August 2018 Stockholm Sweden Friends Arena 19,043 / 19,238 $1,782,758
21 August 2018 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Arena 10,632 / 10,632 $1,094,232
24 August 2018 Riga Latvia Arēna Rīga 8,151 / 8,336 $1,082,662
26 August 2018 Kaunas Lithuania Žalgiris Arena 10,622 / 11,077 $931,553
29 August 2018 St. Petersburg Russia SKK Peterburgskiy 13,047 / 18,708 $1,061,555
31 August 2018 Moscow SK Olimpiyskiy 23,045 / 25,027 $2,161,790
Latin America
9 October 2018 São Paulo Brazil Allianz Parque 81,545 / 86,860 $6,542,670
10 October 2018
13 October 2018 Brasília Estádio Mané Garrincha 50,478 / 55,342 $3,142,130
17 October 2018 Salvador Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova 28,477 / 54,493 $1,410,590
21 October 2018 Belo Horizonte Mineirão 49,709 / 50,987 $3,690,650
24 October 2018 Rio de Janeiro Maracanã Stadium 43,727 / 63,843 $2,412,970
27 October 2018 Curitiba Estádio Couto Pereira 41,833 / 42,325 $3,106,950
30 October 2018 Porto Alegre Estádio Beira-Rio 40,297 / 46,989 $3,814,250
3 November 2018 Montevideo Uruguay Estadio Centenario 40,103 / 47,500 $3,038,885
6 November 2018 La Plata Argentina Estadio Ciudad de La Plata 80,693 / 89,252 $5,318,280
10 November 2018
14 November 2018 Santiago Chile Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos 52,624 / 52,624 $5,020,763
17 November 2018[lower-alpha 7] Lima Peru Estadio Monumental "U" 21,830 / 28,000 $2,204,038
21 November 2018 Bogotá Colombia Estadio El Campín 29,682 / 32,789 $3,212,948
24 November 2018 San José Costa Rica Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica 46,111 / 47,101 $3,285,421
28 November 2018 Mexico City Mexico Palacio de los Deportes 42,654 / 43,191 $4,264,174
29 November 2018
1 December 2018
4 December 2018 Guadalajara VFG Arena 25,123 / 26,062 $2,745,495
5 December 2018
8 December 2018 Monterrey Monterrey Arena 16,996 / 19,084 $1,618,985
9 December 2018
Total 2,312,023 / 2,533,258
(91.2%)		 $261,784,386

Notes
  1. Production rehearsal.[19]
  2. The score data is combined from the shows held at the Staples Center from 20, 21 & 27 June 2017 respectively.
  3. The score data is combined from the shows held at the United Center from 22, 23 & 28 July 2017 respectively.
  4. The score data is combined from the shows held at the Air Canada Centre from 2, 3 & 13 October 2017 respectively.
  5. This show was filmed for the Roger Waters: Us + Them film.
  6. The concert on 6 July 2018 at Hyde Park in London was part of the British Summer Time.
  7. The show on 17 November 2018 in Lima was originally scheduled in the National Stadium but it was moved to the Monumental Stadium for unknown reasons.

References
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