Well, after months of rumour and speculation, the North American leg of the Roger Waters The Wall Live 2012 tour has now been announced. Running to some 36 dates, a number of the venues are new to Roger, and some are the previously mentioned baseball stadiums.
Roger told Rolling Stone recently: "There are quite a few markets we didn't cover last time, like Austin, but we want to base the tour around Saturday nights in baseball stadiums. As we speak, I'm at my office working on an outdoor version of the show. We've done light tests at Fenway Park and Wrigley Field and Yankee Stadium just to see what the ambient light is like. And it's fine. It works. We've taken part of the Wall and the projectors into those three places."
For those elsewhere, we have had official confirmation that there are no plans for a European tour, despite the rumours suggesting otherwise.
Without further ado, here's where you can catch Roger in the US and Canada next year:
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Tue May 01 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center
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Thu May 03 - Austin, TX - Frank Erwin Center
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Sat May 05 - Tulsa, OK - BOK Center
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Mon May 07 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
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Fri May 11 - San Francisco, CA - AT&T Park
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Sun May 13 - San Diego, CA - Valley View Casino Center
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Tue May 15 - Phoenix, AZ - US Airways Center
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Sat May 19 - Los Angeles, CA - Memorial Coliseum (date and venue now confirmed)
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Tue May 22 - Portland, OR - Rose Garden Arena
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Thu May 24 - Seattle, WA - Key Arena
- Sat May 26 - Vancouver, BC - BC Place
- Mon May 28 - Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
- Thu May 31 - Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre
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Sun Jun 03 - St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
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Tue Jun 05 - Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena
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Wed Jun 06 - Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Arena
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Fri Jun 08 - Chicago, IL - Wrigley Field
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Sun Jun 10 - Louisville, KY - KFC Yum! Center
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Mon Jun 11 - Indianapolis, IN - Conseco Fieldhouse
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Wed Jun 13 - Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
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Fri Jun 15 - Sunrise, FL - BankAtlantic Center
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Sat Jun 16 - Orlando, FL - Amway Center
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Tue Jun 19 - Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena
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Thu Jun 21 - Buffalo, NY - First Niagara Center (formerly HSBC Arena)
- Sat Jun 23 - Toronto, ON - Rogers Centre
- Mon Jun 25 - Ottawa, ON - Scotiabank Place
- Tue Jun 26 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
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Thu Jun 28 - Albany, NY - Times Union Center
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Fri Jun 29 - Hartford, CT - XL Center
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Sun Jul 01 - Boston, MA - Fenway Park
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Tue Jul 03 - Pittsburgh, PA - Consol Energy Center
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Fri Jul 06 - Bronx, NY - Yankee Stadium
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Mon Jul 09 - Raleigh, NC - RBC Center
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Tue Jul 10 - Charlotte, NC - Time Warner Cable Arena
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Thu Jul 12 - Washington DC - Verizon Center
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Sat Jul 14 - Philadelphia, PA - Citizens Bank Park
Tickets for the majority of US shows will be available through this link to Ticketmaster.com from 10am on Monday, November 14th, although some seem to be November 7th. Click through to Ticketmaster to check for the show(s) of your choice. Tickets for the Canadian shows will be available through this link to Ticketmaster.ca on the same day, along with other normal outlets. Clicking through to either Ticketmaster outlet using our links here to buy your tickets will give a small, but vital, contribution towards BD running costs and is really appreciated!
Should other concerts be announced on this leg of the tour, we will let you know. Since the announcement there was some doubt over the May 19th concert, which was suggested might change to May 18th, and may even change cities from Los Angeles to Pasadena! This has, however, now been fully confirmed as taking place as above at the Memorial Coliseum on the 19th.
As with the rest of the tour, make sure you check out the Roger Waters 2012 Wall Tour zone for full information about each concert and venue, to find out directions to the venues, to see pictures, videos, and reviews, and more.
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