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    Roger Waters, will perform “The Dark Side Of The Moon” in its entirety during his highly-anticipated upcoming North American concert tour.

    Waters is slated to play 19 concerts in 18 venues beginning September 6
    at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, New Jersey and ending October 12 at
    the Key Arena in Seattle, Washington. Stops on the tour include a two-night
    run at New York’s Madison Square Garden as well as concerts at the
    Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles and San Francisco’s fabled Shoreline
    Amphitheatre.

    The eagerly-awaited Roger Waters concert tour will combine an evening’s
    worth of music –comprised of two sets plus encores– with state-of-the-art
    staging, lighting and sound.

    Set One will be a comprehensive overview of Waters’ music including
    early Pink Floyd material; classic compositions from the masterpiece “The
    Wall”; beloved pieces from “Animals,” “Wish You Were Here,” and “The Final
    Cut”; and songs from Waters’ solo tour de force: “Amused To Death.”

    Set Two will consist of Roger Waters and full band performing “The Dark
    Side Of The Moon,” one of the defining works of rock music history, from
    start-to-finish. Waters last performed “The Dark Side Of The Moon” live in
    America with Pink Floyd more than 30 years ago.

    The Roger Waters band features Andy Fairweather-Low (guitar and
    vocals), Snowy White (guitar), Dave Kilminster (guitar and vocals), Jon
    Carin (keyboards and vocals), Graham Broad (drums), Harry Waters (Hammond
    organ), and Ian Ritchie (saxophone) and Katie Kissoon, PP Arnold and Carol
    Kenyon (vocals).

    The Roger Waters concerts will utilize elaborate large-scale video
    projections and theatrical staging to underscore and accentuate the power
    of the music which is delivered via a state-of-the-art 3600 quadraphonic
    sound system immersing the audience in a 3-dimensional hyperworld.

    The Roger Waters North American tour dates will follow the artist’s
    series of European concerts in June and July.

    Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side Of The Moon” was originally released in
    1973 immediately establishing a standard of excellence for its advanced
    blend of progressive music, philosophical themes, and sonic exploration. A
    brilliantly-wrought song-cycle detailing the conundrums of humanity’s place
    in a modern technocracy, “The Dark Side Of The Moon” achieved a soulful
    austerity of mood while foreshadowing the role of electronica in an
    emerging youth culture.

    “The Dark Side Of The Moon” reached an unparalleled level of aesthetic
    and commercial success becoming one of the world’s top-selling albums of
    all time (with global sales totaling more than 34 million copies). The
    album remained in the Billboard Top 200 best-selling albums chart for a
    record-breaking 15 years and, as recently as 2003, occupied the #1 spot on
    the Billboard Pop Catalog chart. In 2004, the album was still selling more
    than 8,000 copies a week. It has been estimated that 1 in every 14
    Americans under the age of 50 owns a copy of “The Dark Side Of The Moon.”

    Roger Waters North American Tour 2006

    Date City Venue

    Wednesday, September 6 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center

    Friday, September 8 Boston Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts

    Tuesday, September 12 New York City Madison Square Garden

    Wednesday, September 13 New York City Madison Square Garden

    Friday, September 15 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater

    Saturday, September 16 South Jersey/ Camden Tweeter Center
    Philadelphia

    Monday, September 18 Detroit The Palace of Auburn Hills

    Wednesday, September 20 Toronto Air Canada Centre

    Thursday, September 21 Montreal The Bell Centre Arena

    Saturday, September 23 Bristow, VA Nissan Pavilion

    Sunday, September 24 Pittsburgh Post Gazette Pavilion

    Wednesday, September 27 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena

    Friday, September 29 Chicago First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre

    Saturday, September 30 Indianapolis Verizon Wireless Music Center

    Tuesday, October 3 Phoenix Cricket Pavilion

    Thursday, October 5 Los Angeles Hollywood Bowl

    Sunday, October 8 Las Vegas Theater Under the Stars at the Hard Rock

    Tuesday, October 10 San Francisco Shoreline Amphitheatre

    Thursday, October 12 Seattle, WA Key Arena

    More news at http://www.columbiarecords.com and http://www.roger-waters.com

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