The Division Bell Tour

The Division Bell tour
Tour by Pink Floyd
Associated album	The Division Bell
Start date	March 30, 1994
End date	October 29, 1994
Legs	2
Shows	110
Pink Floyd tour chronology
A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour (1987-1989) The Division Bell Tour (1994)

The Division Bell Tour was a concert tour by British rock band Pink Floyd in 1994 to support their album The Division Bell. In 1995 the band released the live album Pulse to commemorate the tour, which would turn out to be the final Pink Floyd tour, although members of the band have continued to perform the band's songs on solo tours.

History

The Division Bell Tour in 1994 was promoted by Canadian concert impresario Michael Cohl and became the highest-grossing tour in rock music history to that date, with the band playing the entirety of The Dark Side of the Moon in some shows, for the first time since 1975.

The concerts featured even more impressive special effects than the previous tour, including two custom designed airships.^[1] Three stages leapfrogged around North America and Europe, each 180 feet (55 m) long and featuring a 130-foot (40 m) arch resembling the Hollywood Bowl venue. All in all, the tour required 700 tons of steel carried by 53 articulated trucks, a crew of 161 people and an initial investment of US$ 4 million plus US$ 25 million of running costs just to stage. This tour played to 5.5 million people in 68 cities; each concert gathered an average 45,000 audience. At the end of the year, the Division Bell Tour was announced as the biggest tour ever, with worldwide gross of over £150 million (about US$ 250 million). In the U.S. alone, it grossed US$103.5 million from 59 concerts. However, this record was short-lived; less than a year later, The Rolling Stones' Voodoo Lounge Tour (like the Division Bell Tour, also sponsored in part by Volkswagen) finished with a worldwide gross of over US$ 300 million. The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, U2, The Police and Madonna remain the only acts ever to achieve a higher worldwide gross from a tour, even when adjusting for inflation.

These shows are documented by the Pulse album and DVD.

The final concert of the tour on October 29, 1994 turned out to be the final full-length Pink Floyd performance, and the last time Pink Floyd played live before their one-off 18-minute reunion with Roger Waters at Live 8 on July 2, 2005.

Tour band

• David Gilmour – guitars, lead vocals, lap steel guitar
• Rick Wright – keyboards, secondary vocals, backing vocals
• Nick Mason – drums, percussion

Additional musicians:

• Jon Carin – keyboards, secondary vocals, backing vocals
• Guy Pratt – bass, secondary vocals, backing vocals
• Gary Wallis – percussion, additional drums (played and programmed)
• Tim Renwick – guitars, backing vocals
• Dick Parry – saxophones
• Sam Brown – backing vocals
• Claudia Fontaine – backing vocals
• Durga McBroom – backing vocals

Sets

There were two typical sets used throughout the tour. The first was used all tour, and the second was introduced on July 15, at the Pontiac Silverdome, and rotated with the first typical set list for the remainder of the tour.

Typical set list one:

First set:

1. "Astronomy Domine" (in Europe would sometimes open the second set)
2. "Learning to Fly"
3. "What Do You Want from Me?"
4. "On the Turning Away"
5. "Take It Back"
6. a third song from The Division Bell (sometimes two were played)
   ("A Great Day for Freedom" [30x], "Poles Apart" [29x], "Coming Back to Life" [28x], and "Lost for Words" [5x])
7. "Sorrow"
8. "Keep Talking"
9. "One of These Days"

Second set:

1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Parts 1-5 & 7) (in Europe would sometimes open the first set)
2. "Breathe"
3. "Time"
4. "High Hopes"
5. "The Great Gig in the Sky"
6. "Wish You Were Here"
7. "Us and Them"
8. "Money"
9. "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)"
10. "Comfortably Numb"

Encore:

1. "Hey You"
2. "Run Like Hell"

Typical set list two:

First set:

1. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (Parts 1-5 & 7)
2. "Learning to Fly"
3. "High Hopes"
4. "Take It Back" (replaced by "Lost for Words" for October 19 performance)
5. "Coming Back to Life" (replaced by "A Great Day for Freedom" for October 19 performance)
6. "Sorrow"
7. "Keep Talking"
8. "Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)"
9. "One of These Days"

Second set:

1. "Speak to Me"
2. "Breathe"
3. "On the Run"
4. "Time"
5. "The Great Gig in the Sky"
6. "Money"
7. "Us and Them"
8. "Any Colour You Like"
9. "Brain Damage"
10. "Eclipse"

Encore:

1. "Wish You Were Here"
2. "Comfortably Numb"
3. "Run Like Hell"

The songs included in the sets, that were not played regularly were:

• "One Slip" (only played 1 time [Oakland 22]) - between "The Great Gig in the Sky" and "Us and Them" ("Wish You Were Here" was instead played after "Us and Them" at this show)
• "Marooned" (only played in Oslo, Norway [2 times]) - before "Run Like Hell"

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
March 30, 1994	Miami Gardens, Florida	United States	Joe Robbie Stadium
April 3, 1994	San Antonio, Texas		Alamodome
April 5, 1994	Houston, Texas		Rice Stadium
April 9, 1994	Mexico City	Mexico	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
April 10, 1994
April 14, 1994	San Diego, California	United States	Jack Murphy Stadium
April 16, 1994	Pasadena, California		Rose Bowl
April 17, 1994
April 20, 1994	Oakland, California		Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
April 21, 1994
April 22, 1994
April 24, 1994	Tempe, Arizona		Sun Devil Stadium
April 26, 1994	El Paso, Texas		Sun Bowl Stadium
April 28, 1994	Irving, Texas		Texas Stadium
April 29, 1994
May 1, 1994	Birmingham, Alabama		Legion Field
May 3, 1994	Atlanta, Georgia		Bobby Dodd Stadium
May 4, 1994
May 6, 1994	Tampa, Florida		Tampa Stadium
May 8, 1994	Nashville, Tennessee		Vanderbilt Stadium
May 10, 1994	Raleigh, North Carolina		Carter-Finley Stadium
May 12, 1994	Clemson, South Carolina		Memorial Stadium
May 14, 1994	New Orleans, Louisiana		Louisiana Superdome
May 18, 1994	Foxboro, Massachusetts		Foxboro Stadium
May 19, 1994
May 20, 1994
May 22, 1994	Montreal, Quebec	Canada	Olympic Stadium
May 23, 1994
May 24, 1994
May 26, 1994	Cleveland, Ohio	United States	Cleveland Stadium
May 27, 1994
May 29, 1994	Columbus, Ohio		Ohio Stadium
May 31, 1994	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania		Three Rivers Stadium
June 2, 1994	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		Veterans Stadium
June 3, 1994
June 4, 1994
June 6, 1994	Syracuse, New York		Carrier Dome
June 10, 1994	Bronx, New York		Yankee Stadium
June 11, 1994
June 14, 1994	Indianapolis, Indiana		RCA Dome
June 16, 1994	Ames, Iowa		Cyclone Stadium
June 18, 1994	Denver, Colorado		Mile High Stadium
June 20, 1994	Kansas City, Missouri		Arrowhead Stadium
June 22, 1994	Minneapolis, Minnesota		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
June 25, 1994	Vancouver, British Columbia	Canada	BC Place Stadium
June 26, 1994
June 28, 1994	Edmonton, Alberta		Commonwealth Stadium
July 1, 1994	Winnipeg, Manitoba		Winnipeg Stadium
July 3, 1994	Madison, Wisconsin	United States	Camp Randall Stadium
July 5, 1994	Toronto, Ontario	Canada	Exhibition Stadium
July 6, 1994
July 7, 1994
July 9, 1994	Washington, D.C.	United States	RFK Stadium
July 10, 1994
July 12, 1994	Chicago, Illinois		Soldier Field
July 14, 1994	Pontiac, Michigan		Pontiac Silverdome
July 15, 1994
July 17, 1994	East Rutherford, New Jersey		Giants Stadium
July 18, 1994
Europe
July 22, 1994	Lisbon	Portugal	Estádio José Alvalade
July 23, 1994
July 25, 1994	San Sebastián	Spain	Velodrome de Anoeta
July 27, 1994	Barcelona		Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
July 30, 1994	Chantilly	France	Chateau de Chantilly
July 31, 1994
August 2, 1994	Cologne	Germany	Mungersdorfer Stadion
August 4, 1994	Munich		Olympic Stadium
August 6, 1994	Basel	Switzerland	Fussballstadion St. Jakob
August 7, 1994
August 9, 1994	Montpellier	France	Amphitheatre du Chateau de Grammont
August 11, 1994	Bordeaux		Esplanade des Quinconces
August 13, 1994	Hockenheim	Germany	Hockenheimring
August 16, 1994	Hannover		Niedersachsenstadion
August 17, 1994
August 19, 1994	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Neustadt - Flugfeld
August 21, 1994	Berlin	Germany	Olympic Stadium
August 23, 1994	Gelsenkirchen		Parkstadion
August 25, 1994	Copenhagen	Denmark	Parken Stadium
August 27, 1994	Gothenburg	Sweden	Ullevi
August 29, 1994	Oslo	Norway	Valle Hovin Stadion
August 30, 1994
September 2, 1994	Werchter	Belgium	Festivalweide
September 3, 1994	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Stadion Feijenoord
September 4, 1994
September 5, 1994
September 7, 1994	Prague	Czech Republic	Strahov Stadium
September 9, 1994	Strasbourg	France	Stade de la Meinau
September 11, 1994	Lyon		Stade de Gerland
September 13, 1994	Torino	Italy	Stadio delle Alpi
September 15, 1994	Udine		Stadio Friuli
September 17, 1994	Modena		Festa Nazionale dell Unita
September 19, 1994	Rome		Cinecittà
September 20, 1994
September 21, 1994
September 23, 1994	Lyon	France	Stade de Gerland
September 25, 1994	Lausanne	Switzerland	Stade Olympique de la Pontaise
October 13, 1994	London	England	Earls Court Exhibition Centre
October 14, 1994
October 15, 1994
October 16, 1994
October 17, 1994
October 19, 1994
October 20, 1994
October 21, 1994
October 22, 1994
October 23, 1994
October 26, 1994
October 27, 1994
October 28, 1994
October 29, 1994

External links

• Division Bell Tour setlists
• Pink Floyd Drums: The Division Bell Tour Drums

References

1. ^ VOLA Archive, retrieved 22 March 2006