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In the Flesh

Tour by Roger Waters
Promotional tour poster
Location	North America, Africa, South America, Asia, Australia, Europe
Start date	23 July 1999 (1999-07-23)
End date	30 June 2002 (2002-06-30)
Legs	4
No. of shows	105
Roger Waters concert chronology
Radio K.A.O.S. (1987) In the Flesh (1999–2002) The Dark Side of the Moon Live (2006–08)

In The Flesh was a series of worldwide concert tours by Roger Waters that spanned three individual tours over the course of three years (1999, 2000, and 2002). Returning from a 12-year-long hiatus from the road, In The Flesh was a showcase of his best known work from his days with Pink Floyd, with that material dominating shows. Songs were also performed from Waters' most recently released solo album, 1992's Amused to Death, being played live for the first time. The tour's name is an allusion to the 1977 Pink Floyd tour for the Animals album, as well as the two songs so titled on the album The Wall.

The tour was a financial success in the United States. Because of Waters' long absence from the music scene, promoters and other industry figures were unsure of how well a Waters tour would do commercially, and were surprised when tickets began selling rapidly as soon as the were put on sale. In a number of cases, dates booked in smaller venues such as theatres were moved into larger ones such as outdoor amphitheatres or arenas.

The 1999 portion of the tour ended up grossing $6.7 million from 21 shows, with a total of some 243,000 people attending.

The 2000 portion of the tour coincided with the release of Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980–81, commemorating Pink Floyd's historic live performance of The Wall, and the tour and the release were cross-promoted. The tour eventually stretched across the world and spanned three years. During the tour, Waters played two new songs, "Flickering Flame" or "Each Small Candle", as the final encore to many of the shows. In June 2002, he completed the tour with a performance in front of 70,000 people at the Glastonbury Festival of Performing Arts.

The 27 June 2000 performance at the Rose Garden Arena in Portland, Oregon was later released as the CD and DVD In the Flesh – Live (several other shows were filmed as well, with announcements being made alerting attendees to this fact).

1999

The concert show consisted of his most famous tracks from the beginning of his Pink Floyd career. Along with the popular acclaim, the show received critical praise from various artists and magazines.

Tour band

• Roger Waters – guitar, bass guitar, vocals
• Andy Fairweather Low – guitar, bass guitar, vocals
• Snowy White – guitar
• Doyle Bramhall II – vocals, guitar
• Graham Broad – drums
• Jon Carin – keyboards, lap steel guitar, vocals, acoustic guitar on "Dogs"
• Andy Wallace – keyboards, vocals
• P. P. Arnold – backing vocals, percussion
• Katie Kissoon – backing vocals, percussion
• Susannah Melvoin - backing vocals, percussion

Source:

Set list

All songs written by Roger Waters except as noted.

Set 1

1. "In the Flesh"
2. "The Thin Ice"
3. "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt 1"
4. "Mother"
5. "Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert"
6. "Southampton Dock"
7. "Pigs on the Wing, Pt 1"
8. "Dogs" (Gilmour/Waters)
9. "Welcome to the Machine"
10. "Wish You Were Here" (Gilmour/Waters)
11. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond I–VII" (Gilmour/Waters/Wright)

Set 2

1. "Speak to Me" (Mason)
2. "Breathe" (Gilmour/Waters/Wright)
3. "Time" (Gilmour/Mason/Waters/Wright)
4. "The Great Gig in the Sky" * (piano intro only) (Wright)
5. "Money"
6. "5.06 am (Every Strangers' Eyes)"
7. "The Powers That Be"
8. "What God Wants, Part 1"
9. "Perfect Sense, Part 1"
10. "Perfect Sense, Part 2"
11. "It's a Miracle"
12. "Amused to Death"
13. "The Happiest Days of Our Lives" †
14. "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt 2" †

Encore

1. "Brain Damage"
2. "Eclipse"
3. "Comfortably Numb" (Gilmour/Waters)

† At Montreal (7/31/99), set list was revised so "Happiest Days" and "Another Brick, Pt 2" was moved from the end of set 2 to the beginning of set 1 after "Another Brick, Pt 1" (which remained for the rest of this and all through the '00 and '02 shows).

* "The Great Gig in the Sky" intro was dropped from the setlist prior to 15 August 1999

1. New song "Each Small Candle" performed for the first time

2000

Following the startling success of the 1999 tour, Waters mounted an even more extensive tour, touching areas of the country ignored on previous tours. The set list was also altered with "The Thin Ice", "Another Brick In The Wall part 1", "The Powers That Be" and "What God Wants" being removed in favour of "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun", "Bravery of Being Out of Range" and new song titled "Each Small Candle". The backing band was relatively the same as the previous tour, with an addition of a backup singer and a new saxophone player for the songs "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" and "Money".

Tour band

• Roger Waters: guitar, bass guitar, vocals
• Andy Fairweather-Low: guitar, bass guitar, vocals
• Snowy White: guitar
• Doyle Bramhall II: vocals, guitar
• Graham Broad: drums
• Jon Carin: keyboards, lap steel guitar, vocals, acoustic guitar on "Dogs" & "Comfortably Numb"
• Andy Wallace: keyboards, vocals
• PP Arnold: backing vocals, percussion
• Katie Kissoon: backing vocals, percussion
• Susannah Melvoin: backing vocals, percussion

Source:

Guest musicians

• Mike MacArthur: saxophone on the 2 June
• Ed Calle: saxophone on the 3 June
• Wayne Jackson: trumpet on the 6 June
• Andrew Love: saxophone on the 6 June
• Tim Gordon: saxophone on the 7 June
• Shelley Carroll: saxophone on the 10-11–13 June
• Don Menza: saxophone on the 16-17–19 June
• Steve Tavaglione: saxophone on the 21-22–24 June
• Norbert Stachel: saxophone for the 25 & 27 June Rose Garden, Portland show (as documented on the In the Flesh – Live DVD)
• Eric Walton: saxophone on 30 June & 1 July
• Mark Harris: saxophone on the 3 July
• Steve Eisen: saxophone on the 6 July
• Mel Collins: saxophone for the last 6 dates*

Set list

All songs written by Roger Waters except as noted.

Set 1

1. "In the Flesh"
2. "The Happiest Days of Our Lives"
3. "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt 2"
4. "Mother"
5. "Get Your Filthy Hand Off My Desert"
6. "Southampton Dock"
7. "Pigs on the Wing (Part 1)"
8. "Dogs" (Gilmour/Waters)
9. "Welcome to the Machine"
10. "Wish You Were Here" (Gilmour/Waters)
11. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond I–VII" (Gilmour/Waters/Wright)

Set 2

1. "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun"
2. "Breathe" (Gilmour/Waters/Wright)
3. "Time" (Gilmour/Mason/Waters/Wright)
4. "Money"
5. "5:06 am (Every Strangers Eyes)"
6. "What God Wants, Pt 1" †
7. "Perfect Sense, Pt 1"
8. "Perfect Sense, Pt 2"
9. "The Bravery of Being Out of Range"
10. "It's a Miracle"
11. "Amused to Death"
12. "Brain Damage"
13. "Eclipse"

Encore

1. "Comfortably Numb" (Gilmour/Waters)
2. "Each Small Candle" (revamped since '99, this was a staple throughout the '00 tour) (Waters/Rasmussen)

† The song was dropped after the first concert in Tampa, Florida.

Notes

• The Rose Garden show in Portland, Oregon was both filmed and recorded and subsequently released as a DVD and double CD titled In the Flesh – Live.

2002

The success of Waters' two American tours encouraged him to make his 2002 tour a world tour. The set list for 2002 was similar to the previous tour with the addition of another new song, "Flickering Flame", which was substituted periodically for "Each Small Candle" as the encore. The band also changed with the departure of Doyle Bramhall II, his wife and back up singer Sussanah Melvoin and Jon Carin. Brought in was Chester Kamen (replacing Bramhall), Linda Lewis as back up singer (who later was replaced by Carol Kenyon due to personal issues), and Harry Waters (son of frontman Roger Waters) to replace Carin. By far the most historical moment of this or any of Waters in the Flesh tours came at London's Wembley Arena as former Pink Floyd bandmate and drummer Nick Mason sat in and played both nights on "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun".

Tour band

• Roger Waters: guitar, bass guitar, vocals
• Andy Fairweather Low: guitar, bass guitar, vocals
• Snowy White: guitar
• Chester Kamen: vocals, guitar
• Graham Broad: drums
• Harry Waters: keyboards, acoustic guitar on "Comfortably Numb"
• Andy Wallace: keyboards, vocals
• P.P. Arnold: backing vocals, percussion
• Katie Kissoon: backing vocals, percussion
• Linda Lewis: (first leg) backing vocals, percussion
• Carol Kenyon: (second leg) backing vocals, percussion
• Norbert Stachel: saxophone, penny whistle

Set list

All songs written by Roger Waters except as noted.

Set 1

1. "In The Flesh"
2. "The Happiest Days of Our Lives"
3. "Another Brick in the Wall, Pt 2"
4. "Mother"
5. "Get Your Filthy Hand Off My Desert"
6. "Southampton Dock"
7. "Pigs on the Wing (Part 1)"
8. "Dogs" (Gilmour/Waters)
9. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond I–V" (Gilmour/Waters/Wright)
10. "Welcome to the Machine"
11. "Wish You Were Here" (Gilmour/Waters)
12. "Shine On You Crazy Diamond VI–VII" † (Gilmour/Waters/Wright)

Set 2

1. "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" *
2. "Breathe" (Gilmour/Waters/Wright)
3. "Time" (Gilmour/Mason/Waters/Wright)
4. "Money"
5. "5:06 am (Every Strangers Eyes)"
6. "Perfect Sense, Pt 1"
7. "Perfect Sense, Pt 2"
8. "The Bravery of Being Out of Range"
9. "It's a Miracle"
10. "Amused to Death"
11. "Brain Damage"
12. "Eclipse"

Encore

1. "Comfortably Numb" (Gilmour/Waters)
2. "Each Small Candle" (Waters/Rasmussen) or "Flickering Flame"

Note: At certain shows, such as the March 17th show in Caracas, among others, both "Each Small Candle" and "Flickering Flame" were performed.

† At Warsaw concert (7 June/2002) the full "Shine On You Crazy Diamond VI–IX" was played instead.

* "Set the Controls..." was moved midtour, so it played after "Dogs".

• * Nick Mason's guest-drumming appearances during "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun".
• ** Indicates when "Each Small Candle" was substituted for "Flickering Flame" during the encore

References

1. ^ Povey, Glen (2008). Echoes: The Complete History of Pink Floyd (2nd UK paperback ed.). 3C Publishing Ltd. pp. 329–334. ISBN 978-0-9554624-1-2.
2. ^ Waddell, Ray (1 April 2000). "Waters Tour Extended Into 2000". Billboard. p. 106.
3. Povey, Glen (2008). Echoes: The Complete History of Pink Floyd (2nd UK paperback ed.). 3C Publishing Ltd. pp. 323–324. ISBN 978-0-9554624-1-2.
4. ^ Manning, Toby (2006). "Which One's Pink?". The Rough Guide to Pink Floyd (1st ed.). London: Rough Guides. p. 146. ISBN 1-84353-575-0.

External links

• Official website

• Use dmy dates from January 2013
• 1999 concert tours
• 2000 concert tours
• 2002 concert tours
• Roger Waters concert tours