13-05-2011, 12:47
If I haven't mentioned it already (!!), this album is my absolute favourite, and I've had to wait 29 years to get to see it live again.
The O2 Arena in London is about an hour's drive for us, but we set off at lunchtime to avoid any traffic problems. Met up with dear friend Rob plus his buddies from Monmouth in Wales, and went for a fab meal in a Brazilian restarant in the complex.
The show follows the same format as the original, but the projections onto the wall are comprehensively reworked. Much more politics referenced in the new set. I missed some of the original Gerald Scarfe sequences, but the new stuff is brilliantly done and hugely more hi-tech than the originals.
Dave Gilmour had agreed to play Comfortably Numb on one of the dates, and bless me if last night wasn't the night. When he appeared at the top of the wall to sing & play the song, the O2 erupted. What an atmosphere !!
The sound was incredible, and I have to say this was a truly awesome show. Mrs Tiggi had never seen The Wall live, and was so blown away she pestered me all the way home to get tickets for another night. We've booked again for Sunday !!
A few pics:
![[Image: DSC01678.jpg?t=1305286367]](http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i14/Tiggi_2006/The%20Wall%20May%202011/DSC01678.jpg?t=1305286367)
![[Image: DSC01679.jpg?t=1305286900]](http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i14/Tiggi_2006/The%20Wall%20May%202011/DSC01679.jpg?t=1305286900)
![[Image: DSC01688.jpg?t=1305286952]](http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i14/Tiggi_2006/The%20Wall%20May%202011/DSC01688.jpg?t=1305286952)
![[Image: DSC01699.jpg?t=1305286997]](http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i14/Tiggi_2006/The%20Wall%20May%202011/DSC01699.jpg?t=1305286997)
![[Image: DSC01710.jpg?t=1305287039]](http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i14/Tiggi_2006/The%20Wall%20May%202011/DSC01710.jpg?t=1305287039)
![[Image: DSC01712.jpg?t=1305287109]](http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i14/Tiggi_2006/The%20Wall%20May%202011/DSC01712.jpg?t=1305287109)
The O2 Arena in London is about an hour's drive for us, but we set off at lunchtime to avoid any traffic problems. Met up with dear friend Rob plus his buddies from Monmouth in Wales, and went for a fab meal in a Brazilian restarant in the complex.
The show follows the same format as the original, but the projections onto the wall are comprehensively reworked. Much more politics referenced in the new set. I missed some of the original Gerald Scarfe sequences, but the new stuff is brilliantly done and hugely more hi-tech than the originals.
Dave Gilmour had agreed to play Comfortably Numb on one of the dates, and bless me if last night wasn't the night. When he appeared at the top of the wall to sing & play the song, the O2 erupted. What an atmosphere !!
The sound was incredible, and I have to say this was a truly awesome show. Mrs Tiggi had never seen The Wall live, and was so blown away she pestered me all the way home to get tickets for another night. We've booked again for Sunday !!
A few pics:
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