Roger Waters at Chase Center, September 23, 2022

Roger Waters: This Is Not a Drill
Chase Center
Terry A Francois Blvd at South St, San Francisco, CA 94158 USA
8:00 PM, Friday, September 23, 2022

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[8:00 PM] {PA announcement: the show will begin in 30 minutes!}
[8:10 PM] {PA announcement: the show will begin in 20 minutes!}
[8:20 PM] {PA announcement: the show will begin in 10 minutes!}
[8:29 PM] {lights down}
[8:30 PM] {Roger's bugger off announcement; screens down at the start; Roger on bass, playing with his back to the crowd}

1. [8:30 PM] Comfortably Numb »
   {screens up as the tune concludes; Joey's drum set facing us; Roger takes off his bass to strut about the stage and work the crowd like Mick Jagger}
2. [8:39 PM] The Happiest Days of Our Lives »
3. [8:40 PM] Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 »
4. [8:42 PM] Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3
5. [8:44 PM] The Powers That Be
   [8:49 PM] {RW sits down at the piano}
6. [8:49 PM] {Reagan: We changed the world} » [8:50 PM] The Bravery of Being Out of Range » [8:55 PM] {Interlude: Reagan proclaims the American Miracle} » [8:55 PM] The Bravery of Being Out of Range »
   [8:56 PM] {pause for Roger to wave to the crowd and soak up the applause}
7. [8:56 PM] {RW greets the crowd; introduces the girls; long spiel to set up the Bar}
8. [9:01 PM] the Bar
   [9:06 PM] {RW: We're now going back in time…}
9. [9:06 PM] Have a Cigar
   [9:11 PM] {pause half a minute for applause; Roger swaps to acoustic guitar, playing from the end of the south side catwalk}
10. [9:11 PM] Wish You Were Here
    [9:16 PM] {Interlude; Roger swaps to bass}
11. [9:16 PM] Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX)
    [9:25 PM] {Interlude in a meadow; Roger just singing, starting at the end of the north side catwalk}
12. [9:25 PM] Sheep » {Roger moves to mid stage facing west when the sheep drone takes flight (lifting off from the north side of the room), beckoning it to come closer and closer} » {after the sheep arrives at center near Roger, it turns a half dozen back flips, then flies off to the south side of the room; Roger follows to sing the concluding lyrics from the end of the south catwalk; the sheep continues flying counterclockwise about the room, returning to the north side landing area as the song ends}
    [9:36 PM] {set ends}

[9:52 PM lights down]

1. [9:53 PM] In the Flesh
2. [10:01 PM] Run Like Hell » [10:07 PM] {Iraq war interlude} »
3. [10:07 PM] Déjà Vu »
4. [10:14 PM] Is This the Life We Really Want?
5. [10:20 PM] Money »
6. [10:26 PM] Us and Them »
7. [10:34 PM] Any Colour You Like »
8. [10:37 PM] Brain Damage »
9. [10:41 PM] Eclipse
   [10:44 PM] {RW circles the stage accepting adulation from the crowd; swaps from one acoustic guitar to another}
   [10:45 PM] {RW asks the crowd to thank the crew & local stage hands as well; Two Suns/Doomsday clock story}
10. [10:51 PM] Two Suns in the Sunset
    [10:57 PM] {RW: So we're back at the bar… pause to introduce the band… cheers! RW credits Dylan for part of his lyrics}
11. [10:59 PM] the Bar (reprise)
12. [11:04 PM] Outside the Wall
    [11:08 PM] {the band plays the last bit from backstage}
    [11:09 PM] {done!}

• Roger Waters: bass, guitar, piano, vox; others TBD (7/7/22 list follows):
• Amanda Belair: harmony vox;
• Seamus Blake: saxophone;
• Shanay Johnson: harmony vox;
• Dave Kilminster: guitar;
• Gus Seyffert: bass;
• Robert Walter: keyboards
• Joey Waronker: drums;
• Jonathan Wilson: guitar;

$300/ticket, damn! Was it worth it!? That's a good question! It certainly was not quite as much a spectacle as the previous tour, and yet it was undeniably a rare and rich experience. I guess the point of contention lies on how much you value you place on such things!

I generally like hearing rearrangements of familiar tunes, but I'm not a big fan of Rogers turgid take on Comfortably Numb: it seems to me that he took pains to erase Gilmour's contributions as much as possible. Sad! That said, I really enjoyed the straighter approach taken to the Floyd catalogue in the latter half of the first set. It was cool to hear Roger talk a bit about the old days, and I also enjoyed the photos and home movie snippets.

As with set one, I enjoyed the latter half of set two more than the start: I understand that war is bad, and I don't really need to watch Roger machine gunning the crowd to drive that point home. Anyways, the DSOTM tunes were terrific, and the singing of the girls on this tour was certainly as good as the Lucius pair a few years back.

Roger admitted that following that up with a song about nuclear annihilation was a bummer: yep! An odd choice in that spot! But I enjoyed the final pair of tunes, and I think they wrapped things up pretty nicely. I particularly liked the video feed showing the final verse of outside the wallbeing performed backstage after the band exited.

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Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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