This is not a drill,” read Waters’ words. “When you lose someone you love, it does serve to remind you. The rootsy title cut and rapturous “Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX)” were accompanied onscreen by a touching story of Waters’ friendship with star-crossed Pink Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett. Pink Floyd fans were thrilled to hear side two of 1975’s “Wish You Were Here” LP. Joe Biden’s entry read, “Just getting started.” “The Powers That Be” from concept album “Radio K.A.O.S.” was accompanied by names of lives lost to police brutality. Waters surprised his solo catalog’s devotees by dusting off “The Bravery of Being Out of Range” from 1992’s “Amused to Death.” Overhead footage named all presidents back to Reagan as war criminals, listing deadly excursions on each’s watch. “Every time the curtain falls on some forgotten life, it is because we stood by silent and indifferent,” sang Waters at the conclusion of the album’s title track. The show touched briefly upon Waters’ 2016 solo album “Is This the Life We Really Want.” The protest record’s “Déjà Vu” was accompanied by footage of deadly drones in the Middle East. Massive overhead screens divided the room into quadrants and yielded the opposite effect, rendering Waters’ statements larger than life. Waters performed in the round, prowling the stage and shrinking the distance between artist and audience. The English singer appeared limber and fit at 78, punctuating singalong moments during a retooled “Comfortably Numb” with his hands thrust skyward. Circling the arena Tuesday evening during “In the Flesh?,” the pig was freshly emblazoned with the cheeky anti-establishment message, “Steal from the poor. Waters’ new show was nonetheless pointed. The ambitious presentation was fractionally less caustic than 2017’s “Us + Them” concerts, omitting the polarizing image of Donald Trump affixed to Pink Floyd’s famous inflatable pig prop. Waters’ “This Is Not a Drill” tour arrived two years following a planned but pandemic-delayed 2020 date.
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