Roger Waters 14.7.2006 Magny-Cours Race Track

A DAY AT THE RACES.

Bericht von Bas Swanenberg

Friday morning the 14 of July we left very early around 5 for the gig at Magny-Cours. And good that we did it took us almost 12 hours over the 700 km to get there. We could see the stage & the area from far and it was huge like a Pink Floyd concert would be. After we finally found a place for the car we went in to one of the many entrances. We found a place some 50 m from the stage it was already almost impossible to come any closer. Anyway I was happy with the view only dark clouds were all ready gathering above the concert ground.

And soon a thunder storm would break loose and it started to rain like mad. So we got wet for the first time of our 5 concerts ex Pink Floyd tour. Just before Roger Waters started his concert it got dry again and the concert started with a big bang In the flesh. The sound was awesome there were speakers everywhere it was very loud this gig! We had perfect places to experience the full quadraphonic effect I lost my hearing during On The Run when the train past by The first half of this tour we like the most songs as Mother, Set the Controls, Have a cigar which I really like now  Roger sings it himself and off course Sheep.

In the second part Nick Mason joined him for Dark Side and all the encores so now there where 2 drummers on stage. Nick played the first solo of Time by his own like he would do in the old days loved it. The last song off course was Comfortably numb I think he should not play this song There is only 1 who can play it as it should Roger has so many very good songs the end a concert with I would choose It’s a Miracle and after that maybe Two suns. But never the less it was a spectacle this song with flames 10 meter or more out of the top of the stage. After the concert was a fire work and we tried to get back to the car this was not so easy I have no idea but I think there were.

More than 40.000 people at this concert. I still can’t believe it we saw the whole Pink Floyd perform this year! in two parts but anyway!! At 3 in the night i left for Locarno to see the last show of the Roger Waters tour so little sleep for me. More about that and 3 Gilmour concerts later.