Pink Floyd 1974 tours
Pink Floyd toured twice in 1974 in France and England.
1974 French Summer Tour
Tour by Pink Floyd | |
Associated album | The Dark Side of the Moon |
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Start date | 18 June 1974 |
End date | 26 June 1974 |
Legs | 2 |
No. of shows | 27 (29 scheduled) |
Pink Floyd concert chronology |
Pink Floyd's 1974 French Summer Tour, was a short concert tour by Pink Floyd during the summer of 1974 in France. The tour commenced on 18 June 1974 and concluded on 26 June 1974. The first date of the tour was recorded by France's Europe 1 radio, with segments broadcast later in the year.
The French 1974 tour featured the debut of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (with the two halves played as one, as on the British 1974 tour) and "Raving and Drooling". The French tour was the first time Floyd used their iconic circular screen, which the band called "Mr. Screen."
Tour dates
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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France | |||
18 June 1974 | Toulouse | France | Palais des Exposition |
19 June 1974 | Poitiers | Arles Amphitheatre | |
21 June 1974 | Dijon | Palais des Expositions | |
22 June 1974 | Colmar | Théâtre de Plein Air, Parc des Expositions | |
24 June 1974 | Paris | Palais des Sports | |
25 June 1974 | |||
26 June 1974 |
Set list
First Set:
- "Shine On You Crazy Diamond"
- "Raving and Drooling" (early version of "Sheep")
- "Echoes"
Second Set:
- "Speak to Me" (extended tape)
- "Breathe"
- "On the Run"
- "Time"
- "The Great Gig in the Sky"
- "Money"
- "Us and Them"
- "Any Colour You Like"
- "Brain Damage"
- "Eclipse"
Encore:
- "Careful With That Axe, Eugene" (18–22 June)
- "One of These Days" (24–26 June)
1974 British Winter Tour
Pink Floyd’s British Winter Tour '74, was a short concert tour by Pink Floyd during the winter of 1974 in the United Kingdom. The 16 November show was recorded by BBC Radio One and later broadcast on the Alan Freeman Show on 11 January 1975, minus the encore. This recording is included in the 2011 Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here box sets, except for "Echoes" which was released on 11 November 2016, as part of the 27-disc box set, The Early Years 1965–1972 which make up Live at the Empire Pool. The 1974 winter tour marks the last time Pink Floyd would perform in Wales.
The 1974 British tour featured the debut of "You Gotta Be Crazy".
Tour dates
Date | City | Country | Venue |
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UK | |||
4 November 1974 | Edinburgh | Scotland | Usher Hall |
5 November 1974 | |||
8 November 1974 | Newcastle upon Tyne | England | Newcastle Odeon |
9 November 1974 | |||
14 November 1974 | London | Empire Pool | |
15 November 1974 | |||
16 November 1974 | |||
17 November 1974 | |||
19 November 1974 | Stoke-on-Trent | Trentham Gardens | |
22 November 1974 | Cardiff | Wales | Sophia Gardens Pavilion |
28 November 1974 | Liverpool | England | Liverpool Empire Theatre |
29 November 1974 | |||
30 November 1974 | |||
3 December 1974 | Birmingham | The Hippodrome | |
4 December 1974 | |||
5 December 1974 | |||
9 December 1974 | Manchester | The Palace Theatre | |
10 December 1974 | |||
13 December 1974 | Bristol | The Hippodrome | |
14 December 1974 |
Set list
First Set:
- "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" (moved to 3rd position starting on 17 November)
- "Raving and Drooling" (early version of "Sheep")
- "You've Got to Be Crazy" (early version of "Dogs")
Second Set:
- "Speak to Me" (extended tape)
- "Breathe"
- "On the Run"
- "Time"
- "The Great Gig in the Sky"
- "Money"
- "Us and Them"
- "Any Colour You Like"
- "Brain Damage"
- "Eclipse"
Encore:
- "Echoes"
Tour band
- David Gilmour – guitars, vocals, organ on "The Great Gig in the Sky"
- Roger Waters – bass, vocals
- Richard Wright – keyboards, vocals
- Nick Mason – drums, percussion
Additional musicians:
- Dick Parry – saxophone
- The Blackberries (Venetta Fields & Carlena Williams) – backing vocals