The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking (tour)

The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking was the first solo concert tour by Roger Waters. It included performances of some of his songs from Pink Floyd of whom he was still a part when the album was produced, and a full performance of his first solo album, The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking. The tour, despite featuring Eric Clapton (who was present on the 1984 dates only), under-sold tickets, but did better during 1985.[1]

The Pros and Cons Tour
Tour by Roger Waters
Associated albumThe Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking
Start date16 June 1984
End date14 April 1985
Legs2
No. of shows36
Roger Waters concert chronology

Tour set list

A typical set list for the tour:

1984

Set One

  1. "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun"
  2. "Money"
  3. "If"
  4. "Welcome to the Machine"
  5. "Have a Cigar"
  6. "Wish You Were Here"
  7. "Pigs on the Wing"
  8. "In the Flesh"
  9. "Nobody Home"
  10. "Hey You"
  11. "The Gunner's Dream"

Set Two: The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking

  1. "4:30 AM (Apparently They Were Travelling Abroad)"
  2. "4:33 AM (Running Shoes)"
  3. "4:37 AM (Arabs with Knives and West German Skies)"
  4. "4:39 AM (For the First Time Today, Part 2)"
  5. "4:41 AM (Sexual Revolution)"
  6. "4:47 AM (The Remains of Our Love)"
  7. "4:50 AM (Go Fishing)"
  8. "4:56 AM (For the First Time Today, Part 1)"
  9. "4:58 AM (Dunroamin, Duncarin, Dunlivin)"
  10. "5:01 AM (The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking, Part 10)"
  11. "5:06 AM (Every Stranger's Eyes)"
  12. "5:11 AM (The Moment of Clarity)"

Encore

  1. "Brain Damage"
  2. "Eclipse"
1985

Set One

  1. "Welcome to the Machine"
  2. "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun"
  3. "Money"
  4. "If"
  5. "Wish You Were Here"
  6. "Pigs on the Wing (part 1)"
  7. "Get Your Filthy Hands Off My Desert"
  8. "Southampton Dock"
  9. "The Gunner's Dream"
  10. "In the Flesh"
  11. "Nobody Home"
  12. "Have a Cigar"
  13. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 1"
  14. "The Happiest Days of Our Lives"
  15. "Another Brick in the Wall Part 2"

Set Two, as 1984

Encore, as 1984

Backdrop projections

The backdrop projection was directed by Nicolas Roeg and between 1984 and 1985, combining Gerald Scarfe's animations and Roeg's live action footage.

"He [Nicolas Roeg] came to America and all the stuff he shot in America... Yeah. I told him what I wanted but, I mean, very broadly. I said 'I want trucks, truck stops, people get on and off buses, deserted cabins...' You know. After the going to the country dream has gone sour. Just broad stuff like that, but I never expected him to arrive back with these fantastic kind of circling helicopter shots of broken down cabins in the middle of the desert and things like that. He actually went there to shoot the clip from "Pros and Cons" and so, he stayed on for an extra three days or something, just shot a whole bunch of footage and came back and said 'There you are!'"

The 1984 tour featured footage during "Apparently They Were Travelling Abroad", "Running Shoes", "Arabs With Knives (and West German Skies)", "For the First Time Today, Part 2", "The Remains of Our Love", "Go Fishing", "For the First Time Today, Part 2", "Dunroamin, Ducarin, Dunlivin" and "Every Strangers's Eyes" while the 1985 tour had uninterrupted footage during the full piece. The first set featured the original 1974 Pink Floyd footage for "Money" and the original 1977 Pink Floyd footage for "Welcome to the Machine". The film used in "Wish You Were Here" is the same that was used for "Us and Them" on the 1974 Pink Floyd tour. "Pigs on the Wing" featured footage of the inflatable pig suspended over Battersea Power Station. "In the Flesh" used the footage of "Waiting for the Worms" from the original 1980-81 Wall shows and movie. "The Gunner's Dream" was a completely new video featuring stock footage and the photographs from "The Final Cut". "Brain Damage / Eclipse" featured the same footage as on the original 1974 Pink Floyd tour.

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue Tickets sold / available Revenue
Europe
16 June 1984StockholmSwedenIsstadionN/A
17 June 1984
19 June 1984RotterdamNetherlandsRotterdam Ahoy
21 June 1984LondonEnglandEarls Court
22 June 1984
26 June 1984BirminghamNational Exhibition Centre
27 June 1984
3 July 1984ZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadion
6 July 1984ParisFrancePalais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
North America (1984)
17 July 1984HartfordUnited StatesHartford Civic Center17,754 / 23,500$292,941
18 July 1984
20 July 1984East RutherfordBrendan Byrne Arena42,000 / 42,000$788,000
21 July 1984
22 July 1984
24 July 1984PhiladelphiaSpectrum12,867 / 12,867$215,425
26 July 1984RosemontRosemont HorizonN/A
28 July 1984TorontoCanadaMaple Leaf Gardens17,932 / 20,000$321,199
29 July 1984
31 July 1984MontrealMontreal ForumN/A
North America (1985)
19 March 1985DetroitUnited StatesJoe Louis ArenaN/A
20 March 1985RichfieldRichfield Coliseum
21 March 1985BuffaloBuffalo Memorial Auditorium11,000 / 11,000$159,059
23 March 1985TorontoCanadaMaple Leaf GardensN/A
26 March 1985New York CityUnited StatesRadio City Music Hall16,297 / 17,400$349,880
27 March 1985
28 March 1985
29 March 1985PhiladelphiaSpectrum13,713 / 13,713$218,655
30 March 1985WorcesterCentrum in WorcesterN/A
3 April 1985OaklandOakland–Alameda County Coliseum
4 April 1985InglewoodThe Forum
6 April 1985PhoenixArizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
8 April 1985HoustonThe Summit
9 April 1985AustinFrank Erwin Center7,378 / 12,503$100,266
11 April 1985AtlantaThe OmniN/A
13 April 1985Pembroke PinesHollywood Sportatorium
14 April 1985LakelandLakeland Civic Center

Tour band

References
  1. Carruthers, Bob (2011). "The Wall". Pink Floyd – Uncensored on the Record (E-book ed.). Cooda Books Ltd. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-908538-27-7.
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