Roger Waters, co-founder and principal songwriter of progressive rock band Pink Floyd, has announced the return of the production of The Wall to North America in 2012.
The musician first reinvented the 1979 concept album’s stage production in 2010 utilizing modern day technological advances and special effects to create an elaborate aural and visual presentation for the rock opera about alienation and transformation.
The Wall Live has since played more than 120 shows around the world for more than 1.6 million fans making it one of the most successful tours of 2010 and 2011.
The 2012 tour will begin on May 1 in Houston, Texas, making a 36-show trek throughout North America, including several outdoor stadium performances with state-of-the-art modifications to transform the arena production for the huge outdoor event.
“Thirty years ago when I wrote ‘The Wall,’ I was a frightened young man,” Waters said. “In the intervening years it occurred to me that maybe the story of my fear and loss with its concomitant inevitable residue of ridicule, shame and punishment, provides an allegory for broader concerns: Nationalism, racism, sexism, religion, whatever! All these issues and ‘isms are driven by the same fears that drove my young life.”