1968

 

00.01.68       

Syd suggests expanding the group to a six-piece with the addition of a banjo and a saxophonist players.

06.01.68       

Rehearsals, London, UK.

08.01.68       

Rehearsals, London, UK.

09.01.68       

Rehearsals, London, UK.

12.01.68       

Aston University, Aston Clinton, Bucks, UK.

13.01.68       

Weston-Super-Mare, Avon, UK.

15.01.68       

Rehearsals, London, UK.

16.01.68       

Rehearsals, London, UK.

19.01.68       

Lewes, Sussex, UK.

20.01.68       

Hastings, Sussex, UK.

26.01.68       

Southampton, Hampshire, UK.

 

27.01.68       

The Pink Floyd

(Roger Waters, vocals, bass; Nick Mason, drums, percussions; Rick Wright, keyboards, vocals; Syd Barrett, vocals, guitars; David Gilmour, vocals, guitars)

David Gilmour joins Pink Floyd. (The press is informed on February 18th of the change. The group had hoped to get Gilmour in to play at the shows and to have Syd stay on as a writer. From January to February they performed as a five-piece band in concert. It became unworkable and from March to April Syd didn't come to the live shows anymore)

27.01.68       

Leicester, Leiestershire, UK. (first show with Gilmour?)

 

06.02.68       

Rehearsals, London, UK.

07.02.68       

Mary Hopkins TV Show, Paris, France.

10.02.68       

Nelson, Lancashire, UK.

16.02.68       

ICI Fibres Club, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, UK.

17.02.68       

Pushing, UK.

22.02.68       

Paris, France.

23.02.68       

Antwerpen, Belgium.

24.02.68       

Bruxelles, Belgium.

25.02.68       

“International Love Festival”, Piper Club, Roma, Italy.

27.02.68

Concertgebouw, Vlissingen, Netherlands.

 

04.03.68       

Vanessa Redgrave party, London, UK.

09.03.68       

Manchester Technical College, Manchester, Chesire, UK.

14.03.68       

Belfast, Ulster, Northern Ireland.

15.03.68       

Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK.

16.03.68       

Hampton Court, London, UK. (At 6:30pm)

16.03.68       

Middle Earth Club, London, UK.  (At 12:30pm)

17.03.68       

Bruxelles, Belgium.

20.03.68       

Liverpool, UK.

22.03.68       

Woolwich Polytechnic, London, UK.
25.03.68       

Zurich, Switzerland.

 

The Pink Floyd

(Roger Waters, vocals, bass; Nick Mason, drums, percussions; Rick Wright, keyboards, vocals; David Gilmour, vocals, guitars)

06.04.68       

Syd Barrett's departure officially announced.

14.04.68       

Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London. (unconfirmed)

16.04.68       

Grugahalle, Essen, West Germany. “Song Days Festival”.

18.04.68       

Piper Club, Roma, Italy. "Pop Music Festival".

19.04.68       

Piper Club, Roma, Italy. "Pop Music Festival".

(Supposedly features Dave O'List of "The Move" on second guitar. 15:00, Astronomy Domine, 6:30, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 8:30)

30.04.68       

Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

 

00.05.68       

"Big Apple", Munchen, West Germany  (2 shows - dates unknown).

03.05.68       

Westfield College, Hampstead, London, UK.

04.05.68       

Belgium.

05.05.68       

Belgium.

06.05.68       

Piper Club, Roma, Italy. "First European International Pop Festival".

(Festival moved from Palasport EUR to the Piper Club, due to poor tickets sales)

(6:30, Interstellar Overdrive)

11.05.68       

Thelme House, Brighton, Sussex, UK.  "Brighton Arts Festival".

17.05.68       

Middle Earth Club, London, UK.

(Rumors have it that Pink Floyd never played at this gig, eventhough they are listed on the poster)

23.05.68

Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (for 2.50 florin entrance)

26.05.68       

Punchbowl Hotel, Solihull, UK.

26.05.68       

OZ Benefit, Middle Earth Club, Covent Garden, London, UK.

27.05.68       

Belfrey Hotel, Sutton Coldfield, UK.

31.05.68       

Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

(Early night show. 49:00, Let There Be More Light, 7:10; Interstellar Overdrive, 10:40; ; Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 12:10; A Saucerful Of Secrets, 13:10)

31.05.68       

Fantasio, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

(Late night show. 54:00, Keep Smiling People, 9:55; Let There Be More Light, 8:00; Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 12:45; Flaming, 4:55; A Saucerful Of Secrets, 12:40)

 

02.06.68       

Oude-Ahoy Hallen, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

15.06.68       

Magic Village, Manchester, Chesire, UK.

21.06.68       

Middle Earth Club, Covent Garden, London, UK.

29.06.68       

"Cockpit", Hyde Park, Kensington, London, UK. "Midsummer High".

(A regular event for summers to come. This was the first free concert ever held in Hyde Park, with Jethro Tull and Roy Harper also on the bill. “A saucerful of secrets” were played)

 

Second U.S.A. Tour

04.07.68       

Pink Floyd's U.S. tour begins. (Where it began is not certain)

07.07.68       

J.F.K. Stadium, New York City, N.Y., USA.

(unconfirmed. On the way to Chicago, David Gilmour's guitar was stolen)

08.07.68       

Kenetic Playground, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

12.07.68       

Grande Ballroom, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

15.07.68       

Scene Club, New York City, New York, USA.

16.07.68       

Scene Club, New York City, New York, USA.

17.07.68       

Scene Club, New York City, New York, USA.

23.07.68       

Auditorium, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

24.07.68       

J.F.K. Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.  "Summer Music Festival".

(Pink Floyd were 4th on the bill after The Who, Procol Harum and Lou Rawls)

26.07.68       

Shrine Expo Hall, Los Angeles, California, USA.

(Blue Cheer, Pink Floyd, Jeff Beck Group on the bill)

27.07.68       

Shrine Expo Hall, Los Angeles, California, USA.

(Blue Cheer, Pink Floyd, Jeff Beck Group on the bill. They played Interstellar Overdrive, Matilda Mother, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, A Saucerful Of Secrets)

 

02.08.68       

Avalon, San Francisco, California, USA.

03.08.68       

Avalon, San Francisco, California, USA.

04.08.68       

Avalon, San Francisco, California, USA.

(2-4 with Chrome Circus, Holy Modal Rounders and Pink Floyd on the bill)

16.08.68       

Sound Factory, Sacramento, California, USA.

17.08.68       

Sound Factory, Sacramento, California, USA.

23.08.68       

The Bank, Torrance, California, USA.

24.08.68       

The Bank, Torrance, California, USA. (23-24 with Black Pearl)

31.08.68       

Antewerp, Belgium.  (Most likely played here directly after U.S tour)

01.09.68?     

Oakland Pop Festival, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA.

(It is highly probable that they never played this gig, even though they were scheduled to play. The reviews didn't mention Pink Floyd appearing there)

 

31.08.68       

Fantasio, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (unconfirmed)

01.09.68       

Fantasio, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (unconfirmed)

04.09.68       

Middle Earth Club, London, UK.

 

00.09.68       

European tour began in early September, with dates in Netherlands, Austria and Sweden.

07.09.68       

The Psychedelic Club, Paris, France. 

(3:00, Let There Be More Light)

08.09.68       

Chatalet, Belgium.

20.09.68       

Bristol, UK.

27.09.68       

Dunfermline, Scotland.

 

French/Swiss '68 Tour

We're unsure of which date coincide to the shows listed below, possibly 28/9 through 6/10 and 27/10 through 3/11/68.

00.09.68       

Theatre Du Huitieme, Lyon, France.

(This was the first show of the French '68 Tour, and might be the first "live" Floyd show in France)

00.09.68       

Le Bilboquet, Saint Benait Street, Saint-German-des-Près ward, France.

00.09.68       

Psychedelic De La Rue, Ponthieu, France.   “Festival de la Musique”.

00.09.68       

Nancy, France.

00.09.68       

Bordeaux, France.

00.09.68       

Lille, France.

2-6.10.68     

Switzerland.  (Unknown if it was two or five dates)

 

06.10.68       

Town and Country Club, Hampstead, London, UK.

10.10.68       

Netherlands.

11.10.68       

Netherlands.

12.10.68       

Netherlands.

13.10.68       

Netherlands.

18.10.68       

University College, Bloomsbury, London, UK.

19.10.68       

Salford University, Salford, UK.

25.10.68       

The Boat House, Kew, UK.

26.10.68       

Imperial College, Kensington, London, UK.   (afternoon show)

26.10.68       

Middle Earth Club, Covent Garden, London, UK.

 

08.11.68       

Fishmonger's Arms, Wood Green, London, UK.

24.11.68       

Country Club, Hampstead, London, UK.

29.11.68       

Bedford College, Bedford, Bedfordshire, UK.

15.12.68       

Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear, UK.

 

Winter 1968/Spring 1969

Tour in Ireland, Scotland and Holland (more dates unknown)

27.12.68       

De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

28.12.68       

Margriethal of the Jaarbeurs, Utrecht, Netherlands.

(50:00, Astronomy Domine, 5:30, Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 7:30, Interstellar Overdrive, 12:00, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 8:00, A Saucerful Of Secrets, 11:00)

 

 

 

1969

 

12.01.69       

Mother's, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK.

18.01.69       

Middle Earth Club at the Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Road, London, UK.

14.02.69       

Warwick University, Coventry, Leicestershire, UK.

18.02.69       

Manchester University, Manchester, UK.

21.02.69       

Bordeaux, France.

27.02.69       

Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK.  "Glasgow Arts Lab Benefit".

28.02.69       

Queen Elizabeth College, Camden Hill, London, UK.

 

01.03.69       

University College, Bloomsbury, London, UK.

03.03.69       

Victoria Rooms, Clifton, Bristol, UK.

08.03.69       

Reading University, Reading, Berkshire, UK.

14.03.69       

Van Dyke Close, Davenport, Plymouth, UK.

15.03.69       

T. Club, Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales, UK.

19.03.69       

University College, Swansea, UK.

21.03.69       

"The Art Ball", Winter Gardens, Blackpool, UK.

 

14.04.69       

Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, London, UK.

"The Massed Gadgets of Auximenies... More Furious Madness from Pink Floyd"

(67:00 , The Man, 25:30 [Afternoon, 5:25, Doing It, 4:10, Sleeping, 5:35, Nightmare, 9:20, Daybreak, 1:30], The Journey, 32:00 [Beginning, 4:30, Beset by Creatures of the Deep, 6:55, Narrow Way, 4:15, Pink Jungle/The Labyrinths of Auximenes/Behold The Temple of Light 17:30, The End of the Beginning, 8:50 with choir).

Live debut of "The Man"/"The Journey" suite, and the debut of their quad system "The Azimuth Co-ordinator". During these show, a silver "Sea Monster" walked up and down the aisles and eventually made its way onto stage)

26.04.69       

Technical College, Bromley, Kent, UK.

27.04.69       

Mother's Club, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK.

(May be the real date of the live "Ummagumma" session. They most likely didn't record in June as the album says)

29.04.69       

Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, London, UK.

02.05.69       

College Of Commerce, Manchester, Chesire, UK.

(Tracks from this recording, and from the April 27th show are where the "Ummagumma" live recordings are taken from)

 

03.05.69       

Queen Mary College, Mile End, London, UK.

09.05.69       

Parliament Hill Fields, Hampstead, London, UK.   "Camden Arts Fest".

(Review says they played "Astronomy Domine", "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun", "Careful With That Axe, Eugene", and "A Saucerful Of Secrets". This was probably the entire set that was performed)

 

U.K. Tour, May 15th-June 26th.

(Pink Floyd begins their first major tour of the UK since 1967)

15.05.69       

Southampton University, Hampshire, UK.

(52:00, Astronomy Domine, 8:30, Beset by the Creatures of the Deep, 8:00, Interstellar Overdrive, 12:30, The Beginning, 8:00, A Saucerful of Secrets, 11:30)

16.05.69       

Leeds Town Hall, Leeds, Yorkshire, UK.

17.05.69       

Lanchester College, Coventry, Leiestershire, UK.

24.05.69       

City Hall, Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK.

25.05.69       

Roundhouse, London, UK.   "Benefit for the Fairport Convention".

(Fairport Convention had a car smash-up, and the Floyd played to help raise money to offset the hospital costs)

30.05.69       

Fairfield Hall, Croydon, Surrey, UK.   (Syd Barrett meet the Floyd in the backstage)

 

08.06.69       

Rex Cinema, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK.

09.06.69       

Sweden.
10.06.69       

Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.

14.06.69       

Colston Hall, Bristol, Somerset, UK.

15.06.69       

Guildhall, Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK.

16.06.69       

Brighton Dome, Brighton, Sussex, UK.

20.06.69       

Town Hall, Birmingham, UK.   (Interstellar Overdrive was played)

21.06.69       

Royal Philarmonic, Liverpool, Lancashire, UK.

22.06.69       

Free Trade Hall, Manchester, UK.

(65:00, Daybreak, 3:00, Work, 1:00, Afternoon, 3:00, Doing It, 3:30, Sleeping, 6:00, Nightmare, 7:00, Daybreak, 2:00 (The Man = 26:00), Beginning, 3:30, Beset..., 7:00, Narrow Way, 7:00, Labyrinths.../Behold..., 5:00, End of the Beginning, 5:30 (The Journey = 28:00), Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 12:00)

26.06.69       

Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, UK.

(During these concert, the final show of their British tour, the group sawed wood on stage, had a person in a gorilla suit, and had a pink smoke bomb going off on stage. They also had a choir and brass section (part of the Royal Philarmonic Orchestra, conducted by the group's producer Norman Smith).

At this time, the Press reports that the Floyd were spending nearly all their time writing music for this Orchestra, which was to be played at a concert with the Floyd in December! This might have been the early beginning of "Atom Heart Mother"? Unfortunately, there is no record of this concert even taking place in December)

 

04.07.69       

Selby, Yorkshire, UK.   “Selby Arts Festival”.

 

Netherlands tour (from 11th through 20th)

11-20.07.69  

Netherlands.   (dates unknown)

22.07.69       

Brehemen Musiklanden, Brehemen, West Germany.  (Live TV date for “Beat Club”?)

08.08.69       

Plumpton Race Track, Streat, Sussex, UK. "9th National Blues and Jazz Festival".

(70:00, Set The Controls For The Heart O The Sun, 9:30, Cymbaline, 9:00, The Journey, 39:00 [The Beginning, 3:00, Beset by Creatures..., 6:00, Narrow Way, 5:30, Pink Jungle, 6:00, Labyrinths..., 8:30, Behold..., 4:30, End of the Beginning, 5:00], Interstellar Overdrive, 9:30. Other bands: Keith Tippet, Blossom Toes, The Soft Machine)

 

European Tour (September/December 1969)

12.09.69       

Theatre de Vincennes, Paris, France.

17.09.69       

Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

(60:00, Daybreak, 7:30, Work/Afternoon, 5:30, Doing It, 1:30, Sleeping, 5:3é, Nightmare, 8:00, Daybreak, 3:30, The Beginning/Beset by Creatures of the Deep, 10:00, The Narrow Way, Part 3, 5:00, The Pink Jungle, 5:00, The Labyrinths of Auximenes/Behold the Temple of Light/The End of the Beginning, 10:00)

21.09.69       

Het Kolpinghuis, Nijmegen, Netherlands.

11.10.69       

Grugahalle, Essen, West Germany.   “Pop and Blues Festival”.

(maybe 10.11.69?. Other bands: Aynsley Dunbar, The Pretty Things)

18.10.69       

University College, London, UK.

25.10.69       

Amougies Pop and Jazz Festival, Mont de l'Enclus, Belgium.

(Frank Zappa played with them on Interstellar Overdrive. 14:00, Green is the Colour/Careful With That Axe, Eugene)

31.10.69       

Olympic Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, USA. “Scienze Fiction and Voodoo Festival”

(Their name was on the bill, but they never played this gig)

01.11.69       

Manchester University, Manchester, UK.

07.11.69       

Waltham Forest College, London, UK.

10.11.69       

Grugahalle, Essen, West Germany. "Song Days Festival"

(27:00, Astronomy Domine, 6:30, Green Is the Colour/Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 10:00, Interstellar Overdrive, 6:00)

18.11.69       

Liverpool University, Liverpool, UK.

(Astronomy Domine; Green Is The Colour/Careful With That Axe, Eugene; The Journey; Interstellar Overdrive; Set The Controls For The Heart of The Sun; A Saucerful Of Secrets)

26.11.69       

Friar's Club, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK.

28.11.69       

"Refectory Building", Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UK.

30.11.69       

Lyceum, London UK.  (Two-hour Sunday concert special)

06.12.69       

Afan Lindo Indoor Sports Centre, Port Talbot, South Wales, UK. "Afan Festival of Progressive Music".

(Other bands: Fairport Convention, East of Eden, Sam Apple Pie, Samson, Daddy Long Legs, Solid State)

12.12.69       

Theatre 1940, Bruxelles, Belgium.

 

 

1970

 

00.00.70       

Grugahalle, Essen, West Germany.  “Song Days Festival”

00.00.70       

Schumansaal, Dusseldorf, West Germany.

18.01.70       

Fairfield Hall, Croydon, Surrey, UK.

(119:00, Astronomy Domine, 9:30, Violent Sequence, 15:30, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 14:00, The Amazing pudding 24:00, Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 11:30, The Embryo, 9:30, Main Theme, 14:00, Biding My Time, 6:00, A Saucerful Of Secrets, 17:30. Debut of “The Amazing Pudding”)

19.01.70       

Dome Centre, Brighton, Sussex, UK.

23.01.70       

Theatre des Champs-Elysèes, Paris, France.

(60:00, Green Is the Colour/Carful With That Axe, Eugene, 13:25, Biding My Time, 5:10, The Amazing Pudding, 18:03, The Man, 3:30. 5:00 was broadcast on Europa 1 Radio on 1.05.82. )

24.01.70       

Theatre des Champs-Elysèes, Paris, France.

 

02.02.70       

Palais des Sports, Lyon, France. (10.000 audience)

05.02.70       

Sophia Gardens Pavilion, Cardiff, Wales, UK. - "Cardiff Art Centre Project".

(Benefit show with Quintessance, Daddy Long Legs, Gary Farr, Ron Geesin, Tea & Symphony, Black Sabbath)

06.02.70       

Free Trade Hall, Manchester, Chesire, UK.

07.02.70       

Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, UK.

(A review of Melody Maker, 14.02.70, says they played: "Sysyphus", "A Saucerful of Secrets", "The Embryo", "Main Theme", "Careful With That Axe, Eugene", and "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun")

08.02.70       

Opera House, Manchester, Chesire, UK.

11.02.70       

Town Hall, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK.

(100:00, Embryo, 10:30, Main Theme, 10:00, Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 9:00, Sysyphus, 10:00, Violent Sequence, 21:00, Set The Controls ForThe Heart Of The Sun, 12:00, Atom Heart Mother, 22:30)

12.02.70       

City Hall, Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK.

14.02.70       

The Kings Hall, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, UK.

15.02.70       

The Liverpool Philarmonic, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK.

16.02.70       

City Hall, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear, UK. (May have been on the 17th also)

23.02.70       

Edinburg, Scotland.

28.02.70       

Leeds University, Yorkshire, UK.

 

06.03.70       

Imperial College, London,UK. (with Juicy Lucy)

07.03.70       

Bristol, UK.

08.03.70       

Mother's, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK.

09.03.70       

Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK.

 

World Tour, Spring (March thru May) 1970.

This seems to be the first time (?) that they followed the same set order and songs in most cities.Set was usually as follows: Astronomy Domine, (Green is the Colour, sometimes), Careful With That Axe, Eugene, Cymbaline, Atom Heart Mother (the early version), Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, A Saucerful Of Secrets, Interstellar Overdrive. (Sometimes The Embyo was also played). This most likely is the complete set for these shows. However, the tape list given may not always a complete recording of the show.

 

11-24.03.70 

European Tour

(West Germany, Sweden and others?)

11.03.70       

Stadthalle, Offenbach, West Germany.

12.03.70       

Auditorium Maximum der Technischen Universitat, Hamburg, West Germany.

13.03.70       

Audimax, West Berlin, West Germany.

(115:00. Astronomy Domine, 10:30, Careful With That Axe Eugene, 9:30, Cymbaline, 8:30, A Saucerful of Secrets, 15:30, The Embryo, 9:30, Interstellar Overdrive, 14:30, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 16:00, Atom Heart Mother, 20:00, Blues, 6:00. Tape of March 12, may actually be this show)

17.03.70       

Hemmerleinhalle, Nurnberg, West Germany.

(108:00, Astronomy Domine, 9:00, Careful With That Axe Eugene, 9:00, Cymbaline, 10:00, A Saucerful Of Secrets, 16:30, The Embryo, 9:30, Interstellar Overdrive, 14:30, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 12:30, Atom Heart Mother, 21:00)

 

19-22.03.70

Scandinavian Tour

(The two shows listed are from these four dates. The exact dates are unknown)

00.03.70       

Konzerthuset, Stockholm, Sweden.

00.03.70       

Olympen, Lund, Sweden.

(96:00, Astronomy Domine, 6:30, Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 10:30, Cymbaline, 9:00, A Saucerful Of Secrets, 13:00, The Embryo, 8:30, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 11:30, Atom Heart Mother, 18:30, Interstellar Overdrive, 13:00)

30.03.70       

Hall des Expositions, Le Festival Musique Evolution, Bourget, France.

(with Procol Harum. People were cold because of bad weather)

 

Third American Tour, April 9 thru May 30

02.04.70       

Fly to USA.

09.04.70       

Fillmore East, New York City, New York, USA. (First gig of 1970 USA tour)

10.04.70       

Five Stages, Chicago, illinois, USA.

11.04.70       

State University Of New York (SUNY), Stonybrook, Long Island, New York, USA.

(80:00, Astronomy Domine, 10:30, Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 11:30, Cymbaline, 13:00, Atom Heart Mother, 16:30, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 16:00, A Saucerful Of Secrets, 9:30)

12.04.70       

Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

16.04.70       

Fillmore East, New York City, New York, USA.

17.04.70       

Electric Factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

18.04.70       

Electric Factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

22.04.70       

Capitol Theater, Port Chester, New York, USA.

24.04.70       

East Town Theater, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

25.04.70       

East Town Theater, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

29.04.70       

Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA.

(90:00 Soundboard recording, Grantchester Meadows, 6:30, Astronomy Domine, 9:00, Cymbaline, 10:00, Atom Heart Mother, 19:00, Embryo, 11:00, Green Is The Colour/Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 15:00, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 9:30, A Saucerful Of Secrets, 7:00.)

01.05.70       

Santa Monica Civic Center, Santa Monica, California, USA.

(69:00, Grandchester Meadows, 0:30, Astronomy Domine, 9:00, Cymbaline, 11:30, Atom Heart Mother, 20:30, The Embryo, 11:30, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 13:00)

00.05.70       

San Diego, California, USA.

(Billboard Magazine's tour announcement lists this show as May 9. We have no idea about this and remain skeptikcal)

09.05.70       

Terrace Ballroom, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

12.05.70       

Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

15.05.70       

Warehouse, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

(While Pink Floyd were in New Orleans, a truck with all of their equipment valued at approximately $40.000 was stolen. The police were apparently disinterested in helping the group to find the truck. However, the group found help through the staff of the Royal Orleans Hotel, whre the group had been staying. An acquaintance of the staff, who the group described as an "FBI Geezer", was brought in to help find the truck. The group also placed radio and TV spots offering rewards for the return of the truck. The truck was soon found abandoned with three guitars missing).

16.05.70       

Warehouse, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

22.05.70       

Music Theatre, Houston, Texas, USA. (The Floyd opened for Grand Funk on May 22nd and 23rd)

23.05.70       

State Fair Music Hall, Dallas, Texas, USA.

24.05.70       

Kansas City, Missouri, USA.

29.05.70       

Chicago, Illinois, USA.

30.05.70       

Chicago, Illinois, USA.  (It is unconfirmed whether the dates of May 24th, 29th and 30th were played. These are from the announcements in Billboard)

00.05.70       

Ludlow Garage, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

(Listed in Billboard Magazine as June 5 and 6, but no possible, they were back in the UK then. May be June 1 and 2??, unconfirmed again)

 

23.06.70       

Paris, France.

27.06.70       

"Blues and Progressive Music 70", Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallett, Somerset, UK.

(Atom Heart Mother premiered-with orchestra for the first time. 32:00, Green Is the Colour/Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 13:30, A Saucerful of Secrets, 18:00. Other bands: Canned Heat, John Mayall, Steppenwolf, Johnny Winter, It's A Beatiful Day, Fairport Convention, Colosseum, Kim Hartley Band, Maynard Fergurson Band)

28.06.70       

Kralingse Bos Arena, Rotterdam, Netherlands - “Holland Pop Actuel Festival”

(20.000 audience. 90:00, Astronomy Domine, 8:30, Green Is the Colour/Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 12:00, Atom Heart Mother, 18:30, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 11:30, A Saucerful Of Secrets, 19:30, Interstellar Overdrive, 12:00)

 

00.07.70       

Congress Centrum Hall, Hamburg, Germany.

00.07.70       

Munster, Germany.

00.07.70       

Frankfurt, Germany.

00.07.70       

Berlin, Germany.

12.07.70       

Reitstadion, Aachen, West Germany.   “Soersfestival”

(85:00, Astronomy Domine, 6:00, Green Is the Colour/Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 14:00, Atom Heart Mother, 20:30, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 14:00, A Saucerful Of Secrets, 17:00, Interstellar Overdrive, 13:30)

18.07.70       

Hyde Park, Kensington, London, UK.

(Free Concert for 100.000 people!  They played “The Embryo”, Green Is The Colour & Careful With That Axe Eugene, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, Atom Heart Mother with Orchestra. Other bands: Formerly Fat Harry, Kevin Ayers and the Whole World, Edgard Broughton Band, Roy Harper).

22.07.70       

University of Essex, Colchester, UK.

26.07.70       

Les Arenes d'Antibes, Juan Les Pins, France.   “XI Festival International de Jazz d'Antibes”

 

05.08.70       

Biot, France.   “Festival Maudit de Biot”

08.08.70       

Les Arenes, Saint Tropez, France.  “Saint Tropez Music Festival”

(30:00, Soundcheck, 2:00, Cymbaline, 1:00, Atom Heart Mother, 14:00, Embryo, 11:30. From Tv, Video)

12.08.70       

Les Arenes, St. Raphael, France. “Fete de Saint Raphael”

 

Atom Heart Mother World Tour 1970 (September 12 thru December 3)

The full show consisted of nine songs. Set list was in the following order: Astronomy Domine, Fat Old Sun, Cymbaline, Atom Heart Mother, The Embryo, Green Is The Colour/Careful With That Axe, Eugene, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, A Saucerful Of Secrets. (Sometimes "Interstellar Overdrive" was played as an extra encore. Note the addiction of the new song, "Fat Old Sun", for this tour)

12.09.70       

Parc de Vincennes, Paris, France.  “Fete de l'Humanitè”

(41:00, Astronomy Domine, 9:30, Green Is The Colour/Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 16:00, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 15:00. "Atom Heart Mother" - which doesn't appear on this tape - was perfomed with "Voices of East Harlem Choir" for this concert, organized by French PC. They had about 450.000 people at the festival. This tape comes from a video shot but never broadcast on TV. Other bands: Michael Polnareff and Voices of East Harlem)

16.09.70       

Paris Theatre, Lower Regent Street, London, UK.  (Recorded by BBC for “John Peel Show”).

18.09.70       

Altes Casino, Montreux, Switzerland.   “Festival de Musique Classique” (Jazz Festival)

(Pink Floyd were the very first rock band to ever appear at this festival. This orchestrated "Atom Heart Mother" was performed with"l'Orchestre Symphonique de la Suisse Romande")

(143:00, Astronomy Domine, 10:30, Fat Old Sun, 12:30, Cymbaline, 11:00, Atom Heart Mother (with Orchestra), 16:30, The Embryo, 12:30, Green Is The Colour/Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 13:30, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 11:30, A Saucerful Of Secrets, 16:00, Interstellar Overdrive, 12:30)

20.09.70       

The group flies to the States to begin their US "Atom Heart Mother" tour.

 

Forth American Tour (September 26th through October 25)

26.09.70       

Electric Factory, Phildelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

27.09.70       

Fillmore East, New York City, New York, USA.

(55:00, Astronomy Domine, 10:30, Atom Heart Mother, 5:30 (just a fragment), Green Is The Colour/Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 13:30, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 12:00, Fat Old Sun, 11:30). "Atom Heart Mother was performed with the "Roger Wagner Chorale" (a 20-voice choir) along with a ten-piece brass section. This was the first of only three performance with the choir: in NYC, LA, and SF).

01.10.70       

Portland, Oregon, USA.

02.10.70       

Spokane, Washington, USA. (May have been October 4?)

03.10.70       

Moore Theater, Seattle, Washington, USA.  (The 3rd is confirmed.The 4th and 5th are not and may be bogus)

04.10.70       

Moore Theater, Seattle, Washington, USA.

05.10.70       

Moore Theater, Seattle, Washington, USA.

06.10.70       

Ellensburg, Washington, USA.

07.10.70       

Vancouver Gardens, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

08.10.70       

Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

09.10.70       

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

10.10.70       

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

11.10.70       

Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

13.10.70       

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

15.10.70       

Terrace Ballroom, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

16.10.70       

Pepperland Auditorium, San Rafael, California, USA.

17.10.70       

Pepperland Auditorium, San Rafael, California, USA.

(128:00, Astronomy Domine (with power losses), 18:00, Fat Old Sun, 12:00, Cymbaline, 11:00, Atom Heart  Mother, 18:30, The Embryo, 10:30, Green Is The Colour/Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 14:30, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 11:00, A Saucerful Of Secrets, 21:00. Other bands: Asceola, Kimberly)

21.10.70       

Fillmore West, San Francisco, California, USA.

(The review in Rolling Stone (26/11/70) lists: Astronomy Domine, Fat Old Sun, Cymbaline, Atom Heart Mother, The Embryo, Green Is The Colour/Careful With That Axe, Eugene, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, and A Saucerful Of Secrets were playedat this show. This was the second show on the tour to feature both choir and brass section for "Atom Heart Mother")

23.10.70       

Santa Monica Civic, Santa Monica, California, USA.

(125:00, Astronomy Domine, 8:00, Green Is The Colour/Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 14:30, Fat Old Sun, 11:30, Cymbaline, 11:30, A Saucerful Of Secrets, 21:00, Atom Heart Mother (with choir), 22:00, The Embryo,11:00, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 14:00, Interstellar Overdrive, 12:30. Possibly the last time "Interstellar Overdrive" was performed. This was the third and last show on the tour to feature a choir and brass section during "Atom Heart Mother")

25.10.70       

Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

 

00.11.70       

Saarlandhalle, Saarbrucken, West Germany. (Sometime in November or December, not sure)

00.11.70       

Niedersachsenhalle, Hannover, West Germany.

(128:00, Astronomy Domine, 9:00, Fat Old Sun, 13:30, Cymbaline, 11:30, The Embryo, 26:00, Atom Heart Mother, 17:00, Green Is The Colour/Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 16:00, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 12:30, A Saucerful Of Secrets 19:30)

06.11.70       

Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

(107:00, Astronomy Domine, 8:30, Fat Old Sun, 14:00, Cymbaline, 12:30, Atom Heart Mother, 17:00, The Embryo, 9:30, Green Is The Colour/Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 14:00, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 12:30, A Saucerful Of Secrets, 18:30)

07.11.70       

De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

(140:00, Astronomy Domine, 9:00, Fat Old Sun, 13:00, Cymbaline, 11:00, Atom Heart Mother, 17:00, The Embryo, 11:30, Green Is The Colour/Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 14:30, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 14:00, A Saucerful Of Secrets, 19:00, Blues, 8:00)

11.11.70       

"Song Days Festival", Grugahalle, Essen, West Germany.

12.11.70       

Falconer Centret, Copenhagen, Denmark.

(113:00, Astronomy Domine, 8:30, Fat Old Sun, 12:00, Cymbaline, 11:00, Atom Heart Mother, 17:00, Green Is The Colour/Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 13:00, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 11:30, A Saucerful Of Secrets, 17:00, The Embryo, 8:00)

13.11.70       

Vejlby Risskovhallen, Arhus, Denmark.

(100:00,  Green Is The Colour/Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 13:30, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 13:00, A Saucerful Of Secrets, 18:00, Cymbaline, 13:00, Atom Heart Mother, 18:30, The Embryo, 7:00, Blues, 6:00)

25.11.70       

Friedrich Ebert Halle, Ludwigshafen, West Germany.     

(116:00, Astronomy Domine, 9:00, Fat Old Sun, 12:00, Cymbaline, 13:30, Atom Heart Mother, 17:30, The Embryo, 12:30, Green Is The Colour/Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 15:00, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 13:30, A Saucerful Of Secrets, 16:30)

26.11.70       

Killesberg Halle, Boblingen, West Germany.

(56:00, Fat Old Sun, 12:30, Green Is The Colour, 3:30, Atom Heart Mother, 15:00, The Embryo, 11:30)

29.11.70       

Circus Krone, Munchen, West Germany.

(112:00, Astronomy Domine, 8:00, Atom Heart Mother, 16:30, Fat Old Sun, 13:30, Cymbaline, 11:00, The Embryo, 12:30, Green Is The Colour/Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 15:00, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 144:00, A Saucerful Of Secrets, 11:30)

 

03.12.70       

Audimax Halle, Hamburg, Germany.

 

Short UK Tour (from December 11th thru 22)

("Atom Heart Mother" with choir and orchestra  and "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast" was supposedly played in all the dates of this tour)

11.12.70       

The Big Apple, Brighton, Sussex, UK.

12.12.70       

The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, UK.

18.12.70       

Town Hall, Birmingham, UK.

(Review in NME, 2/1/71 reports that the Floyd played "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast", "Atom Heart Mother" with a choir and brass section, "Fat Old Sun", and others)

20.12.70       

Colston Hall, Bristol, Somerset, UK.

21.12.70       

Free Trade Hall, Manchester, UK.

22.12.70       

Sheffield City Hall, Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK.

(140:00, Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast, 22:30, Embryo, 11:30, Fat Ols Sun, 13:30, Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 14:30, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 11:30, A Saucerful Of Secrets (with power losses), 24:00, Atom Heart Mother (with orchestra), 30:00, "Atom Heart Mother Jams", 2:30).

(The Orchestra was composed by three French horns, three trombones, three trumphets, one tuba, 18 voice choir. The orchestra play “Ave Maria” in the backstage as soundcheck. Brass and voices conducted by Peter Philips. During "Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast", roadies came on stage with a radio, plugged it in and tuned in to a station. They brewed up some tea which the band during a break in the song)

 

 

 

1971

 

17.01.71       

Roundchouse, Chalk Farm, London, UK.  "Implosion at the Roundhouse"

(no Floyd show - only pre-recorded music?)

 

European Tour, January 23 through April 20

(Only a few scattered dates. Dates scheduled in between recording sessions) Set list was as follows: Astronomy Domine, Green Is The Colour/Careful With That Axe, Eugene,  Embryo, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, Cymbaline, A Saucerful Of Secrets, and with the encore of Atom Heart Mother (with orchestra). (Fat Old Sun was played also once or twice. Hard to say, most tapes seem to be incomplete. This tour was the only one to feature the orchestra for "Atom Heart Mother" for all shows)

23.01.71       

Leeds University, Leeds, UK.

03.02.71       

Exeter, Devon, UK.

06.02.71       

Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, UK. “Command Performance”

(82:00, Libest Spacement and The Embryo, 20:30, Fat Old Sun, 13:30, Green Is The Colour, 3:30, A Saucerful Of Secrets, 18:00, Atom Heart Mother (with orchestra), 14:00)

12.02.71       

Essex University, Colchester, UK.

13.02.71       

Farnborough, Hampshire, UK.

(89:00, Atom Heart Mother (with orchestra), 16:30, Embryo, 11:30, Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 12:00, Cymbaline, 8:30, Astronomy Domine, 7:30, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 11:30, A Saucerful Of Secrets, 14:00)

20.02.71       

Twickenham, London, UK.

22.02.71       

Palais D'liver, Lyon, France.

24.02.71       

Munsterlandhalle, Munster, Germany.

25.02.71       

Musikhalle, Hambur, West Germany.

(97:00, Green Is The Colour/Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 15:00, Cymbaline, 11:30, Embryo, 11:00, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 13:30, Atom Heart Mother (with orchestra), 27:00, A Saucerful Of Secrets, 18:30)

26.02.71       

Stadthalle, Offenbach, West Germany.

(103:00, Astronomy Domine, 8:00, Green Is The Colour/Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 13:30, Embryo, 10:30, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 10:30, Cymbaline, 10:00, A Saucerful Of Secrets, 15:00, Atom Heart Mother (with orchestra), 19:00, Atom Heart Mother Jams, 3:00, Blues, 5:30)

27.02.71       

Festhalle, Frankfurt, West Germany.

03.04.71       

Oude-Ahoy Hallen, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

(142:00, Astronomy Domine, 10:30, Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 16:00, Fat Old Sun, 15:30, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 15:30, Cymbaline, 12:30, Embryo, 13:00, A Saucerful Of Secrets, 25:30, Atom Heart Mother (with orchestra), 29:30)

16.04.71       

Top Rank, Doncaster, Yorkshre, UK.

19.04.71       

Rehearsals at Cecil Sharp House, London, UK.

20.04.71       

College of Technology, Doncaster, Yorkshire, UK.

21.04.71       

Rehearsal at Cecil Sharp House, London, UK.

22.04.71       

University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolm, UK. (Debut of "Return of The Son of Nothing", just testing it live)

 

05.05.71       

Rehearsals at Wandsworth, London, UK. (Grenada TV)

07.05.71       

University of Lanchester, Lancashire, UK.

 

European tour (May 15 through July 1971)

(Set list was as follows: Atom Heart Mother with orchestra; Careful With That Axe, Eugene; Fat Old Sun; The Embryo; The Return Of The Son Of Nothing; Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun; Cymbaline; A Saucerful Of Secrets. Sometimes “Astronomy Domine” for encore. “Green is the colour” dropped out from the sets)

15.05.71       

Garden Party, Crystal Palace Bowl, London, UK.

(A giant inflatable octopus rose out of a lake during "Return of the Son of Nothing". Sound levels in the show reached a volume high enough to kill fish in the lake. It rained during the performance).

(97:00, Atom Heart Mother, 14:30, Careful with that axe, Eugene, 9:30, Fat Old Sun, 13:00, Return of the Son of Nothing, 22:00, Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun, 10:30, The Embryo, 9:30. Other bands: Naked Software, Southerland Brothers & Quiver, Mountain, The Face)

18.05.71       

Stirling University, Strathclyde, Central Scotland, UK.

(86:00, Atom Heart Mother, 14:30, Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun, 12:30, Fat Old Sun, 15:30, Careful with that axe, Eugene, 10:00, Return of the Son of Nothing, 21:00, A Saucerful of Secrets, 11:00)

19.05.71       

Usher Hall, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK.

20.05.71       

The Odeon, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

21.05.71       

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK.

04.06.71       

Rheinhalle, Dusseldorf, West Germany.

(102:00, Atom Heart Mother, 18:00, Careful with that axe, Eugene, 17:00, Fat Old Sun, 12:00, Return of the Son of Nothing, 17:00, Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun, 11:30, Cymbaline, 10:30, A Saucerful of Secrets, 7:30)

05.06.71       

Sportpalast, West Berlin, West Germany.

(114:00, Careful with that axe, Eugene, 9:00, Fat Old Sun, 14:00, The Embryo, 9:30, Return of the Son of Nothing, 22:00, Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun, 13:30, Cymbaline, 11:00, A Saucerful of Secrets, 19:00, Astronomy Domine, 7:00, Blues, 6:00)

12.06.71       

Palais des Sports, Lyon, France.

(This show may have been the live debut of "One Of These Days". 45:00, Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun, 15:30, Cymbaline, 12:00, Atom Heart Mother (with orchestra), 19:00)

15.06.71       

Abbaye de Royaumont, Paris, France.

(unconfirmed)

19.06.71       

Palazzo della Mostra E.I.B., Brescia, Italy.

(122:00, Atom Heart Mother, 15:00, Careful with that axe, Eugene, 13:00, Fat Old Sun, 14:00, The Embryo, 11:00, Return of the Son of Nothing, 22:30, Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun, 12:30, Cymbaline, 11:00, A Saucerful of Secrets, 18:30)

20.06.71       

Palazzo dello Sport E.U.R., Roma, Italy.

(139:00, Atom Heart Mother, 17:30, Careful with that axe, Eugene, 13:30, Fat Old Sun, 14:00, The Embryo, 11:30, Return of the Son of Nothing, 22:30, Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun, 12:00, Cymbaline, 11:30, A Saucerful of Secrets, 18:00, Astronomy Domine, 6:00) (Last time ever for "Astronomy Domine"??)

26.06.71       

Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands. "Amstel Rock Festival" (Free show)

(63:00, Careful with that axe, Eugene, 11:30, The Embryo, 8:30, Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun, 11:00, Cymbaline, 9:00, A Saucerful of Secrets, 18:00)

01.07.71       

Stadthalle, Wien, Austria.

00.07.71       

Ossiach, Austria.

(88:00 )

31.07.71       

Pink Floyd depart for Far East Tour ofAsia and Australia. Only three dates in Japan.

 

First Japanese and Australian Tour (6 thru 15 August)

01.08.71       

Arrive in Japan.

06.08.71       

Hakone Aphrodite, Kanagawa (Tokyo), Japan.   "Open Air Festival"

(69:00, One Of These Days, 11:00, Careful with that axe, Eugene, 13:30, Return of the Son of Nothing, 26:30, A Saucerful of Secrets, 18:00)

07.08.71       

Hakone Aphrodite, Kanagawa (Tokyo), Japan.   "Open Air Festival"

(77:00, One Of These Days, 8:30, Careful with that axe, Eugene, 12:30, Fat Old Sun, 14:00, Aom Heart Mother, 15:00, Cymbaline, 11:00, A Saucerful of Secrets, 14:00)

09.08.71       

Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan.

(127:00, Green Is The Colour/Careful with that axe, Eugene, 16:00, Fat Old Sun, 15:00, Atom Heart Mother, 18:00, Return of the Son of Nothing, 25:30, Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun, 15:00, Cymbaline, 12:00, A Saucerful of Secrets, 21:30. Possibly the last time "Green is the Colour" was played)

11.08.71       

Depart Japan and arrive in Australia

13.08.71       

FEstival Hall, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

15.08.71       

Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

16.08.71       

Depart Australia and arrive in Hong Kong for a holiday (no show!)

17.08.71       

Hong Kong.

18.08.71       

Depart Hong Kong and arive in Heathrow Airport, London on the 19th.

 

18.09.71       

Altes Casino, Montreux, Switzerland. “Festival de Musique Classique” (Jazz Festival)

(Played evening show. Orchestra was "L'Orchestre Symphonique de Vienne".)

(119:00, Echoes, 23:30, Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 12:30, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 13:00, Cymbaline, 13:00, Atom Heart Mother (with orchestra), 30:00; A Saucerful Of Secrets 21:00. "Return Of The Son Of Nothing" has been redone and is now referred to as "Echoes")

19.09.71       

Altes Casino, Montreux, Switzerland. “Festival de Musique Classique” (Jazz Festival)

(afternoon show)

23.09.71       

Falconer Theatret, Copenhagen Denmark.

24.09.71       

Falconer Theatret, Copenhagen Denmark.

25.09.71       

Falconer Theatret, Copenhagen Denmark.

(110:00, Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 10:30, Fat Old Sun, 12:00, Atom Heart Mother, 7:00, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 8:30, Cymbaline, 11:00, Echoes, 22:00, A Saucerful Of Secrets, 15:30, Blues, 6:00)

28.09.71       

Kunglia Tennishallen, Stockholm, Sweden.

29.09.71       

Setting up equipment at Wandsworth, Grenada TV Studios, UK, readied for the next day.

30.09.71       

Full rehearsal at Wandsworth, Grenada TV Studios, UK during the day.

30.09.71       

Paris Theatre, Lower Regent Street, London, UK. (Recorded by BBC for “John Peel Show”).

 

04.10.71       

Roman Amphitheatre, Pompeii, Italy.  (Film recording for "Pink Floyd at Pompeii")

05.10.71       

Roman Amphitheatre, Pompeii, Italy.  (Film recording for "Pink Floyd at Pompeii")

06.10.71       

Roman Amphitheatre, Pompeii, Italy.  (Film recording for "Pink Floyd at Pompeii")

07.10.71       

Roman Amphitheatre, Pompeii, Italy.  (Film recording for "Pink Floyd at Pompeii")

(60:00, Intro; Echoes part 1; Echoes part 2; Careful With That Axe, Eugene; A Saucerful Of Secrets; One Of These Days; Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun; Mademoiselles Nobs)

10.10.71       

Bradford University, Bradford, Yorkshire, UK.

(117:00, Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 11:00, Fat Old Sun, 11:30, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 13:00, Atom Heart Mother, 15:30, Echoes, 21:30, Cymbaline, 7:00, One Of These Days, 6:00, A Saucerful Of Secrets, 12:00, Blues, 4:00)

11.10.71       

Town Hall, Birmingham, UK.

13.10.71       

Fly to USA for their fifth American Tour.

 

Fifth American Tour (USA/Canada. October 15 through November 20)

(Set list was as follows: Embryo, Fat Old Sun, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, Atom Heart Mother, One Of These Days, Careful With That Axe, Eugene, Cymbaline, Echoes (sometime as encore), and A Saucerful Of Secrets (as the encore). The set list is similar to the brief Summer '71 European Tour but this time they include "One Of These Days". No "Astronomy Domine" in set list. This may be what they played in France in December  '71, too, but no tapes exist so we have no idea)

15.10.71       

Winterland, San Fancisco, California,USA.

16.10.71       

Santa Monica Civic, Santa Monica, California, USA.

(155:00, Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 13:30, Fat Old Sun, 17:00, Embryo, 14:00, Cymbaline, 13:00, Blues, 5:30, Echoes, 32:00, A Saucerful Of Secrets, 18:30, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 14:30, Atom Heart Mother, 20:00)

17.10.71       

Community Concourse, San Diego, California, USA.

(92:00, Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 14:00, Fat Old Sun, 16:30, Atom Heart Mother, 16:30, Embryo, 12:30, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 13:30, Cymbaline, 12:30, Blues, 5:30. With Finnegan also on the bill)

19.10.71       

National Guard Armory, Eugene, Oregon, USA.

21.10.71       

Salem, Oregon, USA.

22.10.71       

Paramount Theater, Seattle, Washington, USA.

23.10.71       

Vancouver Gardens, Vancouver, Canada.

26.10.71       

Ford Auditorium, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

27.10.71       

Auditorium Theater, Chicago, Illinois, USA

(137:00, Embryo, 12:30, Fat Old Sun, 14:00, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 12:30, Atom Heart Mother, 16:30, One Of These Days, 9:30, Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 10:30, Cymbaline, 11:30, Echoes, 23:00, A Saucerful Of Secrets, 14:30)

28.10.71       

Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

(132:00, Embryo, 12:30, Fat Old Sun, 14:30, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 13:30, Atom Heart Mother, 16:30, One Of These Days, 9:00, Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 12:00, Cymbaline, 11:30, Echoes, 27:00, Blues, 6:30)

30.10.71       

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

(This might be moved to November 20; there is a confirmed date for November 20, but not for October30)

31.10.71       

Fieldhouse, University of Toledo, Toledo,Ohio, USA.

(82:00 )

 

02.11.71       

Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.

03.11.71       

Capitol Center, Passaic, New Jersey, USA.

(This may have actually been at Providence, Rhode Island, instead??).

04.11.71       

Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY), New York City, New York, USA.

05.11.71       

Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY), New York City, New York, USA.

(148:00, Embryo, 17:00, Fat Old Sun, 14:00, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 13:30, Atom Heart Mother, 17:00, One Of These Days, 10:30, Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 13:30, Cymbaline, 11:00, Echoes, 26:00, A Saucerful Of Secrets,18:00)

06.11.71       

Emerson Gym, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

08.11.71       

Peace Bridge Center, Buffalo, New York, USA.

09.11.71       

Centre Social University, Montreal, Canada.

10.11.71       

Petie Colisee de Quebec, Quebec, Canada.

(140:00, Embryo, 11:30, Fat Old Sun, 14:30, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 13:00, One Of These Days, 8:00, Atom Heart Mother, 14:00, Cymbaline, 11:30, Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 11:30, Echoes, 24:30, A Saucerful Of Secrets, 16:30)

11.11.71       

Music Hall, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

12.11.71       

Irvine Auditorium, Penn. State University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

(117:00, The embryo, 12:00; Fat Old Sun, 14:30; Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 14:00; Atom Heart Mother, 17:00; One Of These Days, 9:00, Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 13:00, Cymbaline, 11:00; Echoes, 26:30)

13.11.71       

Convention Hall, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA.

14.11.71       

State University of New York (SUNY), Stonybrook, Long Island, New York, USA.

15.11.71       

Carnegie Hall, New York City, New York, USA.

16.11.71       

Lisner Auditorium, University of Washington, D.C., USA.

19.11.71       

Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA.

20.11.71       

Music Hall, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

(122:00, Embryo, 27:30, Fat Old Sun, 14:00, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, 15:30, Atom Heart Mother, 19:30, Careful With That Axe, Eugene, 11:00, Cymbaline, 12:30, Echoes, 17:30. In the “Embryo” performance they played, for the first time, an embryonic version of “Eclipsed”!!!)

 

02.12.71       

Rehearsals, London, UK.

(Most days of December and earely January 1972 spent in rehearsals for “Eclipsed”)

00.12.71       

Short French Tour between December 13th and 21th.

(No information on what cities they played)