A Momentary Lapse of Reason and Another Lapse were two consecutive concert tours by the English rock band Pink Floyd. The A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour ran from September 1987 to August 1988; while Another Lapse ran from May–July 1989. Both tours were in support of their album A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987). The tour was the band's first since The Wall Tour in 1980–1981, and also the first without the band's original bassist Roger Waters. The band later reprised the setlist and stage show of this tour for their performance at Knebworth Park in 1990.
History Initially, there was a great deal of uncertainty around the tour. Pink Floyd had not played live since 1981, and had not embarked on a full-fledged tour since 1977. Roger Waters left the band in 1985, believing the band would not continue. However, Gilmour and Mason decided to continue as Pink Floyd. Waters threatened legal action against Gilmour and Mason, as well as any promoters who promoted shows as "Pink Floyd". However, by the end of 1987, with the success of the album and first stages of the tour, the new lineup had established itself commercially, and the band reached a settlement with Waters in December.
Having the success of The Wall Tour to live up to, the concerts' special effects were more impressive than ever. The initial "promotional tour" was extended, and finally lasted almost two years, ending in 1989 after playing around 197 concerts in total, including 3 dates at Madison Square Garden (5–7 October 1987) and 2 nights at Wembley Stadium (5–6 August 1988). The tour took Pink Floyd to various exotic locations they had never played before such as shows in the forecourt of the Palace of Versailles, Moscow's Olympic Stadium, and Venice, despite fears and protests that the sound would damage the latter city's foundations. The tour marked the first time that the band played in the Soviet Union, Norway, Spain and New Zealand, and was the first time they had played in Australia since 1971 and Japan since 1972.
Worldwide, the band grossed around US$135 million, making A Momentary Lapse of Reason the highest-grossing tour of the 1980s.
A further concert was held at the Knebworth Festival in 1990, a charity event that also featured other Silver Clef Award winners. Pink Floyd was the last act to play, to an audience of 120,000. During this gig Clare Torry joined Vicki and Sam Brown in providing backing vocals, Candy Dulfer contributing saxophone solos. The £60,000 firework display that ended the concert was entirely financed by the band. These shows are documented by the Delicate Sound of Thunder album, video and Live at Knebworth '90 video. Video of both the Venice and Knebworth concerts was released on Blu-Ray and DVD in The Later Years boxset.
Personnel Pink Floyd: David Gilmour – lead vocals, lead guitars and console steel guitar (on "One of These Days" and "The Great Gig in the Sky") Nick Mason – drums, percussion Richard Wright – keyboards, backing vocals and harmony vocals Additional musicians: Jon Carin – keyboards, sound effects, vocals, additional percussion Scott Page – saxophones, oboe, additional guitars Guy Pratt – bass guitar, vocals Tim Renwick – guitars, backing vocals Gary Wallis – percussion, additional keyboards Rachel Fury – backing vocals Durga McBroom – backing vocals (from Omni shows in 1987 forward) Margaret Taylor (now known as Machan Taylor) – backing vocals (during the 1987-88 dates) Lorelei McBroom – backing vocals (at The Omni shows 1987 and the 1989 dates) Roberta Freeman – backing vocals (at The Omni shows 1987)
Knebworth Park additional musicians: Guy Pratt – bass guitar, vocals Jon Carin – keyboards, vocals Michael Kamen - keyboards Tim Renwick – rhythm and occasional lead guitars, backing vocals Gary Wallis – percussion Durga McBroom, Sam Brown, Vicki Brown, Clare Torry – backing vocals Candy Dulfer – saxophone
Set list
Tour The first set mainly consisted of songs from A Momentary Lapse of Reason and the second of hits and older songs. See notes on individual tour dates to see changes made to the usual set list.
Grand Canal, Venice, 15 July 1989 – Live TV concert
This was a special performance on a floating platform, for live Italian TV and was also broadcast worldwide. Due to time restrictions of live TV some songs were left out and others shortened in places. Before the concert, city authorities were so worried about the effects of loud amplified music on the ancient structures of the city that Pink Floyd agreed to play more quietly than usual. The influx of 200,000 fans into the city, and the outcry arising from the mountains of litter left behind and the inevitable consequences of the lack of toilet facilities, led to the entire city council resigning after the concert.
"Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Part I" (intro only) "Learning to Fly" "Yet Another Movie" "Round and Around" "Sorrow" (shortened outro) "The Dogs of War" "On the Turning Away" "Time" "The Great Gig in the Sky" "Wish You Were Here" "Money" (shorter than had previously been performed on the tour) "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2" "Comfortably Numb" "Run Like Hell"
Knebworth Park, Knebworth, 30 June 1990 – Silver Clef Award Winners Concert
"Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts I-V" (featuring Candy Dulfer) "The Great Gig in the Sky" (featuring Clare Torry) "Wish You Were Here" "Sorrow" "Money" (featuring Candy Dulfer) "Comfortably Numb" (featuring Michael Kamen) "Run Like Hell"
Tour dates + List of 1987 concerts Date City Country Venue Tickets sold / available Revenue9 September 1987OttawaCanadaLansdowne Park26,062 / 35,000$495,09912 September 1987MontrealMontreal Forum42,912 / 42,912N/A13 September 198714 September 198716 September 1987ClevelandUnited StatesCleveland Stadium128,364 / 128,364$2,567,28017 September 198719 September 1987PhiladelphiaJohn F. Kennedy Stadium80,754 / 80,754$1,615,08021 September 1987TorontoCanadaExhibition Stadium146,599 / 150,000$2,825,86022 September 198723 September 198725 September 1987RosemontUnited StatesRosemont Horizon54,400 / 54,400N/A26 September 198727 September 198728 September 198730 September 1987MilwaukeeCounty Stadium58,044 / 60,000$1,160,8803 October 1987SyracuseCarrier Dome39,510 / 39,510N/A5 October 1987New York CityMadison Square Garden50,571 / 50,571$1,100,5006 October 19877 October 198710 October 1987East RutherfordBrendan Byrne Arena51,923 / 51,923$1,049,44911 October 198712 October 198714 October 1987HartfordHartford Civic CenterN/AN/A15 October 198716 October 1987ProvidenceProvidence Civic Center23,860 / 23,860$536,85017 October 198719 October 1987LandoverCapital Centre54,505 / 58,000$1,304,20020 October 198721 October 198722 October 198725 October 1987Chapel HillDean Smith Center28,636 / 29,604$529,76626 October 198730 October 1987TampaTampa Stadium 55,107 / 55,107N/A1 November 1987MiamiOrange Bowl 55,000 / 55,000N/A3 November 1987AtlantaOmni Coliseum41,129 / 41,429$822,8234 November 19875 November 19877 November 1987LexingtonRupp Arena31,175 / 31,175$576,1388 November 198710 November 1987PontiacPontiac Silverdome46,192 / 46,192$923,84012 November 1987IndianapolisHoosier Dome41,782 / 41,782$835,64015 November 1987St. LouisSt. Louis Arena27,954 / 27,954$548,46016 November 198718 November 1987HoustonAstrodome37,956 / 37,956$734,76019 November 1987AustinFrank Erwin Center26,966 / 26,966$489,67520 November 198721 November 1987DallasReunion Arena46,179 / 46,179$895,54322 November 198723 November 198726 November 1987Los AngelesLos Angeles Memorial Sports ArenaN/AN/A27 November 198728 November 198730 November 19871 December 19873 December 1987OaklandOakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena53,013 / 53,013$1,192,7934 December 19875 December 19876 December 19878 December 1987SeattleKingdome33,700 / 40,000$710,38210 December 1987 VancouverCanadaBC Place45,538 / 45,538$879,825
+ List of 1988 concerts Date City Country Venue Tickets sold / available Revenue22 January 1988AucklandNew ZealandWestern Springs StadiumN/AN/A27 January 1988SydneyAustraliaSydney Entertainment CentreN/AN/A28 January 198829 January 198830 January 198831 January 19881 February 19882 February 19883 February 19884 February 19885 February 19887 February 1988BrisbaneBrisbane Entertainment CentreN/AN/A8 February 198811 February 1988AdelaideThebarton OvalN/AN/A13 February 1988MelbourneMelbourne & Olympic ParksN/AN/A14 February 198815 February 198816 February 198817 February 198818 February 198819 February 198820 February 198824 February 1988PerthEast Fremantle OvalN/AN/A2 March 1988TokyoJapanNippon BudokanN/AN/A3 March 19884 March 1988Yoyogi National GymnasiumN/AN/A5 March 19886 March 19888 March 1988OsakaOsaka-jo HallN/AN/A9 March 198811 March 1988NagoyaRainbow HallN/AN/A15 April 1988Los AngelesUnited StatesLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum56,672 / 64,019$1,233,20318 April 1988DenverMile High Stadium51,976 / 65,000$1,143,47220 April 1988SacramentoCharles C. Hughes Stadium27,000 / 27,000$607,96022 April 1988OaklandOakland–Alameda County Coliseum78,972 / 90,000$1,716,87023 April 198825 April 1988PhoenixMunicipal Stadium48,330 / 48,330$1,070,40226 April 198828 April 1988IrvingTexas Stadium47,137 / 47,137$924,08030 April 1988OrlandoFlorida Citrus BowlN/AN/A4 May 1988RaleighCarter–Finley Stadium42,982 / 42,982$866,5766 May 1988FoxboroughSullivan Stadium85,911 / 88,998$1,932,9988 May 198811 May 1988 Montreal CanadaOlympic Stadium41,761 / 55,000$1,168,23613 May 1988 Toronto CNE Stadium47,017 / 50,000$1,014,20415 May 1988 Philadelphia United StatesVeterans Stadium88,010 / 95,800$1,917,67516 May 198818 May 1988Cedar FallsUNI-Dome15,857 / 15,857N/A20 May 1988MadisonCamp Randall Stadium45,132 / 55,000$902,64021 May 1988RosemontRosemont Horizon28,788 / 28,788$704,72522 May 198824 May 1988MinneapolisHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome42,532 / 50,000$938,76826 May 1988Kansas CityArrowhead StadiumN/AN/A28 May 1988ColumbusOhio Stadium63,016 / 63,016$1,260,32030 May 1988PittsburghThree Rivers Stadium51,101 / 51,101$1,022,0201 June 1988Washington, D.C.RFK Stadium44,586 / 44,586$1,003,1853 June 1988East RutherfordGiants Stadium107,568 / 107,568$2,389,6354 June 198810 June 1988NantesFranceStade de la BeaujoireN/AN/A13 June 1988RotterdamNetherlandsFeijenoord StadionN/AN/A14 June 198816 June 1988West BerlinWest GermanyReichstagsgeländeN/AN/A18 June 1988MannheimMaimarktgeländeN/AN/A21 June 1988VersaillesFrancePalace of VersaillesN/AN/A22 June 198825 June 1988HanoverWest GermanyNiedersachsenstadionN/AN/A27 June 1988DortmundWestfalenhallenN/AN/A28 June 198829 June 19881 July 1988ViennaAustriaErnst-Happel-StadionN/AN/A3 July 1988MunichWest GermanyOlympiastadion MünchenN/AN/A6 July 1988TurinItalyStadio Olimpico di TorinoN/AN/A8 July 1988ModenaStadio Alberto BragliaN/AN/A9 July 198811 July 1988RomeStadio FlaminioN/AN/A12 July 198815 July 1988GrenobleFranceStade du Municipal Charles-BertyN/AN/A17 July 1988NiceStade Charles-EhrmannN/AN/A20 July 1988BarcelonaSpainEstadi de SarriàN/AN/A22 July 1988MadridEstadio Vicente CalderónN/AN/A24 July 1988MontpellierFranceEspace RichterN/AN/A26 July 1988BaselSwitzerlandSt. Jakob StadiumN/AN/A28 July 1988LilleFranceStadium Nord Lille MétropoleN/AN/A31 July 1988CopenhagenDenmarkGentofte StadionN/AN/A2 August 1988OsloNorwayValle HovinN/AN/A5 August 1988LondonEnglandWembley StadiumN/AN/A6 August 19888 August 1988ManchesterMaine RoadN/AN/A12 August 1988RichfieldUnited StatesRichfield Coliseum44,640 / 44,640$1,116,00013 August 198814 August 198816 August 1988Auburn HillsThe Palace of Auburn Hills31,016 / 31,016$775,40017 August 198819 August 1988UniondaleNassau Coliseum71,862 / 71,862$1,796,55020 August 198821 August 198822 August 198823 August 1988