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Roger Waters Concert Film Capturing 2023 “This Is Not a Drill” Tour Show to Be Screened in Theaters Worldwide

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A new Roger Waters concert film capturing a 2023 performance by the founding Pink Floyd singer/bassist will get worldwide screenings in theaters on July 23 and July 27.

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This Is Not a Drill: Live from Prague – The Movie features Waters performing at the O2 Arena in the Czech Republic capital on May 25, 2023. The show, which was part of Roger’s This Is Not a Drill tour, originally was screened live in more than 1,500 cinemas around the world. The film features a newly edited version of the performance directed by Waters’ frequent collaborator Sean Evans. The movie was shot in the high-res 8K format.

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The film features Roger and his backing solo band performing more than 20 songs, including Pink Floyd classics and deep cuts and select solo songs. Among the latter tunes was a then-brand-new song called “The Bar.”

According to an official description of the This Is Not a Drill Tour, Waters’ show offered “a stunning indictment of the corporate dystopia in which we all struggle to survive.” The trek was dedicated to “our brothers and sisters all over the world who are engaged in the existential battle for the soul of humanity.”

Tickets for the This Is Not a Drill: Live from Prague screenings will go on sale starting on June 12 at RogerWaters.film.

Watch a Preview Clip

A clip from the film featuring Waters performing the classic 1975 Pink Floyd song “Wish You Were Here” can be viewed now on his YouTube channel. The video features text flashing on the screen of Roger recalling how he and original Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett first decided to form a band together during the 1960s. Later in the clip, text of Waters describing a chilling 1968 interaction with Barrett that illustrated Syd’s mental decline was also shown on the screen.

“Wish You Were Here” was inspired by Barrett, whose mental-health issues led to his departure from Pink Floyd in 1968.

Companion Live Album and Home Video to Be Released Soon

This Is Not a Drill: Live from Prague – The Movie will be released on DVD, Blu-ray, and digital video on August 1. A companion soundtrack album will be issued on multiple audio formats the same day.

The soundtrack will be available as a two-CD set, a four-LP vinyl collection, as a digital download, and via streaming.

You can pre-order the This Is Not a Drill: Live from Prague home video and soundtrack now.

This Is Not a Drill: Live from Prague CD Soundtrack Track List:

Disc 1

  1. “Introduction”
  2. “Comfortably Numb”
  3. “The Happiest Days of Our Lives”
  4. “Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2”
  5. “Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 3”
  6. “The Powers That Be”
  7. “The Bravery of Being Out of Range”
  8. “The Bar Part 1”
  9. “Have a Cigar”
  10. “Wish You Were Here”
  11. “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”
  12. “Sheep”

Disc 2

  1. “In the Flesh”
  2. “Run Like Hell”
  3. “Déjà Vu”
  4. “Is This the Life We Really Want?”
  5. “Money”
  6. “Us and Them”
  7. “Any Colour You Like”
  8. “Brain Damage”
  9. “Eclipse”
  10. “Two Suns in the Sunset”
  11. “The Bar Part 2”
  12. “Outside the Wall”

(Photo by Kate Izor)

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