Us + Them Tour

In mid-October 2016, Waters announced that he would return to North America in 2017 with a pioneering new tour named "Us + Them", stating: "We are going to take a new show on the road, the content is very secret. It'll be a mixture of stuff from my long career, stuff from my years with Pink Floyd, some new things. Probably 75% of it will be old material and 25% will be new, but it will be all connected by a general theme. It will be a cool show, I promise you. It'll be spectacular like all my shows have been." The tour is named after the track "Us and Them", from Pink Floyd's 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon.

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• Roger Waters – lead vocals, bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar on "Welcome to the Machine" and "Picture That"
• Dave Kilminster – acoustic and electric guitars, talk box, backing vocals
• Jon Carin – piano, keyboards, programming, lap steel guitar, acoustic and electric guitars, backing vocals
• Gus Seyffert – acoustic and electric guitars, bass, backing vocals
• Jonathan Wilson – acoustic and electric guitars, lead and backing vocals
• Drew Erickson – piano, keyboards, Hammond organ (withdrew from tour before Newark date, due to injury){{Cite web|url=https://www.pinkfloydz.com/concerts-tours/roger-waters-us-2018-tour/|title=Roger Waters - Us And Them 2018 Tour|website=Pink Floyd - A Fleeting Glimpse}}
• Bo Koster – piano, keyboards, Hammond organ (replaced an injured Erickson, from Newark date onwards){{Cite web|url=https://buffalonews.com/entertainment/roger-waters-presents-the-sound-of-pink-floyd-at-its-most-provocative/article_77379c93-d098-59f6-9e3c-7c9e50d96448.html|title=Roger Waters presents the sound of Pink Floyd at its most provocative|first=Michael|last=Farrell|website=The Buffalo News|date=10 September 2017 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest/roger-waters-us-them-tour-returns-to-new-jersey-one-musician-c.html|title=Pink Floyd news :: Brain Damage - Roger Waters' Us + Them Tour returns to New Jersey, one musician change|website=www.brain-damage.co.uk}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.pulse-and-spirit.com/konzert-tour-setlist/roger-waters-7-9-2017-newark-prudential-center/|title=Roger Waters setzt Tour in Newark fort | Pulse & Spirit|date=8 September 2017 }}
• Ian Ritchie – saxophone, bass
• Joey Waronker – drums, percussion
• Jess Wolfe – backing vocals, percussion, lead vocals on "The Great Gig in the Sky" and "Mother"
• Holly Laessig – backing vocals, percussion, lead vocals on "The Great Gig in the Sky" and "Mother"

The following set list was obtained from the concert held on September 12, 2017 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.{{cite web|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/roger-waters-wrapped-up-his-two-night-stand-at-barclays-center-review-setlist/|title=Roger Waters wrapped up his two-night stand at Barclays Center (review, setlist)|author=Bergstorm, Jeff|work=BrooklynVegan|publisher=Townsquare Media|date=13 September 2017|access-date=29 July 2022}} It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

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;Set 1

1. "Speak to Me"
2. "Breathe"
3. "One of These Days"
4. "Time / "Breathe" (Reprise)
5. "The Great Gig in the Sky"
6. "Welcome to the Machine"
7. "When We Were Young"
8. "Déjà Vu"
9. "The Last Refugee"
10. "Picture That"
11. "Wish You Were Here"
12. "The Happiest Days of Our Lives"
13. "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2"
14. "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 3"

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15. "Dogs"
16. "Pigs (Three Different Ones)"
17. "Money"
18. "Us and Them"
19. "Smell the Roses"
20. "Brain Damage"
21. "Eclipse"

;Encore

22. "Vera"
23. "Bring the Boys Back Home"
24. "Comfortably Numb"

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The following songs were performed during the tour, with each song noted the city and date it was performed:

• "Vera" / "Bring the Boys Back Home" (medley) (all shows until 11 August 2017; Oslo, 14 August 2018; Stockholm, 18 August 2018)
• "Mother" (Nashville, 13 August 2017; Boston, 27 & 28 September 2017; Québec, 6 & 7 October 2017; Ottawa, 10 October 2017; Toronto, 13 October 2017; Montreal, 16, 17 & 18 October 2017; Winnipeg, 22 October 2017; Vancouver, 28 October 2017; Auckland, 24 & 26 January 2018; Dunedin, 30 January 2018; Sydney, 2 & 3 February 2018; Melbourne, 10, 11 & 13 February 2018; Adelaide, 16 February 2018; Bologna, 21, 24 & 25 April 2018; Budapest, 2 May 2018; Zagreb, 6 May 2018; Lyon, 9 May 2018; Antwerp, 11 May 2018; Rome, 14 July 2018; Kraków, 3 August 2018; São Paulo, 9 & 10 November 2018; Brasília, 13 October 2018; Rio de Janeiro, 24 October 2018; San José, 24 November 2018)
• "Wait for Her" / "Oceans Apart" / "Part of Me Died" (medley) (Vancouver, 29 October 2017; Perth, 20 February 2018; Bologna, 22 April 2018; Prague, 28 April 2018; Antwerp, 12 May 2018; Lisbon, 20 May 2018; Amsterdam, 18 June 2018; Glasgow, 29 June 2018; Gdańsk, 5 August 2018)
• "Danny Boy" (Dublin, 26 & 27 June 2018)
• "Broken Bones" (Copenhagen, 10 August 2018; Oslo, 15 August 2018; Helsinki, 21 August 2018; Bogotá, 21 November 2018)
• "The Bravery of Being Out of Range" (Riga, 24 August 2018; Kaunas, 26 August 2018; St. Petersburg, 29 August 2018; Moscow, 31 August 2018)
• "Two Suns in the Sunset" (Salvador, 17 October 2018; Belo Horizonte, 21 October 2018; Montevideo, 3 November 2018; Lima, 17 November 2018)
• "The Gunner's Dream" (Santiago, 14 November 2018)

As of July 2017, the Us + Them Tour, which had cost $4 million to produce, had grossed over $25 million in North America and ranked 19th in highest grossing shows in North America for that year.{{cite web|url=http://www.thesoundla.com/blogs/classic-rock-morning-show/top-grossing-tours-2017-so-far|title=The Top Grossing Tours of 2017, so far|date=July 19, 2017|website=TheSoundLA|publisher=The SoundLA|access-date=July 19, 2017}} The tour has been highly praised for its setlist, which is heavy on songs from Waters' tenure in Pink Floyd, along with its visuals and technology.

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One portion of the show features extensive anti-Donald Trump imagery, which led some attendees to boo or even walk out of the show.{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2017/07/roger-waters-pink-floyd-booed-anti-trump-images/|title=Some Pink Floyd Fans in New Orleans Booed Roger Waters For Showing Anti-Trump Images Onstage|last=Gaca|first=Anna|date=July 10, 2017|website=Spin.com|publisher=Spin|access-date=July 10, 2017}} Waters responded to the anti-Trump critics by saying, "I find it slightly surprising that anybody could have been listening to my songs for 50 years without understanding", and said to those critics if they didn't like what he was doing, "Go see Katy Perry or watch the Kardashians. I don't care." Waters also said that due to his anti-Trump images that he lost sponsors such as American Express, who refused to have their company associated with his shows in the U.S., although they are still sponsoring the tour in Canada, according to Waters.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/roger-waters-anti-trump-critics-2121433|title=Roger Waters tells anti-Trump tour critics to 'go see Katy Perry' instead|last=Maine|first=Samantha|date=August 5, 2017|website=NME.com|publisher=NME|access-date=August 5, 2017}} In Brazil, Waters similarly attacked then presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro and was repeatedly booed by crowds on all shows.{{Cite web |title=Roger Waters critica Bolsonaro, mas acumula polêmicas |url=https://www.uol.com.br/splash/noticias/2022/09/29/roger-waters-critica-bolsonaro-mas-acumula-polemicas.htm |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=www.uol.com.br |language=pt-br}} Some imagery mentioned "neo-fascism is on the rise", and also cited multiple other politicians such as Vladimir Putin and Marine Le Pen.{{Cite web |date=2018-10-19 |title=Roger Waters agradece vaias em SP e diz que Bolsonaro é corrupto e insano |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2018/10/roger-waters-agradece-vaias-em-sp-e-diz-que-bolsonaro-e-corrupto-e-insano.shtml |access-date=2023-06-12 |website=Folha de S.Paulo |language=pt-BR}}

Waters also was met with some backlash, boycotts and even attempts to cancel his show by some lawmakers{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishledger.com/2017/07/ny-lawmaker-roger-waters-concert-violates-anti-bds-law/|title=NY lawmaker: Roger Waters concert violates anti-BDS law

|date=July 26, 2017|website=jewishledger|access-date=July 26, 2017}} in various cities due to his anti-Israel boycott which some felt was anti-semitic. Prior to his performances in Washington, D.C., the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington produced a video criticizing Waters' support of BDS, the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement that compares the country's treatment of Palestinians to apartheid.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2017/08/04/pink-floyds-roger-waters-called-anti-semitic-ahead-of-d-c-concerts/|title=Pink Floyd's Roger Waters is accused of anti-Semitism ahead of D.C. concerts|date=August 4, 2017|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=August 4, 2017}} In October 2016, Waters lost $4 million in sponsorship after American Express refused to fund the tour due to his anti-Israel rhetoric at a previous festival sponsored by the financial company.{{Cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/world-news/americas/1.749777|title=Roger Waters Loses $4 Million Sponsorship Over 'anti-Israel Rhetoric'|work=Haaretz|date=30 October 2016}} In November 2016, Citibank joined American Express in cutting ties to Waters.{{cite web|title=Wish You Weren't Here: Citibank Joins American Express in Cutting Ties to Roger Waters|url=http://www.thetower.org/4106-wish-you-werent-here-citibank-joins-american-express-in-cutting-ties-to-roger-waters/|website=The Tower|date=3 November 2016 }}

The Amsterdam shows of 18 – 23 June 2018 at the Ziggo Dome were filmed for Roger Waters: Us + Them. The movie was premiered at Venice Film Festival in 2019. A live album with the songs from the movie was released on 2 October 2020.

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