THE 25 MOST IMPORTANT GIGS

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13 September 1987 Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Canada

Filmed from the center of the stadium. Good quality

14 September 1987 Forum de Montréal, Montréal, Canada 

15 September 1987 «Pink Floyd versus Roger Waters », MTV, New York, USA
A special report on the war between Roger and the new look version of Pink Floyd.

16 September 1987 « Pre-Concert Report », WMMS TV, Cleveland, USA

An interview of David Gilmour recorded on November 1986 is broadcasted.

19 September 1987 JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, USA 

21 September 1987 « City Pulse », Toronto TV , Toronto, Canada
Interview with Nick and David on the band and Roger Waters too.

21 September 1987 Canadian National Exhibition  Stadium, Toronto, Canada

22 September 1987 « News Report », City TV , Toronto, Canada

22 September 1987 CNE Stadium, Toronto, Canada 

23 September 1987 CNE Stadium, Toronto, Canada 

24 September 1987 « Showbiz Today », CNN, New York, USA
A report about the economical and logistical sides while the band begin the US leg of his tour.

30 September 1987 County Stadium, Milwaukee, USA

A complete video released in 2011 on the « Pigs on the Wing » label. Filmed from afar but presenting the complete show which is pretty rare.

3 Octobre 1987 « News Music Report », Canadian TV

7 October 1987 Madison Square Garden, New York, USA

9 October 1987 « Interviews », RAI Due, Roma, Italy
Interviews with Mason and Gilmour in live (by satellite) at the Ritz Carlton. Both answered questions from the audience (including Dario Argento!). 9 minutes. Some exclusive images of the beginning of their tour are shown as well as images filmed on August 7, 1987 by CBS crew (or MTV) (see above).

9 October 1987 « Rapido », Canal +, Paris, France

One of the sequences of the TV show is dedicated to the release of « Radio KAOS ». Waters is interviewed in New York about the conflict with his former bandmates. The promo of Radio Waves and images of the Madison Square Garden’s gig are shown. The subject ends with Apples & Oranges first broadcast at the RTBF in February 1968.

19 October 1987 Capital Center, Landover, USA

Good footage (high quality and stable). Complete

25 October 1987 « Music Scene Report », German TV

28 October 1987 « David Gilmour Special », Capital Center, MTV, New York, USA

A half hour long subject dedicated to the guitarist with interviews of his close friends and family, including Pete Townsend, extracts from his 1984 concert and some footage from the film « The Wall »

31.10.1987 « MTV Halloween Top 20 Video Countdown », MTV, New York, USA

A top-ranking of the 20 best music videos of 1987, including Learning to Fly. Hosted by Alan Hunter and Jason Bateman

03-05 November 1987 Omni Coliseum, Atlanta, USA

Pink Floyd played at The Omni Coliseum in Atlanta on November 3-5, 1987 during the US leg of their «Momentary Lapse Of Reason» tour and these shows werer professionally filmed by «Calhoun Productions».  Although it is unclear which nights these tracks comes from, Povey and Russell’s «In The Flesh » book states that the gig from 5 November was entirely filmed, using twenty-three Panavision video cameras The show was to be aired on European television but was cancelled at the last minute.  Some tracks from this concert were subsequently used as promo videos : On the Turning Away, One Slip and Dogs of War.

Some additional footage has been released before on DVD in various incomplete versions: «The Calhoun Tapes (Digital Line)» came out in 2003 and only featured seven tracks while «Into The Vault. The Complete Calhoun Tapes» is more complete and has the same tracks as «Rebirth Of The Band».

Welcome To The Machine, Money, and Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) were played during these shows but remains unreleased. This live production also incorporates footage from their concept videos and is what was shown on the massive screen that accompanied the tremendous stage show.

Source : 2DVD  « Would you buy a ticket for this Show ? »
Source : 2DVD  « Would you buy a ticket for this Show ? »

5 November 1987 « New Video Hour », MTV, New York, USA
A short sequence about the tour of Floyd with some extracts of the interview on August 1987 followed by the promo clip On the turning away. 

12 November 1987 « Rapido », Canal+, Paris, France
Separate interviews of David and Roger. Promo clips of Learning to Fly and The Final Cut.

25 November 1987 « Music Scene Report », KLOS TV, Los Angeles, USA

 An 5-mn interview of David and Nick.

28 November 1987 « New Music », City TV, Toronto, Canada
An 7-mn interview of David and Nick

December 1987 «1987  Year Overview », MTV TV, New York, USA
A look back on this year with an interview of David and Nick.

12 December 1987 « Saturday Night Live », NBC TV, New York, USA

David Gilmour is playing with the house band Song for my Sara.

25 December 1987 « Twin Clips », Rai Uno, Roma, Italia

A Christmas special dedicated to Pink Floyd and to The Beatles. Some clips of One Slip, On the Turning away.