Roger Waters The Wall Smashes Attendance Records in South America

Roger Waters The Wall Smashes Attendance Records in South America

The Wall Makes Its Triumphant Return to North America on April 27th with 41 Shows

NEW YORK, April 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Roger Waters' extraordinary production of The Wall has smashed attendance records in South America playing to over 750,000 fans across a record-breaking 15 open-air stadiums shows in Chile, Brazil and Argentina. This is the largest number of stadium shows ever played in South America by an international artist on one tour. The South American leg of The Wall included a record breaking 9 sold out shows in Buenos Aires, River Plate Stadium, exceeding the previous record of 5 nights held by the Rolling Stones (see link below to photos of The Wall in River Plate Stadium).

The Wall, an aural and visual masterpiece, has so far played 150 shows for a gross of US $218M in 27 countries. Due to overwhelming popular demand, The Wall returns to North America in 2012 kicking off this weekend, April 27 and 28th, at the Foro Sol stadium in Mexico for a historic run of 41 performances at stadiums and arenas. The U.S. and Canadian leg begins on May 1st at the Toyota Center in Houston, TX with dates through July 14th at the Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, PA, including 2 nights at New York's prestigious Yankee Stadium and 1 once-in-a-lifetime night at the world-famous Los Angeles Coliseum, for a total of 9 stadium shows. Tickets are available now at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com.

The Pollstar Music Industry Awards, as voted by the music industry, has honored Roger Waters and The Wall Live with two of the highest accolades - the coveted "Major Tour of the Year" and "Most Creative Stage Production" of 2010. The Wall also won the "Most Creative Stage Production" for a second consecutive year in 2011.

"The best arena show ever. Period." New York Post

"The Wall Live is flawless. Everyone should see it once before they die." Philadelphia Inquirer

For press shots of The Wall stadium show at River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, please visit:

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Roger Waters The Wall - North American Tour Itinerary

April 27 Mexico City, MX Foro Sol
April 28 Mexico City, MX Foro Sol

May 1 Houston, TX Toyota Center
May 3 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center
May 5 Tulsa, OK BOK Center
May 7 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
May 11 San Francisco, CA AT&T Park
May 13 San Diego, CA Valley View Casino Center
May 15 Phoenix, AZ US Airways Center
May 19 Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles Coliseum
May 22 Portland, OR Rose Garden
May 24 Seattle, WA Key Arena
May 26 Vancouver, BC BC Place
May 28 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
May 31 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre

June 1 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
June 3 St Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
June 5 Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena
June 6 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
June 8 Chicago, IL Wrigley Field
June 10 Louisville, KY KFC Yum! Center
June 11 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse
June 13 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
June 15 Ft Lauderdale, FL BankAtlantic Center
June 16 Orlando, FL Amway Center
June 19 Nashville, TN Bridgestone Arena
June 21 Buffalo, NY First Niagara Center
June 23 Toronto, ON Rogers Centre
June 25 Ottawa, ON Scotiabank Place
June 26 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
June 28 Albany, NY Times Union Center
June 29 Hartford, CT XL Center

July 1 Boston, MA Fenway Park
July 3 Pittsburgh, PA Consol Energy Center
July 6 New York, NY Yankee Stadium
July 7 New York, NY Yankee Stadium
July 9 Raleigh, NC RBC Center
July 10 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena
July 12 Washington DC Verizon Center
July 14 Philadelphia, PA Citizens Bank Park
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SOURCE Columbia Records

Columbia Records

CONTACT: ROGER WATERS, Fran DeFeo, Columbia Records, +1-212-833-5784, fran.defeo@sonymusic.com, or Melissa Levine, Columbia Records, +1-212-833-7144, melissa.levine@sonymusic.com; LIVE NATION, Liz Morentin, +1-310-975-6860, lizmorentin@livenation.com

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