Roger Waters’ The Wall Live has entered the history books after becoming the highest grossing tour ever by a solo artist. Agent Andrew Zweck, of Sensible Events, says the tour’s final show, at the Stade de France in Paris on 21 September, was exactly three years and one week after the opening show in Toronto in 2010 – and was typical for the tour, with a sold-out audience. The Wall tour played a total of 219 shows worldwide, to more than 4.1 million ticket buyers, grossing $460million (€340m), which is not only the highest grossing tour ever by a solo artist, but also the third highest grossing tour of all time, behind U2’s 360 and The Rolling Stones’ A Bigger Bang.
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Roger Waters has announced plans to stage a new version of his iconic 1979 rock opera The Wall, with a 23 date tour, beginning in Ireland on July 13th 2013 and ending at Wembley Stadium on September 14th. The production will be twice the size of the last outing which was presented at the O2 in London. Waters said he wanted to stage the show as he felt that the relevance of its message was 'stronger than ever'. The show will feature 43 projectors, a helicopter, fireworks and 'a small army of children' for Another Brick In The Wall Park 2.
