The Man and The Journey Tour
The Man and The Journey tour was an informal (mostly English) concert tour of a few dates by Pink Floyd during which the conceptual music piece The Man and The Journey was played. It started on 27 March 1969 and ended on 26 June 1969.
| Tour by Pink Floyd | |
| Start date | 27 March 1969 |
|---|---|
| End date | 24 September 1969 |
| Legs | 1 |
| No. of shows | 29 (31 scheduled) |
| Pink Floyd concert chronology | |
Setlist
A typical "The Man and the Journey tour" set list would include:
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Daybreak" ("Grantchester Meadows," released on Ummagumma) | |
| 2. | "Work" (Percussion and vibraphone with musical sawing & hammering) | |
| 3. | "Teatime" (The band were served tea on stage) | |
| 4. | "Afternoon" ("Biding My Time," later released on Relics) | |
| 5. | "Doing It!" (part of "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party" section 2 ("Performance") on Ummagumma, or sometimes a medley of "Up the Khyber" (More soundtrack) and "Heart Beat, Pig Meat" (Zabriskie Point soundtrack)) | |
| 6. | "Sleep" ("Quicksilver," also released on More soundtrack) | |
| 7. | "Nightmare" ("Cymbaline," also released on the More soundtrack) | |
| 8. | "Labyrinth" (instrumental Alarm clocks, or the "Exit" movement of "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party") |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Beginning" ("Green is the Colour," also released on the More soundtrack) | |
| 2. | "Beset By Creatures of the Deep" ("Careful With That Axe, Eugene," b-side of "Point Me at the Sky") | |
| 3. | "The Narrow Way" (Part 3, from Ummagumma) | |
| 4. | "The Pink Jungle" ("Pow R. Toc H.," from The Piper at the Gates of Dawn) | |
| 5. | "The Labyrinths of Auximines" (Instrumental section of "Let There Be More Light," from A Saucerful of Secrets) | |
| 6. | "Behold the Temple of Light" (Jam of a piece briefly included at the very end of "The Narrow Way" (part 2) on Ummagumma) | |
| 7. | "The End of the Beginning" ("Celestial Voices" from "A Saucerful of Secrets") |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Interstellar Overdrive" (on 24 May in Sheffield) | |
| 2. | "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" (on 22 and 26 June in Manchester) |
Tour dates
| Date | City | Country | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | |||
| 27 March 1969 | Chesterfield | England | St James's Hall (first live performance of "The Man and The Journey") |
| 14 April 1969 | London | Royal Festival Hall | |
| 19 April 1969 | Stuttgart | West Germany | SDR TV Villaberg TV Studios |
| 23 April 1969 | Hamburg | NDR Funkhaus | |
| 26 April 1969 | London | England | Bromley Technical College |
| 27 April 1969 | Birmingham | Mothers | |
| 2 May 1969 | Manchester | Manchester College of Commerce | |
| 3 May 1969 | London | Queen Mary College | |
| 9 May 1969 | Southampton | University of Southampton Students' Union | |
| 10 May 1969 | Nottingham | Notts Country F.C. | |
| 12 May 1969 | London | BBC Radio 1 Top Gear | |
| 15 May 1969 | Coventry | Locarno Ballroom | |
| 16 May 1969 | Leeds | Town Hall | |
| 24 May 1969 | Sheffield | City Oval Hall | |
| 25 May 1969 | London | Roundhouse | |
| 29 May 1969 | Bristol | HTV TV Studios (Fusions) | |
| 30 May 1969 | Croydon | Fairfield Halls | |
| 31 May 1969 | Oxford | Pembroke College | |
| 8 June 1969 | Cambridge | Rex Ballroom | |
| 10 June 1969 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | Ulster Hall |
| 13 June 1969 | Exeter | England | University of Exeter |
| 14 June 1969 | Bristol | Colston Hall | |
| 15 June 1969 | Portsmouth | Guildhall | |
| 16 June 1969 | Brighton | Brighton Dome | |
| 20 June 1969 | Birmingham | Town Hall | |
| 21 June 1969 | Liverpool | Philharmonic Hall | |
| 22 June 1969 | Manchester | Free Trade Hall | |
| 24 June 1969 | Oxford | The Queen's College | |
| 26 June 1969 | London | Royal Albert Hall | |
| 17 September 1969 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Concertgebouw |
| 24 September 1969 | Maastricht | Staargebouw | |
Release
The 27 April (Birmingham) and 2 May (Manchester) concerts were recorded and parts released on the live half of the "Ummagumma" album, in November 1969.[1] A recording from 17 September 1969 in Amsterdam was released as part of the boxset, The Early Years 1965-1972 in 2016. It is included in the volume titled 1969: Dramatis/ation. The volume also contains video footage from a rehearsal at the Royal Festival Hall, London on 14 April 1969.
Tour band
- David Gilmour – electric and acoustic guitars, percussion, vocals
- Roger Waters – bass and acoustic guitars, percussion, vocals
- Richard Wright – Farfisa organ, vibraphone, trombone, vocals
- Nick Mason – drums, percussion
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See also
References
- Mabbett, Andy (2010). Pink Floyd- The music and the mystery. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-857-12418-0.
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