This Is Not a Drill: Roger Waters of Pink Floyd Fame Is Denver-Bound

Former Pink Floyd member returns with what he promises will be one of his most stunning visual-musical extravaganzas yet.

By Kyle Harris

January 23, 2020

Image: Roger Waters played the Pepsi Center on June 3. His concert had one message when it came to Donald Trump: "Resist."

Roger Waters played the Pepsi Center on June 3. His concert had one message when it came to Donald Trump: "Resist." Chris Walker

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Roger Waters, who built his name with Pink Floyd, is bringing his audiovisual extravaganza This Is Not a Drill tour to Denver on September 2.

The concert, which will pull out all the visual stops, will take place at the Pepsi Center.

Instead of turning the stadium into a traditional theatrical space, the show will take place in the round.

“It’ll be a new show. It will be no-holds-barred. My work is to think, ‘Well, how can I make rock & roll more interesting or theatrical or exciting or visual or musical or whatever?’" explained Waters to Rolling Stone's Kory Grow. "That’s what I’ve spent the last 50 years doing, expressing myself."

The tour will hit 31 cities.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, January 31, at Ticketmaster.

Kyle Harris has been Westword’s Culture Editor since 2016, writing about the arts, music and film.

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