Division Bell

It is June 18th, 1994, just after sunset…

I’m standing in a throng of 69,788 people on the field of Mile High Stadium; the scent of pot thickly fills the air. Ahead of us at one end of the stadium is a massive stage, above it hovers an equally massive circle of lights suspended by a huge arch, and all around the upper reaches of the stadium are huge sets of speakers…

“Astronomy Domine” begins to echo through the stadium, the lights on the stage come up to reveal the band, and the crowd goes nuts…

It’s the Denver leg of the Pink Floyd “Division Bell” tour… The last tour Pink Floyd would ever perform.

I saw this show with Michi from the BBS, and it was pretty amazing… All told it was about two and a half hours of standing, though I didn’t really notice – to me it all seemed to be over far too quickly.

The most memorable bit for me was the second encore song, “Run Like Hell” as the intro guitar riff flowed around the stadium from the speakers surrounding the audience. The whole show was in “surround sound”, but Run Like Hell really put it to use.

It was a helluva show; I’m glad I got to see it.

Listening to "High Hopes" by Pink Floyd