The success of their 1987 album A Momentary Lapse Of Reason proved to David Gilmour and the remaining members of Pink Floyd that there was still life in the prog-rock titans after the departure of Roger Waters. Their former bassist and chief songwriter had taken the group to court in an effort to stop the band using the Pink Floyd name but he’d lost. Not only did he have to swallow his pride as they went on to make a successful comeback record, now he had to watch as they embarked on a mammoth sell-out tour of the US at the same time as him.
It was clear which of the divided camp was doing the better: Waters was playing in mid-sized theatres and was struggling to sell out his shows, whilst Floyd’s A Momentary Lapse Of Reason tour took in 200 spectacular arena performances and over five and a half million ticket sales. Waters didn’t keep his disappointment to himself. “I’m out on the road in competition with myself, and I’m losing,” he complained.
