The Man and The Journey Tour

The Man and The Journey Tour

Tour by Pink Floyd
Start date	27 March 1969
End date	24 September 1969
Legs	2
No. of shows	32
Pink Floyd concert chronology

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 24 September 1969.

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 Borough of Bromley	England	Bromley Technical College
27 April 1969	Birmingham		Mothers
2 May 1969	Manchester		Manchester College of Commerce
3 May 1969	London		Queen Mary of University of London
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
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		Royal Philharmonic
22 June 1969	Manchester		Free Trade Hall
24 June 1969	Oxford		The Queen's College
26 June 1969	London		Royal Albert Hall
28 June 1969	Weston-super-Mare		Winter Gardens Pavilion
9 August 1969	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Paradiso
17 September 1969			Concertgebouw
24 September 1969	Maastricht		Staargebouw

Setlist

A typical "The Man and the Journey tour" set list would include :

Set One
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Daybreak, Pt. I" ("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.	"Daybreak Pt. II" (instrumental reprise of "Grantchester Meadows" with alarm clocks, or the "Exit" movement of "The Grand Vizier's Garden Party")

Set Two
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")

Encores (when played)
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 band

• David Gilmour - electric and acoustic guitars, percussion, vocals
• Roger Waters - bass guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion, vocals
• Richard Wright - organ, piano, mellotron, vibraphone, vocals
• Nick Mason – drums, percussion

See also

• Pink Floyd live performances