The Wish You Were Here Tour, also referred to as the North American Tour, was a

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by the British

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band

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in 1975 in support of their then-forthcoming album ''

Wish You Were Here Wish You Were Here may refer to: Film, television, and theater Film * ''Wish You Were Here'' (1987 film), a British comedy-drama film by David Leland * ''Wish You Were Here'' (2012 film), an Australian drama/mystery film by Kieran Darcy-Smith ...

''. The tour was divided in two legs in the United States, West Coast and East Coast, and a gig in the UK at the Knebworth Festival. On this tour debuted the song "

Have a Cigar "Have a Cigar" is the third track on Pink Floyd's 1975 album ''Wish You Were Here''. It follows " Welcome to the Machine" and on the original LP opened side two. In some markets, the song was issued as a single. English folk-rock singer Roy Harp ...

" and the "

Shine On You Crazy Diamond "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" is a nine-part Pink Floyd composition written by David Gilmour, Roger Waters, and Richard Wright. It appeared on Pink Floyd's 1975 concept album ''Wish You Were Here''. The song is written about and dedicated to Syd B ...

" suite was divided in two parts with "Have a Cigar" between. The last gig of the tour was as the headliner of 1975 Knebworth Festival, which also featured

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and Roy Harper (who joined Pink Floyd on the stage to sing "Have a Cigar"). Knebworth was the last time the band would perform "

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" and the entire '' The Dark Side of the Moon'' album with

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Setlist

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The band performed two sets for the tour. The first set were songs from ''Wish You Were Here'' while the following album ''Animals'', were performed under working titles. The second set consisted the entire ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' album with "Echoes" performed as an encore. First set #"Raving and Drooling" (early version of "

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") #"You've Got to Be Crazy" (early version of "

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") #" Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts I-V" #"

" #" Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts VI-IX" Second set # "

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" # " Breathe" # "

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" # " Time/Breathe (Reprise)" # " The Great Gig in the Sky" # "

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" # "

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" # " Any Colour You Like" # "

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" # "

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" Encore #"

Tour dates

Personnel

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– vocals, guitar *

– bass, vocals *

Richard Wright Richard Wright may refer to: Arts * Richard Wright (author) (1908–1960), African-American novelist * Richard B. Wright (1937–2017), Canadian novelist * Richard Wright (painter) (1735–1775), marine painter * Richard Wright (artist) (born 19 ...

– keyboards, vocals *

Nick Mason Nicholas Berkeley Mason, (born 27 January 1944) is an English drummer and a founder member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. He is the only member to feature on every Pink Floyd album, and the only constant member since its formation i ...

– drums Additional musicians *

Dick Parry Richard Parry (born 22 December 1942) is an English saxophonist. He has appeared as a session musician on various albums, most notably in solo parts on the Pink Floyd songs "Money", "Us and Them", " Shine On You Crazy Diamond" and " Wearing th ...

– saxophone * The Blackberries (

Venetta Fields Venetta Lee Fields (born 1941) is an American-born singer, musical theater actress and vocal coach. She was a backing vocalist for American and British rock and pop acts of the 1960s and 1970s, including Ike & Tina Turner, Pink Floyd, Humble Pi ...

& Carlena Williams) – backing vocals

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External links

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