March 11, 2024
On June 15, 1977 Pink Floyd brought their Animals/In The Flesh tour to the Milwaukee County Stadium for another great show in the rain!! Their last show here in 1975 for the Wish You Were Here tour was also a rainy event.
It was another amazing show and a lot of work for their team to set up and protect all the gear from the rain. The rain stopped the show a few times, but no one cared.
Notice the photo of The Pig before it was inflated for the show and traveled about via a cable.
Enjoy a look at the setting up and rehearsal plus a bit of the show.
The setlist consisted of;
1. Sheep
2. Pigs on the Wing 1
3. Dogs
4. Pigs on the Wing 2
5. Pigs (Three Different Ones)
6. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)
7. Welcome to the Machine
8. Have a Cigar
9. Wish You Were Here
!0. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX)
11. Money
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
Pink Floyd doing their "Animals Tour" June 15, 1977 at the Milwaukee County Stadium.
February 26, 2024
On June 22, 1975, the Pink Floyd "Dark Side of the Moon" tour came to the Milwaukee County Stadium for a show.
Milwaukee County Stadium was not real happy to have their nice grass baseball field messed up, so I was hired for insurance purposes by Daydream Productions to photograph it before and after! One of the weirdest photo jobs I've ever had but I also got to photograph the setup and rehearsal for the show.
That is why you see a friend holding a board that has 21 on it for the June 21 field condition on the day before the show.
It took two days to set it up and the field survived well enough that more shows were allowed like the Rolling Stones a few months earlier when I also photographed the grass.
Fun to look at the old days and the gear that was used for the show. An airplane they made that flew on a wire over the crowd was one of the more interesting things used.
For the show it rained and I didn't risk the photo gear getting soaked but the crowd didn't care. The show started and stopped a few times and ended at 12:30am with the crowd still wanting more!
Enjoy a look at the setup, people, cars and staging on a very hot couple of days! It makes you appreciate all the work it takes to setup a major show and notice the $0.65 beer!
Also take a look at the guy with the long curly out of control hair parted right down the middle. That would be me!
Here is the setlist from the night.
1. Sheep
2. Dogs
3. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5)
4. Have a Cigar
5. Speak to Me
6. Breathe
7. On the Run
8. Time
9. Breathe (Reprise)
10. The Great Gig in the Sky
11. Money
12. Us and Them
13. Ant Colour You Like
14. Brain Damage
15. Eclipse
16. Echoes
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
March 9, 2020
On March 4, 1973, Pink Floyd arrived at the Dane County Coliseum for a show that would become a favorite show for a lot of people.
The "Dark Side of the Moon" album had just been released and the show centered around that music.
A large rotating disc with fog behind it rotated behind the band for some nice lighting during some of the show.
I remember driving in my 1972 Volkswagen Squareback with some friends from Milwaukee to Madison for the show. Loved that car and it had a great heater but we all froze waiting outside for the general admission show doors to open!
Then we ran inside when the doors were opened to get as close to the stage as possible.
The original film of black and white negatives were given to a friend years later who was doing a book on the band. She didn't look after my kids (the film), and they were never seen again!!
Recently, I found a few 5 x 7 prints and the proof sheets from the show! It's better than having nothing at all but hard to duplicate the original film.
I photographed the 5 x 7 prints and they came out alright considering they were printed on matte finish paper in 1973. Matte paper shows a lot of grain in the fibers unfortunately.
We are working on the proof sheets but they are stuck in plastic and also printed on matte paper!
Check out what I have so far and maybe more photos will happen down the road.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
Pink Floyd in March of 1973 at the Dane County Coliseum.
Pink Floyd doing the setup and rehearsal at Milwaukee County Stadium for the "Wish You Were Here" tour on June 22, 1975.
September 2, 2013
On June 15, 1975, Pink Floyd played at Milwaukee County Stadium with The Animals tour. It was a massive show and production that took several days to setup.
Good friends, Daydream Productions promoted the band for this show which was a huge success. A swimming pool was even setup behind the stage for everyone to cool off in during the setup period because it was very hot!
Years ago, I lent out what I thought was my whole collection of Pink Floyd photographs for a future book that was to be published. The person doing this book proceeded to misplace all of my original slides and negatives! A few weeks ago, I came across what you see here plus about 10 more photos in my photo storage closet! It was like finding treasure to me!!
So, enjoy my treasure find and look back at 1975's Pink Floyd show and sound check.
Thanks,
Rich Zimmermann
