If it werenвЂ™t for all those audiovisual runes of oncoming war and apocalypse, youвЂ™d think he was having the time of his life. But here, the rugged 74-year-old grins, air-punches and even seems to wipe a tear from his eye at the audience reception. In FloydвЂ™s turbulent heyday, he infamously became so alienated from live crowds that he spat at a fan and built his Wall. Waters doesnвЂ™t speak much during the performance but ends it with a stirring, hopeful speech asking people to вЂњrise upвЂќ for human rights. Us and Them вЂ“ illustrated by Black Lives Matter protests and riot police вЂ“ is heartbreakingly beautiful. Money chugs timelessly on its groove of cash tills. For all such stunning visuals, the focus never quite drifts from the music. Other ovations come thick and fast for the mock-up of Battersea power station (the cover star of 1977вЂ™s Animals) across the stage, or the gigantic, laser-powered Dark Side of the Moon prism.

The Last Refugee вЂ“ one of four recent solo songs вЂ“ sounds eerily moving with the breaking news report of more than 200 migrant drownings in the Mediterranean.ДЄlthough WatersвЂ™ politics undoubtedly have refuseniks, issues close to his heart are mostly encouragingly received, although the massed cheering that suddenly spreads round the arena during the Orwellian, Trump-ridiculing Pigs (Three Different Ones) is for news of EnglandвЂ™s penalty shootout success, not the revolution.

But Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig ( from indie outfit Lucius) more than manage The Great Gig in the SkyвЂ™s tonsil-troubling wailing, and the musicians recreate and reimagine WatersвЂ™ old bandвЂ™s sound impeccably.

It helps that the sound is impeccable: a quadrophonic system means the cackle in Brain Damage suddenly emits from the other side of the arena. Photograph: Andy Von Pip/Zuma Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

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