Dark Side of the Moon Tour

Dark Side of the Moon Tour

Tour by Pink Floyd
Performing Dark Side of the Moon at Earl's Court Arena in May 1973
Associated album	The Dark Side of the Moon
Start date	20 January 1972
End date	4 November 1973
No. of shows	128 (135 scheduled)
Pink Floyd concert chronology
Meddle Tour (1971) Dark Side of the Moon Tour (1972–1973) 1974 tours (1974)

The Dark Side of the Moon Tour was a concert tour by English rock band Pink Floyd in 1972 and 1973 in support of their album The Dark Side of the Moon, covering the UK, US, Europe and Japan. There were two separate legs promoting the album, one in 1972 before the album's release and another in 1973 afterwards, together covering 128 shows.

Pink Floyd had worked out a basic structure of Dark Side of the Moon in late 1971, and played it at almost every gig the following year, alongside a set of earlier live favourites. Various changes to the structure were made throughout this time, as songs were tightened up and arrangements changed. By 1973, the album was finished and the live performance resembled the completed work. To re-create it in concert, the group added saxophonist Dick Parry and female backing singers to the show. The stage performance was enhanced with extra visual effects and an improved quadrophonic sound system. The success of Dark Side of the Moon and the US top 20 hit "Money" increased Pink Floyd's profile and they began to play sell-out stadium shows, though the audience changed from being one that would quietly listen to one that just wanted to dance and hear hit songs.