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As rumored in recent months, Roger Waters is taking Pink Floyd's "The Wall" on the road this fall for a 36-date North American tour starting Sept. 15 in Toronto and wrapping Dec. 13 in Anaheim.

Prior to this, the 1979 concept album has only been performed 31 times - by Pink Floyd in 1980-81 with limited engagements in Los Angeles, London, Uniondale, N.Y. and Dortmund, West Germany, and an all-star presentation by Waters in July of 1990 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.


Waters, who played "The Dark Side Of The Moon" in its entirety during 2007-08, will reportedly take "The Wall" to Europe in 2011, but no dates have yet been announced.

The show will be a state-of-the art affair, featuring a 240-foot-wide and 35-foot-tall wall constructed and subsequently torn down during the concerts. Other props and special effects are expected to be part of the show as well.

Waters is re-launching his official web site at 2 p.m. today with ticket sale information.

Released in November of 1979, "The Wall" - which focuses on a disaffected young musician facing an existential personal crisis that reflected Waters' state of mind at the time - spent 15 weeks atop the Billboard 200 chart and has been certified 23-times platinum and won a Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording - Non-Classical.

The North American leg of Waters' tour includes:

09/15 - Toronto - Air Canada Centre
09/20 - Chicago - United Center
09/21 - Chicago - United Center
09/26 - Pittsburgh - Consol Energy Center
09/28 - Cleveland - Quicken Loans Arena
09/30 - Boston - TD Garden
10/05 - New York - Madison Square Garden
10/08 - Buffalo - HSBC Arena
10/10 - Washington DC - Verizon Center
10/12 - Uniondale - Nassau Coliseum
10/15 - Hartford - XL Center
10/17 - Ottawa - ScotiaBank Place
10/19 - Montreal - Bell Centre
10/22 - Columbus - Schottenstein Center
10/24 - Detroit - Palace of Auburn Hills
10/26 - Omaha - Qwest Center
10/27 - St Paul - Xcel Energy Center
10/29 - St. Louis - ScotTrade Center
10/30 - Kansas City - Sprint Center
11/03 - New York - Izod Center
11/08 - Philadelphia - Wachovia Center
11/09 - Philadelphia - Wachovia Center
11/13 - Fort Lauderdale - Bank Atlantic Center
11/16 - Tampa - St. Pete Times Forum
11/18 - Atlanta - Philips Arena
11/20 - Houston - Toyota Center
11/21 - Dallas - American Airlines Center
11/23 - Denver - Pepsi Center Arena
11/26 - Las Vegas - MGM Grand Garden Arena
11/27 - Phoenix - US Airways Center
11/29 - Los Angeles - The Forum
12/01 - Los Angeles - The Forum
12/06 - San Jose - HP Pavilion
12/10 - Vancouver - General Motors Place
12/11 - Tacoma - Tacoma Dome
12/13 - Anaheim - Honda Center

Thanks for the report to Billboard.com.