The tour began at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, United States, on 6 July 2022, and ended at the Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa of Quito, Ecuador, on 9 December 2023.

In 2017, Waters released his fourth solo album Is This the Life We Really Want?, conceived as a radio play about a man and his granddaughter investigating why children are being killed in other parts of the world.

[3] On 27 March 2020, Waters posted a statement on his website and social media, announcing the postponement of the tour to the following year due to the coronavirus pandemic outbreak, declaring that the situation was a "Bummer, but if it saves one life, it’s worth it".

[12] In a statement, it was specified that the show "includes a dozen great songs from Pink Floyd’s Golden Era alongside several new ones — words and music, same writer, same heart, same soul, same man".

To promote the tour, Waters and his band made an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on 21 June, and performed a medley of songs from The Wall.

[14] At the beginning of every concert, a voiceover described by journalist James Ball as "a plummy British announcer" requested audience members to turn off their cell phones, and to "fuck off to the bar" if they like Pink Floyd but "can’t stand Roger’s politics".

[16] In September 2022, contrary to what Waters expressed previously, the first concerts in Europe were officially announced on his website and social media.

"Comfortably Numb 2022" included Waters pacing back and forth in front of the stage screens to sing, while wearing an all-white doctor's robe.

[21] In 2020, Major League Baseball stopped advertising Waters' This Is Not a Drill concerts after receiving criticism from Jewish advocacy groups.

Jewish organisation B'nai B'rith criticised MLB's decision to sponsor ticket pre-sales for the tour and wrote that the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, which Waters joined in 2011, "far exceed the boundaries of civil discourse".

[22][23][24] In July 2022, during an interview with Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail, Waters questioned journalist Brad Wheeler about the lack of coverage of the first of his two shows in Toronto, Canada.

He continued by saying his statement was not "a personal attack", adding "with all due respect to the Weeknd or Drake or any of them, I am far, far, far more important than any of them will ever be, however many billions of streams they’ve got.

[25][26][27][28][29] In September 2022, Waters wrote an open letter to Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska in response to her interview in Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.

[33] In reaction to the letters, Tauron Arena in Kraków, Poland, stated that the concerts in the venue, which were to be held on 21 and 22 April 2023, would no longer take place, with an official saying "Roger Waters' manager decided to withdraw... without giving any reason".

[43] On 3 April, he confirmed in his website the filing of a suit in Frankfurt, stating "I’m coming, bringing my message of love and peace to all my brothers and sisters".

My parents fought the Nazis in World War II, with my father [Eric Fletcher Waters] paying the ultimate price.

Regardless of the consequences of the attacks against me, I will continue to condemn injustice and all those who perpetrate it.The following set list was obtained from the concert held on 6 July 2022 at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.

The film Roger Waters: This Is Not a Drill was directed by long-time collaborator Sean Evans, and broadcast live in more than 1,500 cinemas across more than 50 countries.