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Written by Matt
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Tuesday, 11 November 2014 |
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Yesterday afternoon, as we were heading to last night's launch event in London for Pink Floyd's new album, The Endless River, which we'll bring you more about later today including exclusive pictures of the event, the promo video for Louder Than Words, the song which concludes the album, was unveiled.
The video, directed by longtime graphical collaborator with the Floyd, Aubrey "Po" Powell, is set at the site of one of the world's worst environmental disasters - the Aral Sea. This used to be the fourth largest lake in the world, until the water was diverted for irrigation purposes. Po: "When we talked with David Gilmour, we decided that the video had to draw attention to these issues, but not only from a negative perspective. We wanted to show that maybe we can help bring back the sea. When bad things happen in our lives, one can find something good in them too. It is not necessary to see everything in a bad light. The message of the video is primarily positive. Like all Pink Floyd songs, this composition is
also filled with deep meaning and philosophy."
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Written by Matt
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Saturday, 08 November 2014 |
Just prior to us posting our review of Pink Floyd's new album, The Endless River, we've got some news of a couple of interviews being broadcast tomorrow (Sunday) and Monday on the radio, which hopefully fans worldwide will be able to listen in to.
First, tomorrow night at 8pm UK time, David Gilmour is being interviewed on the Absolute Classic Rock radio station. Absolute Classic Rock is a radio station part of the Absolute Radio network, broadcasting to London via DAB, Virgin Media, Sky and worldwide on the internet.
The interview is an episode of the hour-long Non-stop Classic Rock, hosted by the station's Martyn Lee. Our thanks to Heather Fenton for tipping us off about this interview.
New York's Classic Rock station Q104.3 is hosting an interview special with both Nick Mason and David Gilmour. It's scheduled for Monday at 9pm EST, and is hosted by Jim Kerr. The station streams its output live worldwide. Our New York based correspondent Elliot Tayman tipped us off about this - thanks Elliot!
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Written by Matt
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Friday, 07 November 2014 |
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Australian radio station Triple M has, as part of its coverage of the new Pink Floyd album, The Endless River, interviewed Nick Mason. Triple M's Lee Simon went one-on-one with the drummer and founding member to talk about the new record, and answer questions about their future recording and tour plans:
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Written by Chris Leith
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Friday, 07 November 2014 |
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On Wednesday, November 5th, we told you about the launch by Rockarchive of The Print Bank, a charitable trust. To recap, the esteemed Rockarchive photographers, including the award-winning Jill Furmanovsky (a familiar name to most Pink Floyd fans) have donated for auction 30 of their finest prints, to the charitable trust. All 30 images are signed by the artists in the picture as well as the photographers, and include members of the Floyd, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Police, Noel Gallagher and Oasis, Kate Bush, Brian Wilson, Madness, George Martin, Lenny Kravitz, Amy Winehouse, Bryan Ferry, Nile Rodgers, Chrissie Hynde, and many others.
Beneficiaries of the first auction will be The Teenage Cancer Trust, Shelter, Shooting Stars Hospice, and St. James Place Foundation. These images can be seen by all for just five days, until Sunday, at the Olympus Image Space Gallery and will be auctioned in their entirety in early 2015.
Brain Damage regular Chris Leith was present at the auction on Wednesday evening, managed to outbid others to win a special Pink Floyd lot that Nick Mason had donated, and wrote the following report of the event:
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Written by Matt
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Wednesday, 05 November 2014 |
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Visitors to London between now and the end of the year will find, in various locations, no less than fifty specially designed, three foot six inch tall statues of the character Paddington Bear - including one designed by Nick Mason which uses Wish You Were Here as its inspiration. The bears form The Paddington Trail, a fundraising effort tying in with the release of the children's film, an adaptation of the much loved series of books.
The lead charity partner of The Paddington Trail is the NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) who will be launching an online auction (in November) and a live auction (in December) for the statues designed by artists and some of the more collectable items. All of the proceeds will go to charity, to raise vital funds for their ChildLine service, helping to ensure that children and young people have someone to turn to in times of need. It is hoped that The Paddington Trail and associated activities will raise over £500,000 for the NSPCC.
The trail also benefits children's charity Action Medical Research for whom Paddington Bear has been the official mascot for over 35 years.
For those who are specifically in search of Nick's bear, it can be found at the O2 Arena in Greenwich, east London. More details of the bear, its location, and how to get there, can be found here.
Other bears have been designed by a diverse range of actors, artists, sports personalities and more, including David Beckham, Nicole Kidman, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Hollywood superstar Sandra Bullock who has created a Gravity inspired design of Paddington in an astronaut's outfit which will be hung from the ceiling at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich.
More information can be found at the NSPCC website.
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