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Monday, 05 September 2011 |
The music of Pink Floyd will be placed under the musical microscope on the UK's BBC Radio 2 this October with a season of exclusive programmes celebrating their legacy.
Days In The Life is a must listen for any Pink Floyd fan, featuring exclusive interviews with David Gilmour, Roger Waters and Nick Mason, alongside the last radio interview that the late Rick Wright ever gave. Produced by Radio 2's Mark Hagen, it tells their story from pre-Floyd days in the early Sixties right up to Nick and David's live appearance with Roger earlier this summer.
The award-winning documentary series The Record Producers explores the work of legendary record producers and returns to unlock the secrets of the music of Pink Floyd. Produced by record producer Steve Levine and Radio 2 presenter Richard Allinson of Magnum Opus, the mystery of that incredible Pink Floyd sound will be revealed and the creative relationships between the band members explored to discover just why those Pink Floyd recordings sound so good. Original multi-tracks and rare recordings from Meddle and Wish You Were Here, and one of the music world's most influential albums of all time, Dark Side Of The Moon, will be scrutinised and explained by David Gilmour and Nick Mason.
Johnnie Walker will also host a Sounds Of The 70s special with David Gilmour, which will lift the lid on the band's influences during this period and the story of their decade.
All broadcast dates and times are yet to be announced and as soon as we have this information, we will let you know.
UPDATE: The Record Producers is being broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on October 3rd 2011, at 10pm GMT, and is an hour long.
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Written by Matt
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Saturday, 03 September 2011 |
Hot on the heals of the Kindle ebook conversions of Phil Taylor's "The Black Strat: A History Of David Gilmour's Black Fender Stratocaster" and Guy Pratt's "My Bass And Other Animals" (both superb books and well worth a read in any format), comes the long-awaited Kindle edition of Nick Mason's excellent "Inside Out - A Personal History of Pink Floyd".
The formatting of the book into electronic format is pretty good, with a decision clearly made to put most (but not all) of the photos to the back of the book in one big section. The captions - which often get dislodged from photos in ebooks - are on the whole in the right places, although putting the pictures together does take them out of context to a degree.
The edition converted is the very latest edition, recently published in paperback format, bringing the band's story pretty much up to date. To purchase your copy of this essential read for your Kindle (or Kindle reader app on an iPod or other device), for immediate electronic delivery, please follow these links: Amazon UK, Amazon.com, and Amazon Germany.
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Written by Matt
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Friday, 02 September 2011 |
Before the seventh show even goes on sale, an incredible eighth show has been added for Roger Waters The Wall Live in Buenos Aires, Argentina. These two new shows are taking place on Saturday March 17th (as announced on Wednesday), and Sunday March 18th, at the River Plate Stadium.
Tickets for these two newly announced shows will go on sale at midnight local Buenos Aires time this coming Tuesday, September 6th. The online ticketing is through livepass.com.ar.
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Written by Matt
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Friday, 02 September 2011 |
There's just one week to go before the last of the three 2011 guided walks of Syd Barrett's Cambridge run by I-SpySydInCambridge in conjunction with Brain Damage, takes place, and there are still a few
places left on it - if you respond soon to the email address below. The
walks, tours of the city that have taken in many of the more significant sites which were connected to the life and times of Syd, and the various bands which lead to Pink Floyd, provide fascinating and illuminating looks at those early days. Previous tours (see pictures) were much
enjoyed by those who participated - some of whom returned for more on later tours. This is the final scheduled tour they are running, so don't miss out!
The hosts of the tour - personal friends of Syd, who grew up with him - share their own memories of school days and beyond with Syd, Roger Waters, David Gilmour, and other Pink Floyd illumni who lived and worked in Cambridge. This final tour takes place next Saturday, September 10th, and as with the previous tours they've run in conjunction with us, some special guests are again being lined up. Should be a great day and not to be missed!
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Written by Matt
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Wednesday, 31 August 2011 |
In Argentina, Wall mania has gripped Buenos Aires and in order to satisfy overwhelming public demand a record breaking seventh River Plate show has been announced, taking place on March 17th, 2012; ticketing dates to be announced. The first five Stadium shows sold out in 48 hours, causing promoter, Roberto Costa of Pop Art, to hastily add a sixth show to satisfy fans who had queued all night for tickets. The sixth show sold out in a day and now Roger Waters has announced a seventh show at the famous River Plate Stadium, a new record, beating the previous holders, The Rolling Stones, who played five nights on their first visit to South America back in 1998.
As a side note, but certainly VERY significant to a number of you, Roger's official site notes that the Brazilian dates are being rescheduled due to public demand for the extra shows in Argentina. Looking at the schedule we're wondering if it might just be one of the shows moved (the one originally scheduled for the 17th) but as and when details come through, we will let you all know.
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