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Written by Matt
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Friday, 06 May 2011 |
The May 2011 issue of concert industry production magazine Access All Areas includes a large feature on the Roger Waters Wall Live tour, currently working its way across Europe.
The magazine, which features a striking cover, includes interviews with production designer Mark Fisher (who also, of course, worked on the original shows), tour director Andrew Zweck, production manager Chris Kansy and XL Video's project manager Phil Mercer. During the interview, Zweck discusses the work that is being done at the moment to try and bring the production to South America.
The article is a fascinating look at the technical details behind the show, and with thanks to AAA, we've got an exclusive PDF of the Waters article which you can download through this link but please be aware it is full of show spoilers!
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Written by Matt
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Wednesday, 04 May 2011 |
For a while now, Storm Thorgerson and his team have been making fine art prints, as Storm says "nice and big, individually printed (so unlike album covers), on long lasting paper with long lasting inks, derived from original art, devoid of logos and text, presented in glorious colour and look fab, even if I do say so myself".
They like to show them off in exhibitions (and we certainly love seeing them in all their glory!), and the next one opens this week, on May 6th and runs for 8 weeks in Los Angeles at high-end clothing store John Varvatos on Melrose (8800 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood). Storm says that "Mr Varvatos is a big rock'n'roll fan and likes to indulge his other passion in his shops, where we will be premiering the biggest fine art prints - they're massive - that we have ever attempted in his even more massive front windows, along with approx 35 more normal sized prints around the interior".
Click the thumbnail to see the 12 large prints they've decided upon, but to see the others they've selected, you'll have to head over to Hollywood. They're hoping to repeat this idea in the UK at some point and we'll let you know as and when this happens.
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Written by Matt
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Monday, 02 May 2011 |
This afternoon, the Roger Waters Wall concert in Greece has been announced. The show takes place on Friday, July 8th at the OAKA Arena/Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece, and tickets go onsale on Tuesday, May 10th, through Tickethouse and online through Ticketpro.
Roger's management have advised that this show is being filmed and recorded. As a result they are making it clear that all cameras and all mobile phones are strictly forbidden and will not be admitted to the venue.
They point out that "the use of flash from cameras and phones will have a catastrophic impact on the projected images on the Wall and consequently on the quality of the filming. This is an extremely serious issue. The actual recording is not the problem; it is the use of flash. Constant flashing from members of the audience totally destroys the images projected on the Wall and this means that the filming of this concert will be a failure".
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Written by Matt
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Sunday, 01 May 2011 |
Hitting UK stores this weekend was the new issue (cover date June 2011) of the UK's Classic Rock Magazine, which has a major, ten-page focus on Roger Waters and his current The Wall Live tour, arriving on British shores next week.
Hard to miss, the magazine has a nice portrait of Roger on the cover, looking out through the outer slip cover that features a broken brick surround. Inside, the article takes a fascinating look at the background and mechanics of the tour.
The highlight though is the exclusive interview with Roger, where he tells us that "I've never been interested in making things just to entertain people. I want them to be moved and emotionally engaged. Otherwise I might just as well be working on a game show". He also talks about the amount (and value) of the psychotherapy he has been through over the years, new solo material, Syd Barrett, the rigours of touring, and how he copes with it, and his relationship with David Gilmour and Nick Mason.
Our thanks to Nino Gatti for the head's-up on this publication, which is available now in most good stores across the UK, and available shortly worldwide in selected outlets as an import.
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Written by Matt
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Friday, 29 April 2011 |
As those who have seen the show thus far, it is clear that the current Roger Waters - The Wall Live tour is a major achievement and a huge piece of production work, with a large number of people working behind the scenes.
With much thanks to our friend Mark Cunningham, we can bring you a fascinating seventeen page article which looks in depth at the people and equipment behind the show.
Mark runs the excellent Total Production International magazine, and he has given us as a Brain Damage exclusive his article on the event. Click here to download the 4.5MB PDF file, but for those who don't yet want to know details of the visuals from the concert, be warned it is full of show spoilers from beginning to end!
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