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Friday, 30 December 2011 |
Dark Side Of The Moon - A Photographic Exhibition is a special celebration, marking the 40th anniversary of Pink Floyd's first (and quite troubled) first attempted performance of their best-known album, which took place on January 20th 1972 at the Brighton Dome.
The exhibition runs from January 20th through to March 20th, at the Founders Room at the Dome, and is open between 10am - 5pm on Tuesday through to Sunday, each week. Admission is free. Photographer Jill Furmanovsky, a familiar name to many Floyd fans, spent considerable time on the road with the band including the debut DSOTM gig in Brighton. The exhibition will display a range of these, along with other rare and intimate images by Storm Thorgerson, Colin Prime and Tony Collins. Rock Archive limited edition prints will be available.
On the opening evening, there will be the rare opportunity of a Q&A with Jill Furmanovsky, again being hosted in the Founders Room in the Dome. This (free) event starts at 7pm, and having spoken to the Dome this morning (December 30th), ticketing information should be available in the new year.
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Written by Matt
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Friday, 30 December 2011 |
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BBC Radio 4's Front Row on Monday evening at 7:15pm takes a look at unreleased music. Presenter John Wilson talks to musicians including Kate Bush, Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys, Nick Mason of Pink Floyd, Ray Davies of The Kinks and Nile Rodgers of Chic, as they re-visit old recordings, re-assess the out-takes left in the vaults and consider why some tracks - and even complete albums - lie unreleased for years.
BBC Radio 4 can be heard on FM and DAB radio, digital cable, satellite and freeview, and via the BBC website where they have the excellent "Listen Live" and "Listen Again" facilities, allowing you to hear the broadcasts for up to seven days following transmission. Our thanks to John Myles for the info.
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Written by Matt
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Wednesday, 28 December 2011 |
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As Brain Damage regulars will know, often we hold a competition at the end of the year, giving away some hopefully interesting prizes. As 2011 comes to a close, we thought we'd better keep the tradition going, and hopefully provide you with a bit of fun working out the answers to our questions, some of which are quite tricky.
This year, we have the quiz-setting talents of Martin Kilbride to thank. Martin came up with the questions you'll see below, all of which are based around Pink Floyd, their music, and related stuff. We have some nice prizes on offer, for the winners:
- Dark Side Of The Moon Experience edition
- Wish You Were Here Experience edition
- Limited edition Best Buy (US) exclusive "Pink Floyd Sampler" CD
- Exclusive promo Why Pink Floyd? t-shirts (size large)
So, if you fancy any of that, make sure you enter!
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Written by Matt
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Thursday, 22 December 2011 |
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In early November, Fip, part of the Radio France network, ran a mammoth evening of Pink Floyd. Due to huge demand from their listeners, the radio station have decided to repeat this, and are replaying the whole thing from December 31st at 8:30pm, right through to January 1st, at 7am. The perfect way to conclude a Floyd-filled 2011, and to kick off 2012!
As you'll see from the schedule of the musical selections, which we are very happy to bring you in full below, the coverage includes not just their best known "classics" but solo recordings, cover versions, and even the Live At Pompeii soundtrack as part of the evening. They've also said that they will be airing interview segments which presumably will be in the first half-hour of the marathon.
More information on the radio station, and how to tune in, can be found through this link, and read on for the full breakdown, minute-by-minute, of what you'll hear...
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Wednesday, 21 December 2011 |
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On the Rolling Stone website this week, Roger Waters is interviewed, talking about his hopes and fears regarding the future of the Middle East and America, his thoughts on Barack Obama, and has some interesting insights into the 2012 Wall shows...and possibly beyond.
On the shows in South America, in places that don't have arenas, Roger said "I'm playing in soccer stadiums, and I've decided that the arena show that I produced of The Wall is not inclusive enough to play in a soccer stadium. We'd made the wall a lot wider, so I've been working on the content. I've worked on ways that the audience can see that tiny bloke a long way way without it being the standard, "Let's put up a couple of IMAX screens and they can watch us singing and playing the guitar out of sync."
"I don't know [if this will be the last big tour]. They wanted me to go back to Europe after I finish this August and I've said, "No, I'm not going to do that." But The Wall is an extraordinarily satisfying piece to perform, so it may well be that I go back to Europe in 2013. I have no idea whether it's the last big tour. I just don't know."
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