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Written by Matt
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Friday, 25 June 2010 |
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 For The Love of Vinyl, a celebration of the acclaimed design work of Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell as commissioned by renowned musicians and bands of 1970's such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Genesis, Black Sabbath, Yes, UFO, Peter Gabriel and 10cc, is the subject of an upcoming exhibition at Gallery@oxo on London's River Thames.
The exhibition, running from July 7th to July 25th, 2010, will give a wonderful look at a range of iconic vinyl covers, a companion event to the superb book "For the Love of Vinyl" - the first book to document Hipgnosis output in detail, focusing on over 60 package designs – from cover to label – written about in entertaining detail by the men who created them. Also included are short essays by musicians (such as Pink Floyd's Nick Mason), artists (Peter Blake) and fellow designers (Paula Scher) on their favourite covers. Complementing it all is a lengthy critical and historical text examining Hipgnosis and its legacy. Read our review of the book here, where you'll also find ordering details.
The pictures especially chosen for this exhibition represent some of Hipgnosis best known work from the 1960's, '70s and '80s. They will be available to purchase at the exhibition as limited edition
fine art prints. Gallery opening hours during the exhibition are from 11am to 6pm daily, and admission is free. A show not to miss...
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Written by Matt
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Friday, 25 June 2010 |
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An interview published yesterday in the Illinois Times has quickly caused quite a stir in the Floyd community. During an interview with one of the backing singers for the forthcoming Roger waters The Wall Live tour, Michael Lennon reveals something rather interesting...
Originally formed in 1977, three quarters of the band Venice (Kipp, Mark and Michael Lennon) were announced as vocalists for the tour. "It's like someone looked down and said, 'You've put in your 30 years of playing so here's a little break.' It's just amazing," said Michael Lennon. "Roger Waters was in my living room drinking Coronas while we watched a DVD of the first Wall tour."
The band are clearly thrilled with the prospects: "I've always been the hands-on guy in the band, there from set up to tear down. All the levels interest me," said Lennon. "I'm looking forward to seeing the intricacies of a tour of this magnitude. Then to know we'll be rubbing elbows with some of the biggest names in the business, plus the fact that they called us is great too."
Now, his comments about watching the original Wall shows on DVD doesn't necessarily mean a release is being prepared, but we know that work has been undertaken to find footage of good enough quality to release, and the recent EPK contains some very nice quality shots from these shows... it does all bode rather well!
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Written by Matt
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Tuesday, 22 June 2010 |
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Our Italian readers will no doubt be interested to hear that due to the strength of ticket sales, Roger Waters has added a fourth night at the Mediolanum Forum di Assago, in Milan, on April 5th 2011. Tickets for this latest addition to his 2011 Wall Tour go on sale shortly through www.Ticketone.it.
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Written by Matt
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Monday, 21 June 2010 |
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 With tickets for Roger Waters performing The Wall live in Mexico on December 18th selling at an expected incredible rate, it comes as no surprise that a second night at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City on December 19th has been added. Tickets are now on sale through www.Ticketmaster.com.mx.
As with all the other shows, you can find more details of the concert within our Roger Waters 2010 Wall Tour zone.
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Written by Matt
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Monday, 21 June 2010 |
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Good news for our many Polish visitors - Roger Waters has added a second night at the Atlas Arena, in Lodz, Poland for his Wall tour. The show takes place on April 19th, 2011, and tickets are now on sale through Eventim.pl and LiveNation.pl.
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