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Roger Waters talks of The Wall album and 2010/2011 tour Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 29 June 2010

Paris MatchIn a new interview with Roger Waters published by Paris Match, Roger talks to Francois Lestavel about the background to the original recordings, and what the forthcoming concerts in America (2010) and Europe (2011) will include.

Roger: "Through the story of Pink, the man who built a wall to protect himself from the pain, I wanted to show how nations compete. Whether today or in 1979, we are still afraid of strangers. Politicians try to maintain the idea that there is a boundary between "them" and "us", while the difference between people is an accident of birth and geography. If we become more aware of this, then it will be easier to break down the walls - ideological and religious."

Talking about the possibility of the tour being his last, he said: "These major tours are physically demanding, and I'm not getting any younger. However, nothing is final." Lestavel asks about the plan to show victims of wars, projected onto the wall during the show, and if Roger fears if people may feel uncomfortable with this: "Perhaps, but entertaining people never interested me. I want to move them, otherwise I'd run a game show!"

Finally, he's asked about progress on a new album. "No, I'm focusing mostly on my next show. That said, I have a large number of songs that could be an album. But that's what I've been saying for ten years!"

You can read the whole interview (in French) at ParisMatch.com. Our thanks to Yann Langlais-Plante for the info.

 
Roger Waters plays The Wall twice in Lisbon, Portugal Print E-mail
Written by Matt   
Tuesday, 29 June 2010

Roger Waters The Wall LiveSome very good news for our many Portuguese friends - Roger Waters has added a second night of The Wall Live to his 2011 tour, staying at the Atlantico Pavilion for a show there on March 22nd, 2011. Tickets for this and the preceeding show (which kicks off the European tour) are now on sale through www.pavilhaoatlantico.pt, which also confirms the concert start time as now being 9pm for these two nights.

If you are going to this (or indeed, any night on his 2010 and 2011 tours!) make sure to visit the Events section of the Brain Damage Facebook page, confirm your attendance, link up with other fans who are going to the shows, post your pictures and views, and much more...

 
New Storm Thorgerson exhibition next month in London Print E-mail
Written by Matt   
Friday, 25 June 2010

For The Love of Vinyl - Storm ThorgersonFor 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...

 
Could Pink Floyd The Wall live DVD be on its way? Print E-mail
Written by Matt   
Friday, 25 June 2010

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!

 
Fourth night in Milan for the Roger Waters Wall tour Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 22 June 2010

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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