In the interview, Hammett notes that he plays on two songs on the album, and one of them - Need Your Love So Bad - involves David.
Hammett said: "There was a demo of this one song called Need Your Love So Bad that they found. It's a demo; Peter Green sang that song in his bedroom, and at the end of it you could hear his mom saying to turn it down or something like that. So what they did, they took that vocal track and they isolated it, and they've created an augmented instrumentation track done by David Gilmour. So the song Need Your Love So Bad, [was] created by David Gilmour and his band, and they flew in the vocals on top of it.
"It's a more modern, updated version of Need Your Love So Bad, and that's one of the tracks. The other track is Man of the World with myself and Mick Fleetwood. I am singing on it; it's an easy song to sing, it's got that talk-singing kind of thing, I can handle that. That's about the length of my singing abilities, but I'm into it. I'm so into it, I'm into all aspects of it, it's just one of those things, it just kind of unfolded like this.”
Once we have more information about this tribute album, we will of course let you know. As a reminder, the tribute concert includes (other than Hammett and Gilmour) Mick Fleetwood, Billy Gibbons, Jonny Lang, John Mayall, Christine McVie, Zak Starkey, Steven Tyler and Bill Wyman. Alongside the invited guest musicians, the house band consists of Fleetwood alongside Andy Fairweather Low, Dave Bronze and Ricky Peterson, and the concert will be filmed for eventual release.
Just published is the latest issue (number 34 - cover date January 2020) of the Pink Floyd fanzine "Heyou" run by our friends over at the Italian website of the same name. The 52-page dual language magazine (in Italian and English), which is published every six months or so, catches up with things in the Floyd world.
The magazine has a range of subjects as its major focuses. There's a look at the Venice premiere of Roger's Us + Them film, with quotes and pictures from the press conference. Floyd historian Vernon Fitch provides an extensive discography for The Wall, to coincide with the recent 40th anniversary of the project, and this coupled with a long review of the album.
They have an interview with Ahmed Emad Eldin, the Egyptian artist who came up with the initial design for The Endless River, sharing some other examples of his work. There's a detailed review of Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets in Ravenna, Italy, last year during their European tour, and finally, a look at various aspects of The Later Years box set.
More details of the Heyou fanzine can be found at www.heyou.it/fsubscrbd.html, where you can get individual copies, and subscription enquiries (four issues costing 35 euros within Europe, and 45 euros outside Europe) should go to
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All of us here at Brain Damage offer our very best wishes to Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason, who celebrates the very special occasion of his birthday today (January 27th). We all hope you are going to have a great day, Nick!
The cornerstone of the band, he had his first drum kit at the tender age of 13. A member of Pink Floyd since the earliest iterations, he is the only one to have appeared on every one of their albums. Thanks to his late father Bill, he has been a "petrol head" from a young boy, and cars have been - and remain - one of his major passions in life. His most recent book, Passion for Speed, is worth checking out, as is the DVD of the same name focusing on his Ferrari Enzo car (with Nick heavily involved). Of course, for those who haven't read it, Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd is an absolute essential read, and available in a variety of editions: hardback, softback (paperback) and an audiobook, which is read by Nick himself...
Nick has contributed to a number of magazines on motoring issues over the years (including a fascinating monthly column in Octane Magazine), and also became president of the Guild of Motoring Writers. He is a trustee of the Beaulieu National Motor Museum, and a life member
and Guardian of the BRDC (British Racing Drivers Club). He has been involved in motor racing since the early 1970s and has entered Le Mans five times.
Musically, of course, the big news recently was the launch of his new band, Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets. The four initial, small gigs in May 2018 held in London lead to a very successful and critically acclaimed European tour in September. Last year, of course, the tour continued with dates in the US, Canada, and more dates in the UK and Europe. 2020 sees more UK and European shows, and hopefully the release of the London Roundhouse concert filmed last year!
Many happy returns, Nick, and see you on the road!
This Is Not A Drill - here is the news that many of you have been waiting for. This afternoon, the dates and venues of the 2020 Roger Waters US/Canadian tour have been revealed.
From recent interviews, Roger has said that it is a brand new production (with the aforementioned ...Not A Drill tagline), with the show being presented in the round, and we suspect, with a new setlist. In this interview, from the Rolling Stone website, a new video has Roger in great form, talking about the tour:
This promises to be another truly memorable Roger Waters production! Tickets for all the 31 shows below go on sale on Friday, January 31st (so just over a week's time) at 10am local time. The direct ticketing links are below too, for your convenience.
Tickets for all these shows go on public sale on FRIDAY, JANUARY 31st at 10am local time. Click on the TICKETS links above for direct links to secure yours! As before, each show will have its own dedicated page on this site, full of logistical information to make your visit to it easier (maps, websites) as well as pictures and reviews after the shows have taken place. If you are going to one (or more) of these shows, please let us know!
Below is a recent, hour and a half interview with Roger Waters, posted online by The Global Consortium for Sustainable Peace. The fascinating, wide-ranging chat conducted by Professor John Haas of Cerritos College, covers a wide range of subjects as you may expect, with Roger sharing his views on things such as nature, human rights, BDS, and music, including touring.
He talks about his concert plans for this year - dates in the US, Canada and Mexico - and answers questions about playing at the border wall. From our busy email inbox, we know that many of you are keen to know what is happening with his next tour (which he has said will be a new production) and as soon as we have the confirmed information we will of course let you know.
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