Our very best wishes, and many happy returns, to David Gilmour today (March 6th), who is celebrating his 71st birthday in the spring sunshine!

Born and raised in Cambridge, David became involved with various bands in the area, principally Jokers Wild who were a popular draw when they played, before joining Pink Floyd in 1968. More recent years have seen David concentrating on his solo career, and helping out chums on their musical projects on an ad hoc basis - such as appearing on stage with Phil Manzanera at the legendary Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, with Amadou & Mariam at the Crisis "hidden" charity show, and the Douglas Adams 60th Birthday concert at London's Hammersmith Apollo amongst other things.

Of course, 2015 saw the return to his own music with the acclaimed release of Rattle That Lock, his latest solo album, which was accompanied by a tour of Europe, and North and South America. The tour took in some quite unusual and spectacular locations, perhaps the pinnacle being a return to the amphitheatre at Pompeii for a pair of shows last July.

It just remains for us to wish David a very happy day! If you want to add your thoughts and wishes, you can do so at our Facebook page...

Today, another short video has been shared on Roger Waters' social media platforms to help tease the new album. As we noted previously, "Is This The Life We Really Want?" is released on May 19th, but other than the (now two) short video clips, no other information is currently available. We suspect full details, including the opportunity to pre-order the album, will be along soon, but in the meantime, here's the second taster:

The Roger Waters 2017 Us + Them Tour in North America has just had another 11 dates added to it. Some of these are new venues, some are additional shows, and some are venues that Roger has performed at previously. The FULL list of concerts announced so far is shown below, and we are in the process of adding individual show pages for ALL of these, to ensure you have all the information you need to see the shows, get to the venues, and share your thoughts about them after the event.

This announcement comes hot on the heels of the revelation of the title of his new album - Is This The Life We Really Want? - which is due for release on May 19th. More news on THAT as it arrives with us...

Tickets for most of these additional concerts go on sale Monday, February 27th at 10 a.m. local time, through Ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster.ca, and AXS.com. The New Orleans show goes on sale on March 6th, and the third night at the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles goes on sale on March 13th. VIP packages for all shows will be available. Using our links also helps toward the ongoing running costs of this site, and is appreciated!

Details of each concert venue and show, and how to get tickets, are (or will be very shortly in the case of some of these new announcements) on the normal show pages which are now in place - go to the Roger Waters 2017 Tour zone and select the show you are interested in.

Of the tour itself, Waters noted that "We are going to take a new show on the road, the content is very secret. It'll be a mixture of stuff from my long career, stuff from my years with Pink Floyd, some new things. Probably 75% of it will be old material and 25% will be new, but it will be all connected by a general theme. It will be a cool show, I promise you. It'll be spectacular like all my shows have been." Here's the NEW teaser video which has just been released:

Published yesterday, following on from the media briefing and Q&A session held on Thursday afternoon at a hotel in London, is this teaser video for The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains, which opens on May 13th at London's Victoria and Albert Museum...