Finally, Roger Waters read three extracts from his memoirs in October 2023 at the London Palladium, so it might not be too long before that is published...he's also working on his new album based around The Bar - we'll let you know as soon as we get all the info!
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Just published on YouTube is a new interview with David Gilmour, conducted by Rick Beato during the Madison Square Garden concerts in New York City. The nearly hour-long chat with David finds him in expansive mood, explaining how the new album, Luck and Strange, came together and he also talks about the recent concerts.
Nick Mason and his wife Annette are supporting the UK's National Youth Theatre in their current Greatest Gift Auction, which runs until 10pm (UK time) on November 26th, 2024.
The auction is offering incredible experiences and prizes to provide bursaries & life-changing creative opportunities for young people across the UK. The National Youth Theatre is a pioneering youth arts charity engaging thousands of young people aged 11- 30 around the UK every year in their creative and personal development. Your support will help ensure that young people from all backgrounds have access to the transformative power of the arts.
Nick and Annette have contributed two lots to the auction:
Signed Pink Floyd vinyl collection - a set of ten Pink Floyd remaster and reissue albums (all on heavyweight vinyl) as follows: More, Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother, Meddle, Obscured By Clouds, The Dark Side Of The Moon (UV edition), Animals (2018 edition), The Wall, The Division Bell, and The Endless River.
Signed Pink Floyd drum heads and drum sticks - A framed and signed pair of limited edition, hand finished screen-printed Remo drum heads ‘Star Head’ (from an edition of just 10) paired with limited edition signed Promark drumsticks. These drum head prints are direct copies of these famous painted drumheads used during Pink Floyd’s tours in the early 1970s. Printing was supervised by the late artist Kate Hepburn and Matthew Rich of Jealous Print Studio, London.
Visit nyt.org.uk/auction to see details of all the lots, and place your bids!
With David Gilmour concluding his 2024 Luck and Strange concert dates with a string of incredible shows at New York City's Madison Square Garden, in the heart of Manhattan (tonight seeing the final show), he took time out this week during a gap between shows to appear on US TV's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
For those who missed the late evening (in New York, anyway) broadcast of the show, they've put the two segments - interview, and performance with his backing singers Louise Marshall, the Webb Sisters, and Romany Gilmour, alongside Fallon's house band - online, which we share here:
Happy Halloween to you all! Regulars to Brain Damage over the years will know that our friend Joe Ringus is a hugely talented pumpkin artist, and each year has crafted a Pink Floyd themed pumpkin for Halloween (which is celebrated by many, principally this evening, but in a number of places it covers a number of days).
Those regulars will no doubt be as keen as we have been to see if Joe would be continuing the tradition this year, and if so, what design would be picked. The great news is that Joe has been hard at work yet again, and has done another lovely job! We're delighted to share his incredible carving with you.
Thanks Joe - we think you've done another superb job! It's a great tradition and we know many of our visitors love to see them.
If there are any other pumpkin artists out there who have created Floyd designs, we'd love to see them.
The Dutch Arrow Classic Rock radio station has compiled their listeners' Classic Rock 500, tabulating the favourites as voted for. The results were broadcast over last week, and their website now has the entire list.
Unsurprisingly, Pink Floyd feature heavily in the run-down, with three songs in the top ten alone, including the coveted number one spot. A solo piece by Roger Waters also makes it into the 500.
The full list of Pink Floyd/solo songs in the Classic Rock 500:
1- Comfortably Numb (Live) - Pink Floyd
8 - Echoes - Pink Floyd
9 - Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd
20 - Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
87 - Time - Pink Floyd
105 - High Hopes - Pink Floyd
146 - The Great Gig In The Sky - Pink Floyd
155 - Brain Damage/Eclipse - Pink Floyd
175 - Hey You - Pink Floyd
181 - Us And Them - Pink Floyd
194 - One Of These Days - Pink Floyd
203 - Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd
216 - On The Turning Away - Pink Floyd
240 - Money - Pink Floyd
358 - Run Like Hell - Pink Floyd
393 - Welcome To The Machine - Pink Floyd
476 - The Fletcher Memorial Home - Pink Floyd
500 - The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking - Roger Waters
Our thanks to Roger Little for letting us know about this listener-voted chart of favourites.
Filmed around the time of his highly acclaimed Royal Albert Hall shows, and before departing for his nine shows in Los Angeles and New York City, David Gilmour's appearance (with his band) on the BBC series Later...With Jools Holland has now been detailed.
It is the third episode (of six) from series 65 of the show, which always features a variety of artists and musical styles. Airing on the UK's BBC Two on Saturday, November 2nd at 10:25pm, it will then be available to view on the BBC's iPlayer service through this link.
From the programme notes: "Jools welcomes to the show legendary singer, songwriter and guitarist David Gilmour to perform a couple of songs from his album Luck and Strange, including the track Between Two Points; Australian punk rockers Amyl and the Sniffers with a couple of tracks from their album Cartoon Darkness; 80s icons The The with a song from their album Ensoulment; singer-songwriter Dhruv with the track Tragedy from his debut album, Private Blizzard; and South African hip-hop tour de force Moonchild Sanelly with her song Do My Dance from her album Full Moon."
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Filmed around the time of his highly acclaimed Royal Albert Hall shows, and before departing for his nine shows in Los Angeles and New York City, David Gilmour's appearance (with his band) on the BBC series Later...With Jools Holland has now been detailed.
