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Written by Matt
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Thursday, 05 November 2026 |
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 Just officially announced, after a few teasers on Pink Floyd's official social media channels, is Animals 50 which marks the five decades since the band's follow-up album to Wish You Were Here. This special edition will be released in multiple formats and a deluxe box set, out 22nd January 2027 via Sony Music. The 50th anniversary edition brings fans fresh insight into one of Pink Floyd's most visceral and compelling works, featuring a raft of rare and unreleased music, alongside unseen photographs capturing a unique behind the scenes perspective of the recording process, creation of the iconic album art and groundbreaking tour production.
Animals 50 will be released in multiple formats, including a Deluxe Box Set, 1LP, 2LP, 2CD, Blu-Ray Audio and digital. The Deluxe Box Set contains 3 LPs: the original 1977 album, the 2018 Remix (remixed by James Guthrie), and a disc of five rarities that includes an unheard Roger Waters track titled Young Nicholas Jon and previously unreleased early versions of Sheep and Dogs. It also has 5 CDs mirroring the LPs, plus 2 discs of the 1977 Oakland show recorded live at the Oakland Coliseum Arena by a then 19 year old bootlegger, Reinhard Hohlwein, and the 1 disc Blu-Ray, which includes all of the above audio with the 2018 Remix being available in 5.1 and Dolby Atmos.
The Deluxe Box Set also features a 64 page hardback book comprising new sleeve notes from New York Times Best-Selling author and life-long Floyd fan Jonathan Lethem, an interview with Reinhard Hohlwein and an excerpt from Hipgnosis' Aubrey "Po" Powell's memoir about the making of the iconic album art for Animals. These fascinating insights are interspersed with previously unpublished images that document the full creative journey, from the album recording to the shooting of the cover at Battersea Power Station and the subsequent global tour. The 1LP contains the original 1977 album in orange and sandstone colour variants. The 2LP and 2CD sets contain the original 1977 album plus rarities, as does the digital release, which also features the Oakland show.
Below we share the full tracklistings of each of the editions - the rarities selection in particular sounds very intriguing, with the early versions of songs, an untitled studio jam, and a track we've not seen documented before, called Young Nicholas Jon.
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Written by Matt
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Thursday, 05 November 2026 |
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Over the last few days, some European cities have seen a bit of a clue appear, courtesy of Pink Floyd, and this is what the Italian city of Milan experienced...
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Written by Matt
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Thursday, 29 October 2026 |
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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 crafts a Pink Floyd themed pumpkin for Halloween (which is celebrated by many, principally on October 31st, 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, after some thought, Joe had some inspiration for a design he'd not yet done, so has been hard at work yet again, and has done a lovely job yet again! We're delighted to share his incredible carving with you. Joe: "I was pretty excited to do this one and think it transferred to the pumpkin well." We agree!
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.
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Written by Matt
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Thursday, 29 October 2026 |
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 Just announced is "An Intimate Evening With Roger Waters & G.E. Smith", being held on Sunday November 22nd, 2026, at 7pm.
It is billed as an "acoustic evening with Roger Waters playing his originals joined by G.E. Smith sharing two decades of music and friendship". Some of you will recall that a similar event took place on October 30th, 2015, at the Bay Street Theatre in New York, as part of Smith's then series of shows called Portraits. Smith, of course, played guitars, bass and mandolin on The Wall Live tour.
The show takes place at The Suffolk, a 1930's art deco theatre in Riverhead, New York, and tickets are now on sale from TheSuffolk.org.
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