Posted September 20, 2010 by Floydian Slip
“Remembering Rick Wright”
Died Sept. 15, 2008
Posted September 18, 2010 by Floydian Slip
Roger Waters‘ Web site is now selling official tour merchandise from his current tour of “The Wall.”
These items are presumably the same ones available at the concert venues.
The U.S. store offers 10 items ranging from $11.95 (mug) to $100 (lithograph).
Our favorite: The red hammers T-shirt (pictured).
Buy ’em online. Your purchase supports Floydian Slip.
Posted September 17, 2010 by Floydian Slip
We hold in our hands what the publisher tells us are the last couple copies of the latest issue of Classic Rock Presents Prog left in their possession.
The issue features Roger Waters and his revival tour of “The Wall” on the cover, and includes a feature on David Gilmour‘s teaming up with The Orb.
We’ll be giving them away in coming weeks …
Posted September 17, 2010 by Floydian Slip
Amazon.com has online a 5-minute video about the making of The Orb‘s upcoming album “Metallic Spheres,” featuring Pink Floyd‘s David Gilmour (right).
The video features interviews with Alex Patterson (left) of The Orb and producer Youth, and includes quite a bit of footage of Gilmour playing.
The album is to be released Oct. 12 in the U.S.
Read more about the album in our previous post (“Orb album to feature David Gilmour”).
Posted September 17, 2010 by Floydian Slip
This week, “Remembering Rick Wright.” The Pink Floyd co-founder and keyboardist died Sept. 15, 2008.
We’ll be featuring material he wrote and sang for Floyd, as well as solo material.
(All times are local times)
Posted September 16, 2010 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters opened his 2010/11 tour of Floyd’s seminal “The Wall” tour last night in Toronto’s Air Canada Centre.
For whatever credence you might put in critical reviews, you can see what The Associated Press (AP), The Star, the UK’s Telegraph and Calgary’s 660News thought of the show.
The AP might have been most laudatory: “Many times when classic rock artists perform, there’s an air of nostalgia, but not with Waters. Not only does the material seem fresh, it also appears 2010 is the right time for this tour, probably because of the technology that catapults it into the stratosphere.”
The Star was the most critical of these four reviews, calling the show a “cash-in,” and describing the music as “actually kind of drab and heartless, not much different from what you’d hear at one of those Classic Albums Live nights at the Phoenix were it not for the production values.”
Read the reviews online:
Posted September 15, 2010 by Floydian Slip
We asked you to take a guess as to the date David Gilmour would join Roger Waters on stage during Waters’ tour of “The Wall” that kicked off tonight in Toronto. We’ve been told it’s going to happen, but the date remains shrouded in secrecy.
The polls are closed, and we’ve crunched the numbers:
More than 80 people entered the contest, with guesses fairly evenly split between the North American leg of the tour (Sept. 15 through Dec. 21) and the European leg (March 21 through June 29). Though London’s series of five shows next May is clearly the voters’ favorite.
On the North American side, Waters’ Oct. 5 show at Madison Square Garden was the most popular, earning four votes. On the European side, guesses clustered around the London shows, with the May 11 show at The O2 coming out on top of all shows worldwide with eight votes.
“Floydian Slip” is going on the record by saying our guess is London’s May 17 date.
The person who guesses closest wins a copy of Water’s “The Wall Live in Berlin” on CD. If the winner guesses the exact date, we’ll add to the kitty a sealed copy of last November’s Classic Rock magazine with the 3D Floyd cover.
Now we play the waiting game …
Posted September 14, 2010 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters is on the cover of the Sept. 30 issue of Rolling Stone, due to hit stands tomorrow.
The magazine has an excerpt on its Web site, along with a behind-the-scenes video of the photo shoot for the cover, below:
Posted September 14, 2010 by Floydian Slip
Your opportunity to participate in our latest contest is drawing to a close.
Make your guess as to when David Gilmour will join Roger Waters on stage during Waters’ “The Wall” tour and win a copy of Waters’ “The Wall Live in Berlin” on CD.
If you guess the exact date, you’ll also get a sealed copy of Classic Rock magazine from last fall — the one with the 3D Floyd cover commemorating the 30th anniversary of “The Wall.”
We’re accepting entries through the beginning of the tour, which starts tomorrow.
One guess per person. (Don’t worry, laddy, we’ll know …)
Posted September 13, 2010 by Floydian Slip
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