Events

Roger Waters to perform with veterans at charity event

Posted November 3, 2012 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters will perform at the 6th annual Stand Up for Heroes event, Thursday, Nov. 8, at New York’s Beacon Theatre.

The event, presented by the New York Comedy Festival and The Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF), supports injured service members and their caregivers.

Waters will perform with a band comprised entirely of military veterans. Other acts scheduled to perform include Mike Birbiglia, Ricky Gervais, Patton Oswalt, Jon Stewart, Bruce Springsteen and Robin Williams.

The event is sold out, but musical performances will be streamed live at YouTube and made available at the BWF’s reMIND website.

The five previous events have raised more than $10 million to support wounded veterans and their families.

Learn more about the event and donate at reMIND.

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Waters’ Quebec Wall to rival Berlin’s

Posted May 23, 2012 by Floydian Slip

Roger Waters has added a new final date to his tour of “The Wall,” which will be more than twice as big as any other show on the tour.

When the former Pink Floyd front-man performs at Quebec City’s Fields of Abraham on July 21, the wall will be more than 800 feet wide, more than twice the size of any other show on his revival tour of the show.

It’ll be the largest outdoor staging of his magnum opus since he performed it at the site of the former Berlin wall in 1990 on the same day: July 21.

Initial sales are reserved for those who’ve purchased admittance to the Festival d’été de Québec.

Festival fans can register online today at InfoFestival.com from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. for a drawing to purchase wristbands for the concert.

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Storm Thorgerson documentary East Coast premiere

Posted January 28, 2012 by Floydian Slip

Roddy Bogawa‘s documentary about Pink Floyd sleeve designer Storm Thorgerson will have its East Coast premiere next month at New York Museum of the Modern Art (MoMA).

The feature-length film, “Taken by Storm,” will be featured as part of MoMA’s two-week-long “International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media,” beginning Feb. 16.

“Taken by Storm” debuted in March 2011 at the South by Southwest (SxSW) festival.

“Hoping that this screening will give the film a big push along to its distribution life — more screenings, perhaps theatrical release, DVDs and streaming,” Bogawa says.

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Abbey Road Studios opening to public

Posted January 7, 2012 by Floydian Slip

Studio Two of EMI‘s Abbey Road Studios will host a public event in March giving people a first-hand glimpse into the space that bands including Pink Floyd have used to make some of the world’s most lasting music.

As part of the studios’ 80th anniversary, authors Brian Kehew and Kevin Ryan will give an audio-visual presentation titled “80 Years of Recording at Abbey Road Studios.”

The event will cover recordings made in the studio by Floyd, Sir Edward Elgar, The Shadows, Peter Sellers, Helen Shapiro, The Beatles, The Hollies, The Zombies and Kate Bush, as well as film scores such as “Star Wars” and “Harry Potter and Lord of the Ring.”

Kehew and Ryan are the authors of “Recording The Beatles.”

Two events scheduled for March 10 are sold out. Two more have been added for 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. on March 11. Tickets are £75. Buy them online.

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No Pink Floyd reunion at Olympics

Posted January 4, 2012 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour refutes a story published by The London Evening Standard yesterday that said surviving members of the band “could” reunite at this year’s Olympics festivities to be held in London.

In what must increasingly seem like a non-paying part-time job, Gilmour released a statement “that there is no truth in recent media speculation about Pink Floyd reuniting to perform for the 2012 London Olympics.”

The Standard had quoted a band “insider” as saying, “It’s long been made clear it would take something very special to get Pink Floyd back together again and it doesn’t get any bigger than the Olympics,” adding, “it’s hoped everything can be confirmed in the coming weeks.”

The most recent reunion of Gilmour, Roger Waters and Nick Mason happened at the end of Waters’s May 12, 2011, performance of “The Wall” when the three joined on stage in London to perform “Outside the Wall” (pictured).

Gilmour had performed on “Comfortably Numb” earlier in that evening’s performance. (See “Video: Gilmour joins Waters at the 02.”)

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More North American dates for ‘The Wall’ in 2012

Posted November 1, 2011 by Floydian Slip

Roger Waters will return to North America beginning in May for 36 additional dates of his “Wall” tour.

Waters had hinted more U.S. and Canadian dates were in store for the new year, and indicated those concerts would be at larger venues, such as outdoor stadiums — ironic, considering his growing distaste for such venues in the ’70s was his impetus for writing “The Wall.” The schedule made public today confirms that:

May 01
Houston, TX
Toyota Center
On Sale 11/14

May 03
Austin, TX
Frank Erwin Center
On Sale 11/14

May 05
Tulsa,
OK BOK Center
On Sale 11/14

May 07
Denver, CO
Pepsi Center
On Sale 11/14

May 11
San Francisco, CA
AT&T Park
On Sale 11/18

May 13
San Diego, CA
Valley View Casino Center
On Sale 11/14

May 15
Phoenix, AZ
US Airways
On Sale 11/14

May 19
Los Angeles, CA
TBD
On sale 11/18

May 22
Portland, OR
Rose Garden
On Sale 11/14

May 24
Seattle, WA
Key Arena
On Sale 11/14

May 26
Vancouver, BC
BC Place
On Sale 11/14

May 28
Edmonton, AB
Rexall Place
On Sale 11/14

May 31
Winnipeg, MB
MTS Centre
On Sale 11/14

June 03
St Paul, MN
Xcel Energy Center
On Sale 11/14

June 05
Detroit, MI
Joe Louis Arena
On Sale 11/14

June 06
Grand Rapids, MI
Van Andel Arena
On Sale 11/14

June 08
Chicago, IL
Wrigley Field
On Sale 11/14

June 10
Louisville, KY
KFC Yum! Center
On Sale 11/14

June 11
Indianapolis, IN
Conseco Fieldhouse
On Sale 11/14

June 13
Atlanta, GA
Philips Arena
On Sale 11/14

June 15
Ft Lauderdale, FL
BankAtlantic Center
On Sale 11/14

June 16
Orlando, FL
Amway Center
On Sale 11/18

June 19
Nashville, TN
Bridgestone Arena
On Sale 11/14

June 21
Buffalo, NY
First Niagara Center
On Sale 11/14

June 23
Toronto, ON
Rogers Centre
On Sale 11/14

June 25
Ottawa, ON
Scotiabank Place
On Sale 11/14

June 26
Montreal, QC
Bell Centre
On Sale 11/14

June 28
Albany, NY
Times Union Center
On Sale 11/14

June 29
Hartford, CT
XL Center
On Sale 11/14

July 1
Boston, MA
TBD
On sale 1/30/12

July 03
Pittsburgh, PA
Consol Energy Center
On Sale 11/14

July 06
New York, NY
TBD
On sale 1/30/12

July 09
Raleigh, NC
RBC Center
On Sale 11/14

July 10
Charlotte, NC
Time Warner Cable Arena
On Sale 11/14

July 12
Washington DC
Verizon Center
On Sale 11/14

July 14
Philadelphia, PA
Citizens Bank Park
On Sale 11/7

The tour originated in North America in 2010 before moving to Europe and South America. It’s played more than 120 times around the world for more than 1.6 million fans. Tickets for these 2012 dates go on sale beginning Monday, Nov. 7 at LiveNation.com.

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Video: MGMT perform ‘Lucifer Sam’

Posted September 29, 2011 by Floydian Slip

From last night’s installment of “Pink Floyd Week” on NBC’s “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” MGMT perform “Lucifer Sam”:

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Video: Roger Waters, Foo Fighters on ‘Late Night’

Posted September 28, 2011 by Floydian Slip

Roger Waters appeared on the ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” show last night for an interview with the host, and this performance of “In the Flesh” with Foo Fighters.

Waters confirmed he’ll be bringing his “Wall” tour back to North America for more dates.

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Video: Shins perform ‘Breathe’ on ‘Late Night’

Posted September 28, 2011 by Floydian Slip

“Pink Floyd Week” started on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” Monday night, when drummer Nick Mason joined Fallon for an interview.

The Shins also performed this excellent version of “Breathe.”

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Jimmy Fallon to present week of Pink Floyd

Posted September 22, 2011 by Floydian Slip

“Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” will feature a Pink Floyd song each night of the week next week. The band’s Roger Waters and Nick Mason will also appear on the show.

On Monday, The Shins will perform “Breathe” from “The Dark Side of the Moon,” with Mason appearing for an interview. Tuesday Waters will join Foo Fighters to perform “In the Flesh” from “The Wall.” He’ll also be interviewed by Fallon.

MGMT performs “Lucifer Sam” Wednesday; country artist Dierks Bentley will do “Wish You Were Here” Thursday; and Pearl Jam appears Friday to do “Mother.”

The program airs at 12:35 a.m. ET on NBC.

The week of Floyd is timed to coincide with the beginning of the Why Pink Floyd? remaster campaign.

Fire up those DVRs …

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