David Gilmour to live stream from his home
Posted April 2, 2020 by Floydian Slip
David Gilmour and wife Polly Samson will host a live streaming event from their home today to promote the release of Samson’s new novel “A Theatre for Dreamers.”
The event will take place at 8:30 pm BST (3:30 pm EDT) on the Facebook pages of Gilmour (www.facebook.com/davidgilmour) and Samson (www.facebook.com/pollysamson).
Official events to celebrate the novel’s publication were cancelled due to the pandemic. The book is being released today.
Gilmour and Samson married in 1994. They’ve written songs together since Pink Floyd‘s “The Division Bell” (1995).
Pink Floyd announces Record Store Day release
Posted March 3, 2020 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd Records will release a limited edition, one-sided 45 of “Arnold Layne” for Record Store Day, Saturday, April 18.
The recording represents the last live performance by Floyd with David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright playing together at the Syd Barrett tribute “The Madcap’s Last Laugh” at London’s Barbican on May 10, 2007.
The trio was joined by Jon Carin on keyboards and vocals; and Andy Bell from Oasis on bass guitar.
Floyd creative director Aubrey Powell oversaw the sleeve, newly created by long-time Floyd collaborators, photographer Rupert Truman and designer Peter Curzon, both of StormStudios. New art extends to the B-side of the single, which features an etching of handcuffs echoing the sleeve design and song lyrics.
The single was mixed by Damon Iddins.
Pink Floyd Records has supported Record Store Day each year since the label’s launch in June 2016.
Winners: Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets “Live at the Roundhouse”
Posted March 2, 2020 by Floydian Slip
Congratulations to winners of tickets to see “Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets ‘Live at the Roundhouse'” playing at select theaters March 10:
- Jim Liguori, Jacksonville, FL
- William Gilbert, Boiling Springs, SC
- Michael Dickey, Mesa, AZ
- Carollee Heins, Batavia, IL
All winners also receive a limited edition poster. Jim is our Grand Prize winner, who receives a poster autographed by Nick.
Win: Tickets for “Live at the Roundhouse” featuring Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets
Posted February 20, 2020 by Floydian Slip
Register now to win a pair of tickets to see the new concert film “Live at the Roundhouse” featuring Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets, playing one night only, March 10.
Each winner also receives a Saucerful of Secrets poster. And … one Grand Prize winner gets a poster autographed by the band.
Prizes courtesy of Trafalgar Releasing.
David Gilmour joins Polly Samson on book tour
Posted February 12, 2020 by Floydian Slip
David Gilmour will join his writing partner and wife, Polly Samson, in making three appearances to promote Samson’s new book, “A Theatre for Dreamers.”
Billed as “an evening of words and music,” Gilmour tweeted, “I’ll be performing a few songs, including a new one — ‘Yes, I Have Ghosts’ — which we wrote together, inspired by the book.”
Samson has been Gilmour’s go-to lyricist beginning with Pink Floyd’s 1994 album “The Division Bell.”
Journalist Rosie Boycott will moderate the conversation with Samson at Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, March 30; Town Hall, Birmingham, March 31; and Central Hall Westminster, London, April 2.
Tickets range from £38-£44 and go on sale 10 a.m. GMT Friday, Feb. 14:
Birmingham – http://bit.ly/ATFDbham
Manchester – http://bit.ly/ATFDmcr
London – http://bit.ly/ATFDlondon
Tickets include a signed first edition of the book; and a photo of Samson and Gilmour taken on the Greek island of Hydra, where the story takes place, signed by them both.
Bloomsbury Circus will publish “A Theatre for Dreamers” on April 2.
More details at pollysamson.com.
Roger Waters announces concert dates
Posted January 23, 2020 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd co-founder and long-time solo artist Roger Waters has announced 31 North American concert dates for 2020.
The tour opens July 8 in Pittsburgh and runs through Oct. 3 in Dallas.
The tour would seem to be called “This Is Not a Drill.” The image here, located on Waters’s website, suggests the concert will be performed “in the round.”
Tickets go on sale Jan. 31. Full schedule at rogerwaters.com.
Pink Floyd podcast series coming Nov. 25
Posted November 22, 2019 by Floydian Slip
BBC Radio 6 Music’s Matt Everitt will speak with David Gilmour during a four-part podcast series to promote “The Later Years” box-set coming in December.
“The Lost Art of Conversation” will premiere Monday, Nov. 25, on all podcast platforms. Remaining episodes will appear the three following Mondays.
Each episode will focus on a particular theme:
The studio
The band’s return to jamming in the recording studio and embracing new technology when faced with new advances in synthesizers and other instruments.
Artwork
Gilmour explains his ideas for the band’s artwork including how his sketch of a single, empty bed was transformed by Storm Thorgerson into the image of 500 beds for the cover of 1987’s “A Momentary Lapse of Reason.”
Live performances
How the band prepared for the prospect of an upcoming tour, and the enormous pressure facing them while rehearsing in a massive aircraft hangar in Toronto.
Unreleased new material from the box-set
Gilmour talks about the loads of new and rare material included in “The Later Years.” His memories are jogged by watching footage of the band flying over Miami Beach, watching swimmers surrounded by sharks.
The band is billing this podcast as Gilmour’s only interview surrounding the launch of the 16-disc box that focuses on post-Roger Waters era Floyd.
Read more about “The Later Years,” which is coming Dec. 13.
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