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Winners: David Gilmour Live at Pompeii

Posted September 4, 2017 by Floydian Slip

Congratulations to our winners of pairs of tickets to see “David Gilmour Live at Pompeii” on Wednesday, Sept. 13:

Daniel Roberts, McMinnville TN
Andrew Blair, Tonawanda NY
Paul Marchetto, West Springfield MA
Wayne Leigh, Wailuku HI
Gregory Plowman, Hailey ID
John Chrisman, Conroe TX
Corbet Stover, Norris City IL
Steve Dircks, Stewart MN
Brian Edwards, Omaha NE
Tim Miller, Cincinnati OH

Tickets courtesy of “Floydian Slip” and Trafalgar Releasing. The film shows at theaters worldwide. You can purchase tickets online.

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Roger Waters to add 2018 concert dates

Posted August 30, 2017 by Floydian Slip

Rolling Stone reports Roger Waters will perform shows in 2018.

Waters’s current “Us + Them” tour is scheduled to end Oct. 29 in Vancouver, BC. But, according to a two-page story in the Sept. 7 issue of Rolling Stone, “there are plans for more shows next year.”

Addendum: Waters has added 8 dates starting Jan. 24 for New Zealand and Australia.

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Win tickets to “David Gilmour Live at Pompeii”

Posted August 21, 2017 by Floydian Slip

Enter now to win a pair of tickets to see the concert film “David Gilmour Live at Pompeii,” coming to theaters one night only: Wednesday, Sept. 13.

The film is a document of Gilmour’s July 2016 shows at the ancient amphitheater, 45 years after Pink Floyd famously played the same venue to an audience of none for the film “Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii.”

Music for the show is taken from Gilmour’s “Rattle That Lock” (2015) and “On an Island” (2006), and also includes a number of Floyd classics.

“Floydian Slip” has paired with Trafalgar Releasing to give you a pair of tickets to the participating theater of your choice in the United States.

Enter now. Deadline to enter is Sunday, Sept. 3.

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Video: Rattle That Lock live at Pompeii

Posted August 5, 2017 by Floydian Slip

David Gilmour has released a video tease of his upcoming concert film “David Gilmour Live in Pompeii.”

A document of his July 2016 shows at the ancient amphitheater, the film shows one night only, Wednesday, Sept. 13 (See “David Gilmour Pompeii concert coming to theaters one night only”).

The show will be released on CD, DVD, Blu-ray, et al., on Friday, Sept. 29 (See “David Gilmour Live at Pompeii coming to CD/DVD/LP.”)

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Video trailer: David Gilmour Live at Pompeii

Posted July 15, 2017 by Floydian Slip

“Floydian Slip” will have tickets to give away to the theatre of your choice, courtesy of Trafalgar Releasing. Details coming in August.

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Cambridge orchestra to premiere Pink Floyd-inspired piece

Posted June 30, 2017 by Floydian Slip

The Cambridge Concert Orchestra will premiere a composition by Tim Brooks (pictured) called “Grantchester Variations,” an homage to Syd Barrett and the band he helped found and inspired by Pink Floyd‘s “Grantchester Meadows.”

The piece “will certainly intrigue Pink Floyd fans and lovers of modern orchestral music,” according to orchestra chairman Jan Mentha. “The harmonies and rhythms evoke the early exploratory Floyd works. So far as the orchestra knows, this the only orchestral ‘tribute’ to the iconic band.”

The orchestra will perform the piece as part of its 50th anniversary concert Saturday, July 8 at West Road Concert Hall.

Brooks, of Cambridge, studied music at York University and gained a teaching qualification in music and drama from Leeds University.

More information is available at the orchestra’s website.

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Ferrari owned by David Gilmour for sale

Posted June 24, 2017 by Floydian Slip

A 1988 Ferrari F40 Berlinetta first owned by David Gilmour will go on the auction block June 30.

The car, purchased by Gilmour in July 1988, is expected to fetch as much as £1 million at Bonhams’ Goodwood Festival of Speed auction.

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason purchased a similar model at the same time as Gilmour at the Ferrari factory in Maranello, Italy, after Floyd’s Modena leg of its Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour. The pair are said to have driven them back to the U.K. following their purchase.

List price for the F40 in 1988 was £163,000. Just more than 1,300 were produced.

Though the car can reach a respectable 201 mph, its interior is spartan, sporting a pair of red body contour seats.

The auction takes place at Chichester, Goodwood.

See dozens of photos of the car at the Bohmans website.

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“Dark Side” gold record sells for $25k

Posted June 23, 2017 by Floydian Slip

A Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) gold record for Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon” recently sold for $25,000.

The record, signifying $1 million in sales and once owned by Floyd’s Rick Wright, was sold at auction by Nate D. Sanders Auctions in Los Angeles. Minimum bid for the item was $20,000. The winner’s identity was not made public.

The framed record included a letter of authenticity from Wright’s first wife, Franka.

Wright’s platinum RIAA album for “The Wall” sold in 2005 for more than $40,000.

Starting with its inception in 1958, an album’s gold status was determined by $1 million in sales. That criterion was later amended to also require 500,000 units sold.

Album platinum status, created in 1976, indicates 1 million units sold.

One of the best-selling records in history, “Dark Side,” ironically, only achieved platinum status in 1990, because it was released three years before the platinum designation.

On June 4, 1998, the RIAA certified it 15× platinum.

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V&A to publish Their Mortal Remains official catalog

Posted June 16, 2017 by Floydian Slip

V&A Publishing will release “Their Mortal Remains,” a beautiful coffee table book celebrating Pink Floyd‘s 50th anniversary, on July 11.

The title will serve as the official printed companion to the Victoria and Albert Museum’s exhibition of the same name, which opened on May 13.

With 304 pages and featuring 300 photographs, the book also includes five essays exploring the band’s legacy and a foreword by sleeve designer Aubrey “Po” Powell of Hipgnosis.

The book is available for pre-order now at many online retailers. Suggested retail price is US $55.

Learn more about the book.

“Their Mortal Remains” will show at the V&A through Oct. 1. Learn more about the exhibit.

“Floydian Slip” will give away copies of the book the week of July 10.

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David Gilmour Pompeii concert coming to theaters one night only

Posted June 1, 2017 by Floydian Slip

“David Gilmour: Live At Pompeii,” a concert film of David Gilmour‘s 2016 shows at the ancient amphitheater, is coming to theaters this fall.

Directed by Gavin Elder and presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Atmos sound, the film will show on a single date, Wednesday, Sept. 13, at more than 2,000 theaters.

Gilmour’s shows took place July 7 and 8 last summer, 45 years after Pink Floyd famously played the same venue to an audience of none for the film “Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii.”

Music for the show is taken from Gilmour’s “Rattle That Lock” (2015) and “On an Island” (2006), and also includes a number of Floyd classics.

The film is presented by Trafalgar Releasing. You can search participating theaters to purchase tickets in advance, and request a screening, if there are no participating venues near you.

Fathom Events offered a similar arrangement for “Roger Waters The Wall” in September 2015. Also originally billed as a “one-night only” affair, in that case, an additional screening was added immediately after the first one concluded.

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