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.
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.
Posted January 30, 2020 by Floydian Slip
Sony Legacy will release “Live at the Roundhouse,” a concert film and album by Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets, on April 17.
The performance, recorded at the London venue in May 2019, will be available as a double LP, three-disc CD/DVD, and Blu-ray.
The film will also play in theaters one night only: March 10. The theatrical release will include a pre-recorded Q&A with Mason and the band answering questions submitted by fans.
Mason, a founding member of Pink Floyd and the band’s drummer, established Saucerful of Secrets in Spring 2018 as a vehicle to present live performances of Floyd’s early music. The band consists of Mason, Gary Kemp, Guy Pratt, Lee Harris and Dom Beken.
The band has performed dozens of shows in Europe and North America to enthusiastic crowds and critical acclaim. It has more than 30 dates schedule for 2020, starting April 23 in Guilford.
“Live at the Roadhouse” is available for pre-order at the band’s online shop, which also offers apparel and limited edition posters signed by the band.
Tickets for the theatrical release are on sale now at nickmasonfilm.com.
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.
Posted January 13, 2020 by Floydian Slip
Congratulations to our winners of copies of Gerald Scarfe’s memoir “Long Drawn Out Trip”:
Prizes courtesy of Little, Brown Book Group.
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.
Posted November 17, 2019 by Floydian Slip
This winter David Gilmour will play at The London Palladium as part of a sold-out tribute to Fleetwood Mac founder Peter Green.
Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood organized the event, which will also include Billy Gibbons, Jonny Lang, Andy Fairweather Low, John Mayall, Christine McVie, Zak Starkey, Steven Tyler, Bill Wyman and others yet to be announced.
“The concert is a celebration of those early blues days where we all began, and it’s important to recognize the profound impact Peter and the early Fleetwood Mac had on the world of music,” Fleetwood says.
“Peter was my greatest mentor and it gives me such joy to pay tribute to his incredible talent. I am honored to be sharing the stage with some of the many artists Peter has inspired over the years and who share my great respect for this remarkable musician.”
The show takes place Tuesday, Feb. 25. Ticket pre-sale started Nov. 13 with general sale starting two days later. The show has sold-out.
Posted November 17, 2019 by Floydian Slip
Roger Waters will provide a keynote address at the 2020 South by Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin, Texas.
Waters will deliver one of two music keynotes at the 10-day event. Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth will provide the other.
The date of Waters’s talk hasn’t yet been announced.
SXSW runs March 13-22. Learn more about the event.
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