Yearly Archives: 2017

Nick Mason : Drummer Opens Up His Garden For Charities

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THE gardens of Middlewick House in Corsham will be open to the public again this summer, raising money for the Wiltshire Bobby Van Trust and Wiltshire Air Ambulance’s Airbase Appeal.

The estate, which is now home to Nick Mason of Pink Floyd fame and his wife, actress Annette Lynton Mason, was formerly owned by HRH The Duchess of Cornwall.

The proceeds from the open gardens will be split between the two local charities. This will be the fourth year running that the couple have welcomed people in to raise money for charity.

Nick Mason said: “Annette and I are really looking forward to opening our garden again – it’s a really great way of supporting two of our favourite and enormously worthy local charities. Our visitors seem to enjoy the experience and it gives us a really good excuse to tidy the garden and polish the odd car!”

Visitors will have the opportunity to explore the beautiful gardens, as well as the chance to see the collection of wild animals. One of Bath’s leading fine art sculptors, Alan Dunn, will be showcasing some of his pieces and there will be a variety of stalls selling unique gifts and plants.

Cakes will be available along with other refreshments and a barbecue.

Jennie Shaw, director of The Wiltshire Bobby Van Trust, said: “This will be the fourth year Mr and Mrs Mason have supported local charities, they have raised over £60,000. It’s a super weekend which thousands of people have attended. I do hope you can join us.”

Cheryl Johnson, head of Wiltshire Air Ambulance’s Airbase Appeal, said: “We are so grateful to Nick and Annette Mason. Our Airbase Appeal is raising the remaining £1.25 million needed to complete the building and equipping of our new airbase at Semington, near Melksham. Funds raised at the open gardens event will enable us to save lives for many more years to come, operating from our custom-built new airbase.”

The event on June 10-11 runs from 11am-4.30pm. Entry will cost £7 and the event is free to children under 12.

Syd Barret Feature In SHOT! The Mick Rock Documentary

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Syd Barrett SHOT! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock. Mick Rock about Syd Barrett

SHOT! The Mick Rock Documentary is an odyssey into the colorful and crazy recesses of rock ‘n’ roll’s history. A reckless joyride that delves deep into the mind of rock’s greatest living photographer: Mick Rock.

Told through the distorted lens of rock ‘n’ roll mythology, icon-maker, psychedelic explorer, shambolic poet and custodian of dreams, Mick Rock navigates his story from the glam rock shimmer of London to the snarl of NYC punk, and deep into the new millennium. Awaiting heart surgery after after a series of heart attacks, Mick turns inward to face himself – his past, the present and the future that will be born from the ashes of his resurrection. He stretched his nervous system to the limit to bring us the iconic images of the likes of David Bowie, Syd Barrett, Blondie, Queen, Lou Reed and Iggy Pop. He shot them all and imprinted them on our collective psyche forever.

You can find more information over at the official website by clicking here

Nick Mason : Inside Out : A personal story of Pink Floyd – New Edition

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It would only be logical, parallel to the opening of the Pink Floyd exhibition, the premiere takes place in London on May 13th at the Victoria & Albert Museum, with all the international coverage and the expected turnout about one or the other re-release to the market allow! Random or not, the English version of Nick Mason’s book, Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd.

The last update, the Mason 2004 written Pink Floyd story, took place in 2007 and is therefore 10 years ago. The update contained a postscript, in which he addressed the meeting with Roger Waters, on a holiday in the Caribbean, which led to the rehabilitation of their friendship. In addition, the performance of Pink Floyd, in “Live 8” on July 2, 2005 in Hyde Park, is explained in detail by him.

WIth the passing of Rick Wright and Storm Thorgerson, The release of  “The Endless River”, the very last Pink Floyd album, There could well be new topics for chapters of the re-edition, if any new are included.

Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson;
 Edition: Updated Edition (May 4, 2017)

 

Mas Marca Competition For A Trip To New York For Roger Waters Dress Rehersal Concert

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Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) , one of the icons of world rock, releases new studio album on June 2 after 25 years: ” Is this the life we ​​really want? ” The new album contains 12 new songs that remind you of Best of Pink Floyd.
 
Now with MAS MARCA you can get 2 tickets to see the exclusive concert on May 21 , which marks the beginning of their Us + Them tour in Meadowlands (NY) ! 

The prize includes a trip for two people to New York on a tourist class ticket from Madrid or Barcelona, 2 hotel nights in NY, 2 concert tickets and transfers to and from the concert

You can participate by heading over to the Mas Marca website by clicking here.
*Participants have to live in Spain and have proof to show if you win*

 

Roger Waters : Us & Them Touring Band

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There has been a lot of speculation and discussion regarding Roger planning to change his band for the upcoming tour,
Entitled Us & Them the new tour kicks off on the 26th May at the Mo Sprint Center, Kansas City, the tour is based loosely around Rogers career with Pink Floyd and as a solo artist, We cannot confirm how much material will be from his career as a solo artist but with a new album Is This The Life We Really Want? coming to our shelves on the 2nd June we can assume a fair portion will be from this long anticipated release.

Those who followed Wednesdays “Time Talks” Conversation with Roger and Jon Pareles will have seen that it has been confirmed the touring band has indeed had a drastic change and we will no longer see some familiar faces we have been acustomed to over the years.

Joey Waronker
An American drummer and music producer. He is best known as a regular session musician of both Beck and R.E.M., and as member of the experimental rock bands Atoms for Peace and Ultraísta.

Gus Seyffert
An American bass and guitar player. He is best known for his work with American rock band The Black Keys.

Jonathan Wilson
is an American Guitarist and record producer based in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles. He has an exensive reseme of work including proudcer credits with a familar floydian face Roy Harper

Drew Erickson
A producer and keyboard player from Denton, TX, Known for his work with the band The Colors.

Jess Wolfe & Holly Laessig
Jess and Holly are both known primarily for their work with Lucius, a four piece indie pop band from Brooklyn, New York.The band has two studio albums to date and was named  one of the best live acts in 2015.

The familiar faces include Ian Ritchie (Saxophone), Jon Carin (Keyboards/Guitars/Vocals/Lapsteel), Dave Kilminster (Lead Guitar)

 

David Gilmour : Live at Pompeii Update

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We have managed to find some new information regarding the upcoming release of David Gilmour : Live at Pompeii from a blog article written by Italian Journalist Francesco Prisco .

“So the fact is: The DVD / Blu-ray filming David Gilmour’s gesture in the two return concerts on Pompeii will be released early next November . Until now, the only official news circulated about the product concerns the installation of an hour in 4k by Gavin Elder’s signature of the English company DCD Rights. This is a two-day event that the Cambridge guitarist on the 7th and 8th of July 2016 held in the Vesuvius amphitheater 45 years away from the Rockumentary realized with Pink Floyd and directed by Adrian Maben. Negotiations are under way for the sale of television rights to the work – here in Italy could end up on Sky Arts – but the idea of ​​production is to sell Dvd and Blu ray by David Gilmour: Live at Pompeii, Beginning of November. The Superintendent of the Pompeii Excavations, as agreed by the parties, will receive royalties from the sale of the work. Floydian friends will still have something to put under the Christmas tree this year.”