Yearly Archives: 2019

Seasons Greetings

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This is just to wish you all a brilliant Christmas and fantastic new year.

Some of you will recall we recently had an appeal for funds to sort out a number of problems with the site. We are now delighted to announce that the funds were spent wisely and that all those nasty little bugs have been squashed.

The site should now load a lightning speed and is now a SECURE site.

So, on with the celebrations and don’t forget to keep coming back for the latest Floyd news you can get.  Also, please continue to visit our sponsors often to help keep us going!

Best wishes, Col, Sean, Liam & the rest of the AFG Team.

The Later Years 1987-2019 gets digital release, available today!

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Wonderful news Pink Floyd fans, a digital version of ‘The Later Years 1987-2019’ has been made available to stream and purchase! The digital version includes the 2019 Remixes of both A Momentary Lapse of Reason and Delicate Sound of Thunder and the 1987-1994 bonus tracks. It looks like Knebworth 1990 is still exclusive to the box set for now.

There hadn’t been any word on individual releases for A Momentary Lapse of Reason and Delicate Sound of Thunder, so this comes as great news to those who only had access to the Highlights so far.

Nick Mason to appear at The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity benefit concert in March 2020

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Nick Mason is one of the many stars taking part in a charity benefit concert in March of 2020 in London.

We are thrilled to announce a star-studded benefit concert to be held at London’s iconic O2 Arena on Tuesday 3 March 2020 with a stellar line up of superstars performing their biggest hits. Funds raised from the concert will go towards building The Royal Marsden’s brand new, state of the art treatment and research facility, the Oak Cancer Centre.

Performing on 3 March at the ‘Music for the Marsden’ concert will be a formidable line-up including:

 

  • Eric Clapton
  • Sir Tom Jones
  • Gary Brooker of Procol Harum
  • Simply Red’s Mick Hucknall
  • John Illsley from Dire Straits
  • Paul Jones
  • Mike Rutherford
  • Paul Carrack 
  • Bonnie Tyler
  • Paul Young
  • Zucchero 
  • Rick Wakeman
  • Yusuf / Cat Stevens
  • Nick Mason

 

More artists will be announced at a later date with each of them performing a few songs backed up by a formidable house band.

 

Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at the following links:

AXS.com – Bookingsdirect.com – Eventim.co.uk – Ticketmaster.com – Theo2.co.uk

Win tickets to private screening of A Delicate Sound of Thunder in the UK

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Pink Floyd are giving away 2 tickets to a private screening of the new Delicate Sound of Thunder film from the upcoming The Later Years 1987-2019 box set.

For the chance to win a pair of tickets to a private screening of the restored, re-edited and remixed ‘Delicate Sound of Thunder’ film in London, Edinburgh or Birmingham on December 5th, simply sign up to the Pink Floyd ‘The Later Years’ mailing list below.

 

The new version of ‘Delicate Sound of Thunder’ is taken from the forthcoming box set, ‘The Later Years’. Filmed at the Nassau Coliseum in New York State, the concert shows the band on the top of their form. The concert has been fully upgraded and re-edited from the original 35mm film negatives by Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell and Benny Trickett and the sound remixed to 5.1.

 

Competition closes at 23:59 on Monday 3rd December.

Head to the link to enter the competition.

Watch Now: ‘Sorrow’ & ‘Learning To Fly (Live, Delicate Sound of Thunder 2019 Remix)’ from The Later Years 1987-2019 box set

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Pink Floyd - Sorrow (Live, Delicate Sound Of Thunder) [2019 Remix]

The previews are coming thick and fast now, with Sorrow from Delicate Sound of Thunder appearing on YouTube overnight. We’ll also get a look at Learning to Fly from Delicate Sound of Thunder on Friday!

You can pre-order Pink Floyd The Later Years from Amazon UK | USA | Canada

 

On top of all of that, The Later Years 1987-2019 Highlights release is out today, on CD/2LP/Digital.

If you haven’t grabbed a copy yet, it can be found on Amazon UK 2LP and Amazon US 2LP/Amazon US 1CD.

 

Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets add more dates to 2020 tour, expanding to mainland Europe

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Back in September, Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets announced 13 shows for 2020. Today, they are adding a further 18 shows and expanding the tour to mainland Europe.

23 / 04 / 2020 – G Live, Guildford
24 / 04 / 2020 – Brighton Dome, Brighton
25 / 04 / 2020 – New Theatre Oxford, Oxford
27 / 04 / 2020 – Regent Theatre, Ipswich

 

18 / 05 / 2020 – Cirque Royal, Brussels, Belgium
19 / 05 / 2020 – Den Atelier, Luxembourg
20 / 05 / 2020 – Konzerthaus, Freiburg, Germany
22 / 05 / 2020 – Grand Rex, Paris, France
23 / 05 / 2020 – KKL, Lucerne, Switzerland
24 / 05 / 2020 – Meistersinger Halle, Nuremberg, Germany
26 / 05 / 2020 – Gasometer, Vienna, Austria
27 / 05 / 2020 – Forum, Prague, Czech Republic
28 / 05 / 2020 – Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
30 / 05 / 2020 – Munsterlandhalle, Muenster, Germany
31 / 05 / 2020 – Muziekgebouw, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
02 / 06 / 2020 – Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, Germany
03 / 06 / 2020 – Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany
05 / 06 / 2020 – Vaerket, Randers, Denmark

Head to the official website now to purchase tickets.

Pink Floyd announce 4-part interview series ‘The Lost Art Of Conversation’ launching on November 25th, 2019

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Pink Floyd have announced a brand new set of interviews to celebrate the launch of ‘The Later Years (1987-2019)’ box set. The interviews, titled ‘The Lost Art Of Conversation’ will come in the form of a 4-part, weekly podcast between David Gilmour and BBC Radio’s Matt Everitt.

The first episode will premiere on November 25th, 2019.

Head to https://pinkfloyd.lnk.to/Podcast to listen to the preview and subscribe.

Listen Now: ‘Sorrow (2019 Remix)’ from The Later Years 1987-2019 box set

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Pink Floyd - Sorrow (2019 Remix)

 

Today we get another preview track from A Momentary Lapse of Reason, this time Sorrow, a fan favourite from the album.

While the premiere hasn’t gone live yet on YouTube, the song is available for streaming in certain regions, so make sure to check your preferred streaming service right now!

Enjoy! You can pre-order Pink Floyd The Later Years from Amazon UK | USA | Canada

Watch Now: David Gilmour discusses A Momentary Lapse of Reason and the 2019 remix in new video for The Later Years 1987-2019 box set

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Pink Floyd’s The Later Years Revealed Part 1: David Gilmour Discusses ‘A Momentary Lapse Of Reason’

 

Pink Floyd have released a new video for The Later Years 1987-2019 box set. In it, David Gilmour discusses the creation and recording of the album, as well as some of the changes made for the 2019 remix. Enjoy!

You can pre-order Pink Floyd The Later Years from Amazon UK | USA | Canada

Watch now: ‘Run Like Hell (Live, Delicate Sound of Thunder 2019 Remix)’ from The Later Years 1987-2019 box set

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Pink Floyd - Run Like Hell (Live, Delicate Sound Of Thunder) [2019 Remix]

 

This Friday we finally get to see footage from the remastered Delicate Sound of Thunder, by way of the above preview of Run Like Hell. The footage from the concert video has been remastered from the original 35mm film over a period of 18 months!

Make sure to check back to AFG on Friday so you can watch the footage and then discuss it on our community forum.

 

You can pre-order Pink Floyd The Later Years from Amazon UK | USA | Canada

David Gilmour to appear at Peter Green celebration concert, hosted by Mick Fleetwood

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Mick Fleetwood and Friends

Mick Fleetwood has announced a special concert to take place in London, February 2020, to celebrate Peter Green and the early days of Fleetwood Mac

The bill includes Billy Gibbons, David Gilmour, Jonny Lang, Andy Fairweather Low, John Mayall, Christine McVie, Zak Starkey, Steven Tyler, Bill Wyman and more to be announced. Legendary producer Glyn Johns has joined as the executive sound producer and the house band will feature Fleetwood himself along with Andy Fairweather Low, Dave Bronze, and Ricky Peterson.

 

Fleetwood, who curated the list of artists performing, said: “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.  Peter was my greatest mentor and it gives me such joy to pay tribute to his incredible talent. I am honoured 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. ‘Then Play On’…”

https://lwtheatres.co.uk/whats-on/peter-green-tribute/

For tickets (going on sale Friday the 15th of November) and event information, head to Ticketmaster UK

Work Underway

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Work on this site will commence on Tuesday 5 November. Hopefully there will be no need to take the site down and everything should function as normal. We need to do this to find out why the site keeps crashing and to make some other minor modifications. The whole process should only take a couple of days. Please bear with us. Thanks! (Update 12 Nov.) Work continues on site but should be finished real soon.