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Guy Pratt – Inglorious Bassterd Hits Switzerland
Hot off the press since his 2 week residency at Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival , and further shows in London, Guy is back with a one off performance in Switzerland this October.
Guy Pratt has been a crucial member of the rhythm section of megastars such as Pink Floyd, David Gilmour, Robert Palmer, Roxy Music, Bryan Ferry, Jimmy Page, David Coverdale, Womack & Womack, and The Smiths.
And when he’s not been parading his talents live on the stages of every stadium, concert hall and festival around the world, he has been a favourite studio bassist and accompanying singer for the biggest recording artists including Switzerland’s Florian Ast, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Iggy Pop,The Pretenders, Echo and The Bunnymen and McFly.
His one man show is all about life at the pointy end of the music business; Guy regales audiences with stories from behind the scenes. His self-deprecating wit is irresistible and his rip-roaring anecdotes are brilliant and outrageous.
This is an evening which is both funny and frank with enough insider’s references to satisfy even aficionados – and he’ll be bringing his beloved vintage Fender bass to demonstrate his craft.
This one off Extravaganza is taking place on the 30th October at 20:00 UTC+01 at the Theater Fauteuil Und Tabourettli, Spalenberg 12, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
Tickets are on sale now for this exclusive one-off show, which is the first International Comedy Club presentation at Theater Fauteuil in Basel, in English.
You can order your tickets online for this exclusive performance by clicking here.
Pink Floyd : Announce latest vinyl reissues
Pink Floyd reissue A Collection Of Great Dance Songs and Delicate Sound Of Thunder on vinyl on November 17.
These are the first time they have been available on this format for well over twenty years. These are the band’s first ‘best of’ and live albums to be remastered on vinyl.
Both are mastered from the original analogue studio tapes with album artwork faithfully reproduced.
A Collection Of Great Dance Songs was originally released in 1981 and contains alternative mixes and versions of “Shine On You Crazy Diamond“, “Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)” and “Money“.
Delicate Sound Of Thunder was recorded live over five nights in August 1988 at the Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, NY. It was the first rock album to be played in outer space.
Roger Waters : Us & Them 2018 Tour Dates
After 63 sold out shows in the U.S. and Canada in 2017, we are excited to announce further shows for 2018
New Dates Added 08/10/17 !!
January 24th – Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
January 26th – Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
January 30th – Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin, New Zealand
February 2nd – Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney Olympic Park, Nsw, Australia
February 6th – Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall, Qld, Australia
February 10th – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
February 11th – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
February 16th – Adelaine Entertainment Centre, Hindmarsh, Sa, Australia
February 20th – Perth Arena, Perth, Wa, Australia
April 13th – Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain
April 14th – Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain
April 17th – Mediolandum Forum Di Assago, Milan, Italy
April 18th – Mediolanum Forum Di Assago, Milan, Italy
April 21st – Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy
April 22nd – Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy
April 24th – Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy
April 25th – Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy
April 27th – O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
May 2nd – Papp Laszlo Budapest Sportarena, Budapest, Hungary
May 4th – Arena Armeec, Sofia, Bulgaria
May 6th – Arena Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
May 11th – Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium
May 14th – Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg, Germany
May 16th – Stadhalle, Vienna, Austria
May 20th – Meo Arena, Lisbon, Portugal
May 24th – Wizink Center, Madrid, Spain
May 25th – Wizink Center, Madrid, Spain
May 28th – Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland
June 2nd – Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin, Germany
June 4th – Sap Arena, Mannheim, Germany
June 11th – Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany
June 13th – Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany
June 18th – Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
June 19th – Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
June 22nd – Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
June 26th – 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland
June 29th – SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland
June 30th – SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland
July 2nd – Echo Arena, Liverpool, England
July 3rd – Manchester Arena, Manchester, England
July 6th – Hyde Park, London, England (Special 1 Date Barclays Festival Show)
July 7th – Birmingham Arena, Birmingham, England
August 3rd – Tauron Arena Krakow, Krakow, Poland
August 5th – Ergo Arena, Gdansk, Poland
August 7th – Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning, Denmark
August 10th – Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark
August 11th – Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark
August 14th – Telenor Arena, Oslo, Norway
August 15th – Telenor Arena, Oslo, Norway
August 18th – Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
August 21st – Hartwell Arena, Helsinki, Finland
August 24th – Arena Riga, Riga, Latvia
August 26th – Zalgaria Arena, Kanuas, Lithuania
August 29th – Skk Arena, St Petersburg, Russia
August 31st – Olympiski, Moscow, Russia
Our 2018 Tour Zone will be open for buisness very shortly !!
Roger Waters : Wish We Were There
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Yesterday was the concert in Zocalo Square, Mexico City – ‘Estamos Unidos Mexicanos’, to aid victims of the recent earthquakes.
Roger really wanted to contribute, so on Friday the band got together in his hotel room to film a song to be shown during the evening.
Donations can be made by clicking here
Pink Floyd : In Nederland (New Book To Published)
PINK FLOYD IN NETHERLAND is the story of fifty years Pink Floyd in the low countries. From first performances in parishes and popstamps such as Paradiso and Fantasio to concerts in renowned concert halls such as De Doelen and the Concertgebouw and not to mention the big breakthrough as the closing of the festival in the Kralingse Bos in 1970.
Charles Beterams unveils the great share of our country in the development of Pink Floyd. In chronological terms, featuring unique and unprecedented photos, remarkable facts and special eye-witness reports of direct involvement, PINK FLOYD IN NETHERLANDS tells the full story of the legendary English pop group from a unique Dutch perspective.
How could it be that a hallowner in Apeldoorn, in the midst of a Pink Floyd concert, started the hall lighting in 1968, and even the police appeared to be moving? What happens before the forgotten Paradiso concert in 1969? Does Syd Barrett not show up for the concert during VPRO’s Piknik in 1970? Who are the special guests in the break of The Wall Live of Roger Waters in Arnhem on April 8, 2011?
The fact that the Netherlands is important for the band in the early years and is evident from the many concerts that are found in the box set The Early Years 1967-1972. In addition to the VPRO recorded concerts in Amsterdam, there have been gigs in places like Heesch, Vlissingen, Bussum, Terneuzen, Groningen, Weesp, Maastricht and Nijmegen. After the great breakthrough of the 1970s, Pink Floyd was seen sporadically in the Netherlands, as during the tour of Animals in 1977. There were also sold out concerts in De Kuip and Nijmeegse Goffertpark after the comeback in the late 1980s. In recent years, David Gilmour and Roger Waters are regularly seen in our country.
If you order Pink Floyd in the Netherlands via permafrostpublishers.com, you will also receive an exclusive Netherlands Concert Calendar for free.
In addition to the presentation of the book, there’s to be a musical theatre documentary on fifty years of Pink Floyd in The Netherlands, being held in places where Pink Floyd played the past fifty years, with live music from The Use Of Ashes, rare images and stories from the book. For more information, see the events on the dedicated Facebook page. The book will be officially presented during the Mega Record & CD Fair in Utrecht on November 11th, 2017.
David Gilmour – Simon Mayo Interview On BBC Radio 2
David first performed there in 1971 for Adrian Maben’s legendary concert film, Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii. In Roman times the Pompeii amphitheatre was known as a “Spectaculum” and David worked with longtime collaborator, and maestro of colour and light, Marc Brickman to bring the spectacle back to the Spectaculum.
The film includes songs from throughout David’s career including the title tracks of his two most recent No. 1 solo albums: Rattle That Lock and On An Island. Also included are other solo and Pink Floyd classics such as “Wish You Were Here,” “Comfortably Numb” and “One Of These Days,” the only song that was also performed by the band in 1971. Both concerts also saw extraordinary performances of “The Great Gig In The Sky” from “The Dark Side Of The Moon,” which David rarely plays as a solo artist.
The concert performance film, David Gilmour Live at Pompeii, was shot in 4k by director Gavin Elder and includes highlights from both shows. The concert is a spectacular audio-visual experience, featuring the famous huge circular cyclorama screen as well as lasers, pyrotechnics and stellar performances from an all-star band.
David Gilmour – Live At Pompeii Out Now
The wait is over – David’s Live At Pompeii album / film is OUT NOW on CD, vinyl, Blu-ray, DVD & download!
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Nick Mason & Aubrey Powell : 50 Years Of The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
On Monday 18th September Nick Mason and Aubrey Powell joined Johnnie Walker to talk about the 50th Aniversary of the 1967 Debut Pink Floyd album The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn
In the first of a special series of Johnnie Walker’s Long Players, to celebrate Radio 2’s 50th Birthday, we feature a key album and the singles that surrounded it in 1967.
It’s an innovative, exciting and acclaimed debut from one of the greatest bands in the world. This was the start of a road which took them to sales of more than 200 million (and still counting today) across the world.
The friends, who came together just across the road from BBC Broadcasting House at the Regent Street Poly, took full advantage of the thriving Underground movement and experimental clubs like UFO in 1967 to demonstrate the unique lyrics, astounding music, ground breaking special effects, breath taking sound experimentation, visual imagery and social commentary which was both ahead of its time in the sixties and still unparalleled in huge arenas, playing to millions, decades later.
Taking its title from the seventh chapter of Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows, the long player is Pink Floyd’s Piper at the Gates of Dawn.
Johnnie was joined by former architecture student and founding drummer with the band – Nick Mason and his friend Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell, who grew up in Cambridge with the original band’s sensitive genius and founding song writer, the late Syd Barrett and David Gilmour (who joined in 1968) and is artistic director of the band, co-founder of Hipgnosis (who designed most of their album sleeves and photography) and curator ‘Their Mortal Remains’, which chronicles Pink Floyd’s entire history at London’s V&A Museum.
Roger Waters : Us & Them 2018 Tour Dates
After 63 sold out shows in the U.S. and Canada in 2017, we are excited to announce 5 shows in Germany and 1 show in Austria in the early summer of 2018 followed Portugal through Russia with shows in 21 other countries.
As we wait for further show announcements, tthe 2018 European tour will visit: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. Watch out for full details dates following soon.
- May 20 – Lisbon, Portugal – MEO Arena – On sale September 30
- May 14 – Hamburg, DE – Barclaycard Arena – On sale September 22
- May 16 – Vienna, AT – Stadthalle – On sale September 22
- June 2 – Berlin, DE – Mercedes-Benz Arena – On sale September 22
- June 4 – Mannheim, DE – SAP Arena – On sale September 22
- June 11 – Cologne, DE – LANXESS Arena – On sale September 22
- June 13 – Munich, DE – Olympiahalle – On sale September 22
- Aug 14 – Oslo, Norway – Telenor Arena – On sale September 28
- Aug 15 – Oslo, Norway – Telenor Arena – On sale September 28
- Aug 21 – Helsinki, Finland – Hartwall Arena – On sale October 2nd
Our 2018 Tour Zone will be open for buisness very shortly !!