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)

 

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)

 

[fbvideo link=”https://www.facebook.com/nytimes/videos/10151154097529999/” width=”800″ height=”800″ onlyvideo=”1″]On Wednesday evening, New York Times music critic John Pareles and Roger Waters were joined by an audience of 350 for a live interview as part of The New York Times’ TimesTalks series at New York City’s Florence Gould Hall. The interview spanned discussions about the scale Pink Floyd brought to rock music, Waters’ upcoming new album, American politics, and many other topics.

A video of the whole interview can be seen above.

Video above : The new lead single “Smell The Roses” released online on the 21st April.

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Roger Waters : Is This The Life We Really Want?

Track Listing

1. “When We Were Young” 1:38
2. “Déjà Vu” 4:27
3. “The Last Refugee” 4:12
4. “Picture That” 6:47
5. “Broken Bones” 4:57
6. “Is This The Life We Really Want?” 5:55
7. “Bird In A Gale” 5:31
8. “The Most Beautiful Girl” 6:09
9. “Smell The Roses” 5:15
10. “Wait For Her” 4:56
11. “Oceans Apart” 1:07
12. “Part Of Me Died” 3:12

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Roger Waters has announced that he’ll release his first studio album in 25 years in June.
Titled Is This The Life We Really Want?, it will launch on June 2 via Columbia Records. It’ll be the former Pink Floyd member’s first studio album since 1992’s Amused To Death.

A statement reads: “Roger Waters’ last studio album Amused To Death was a prescient study of popular culture, exploring the power of television in the era of the First Gulf War.“

The long-awaited follow-up, 2017’s Is This The Life We Really Want?, is an unflinching commentary on the modern world and uncertain times.“Waters’ forthcoming LP serves as a natural successor to classic Pink Floyd albums such as Animals and The Wall.”

The album was produced and mixed by Nigel Godrich and includes 12 new musical compositions and studio performances from Waters.Joining Waters and Godrich on the record are Gus Seyffert, Jonathan Wilson, Joey Waronker, Roger Manning, Lee Pardini, Lucius, Jessica Wolfe and Holly Proctor.

The album will be releases in a double 180-gram vinyl LP in a gatefold jacket and a four-panel soft pack CD. All album formats, physical and digital, are now available to pre-order via Amazon and Itunes.

While we cannot confirm the band lineup for Roger’s upcoming Us & Them tour we can confirm the personnel for the album.

• Roger Waters – vocals, acoustic guitar, bass guitar
• Nigel Godrich – keyboards, guitar, sound collages, arrangements
• Gus Seyffert – guitar, keyboards, bass guitar
• Jonathon Wilson – guitar, keyboards
• Roger Manning – keyboards
• Lee Padroni – keyboards
• Joey Waronker – drums
• Jessica Wolfe – vocals
• Holly Proctor – vocals
• Lucius – vocals

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