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Pink Floyd among ‘World Unite for Ukraine’ benefit concert performers

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World Unite for Ukraine, a global grassroots movement uniting millions of people around the world to support Ukrainians and ease the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, has announced it will present a streaming, 90+ minute benefit concert event on June 16th. Streamed to 25+ countries, the event will feature music by Pink Floyd, AJR, Pat McGee Band and Crash Test Dummies among others, as well as appearances by actors Liev Schreiber and Pej Vahdat, Ukrainian-born multimedia artist Janina Pedan and other celebrities from the US, Ukraine and other countries across the globe. World Unite for Ukraine’s goal is to raise $10 million to ease the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine through the US-Ukraine Foundation (USUF) and its direct action network, BlueCheck.

Veteran concert event producer Simon Kinney is donating his time, energy and expertise to serve as the executive producer of the event. Kinney’s event credits include the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Opening and Closing Ceremonies and tour productions for major international artists, including Taylor Swift, Maroon 5 and P!nk.

Top artists, actors and celebrities will also participate with messages of support and inspiration, along with powerful stories from Ukraine that will highlight the country’s history, culture and the devastating impact the war has had on Ukraine and its people.

World Unite for Ukraine will announce additional participants in the coming weeks.

The event stream will begin on streaming platform Mandolin at 8 pm ET on June 16th

It will also be available on-demand for at least 24 hours after the event. Viewers can access the stream by visiting the Mandolin event page and can choose from several donation tiers to secure their ticket.

Before the event, donors can also give through the event page or through the active GoFundMe campaign and receive an access code to watch the stream. Corporate sponsorships are also available.

Funds raised by World Unite for Ukraine will go toward food and shelter for displaced Ukrainians, medical supplies and equipment, clothing and other essential goods and services, including mental health support. Funds will also be deployed to local grassroots organizations via Blue Check and invested in efforts to combat human trafficking.

Organizers’ suggested donation is $30 per viewer, which can supply infant formula to a displaced child for two weeks
Feed a family of four for two weeks; transport displaced families to countries around the EU for relocation; and provide badly needed medicine for critical and long-term health conditions.

Merchandise for the World Unite for Ukraine event is designed and created by multiple US-based and international artists with special connections to Ukraine. It will be available for purchase at Mandolin’s concert page as well as directly through the World Unite for Ukraine online store. All merchandise proceeds will go toward aiding the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.

The event’s charity partner, USUF, is a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization working on the ground in Ukraine since 1991. USUF supports the development of democracy, a free-market economy and human rights in Ukraine while strengthening the bonds between America and Ukraine.

Donations to World Unite for Ukraine’s campaign can be made before, during or after the concert event.

Last month, Pink Floyd reunited to support the people of Ukraine with its first new music in nearly 30 years. “Hey Hey Rise Up” sees David Gilmour and Nick Mason joined by long time Pink Floyd bass player Guy Pratt and Nitin Sawhney on keyboards and features an extraordinary vocal performance by Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Ukrainian band Boombox. All proceeds with benefit the Ukraine Humanitarian Relief Fund.

For More Information & To Purchase Tickets For This One-Off Event Click Here To Visit https://www.worlduniteforukraine.com/

Update 21/05/22 –  Since our posting of this article there has been many different news sources reporting conflicting stories on the performance aspect, we got in touch with the organizers who shared this response.

“ It’s a video of their Hey Hey Rise Up song with BoomBox. We feel very fortunate they are supporting the project however they can.“

Aubrey Powell Gives ‘Animals’ Deluxe Edition Update

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Pink Floyds’ Creative Director, Aubrey Powell of Hipgnosis, was recently in London to promote his brand new Through The Prism publication.

The event took place on May 19th, 2022 and featured questions from those in attendance. One of the questions answered was regarding the (NEW) 2018 Remix of the 1977 Pink Floyd Animals Album.

Here is a transcribe of the response.

“Yes, it will be coming out shortly. I was working on it today in fact. I’m just preparing it for release. There is, in fact, a completely new cover for it. It has been shot at Battersea Power Station semi-late at night, and it looks amazing, but it really does look very different. I’m really interested in people being able to see that.

Animals is one of my favourite albums by Pink Floyd just because of the stories attached. You know, the pig flying away. People say it must be a publicity stunt, but no it wasn’t. You see the picture of it in the book and you think, Oh God, am I really responsible for that? But, you know, it wasn’t publicity stuff, but you couldn’t do that now.

I remember going to Battersea Power Station and it was a dump. It was full of coal and debris and broken cars. It was just absolutely horrid. I knocked on the door and a lad answered. I said I was looking for someone important and the chap went, well thats me, and I said I want to fly a pig. He said it was fine but you wouldn’t get away with it these days because you know health and safety.

I remember speaking to Roger and Storm when we got the pig flying because next door to Battersea was the American embassy, who saw it on CCTV and said “Take that down, take that down.”

Not many people know this, but the media reported the band was being charged with flying an undentified flying object. Luckily, a farmer in Kent put a stop to that when he phoned and said are you looking for a pig and I said yes. It was a relief, that can be said. It’s all in the book. ” – Aubrey Powell

A release date was given at the event, but we are unable to share it due to legalities and the risk of being held accountable for a further leak of information.

With that in mind, it won’t be June, as previously stated at the Their Mortal Remains exhibition, but it will be available towards the latter end of the year.

Our thanks go to Marcelo Paulo de Souza for filming the public Q & A responses.

Guy Pratt & Gary Kemp : Rockonteurs Podcast Episode 85 with Bill Bruford

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Rockonteurs is a podcast all about the real stories behind real music.

Presented by Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets /  Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp, who wrote and performed megahits like ‘Gold’ and ‘True’, and Guy Pratt, a bass player who shaped songs for the likes of Madonna and Pink Floyd & David Gilmour, you’ll hear exclusive stories of life on the road, in the studio and what really happened behind the scenes from artists who wrote, performed and produced the some of the biggest classic rock and pop tracks of all time.

Rockonteurs is a podcast all about the real stories behind real music.

This weeks upcoming episode is Number 85 and features guest Bill Bruford

 

 

Available from 22nd May 2022 on Itunes, Spotify and all other Listening Platforms. Click Here to be taken to Apple Musics Listening Page

Jim Irsay Collection Goes On Public View (Featuring David Gilmour’s : The Black Strat)

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For the first time since The David Gilmour Guitar Collection went to auction, Pink Floyd Fans… are invited to see the “Black Strat” at the first FREE public exhibition of the Jim Irsay Collection, June 3rd at the Hammerstein Ballroom at the Manhattan Center in New York City.

David Gilmour played the famous “Black Strat” on Pink Floyd albums Dark Side of the Moon, The Wall, and Wish You Were Here. The guitar is featured on Shine On You Crazy Diamond and Comfortably Numb.

It sold for $3.9 million in 2019 becoming the most expensive guitar ever sold at that time.

David Gilmour’s 1969 C.F. Martin & Co. D-35 “Wish You Were Here” guitar will also be on display plus many, many more rare historical rock and roll, pop culture and American History artifacts.

Learn more or register for admission. ~ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/329151309427

*Tickets are free and available to the public until capacity is reached.

Pink Floyd Live In Pompeii Open Air Screening At The Barbican London

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The Barbican in London has announced it’s outdoor Summer cinema program. On the 23rd August 2022 you can watch Pink Floyd’s Live at Pompeii in one of their special Outdoor Cinema events.

This iconic concert film sees the legendary rock group playfully subvert the genre, by performing at the famed Roman amphitheater located among the ruins of Pompeii.

The band play to almost no audience, save for a limited film crew, resulting in a strange and alluring visual experience, which emphasizes the scale and beauty of the natural environment and captures an almost mythical snapshot of the band circa 1972.

Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii has rightly become one of the most celebrated films of its kind and the location lends the film a minimal beauty as the camera lingers on the vast, empty landscapes of Pompeii. The band cycle through some of their most famed tracks of the time such as “Echoes, Part 1” “Careful with That Axe, Eugene” and “A Saucerful of Secrets“, capturing Pink Floyd at the height of their fame and influence.

Priced at £18 for adults and £10 for Under 14s this is a rare chance to see the bands iconic performance open air in a cinema environment.

We strongly advise booking online in advance by Clicking Here.

Update : We got in-touch with The Barbican and can confirm it is a viewing of The Directors Cut and not the much talked about new 2K Adrian Maben Edit.

Guy Pratt & Gary Kemp : Rockonteurs Podcast Episode 83 with Kenney Jones

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Rockonteurs is a podcast all about the real stories behind real music.

Presented by Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets /  Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp, who wrote and performed megahits like ‘Gold’ and ‘True’, and Guy Pratt, a bass player who shaped songs for the likes of Madonna and Pink Floyd & David Gilmour, you’ll hear exclusive stories of life on the road, in the studio and what really happened behind the scenes from artists who wrote, performed and produced the some of the biggest classic rock and pop tracks of all time.

Rockonteurs is a podcast all about the real stories behind real music.

This weeks upcoming episode is Number 84 and features guest Kenney Jones

 

 

Available from 15th May 2022 on Itunes, Spotify and all other Listening Platforms. Click Here to be taken to Apple Musics Listening Page

Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secret’s Finish UK Tour

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Pink Floyd drummer and co-founder Nick Mason, bassist Guy Pratt, guitarists Gary Kemp and Lee Harris, and keyboardist Dom Beken perform live with their band Saucerful Of Secrets.They have just completed their 2022 The Echoes Tour UK Dates.

The band were welcomed each night to critical acclaim, opening in Dublin, Ireland on April the 13th and concluding on May 11th in Croydon, England.

The current tour is named ‘The Echoes Tour‘ ,  which is a pun on the B-side of Pink Floyd’s 1971 Meddle record, with the entire B-side being taken up by the 23 minute ‘Echoes‘ Masterpiece, which was to be the pinnacle of the Saucerful Of Secrets current tour.

Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets - Echoes (live in London MULTICAM)

Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music), Mark Radcliffe (BBC Radio 2 Presenter), Tim Renwick (Co Guitars Pink Floyd 1987-2005), Mike Rutherford (Genesis), and Willie Watson (Surrogate Band Drummer Pink Floyd The Wall Tour) were among those in attendance throughout the various dates.

 

A statement released on May 12th on social media reads:

” Thanks so much to everyone who came along to our UK and Ireland tour, which finished last night in Croydon. We had a fantastic time! During the show, Nick managed to surprise the rest of the band with a special t-shirt, which he revealed in the second half. In the last few shows, Gary has been commenting on the different band shirts he’s seen in the audience, but had realised he’d not seen anyone wearing a Spandau Ballet one. As he said this, in Croydon, Nick unbuttoned his normal white shirt, to reveal what was beneath, to some shock and hilarity amongst his bandmates who had no idea! “

Our tour rooms are currently under development, but full tour coverage will be available in the not so distant future. Keep checking AFG for updates.