Syd Barrett sadly died on this day in 2006.
The Manc Review have recently relased released a brand new article about his life and legacy.
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Roger Waters : To Be Presented With 02 Silver Clef Award
Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters will be honoured with one of the lead prizes, the O2 Silver Clef Award, at the ceremony, held in association with music therapy charity Nordoff Robbins.
The Silver Clef Award is awarded for outstanding contribution to music, and has previously been won by the likes of Iron Maiden, Jimmy Page, Annie Lennox and Oasis.
The O2 Silver Clef Awards are held to recognise and celebrate the talent of the winning artists who touch the lives of people through their music, and the event helps to raise vital funds ensuring that Nordoff Robbins is able to continue to deliver its brand of music therapy to support vulnerable people across the UK.
The ceremony will take place on July 6 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, and will be hosted by broadcaster Edith Bowman.
Nick Mason: Talks to BBC Radio 6’s Matt Everitt on his ‘new’ band – Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets
Earlier this year Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason launched his new band – Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets – a group featuring, Gary Kemp from Spandau Ballet on guitar and Floyd live bassist Guy Pratt.
They played four intimate live shows across London – only playing early Floyd songs – so tracks from albums ‘The Piper At The Gates of Dawn’ and ‘A Saucerful Of Secrets’ and they got the most amazing reviews!
And now they’ve announced some more UK shows for September kicking off in Portsmouth on the 23rd which will coincides with the release of a new box set of Nick’s solo material on 31 August.
For the first time in over 20 years the records 1981’s ‘Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports’, 1985’s ‘Profiles’ and his soundtrack for the 1988 Donald Cammell movie ‘White of the Eye’ will be available in both CD and vinyl three-disc deluxe boxsets.
6 Music Breakfast’s Matt Everitt sat down with Nick to talk about how it feels revisiting the past and some of the most influential and psychedelic music ever created…
Roger Waters : Sony Music Release Limited Edition Green Vinyl Edition Of Is This The Life We Really Want ?
To mark Roger Waters‘ Us and Them Tour, Sony are issuing a special numbered and limited green vinyl edition of Is This The Life We Really Want? – one of SDE’s favourite album of 2017.
The album is a solo career high for this writer and it sounds particularly good on vinyl, it has to be said. Not only is this a limited edition (no word on numbers) but it’s actually rather cheap for a double at around £21 at the moment.
Whether you go for this green limited edition or not, We urge you to get into this album one way or another – it’s a very rewarding listen. This new green vinyl pressing is released on 6 July 2018.
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Pink Floyd : A Saucerful Of Secret 50 Years Old Today !!
Recorded over the end of 1967 and early 1968, A Saucerful Of Secrets is transitional record that marked Syd Barrett’s final recordings with Pink Floyd and the birth of their ‘space rock’ direction. It was also the recorded debut of new boy David Gilmour, finding his feet only on the incredible yet somewhat buried solo at the end of “Let There Be More Light”.
A Saucerful Of Secrets is not without filler, catching the band regrouping after Barrett’s departure – Rick Wright’s “See Saw” had the working title of ‘The Most Boring Song I’ve Ever Heard Bar Two’, while Roger Waters’ “Corporal Clegg”, his first oblique rumination on the loss of his father in the Second World War, is fairly unremarkable. Yet when the record hits, it does so extremely well – the frantic, bass driven raga-like “Let There Be More Light” and the final recording the group made with Barrett, “Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun” develop the cosmic territory marked out by “Astronomy Domine” and “Interstellar Overdrive” from their first album. “Set The Controls” was as relevant to the underground of 1968 as their earlier material had been the previous year.
Although Barrett plays on three of the tracks, it is “Jugband Blues”, recorded in November 1967 that is the most chilling. A song about loss and alienation, its sequencing as the last track really underlines his departure. The Salvation Army Band of North London’s improvisation in the middle is cut abruptly short – just like Barrett’s period within the group – and then, like a postcard from an outer space colony, he returns for the thirty-second coda, culminating in the lines ‘And what exactly is a dream? And what exactly is a joke?’ Although the group was moving forward, it was an early demonstration of just how much his spirit would inform them for the rest of their career.
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Nick Mason : BBC Radio 2 Interview With Chris Evans
On Friday 22nd June 2018, On BBC Radio 1 Chris Evans chats to actor Rupert Everett about playing Oscar Wilde in his new film The Happy Prince.
Pink Floyd‘s drummer and founder Nick Mason tells Chris about reissuing his three solo albums in a new box set: Unattended Luggage and his autumn UK tour. Trudie Styler gives us the behind the scenes scoop on directing her new movie Freak Show. Plus Welsh rockers Manic Street Preachers perform live in the studio.
Nick Mason’s A Saucerful Of Secrets Guitarist Lee Harris Thanks A Fleeting Glimpse
On Thursday 14th of June, Lee Harris Co – Founder and Guitarist / Vocals of Nick Mason’s A Saucerful Of Secrets got in touch to send appreciation in promoting the bands upcoming European Tour.
“Hey Liam. I finally got some time to myself and caught up on a few
things proper and wanted to say thanks for all the work you put in on the SOS tour rooms on the site. Looks great” – Lee HarrisVisitors of the site can keep track of all things related to the band by heading over to our dedicated Tour Rooms by Clicking Here
Our sincere thanks go out to Lee for supporting the site and we wish him and the band the best of luck on their upcoming European Tour.
The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains comes to Dortmund
The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains” comes to Dortmund
One of the most successful bands in music history takes a look behind the scenes of its more than 50-year history. “The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains” provides both rare and extraordinary insights.
From September 15, 2018, the multimedia interactive exhibition will be on display in Dortmund’s U, a highly visible landmark of the city and long established as a center for art and creativity. Tickets are available in advance at Eventim.de and from June 18th at all Eventim ticket agencies.
After visiting London and Rome, Dortmund is the first and only stop in Germany until February 10, 2019 – an exhibition that previously caused a sensation in the English and Italian capital.
The unique interactive exhibition in the Dortmunder U, which not only appeals to fans of Pink Floyd, looks back on more than five decades of rock history. Capturing the visitor so intensely in sound, text and image as if he or she were standing in the middle of the stage.
Featuring previously unpublished concert recordings, original instruments, unknown notes and many personal memorabilia from members of the British cult band make “The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains” an absolute must for music lovers.
The Dortmund U
Address : Leonie-Reygers-Terrasse, 44137 Dortmund, GermanyTel : +49 231 5024723
The Dortmunder U is a cultural center with international appeal and the most impressive building in Dortmund. It was built in 1926/27 as the first high-rise building and beer factory of the Union Brewery.
Crowned with a light pyramid, the ferry and warehouse was one of the most modern buildings at that time.
Since 2010 the Dortmunder U with its unique installation is a center for art, culture and creativity. The U is one of the youngest and most innovative houses in Germany, about 70 per cent of the guests are under 50 years.
Last year the Dortmund U was awarded the “European Cultural Brand of the Year”.
The exhibition opens on September 15th, and runs until February 10th 2019.
Tickets are now available Via Eventim; you can purchase them online by Clicking Here.
Guy Pratt : Inglorious Bassterd Hits Halifax
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.
The show is taking place on Wednesday 17th October 2018, 8.00 pm at The Lantern, 13 – 15 Alexandra St, Halifax, West Yorkshire HX1 1BS
Tickets are now on sale now for the event, Which is priced at the very reasonable rate of £15 plus £1.50 booking fee.
You can purchase your tickets online for this performance by clicking here.
Pink Floyd, Nick Mason & Roger Waters Feature In UK’s Prog Magazine – Issue Number 88 – Available In Stores Now !!
Hot off the shelves todays is this months new issue of the UK’s Prog Magazine – Issue Number 88 this months issue has a strong focus around Pink Floyd’s 1983 album The Final Cut which was the last Pink Floyd record to feature Roger Waters.
The Cover piece advertises the main article which is about the making of The Final Cut and how the album shaped the future for both Floyd and Roger Waters ever since. The feature is very detailed and gives a brand new fresh look at the project, and also includes archive interview material with Roger, David Gilmour, keyboard player Andy Bown, engineer Andy Jackson, and photographer Willie Christie, in which hes discusses developing the idea for the very short The Final Cut Film .
Futher on from the main article there is also an exclusive feature with Roger in which he discusses his current Us & Them Tour, Plans for filming the shows, and other things he is working on.
Further in the magazine is a page and a half looking at Nick Mason’s new Saucerful Of Secrets project, including an in depth full page review of the recent Dingwalls concert, which marked the band’s first ever live performance.
According to former Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters when asked if he was working on anything Pink Floyd related, Water’s replied: “Yeah. I’ve just been working with Po. There’s a re-issue of Animals. A 5.1 mix of Animals so I’ve been working… Well I haven’t been working, he’s been working. He came up with some new photographs of Battersea Power Station as it is now to use as a CD cover for the new 5.1 mix. It’s beautiful.”
Pink Floyd released Immersion box sets of two of their biggest albums in 2011- Dark Side Of The Moon and Wish You Were Here and The Wall, which followed in 2012. And a 20th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set of The Division Bell was released in 2014. But Animals has never been accorded such an honour.
As yet, there is no official word from the band’s record label, who have recently been reissuing the band’s catalogue on new 180g vinyl – most recently Relics and Pulse. And it is not known if the proposed release would form part of a bigger set – CD does not support 5.1 so it would have to be released on Blu-ray. However judging by Waters’ comments, watch this space…
Roger Waters : Guitarist Dave Kilminster Sits Down With Ultimate Guitar To Discuss Current US & Them Tour
Roger Waters lead guitarist Dave Kilminster recently sat down with Ultimate – Guitar to talk about joining the Pink Floyd co-founder’s band, as well as all sorts of gear-related stuff.
“I obviously knew who Pink Floyd were but I didn’t know the names. Other than Dave Gilmour, obviously.“
You can check out the chat with interviewer David Slavković by Clicking Here
Nick Mason : Announces 3LP + CD Boxset Entitled – Unattended Luggage
Released on August 31st, 2018 is ‘Unattended Luggage‘, a three album CD or vinyl box set of my albums ‘Nick Mason’s Fictitious Sports‘, ‘Profiles‘ and ‘White of the Eye‘.
These limited edition box sets will be available shortly before our acclaimed new band Saucerful Of Secrets begin their European tour at Cirkus in Stockholm on September 2nd.
“‘Profiles‘ and ‘White of the Eye‘ were an extension of working with Rick Fenn on some advertising and short documentary film soundtracks, which then developed into something more.
“Listening back after 30 odd years, I’m delighted they are getting the reissue treatment. I’m rather hoping that sales will be sufficient to damage the market in the original rare vinyl versions!” – Nick Mason
The three individual albums will all be available as a download and through streaming platforms.