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Guy Pratt : Inglorious Bassterd hits Manchester

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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 Friday 9th November 2018, 8.30 pm at The Principal Manchester, Oxford Street, Manchester, M60 7HA

Tickets are now on sale now for the event, Which is priced at the very reasonable rate of £8.50 plus £1.75 booking fee.

You can purchase your tickets online for this performance by clicking here.

Roger Waters : Us & Them 2018 Extra Dates Added

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Due to an overwhelming demand, five extra dates have been added as part of Roger Waters Us + Them 2018 Tour.

October 10th – Allianz Parque, São Paulo, Brazil
November 9th – Estadio Unico de la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
November 17th – Estadio Monumental “U”, Lima, Peru
November 21st – Estadio Nemesio Camacho El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia
November 24th – Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica

Roger Waters Announces 5.1 Surround Sound Release Of Animals In New Interview

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On Sunday 15th April 2018 Roger Waters Appeared on NPO Radio 2 a public-service radio station from the Netherlands,
In this podcast he tells us a lot about his old band, the tragedy about ex-front man Syd Barrett, the legendary album Wish You Were Here and his current Us & Them Tour.

In the podcast he lets slip that the 4 dates in Amsterdam at the end of June as part of his current Us & Them Word Tour are going to be filmed for a future release, Aswell as annoucing a re-issue / 5.1 mix of the 1977 Pink Floyd album Animals which features new artwork by Hipgnosis co founder Aubrew Powell.

Sadly the podcast is no longer available.

Nick Mason has formed an intriguing new band called Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets

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Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets play:

MAY 2018

Camden Dingwalls – Sun 20th
Putney, The Half Moon – Mon 21st
Putney, The Half Moon – Wed 23rd
Putney, The Half Moon – Thu 24th

Tickets are now sold out !!

The five-piece will solely perform Pink Floyd’s early work including songs from ‘The Piper At The Gates of Dawn‘ and ‘A Saucerful Of Secrets’ at four ultra-intimate shows in London next month.

Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets is the brainchild of former Blockheads guitarist Lee Harris who back in 2016 suggested putting a group together around Nick Mason and featuring esteemed Pink Floyd/ David Gilmour session bassist Guy Pratt.

To distance themselves from Roger Waters and David Gilmour’s live set lists, the idea was to focus solely on Pink Floyd’s embryonic years of 1967 to 1972.

With Nick Mason on board, they completed Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets with Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp on guitars and music producer/composer Dom Beken on keyboards.

The four gigs in May will be Nick Mason’s first live musical outing since Pink Floyd’s historic Live 8 concert in London’s Hyde Park in 2005. Nick, of course, is a founder and the only constant member of Pink Floyd performing on all of their albums as well as all of their live shows.

Pink Floyd : Their Mortal Remains Rome Exhibition Recap

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With the Pink Floyd : Their Mortal Remains Exhibition finishing its residency in Rome, what better way than to have a recap of all the exciting objects taking place in this fantastic exhibition.

Now is your last chance to visit Their Mortal Remains, The exhibition must close in Rome on Sunday 20th May, before it moves to Germany.

For venue information and to book tickets online please click here

(Above photos kindly sent in to us by Cecilia Tarantino)

Inside Abbey Road Exhibition : Through the Lens of Jill Furmanovsky

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Opening at the Barbican Centre on April 9th – Inside Abbey Road is a unique and personal insight into the long and decorated history of the studios and the artists working within it, as told through the lens of one of the world’s most prolific and well-loved rock photographers.

Featuring candid shots of Pink Floyd recording ‘Wish You Were Here‘, and intimate portraits of some of the most renowned musical legends to frequent the studios, the exhibition will be free to attend and showcases Jill Furmanovsky’s finest music photography alongside some rare musical artifacts and images from Abbey Road’s 86-year history.

Inside Abbey Road: Through the Lens of Jill Furmanovsky is a free exhibition being held at The Barbican Music Library in London. The exhibition begins on April 9th and will last until June 27th. It will be free to visit.

Click here for more information

Pink Floyd : Pulse has been remastered and is to be reissued as a 4LP set in May

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Pink Floyd’s 1995 live album Pulse has been remastered and is to be reissued as a 4LP set in May

Originally released in 1995, Pulse was recorded as Floyd toured across the UK and Europe in support of their 14th studio album The Division Bell in 1994.

The remastered version will be presented as a 4LP set and pressed on 180g heavyweight vinyl and will launch on May 18.

The album will include four different inner sleeves and come with a 52-page hardback photo book encased in a thick card slipcase. It will also feature One Of These Days, which was only included on the LP and cassette version of Pulse upon its original release.

Pulse 2018 was remastered from the original tapes by James Guthrie, Joel Plante and Bernie Grundman. Aubrey Powell of Hipgnosis and Peter Curzon – who worked on the original art with the late Hipgnosis co-founder Storm Thorgerson – recreated the art package.

Submit Your Questions For An AFG Exclusive Interview With Rick Wrights Zee Project Co-Founder Dave Harris

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Identity is the only album by Zee, a short-lived side project of Pink Floyd keyboardist Rick Wright, a duo partnership consisting of Wright and Dave Harris of New Romantic outfit Fashion, released in 1984. The album was written and produced by Wright and Harris and all the lyrics were penned by Harris.

The album makes heavy use of the Fairlight CMI, a musical synthesizer popularized in the 1980s. This creates a very electronic sound that persists through every track.

Due to the death of Richard Wright in 2008, Dave Harris has decided to re-release the album with additional material that never made it onto the original release aswell as adding new textures to the original release.

With a release later this year after numerous legal set backs we are really excited to here some of the new material that has surfaced.

Thanks to the wonderful power of the internet we have been in regular contact with Dave who has very kindly agreed to give us his time to answer questions related to the Zee project.

This is where we ask for your contributions, If you have any questions you would like to be included in our up-coming interview you can submit them by clicking here.

Pink Floyd Contributor Stephen Hawkings Passes Away

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Anathema "Keep Talking" live with Stephen Hawking

(Above Video Of Stephen Performing “Keep Talking” from the Division Bell with Floyd Tribute Anathema)
We are saddened by the loss of the great Stephen Hawking and our thoughts are with his family at this time. A testament to his generosity and humour he was featured on “Keep Talking” on Pink Floyd’s The Division Bell  and “Talkin’ Hawkin” from The Endless River albums.

Pink Floyd : The Division Bell Tour Backing Vocalist Claudia Fontaine Sadly Passes Away

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Our condolences go out to the family and friends of Claudia Fontaine who died this week. As well as working with artists including Dusty Springfield and Annie Lennox, Claudia was a much-loved backing vocalist on The Division Bell Tour as well as on David’s Meltdown performances at the Royal Festival Hall in 2001 and 2002.

” It was a privilege to work with Claudia, to have her spine-tingling vocals in the mix, to look across and see her high-voltage smile. ” – David Gilmour

Roger Waters : New Collaboration With Le Trio Joubran

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” Le Trio Joubran and I have collaborated to perform an excerpt from an epic poem by the great Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. On the surface it narrates the last speech of The Native American to The White Man, but it speaks also to Darwish’s beloved Palestine, and its indigenous people, in fact to all victims of settler colonialism everywhere, always. ” – Roger Waters

Credits:
Music – Trio Joubran
Voice – Roger Waters
Poem – Mahmoud Darwish
Poem Translation – Fady Joudah & Roger Waters
Music Producer – Renaud Letang
Recorded at – Abbey Road Studios & Studio Ferber
Video director – Adnan JoubranFor further information please visit Le Trio Joubran’s official website by clicking here

Lucius – “Goodnight, Irene” (ft. Roger Waters) [Official Video]

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Lucius - Goodnight, Irene ft. Roger Waters (Official Music Video)

” Got a call from, Jess and Holly, “Let’s record ‘Goodnight Irene’”, Me, “Ok where and when?” Jess and Holly, “Electric Lady 45 rpm phone booth, tomorrow” Me, “Ok”. The next day, Me,”Here I is!” Jess and Holly, “Lets do it”, Me “Who’s playing guitar?” Jess and Holly “You are” Me “I haven’t got a guitar” Jess and Holly “we’ll lend you one.” Me “what key’s it in?” Jess and Holly, E major, Me “lets do it, paste the words on the back of the phone booth”, Jess and Holly, “You can’t remember the words?”, Me,”Get in that fucking booth, young lady”.

And here ’tis, one take, a track off the new Lucius Album NUDES, with love for my gorgeous girls and great respect and deference to Huddie Ledbetter! ” – Roger Waters

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