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Floyd producer Joe Boyd, Robyn Hitchcock on tour

Posted August 27, 2010 by FloydianSlip

Early Pink Floyd producer Joe Boyd and musician Robyn Hitchcock are touring the western United States.

Calling it the “Chinese White Bicycles” tour, Boyd talks and reads from his book, “White Bicycles,” while Hitchcock provides musical interludes. (See “Early Pink Floyd producer writes book.”)

“We have taken this double-act to the Green Man and SXSW festivals and it seems to have gone down OK,” Boyd writes, “so we’re taking it on the road!”

Boyd produced Pink Floyd’s first single, “Arnold Layne,” and has worked with many other bands, including Fairport Convention, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, REM and others.

Wednesday, Sept. 22
Swedish American Hall
2170 Market St.
San Francisco, CA
Doors, 7 p.m.; Show, 8 p.m.
(415) 861-5016

Thursday, Sept. 23
Largo at the Coronet Theatre
366 N. La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
Doors, 7:30 p.m.; Show, 8:30 p.m.
(310) 855-0350

Tuesday, Sept. 28
Triple Door
216 Union St.
Seattle, WA
Doors, 5:30 p.m.; Show, 7:30 p.m.
(206) 838-4333

Wednesday, Sept. 29
The Woods
6637 Milwaukee Ave.
Portland, OR
Doors, 7 p.m.; Show, 7:30 p.m.
(503) 890-0408


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Full video: Water/Gilmour reunion show

Posted August 16, 2010 by FloydianSlip

Nearly a half-hour, this is the full video of the reunion of Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters and David Gilmour from July’s Hoping Foundation charity event.


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David Gilmour, Roger Waters perform together

Posted July 11, 2010 by FloydianSlip

hopingPigs flew last night at an Oxfordshire, England, charity event, when Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour and Roger Waters performed live together.

Appearing in Kidlington for a concert to benefit the Hoping Foundation, the two played four songs together, accompanied by Guy Pratt, on bass and acoustic guitar; Harry Waters, on keyboards; Andy Newmark, on drums; Chester Kamen, on guitar; and Jonjo Grisdale, also on keyboards.

The set contained four songs: Floyd classics “Wish You Were Here,” “Comfortably Numb,” and “Another Brick in the Wall (Part Two),” along with Phil Spector’s “To Know Him Is To Love Him.”

The photo is from a rehearsal for the event.

Let’s hope this is a sign of things to come.


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Final four dates announced for “Wall” tour

Posted June 10, 2010 by FloydianSlip

wall_teaseRoger Waters has announced the “final four” U.S. dates for the North American leg of his tour of “The Wall”:

  1. Sept. 24
    United Center, Chicago, Ill.
  2. Oct. 3
    TD Garden, Boston, Mass.
  3. Dec. 3
    Oracle Arena, Oakland, Calif.
  4. Dec. 5
    Staples Center, Los Angeles, Calif.

The tour now has 87 confirmed dates for North America. Watch the official Roger Waters site for all official dates.


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Roger Waters announces European concert dates

Posted May 27, 2010 by FloydianSlip

roger_watersRoger Waters has announced 28 concert dates for Europe — the second leg of his tour of “The Wall” that starts in Toronto Sept. 15.

The European tour starts March 27 in Lisbon, Portugal, and wraps up June 18 in Dusseldorf, Germany.

As with the North American tour, rogerwaters.com will offer fans the chance to buy premium tickets during a members-only presale, which will start “very soon.”

See the complete, up-to-date list of venues and dates at rogerwaters.com.


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Roger Waters’ “Wall” tops ticket sales chart

Posted May 19, 2010 by FloydianSlip

wall_liveEx-Pink Floyd member Roger Waters‘ tour of “The Wall” is at the top of the chart for ticket sales of musical, theatre and sports events for the week ending May 16.

Ticket sales tracking company TicketNews announced Waters was #1 on its Top Combined Events  chart.

“The Wall” show has a huge lead over #2 on the list — with a 13.19 “power score” over the 4.83 score of Broadway show “Wicked.” Lady Gaga is third at 2.48; Justin Bieber is in fourth place at 2.29.

None of this is news to people who logged on at 10 a.m. May 10 when “Wall” tickets went on sale. Waters immediately sold-out many venues, and added a dozen shows to the tour by the end of the day to help meet demand.

TicketNews’ scores are based on sales from the TicketNetwork Exchange, the world’s largest secondary market exchange. Total ticket sales from the given event and total ticket sales within the category are used to calculate power scores.


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Four more “Wall” shows announced

Posted May 10, 2010 by FloydianSlip

On top of the eight new Roger Waters shows we told you about this morning (“Eight shows added to “Wall” tour”), another four have now been added to his “Wall” tour in four venues:

  1. Sept. 23, United Center, Chicago, Ill.
  2. Nov. 11, Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, Pa.
  3. Nov. 30, Staples Center, Los Angeles, Calif.
  4. Dec. 14, Honda Center, Anaheim, Calif.

Ticket for these shows go on sale tomorrow at 9 a.m., local time.


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Eight shows added to “Wall” tour

Posted May 10, 2010 by FloydianSlip

Eight shows were immediately added to Roger Water’s tour of “The Wall” once general tickets went on sale this morning:

  1. Sep 18, Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Ontario
  2. Oct 1, TD Garden, Boston, Mass.
  3. Oct 6, Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y.
  4. Oct 13, Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, N.Y.
  5. Oct 20, Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
  6. Nov 4, Izod Center, East Rutherford, N.J.
  7. Nov 14, BankAtlantic Center, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
  8. Dec 8, HP Pavilion, San Jose, Calif.

Tickets are on sale of all of these additional venues.


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Roger Waters tickets selling briskly

Posted May 10, 2010 by FloydianSlip

watersGeneral tickets for Roger Waters‘ tour of “The Wall” went on sale this morning at 10. If our experience buying tickets for his Montreal shows coming up Oct. 19-20 is any indicator, sales are brisk.

The first date sold out within 20 minutes, along with many sections for the second show.

What’s been your experience buying tickets? Post them as replies to this message.


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Former Floyd manager to appear on BBC Radio 2

Posted May 4, 2010 by FloydianSlip

jennerOnce-Pink Floyd manager Peter Jenner will appear on BBC Radio 2’s “The Radcliffe & Maconie Show,” next Monday night at 10 (local time).

Jenner and Andrew King founded Blackhill Enterprises to become Floyd’s first management company in 1966. They split with the band when Syd Barrett departed in ‘68.

Jenner has managed a number of notable bands, including: T. Rex, The Clash, Billy Bragg and Robyn Hitchcock.

Hitchcock will also be a guest on the show, playing at least one Barrett number.


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