The Flaming Lips are taking their reinterpretation of Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” on the road for a 16-date, 10-state tour.
The Oklahoma group, which teamed with Peaches, Henry Rollins, and Stardeath and the White Dwarfs to release its version of “Dark Side” on iTunes in December, will start touring this month in Texas and wrap it up in July in New York’s Central Park.
Here’s the tour schedule:
Austin Music Hall, Austin, Texas (Mar. 12)
Hickory Street Stage/NX35, Denton, Texas (Mar. 13)
Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour will appear on Bryan Ferry’s new album to be released by EMI/Virgin in September.
David has guested on a number of the Roxy Music founder’s solo albums, and appeared with him at the 1985 Live Aid show.
Other guests on the album include Jonny Geenwood, Nile Rodgers, Marcus Miller, Mani and Flea. Songwriting contributors include Scissor Sisters and Groove Armada.
Eagle Rock Entertainment will reissue “Knebworth: The Album,” a document of a 1990 charity concert including a performance by Pink Floyd.
The reissue is scheduled for March 23. Originally released by Polygram Records on Aug. 6, 1990, the 2-CD set has long been out of print.
Recorded June 30, 1990, the event was a superstar benefit for Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy and the Brit School Of Performing Arts. The reissue will benefit the same charities.
Disc #1:
Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Tears For Fears – Badman’s Song
Status Quo – Dirty Water
Status Quo – Whatever You Want
Status Quo – Rockin’ All Over The World
Cliff Richard & The Shadows – On The Beach
Cliff Richard & The Shadows – Do You Wanna Dance
Robert Plant – Hurting Kind
Robert Plant – Liar’s Dance
Robert Plant – Tall Cool One
Robert Plant – Wearing And Tearing
Genesis – Mama
Genesis – Turn It On Again Medley: Somebody To Love / Satisfaction / Twist And Shout / Reach Out I’ll Be There / You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling / Pinball Wizard / In The Midnight House / Turn It On Again
Disc #2:
Phil Collins – Sussudio
Eric Clapton – Sunshine Of Your Love
Dire Straits – Think I Love You Too Much
Elton John – Sad Songs (Say So Much)
Elton John – Saturday Night’s All Right (For Fighting)
Eagle Rock Entertainment is a media production and distribution company operating across audiovisual entertainment programming. The company has offices in London, New York, Germany, France and Toronto.
Wines That Rock, the firm that bottles a “Dark Side of the Moon”-inspired Cabernet Sauvignon, is taking votes to determine its next rock-themed vintage.
Among the 18 options available to cast your vote for is Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” (1979).
Canadian world rockers Blurred Vision have released a cover of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall,” with a modern twist.
The group changed a couple of choice lyrics to send a message of solidarity to youth fighting for their freedom in Iran.
The video, directed by Iranian filmmaker Babak Payami, who splits his time between Tehran and Toronto, is racking up the views on YouTube — nearly 70,000 at this writing.
According to the band’s Web site, the single should be available for download on iTunes soon.
Floyd’s first frontman, Syd Barrett, is on the cover of the latest issue of Mojo magazine.
Mojo celebrates the 40th anniversary of Barrett’s “The Madcap Laughs” album with a cover story featuring Floyd’s David Gilmour, Robert Wyatt (Soft Machine), Floyd designer Storm Thorgerson, photographer Mick Rock and others.
The CD included with the issue is a re-recording of “Madcap” by Hawkwind, Marc Almond, R.E.M., Robyn Hitchcock and others.
Prog-jazz trio The Bad Plus has included a cover of Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” on the group’s album “For All I Care.”
The recording includes Minneapolis alt-rock vocalist Wendy Lewis (The Plus).
The album also includes covers of other classic cuts by Yes (”Long Distance Runaround”), the Bee Gees (”How Deep Is Your Love”) and Heart (”Barracuda”).
“For All I Care” was released 11 months ago, Feb. 3, 2009 — but if you’re like us, it’s new to you.
Fruits de Mer Records has released a re-recording of Pink Floyd’s 1968 single “Julia Dream” by Swedish duo Us and Them.
The song, a medley of the Floyd number written by Roger Waters and the traditional nursery rhyme “All the Pretty Horses,” appears on a limited edition 7-inch vinyl EP along with two other covers: “Dialogue,” originally by Jackson C. Frank, and “Home to Stay,” first recorded by Tudor Lodge.
The “ice”-colored record plays at 33.3 RPM and comes enclosed in an 8-page full-color booklet containing lyrics.
This is the eighth release from the Surrey-based Fruits de Mer Records, which boasts it “loses money on every release and we love it.” The company, in business for 18 months, has previously released re-recordings of songs originally by Small Faces, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Nick Drake, Caravan, Kraftwerk, Van der Graaf Generator, Nico and others.
This latest release is available for $8 (£5) directly from the label: www.fruitsdemerrecords.com, or at a handful of U.K.-based retailers: Piccadilly Records, Norman Records, Heyday Mail Order and Rough Trade.
The title isn’t yet listed at the label’s Web site, but you can contact them directly to purchase: fruitsdemer7@hotmail.com.
The Flaming Lips‘ cover of Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon” is available for pre-order at the iTunes Store. The album will be released Dec. 22 on iTunes, and at other download sites at a later date.
The 10-track album costs $9.99. None of the tracks is available for purchase alone.
Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour will appear on Bryan Ferry’s new album to be released by EMI/Virgin in September.
Eagle Rock Entertainment will reissue “Knebworth: The Album,” a document of a 1990 charity concert including a performance by Pink Floyd.
Canadian world rockers Blurred Vision have released a cover of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall,” with a modern twist.
Floyd’s first frontman, Syd Barrett, is on the cover of the latest issue of Mojo magazine.
Prog-jazz trio The Bad Plus has included a cover of Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” on the group’s album “For All I Care.”
Fruits de Mer Records has released a re-recording of Pink Floyd’s 1968 single “Julia Dream” by Swedish duo Us and Them.
The Flaming Lips‘ cover of Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon” is available for pre-order at the iTunes Store. The album will be released Dec. 22 on iTunes, and at other download sites at a later date.
Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason offers up his recipe for bouillabaisse in a new charity cookbook.
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