News

Events category

Roger Waters to perform new “Dark Side” in London

Posted July 26, 2023 by Floydian Slip

Roger Waters London performance posterRoger Waters will premiere his new take on Pink Floyd‘s “The Dark Side of the Moon” (1973) at a concert Oct. 8 at London’s Palladium.

The show will come two days after his album, “The Dark Side of the Moon Redux,” will be released.

Joining Waters for the show will be Gus Seyffert, bass; Joey Waronker, drums; and Jonathan Wilson, guitar. All participated in the recording of the album, along with Seyffert’s partner, Bedouine, who provided vocals.

Also scheduled to appear at the Palladium gig are Johnny Shepherd, organ; Via Mardot,  theremin; Gabe Noel, strings; Jon Carin, keyboard; Robert Walter, piano; and Azniv Korkejian, vocals.

Tickets are available at livenation.co.uk.


Posted in Concerts, Events, Personnel, Roger Waters | Comments Off on Roger Waters to perform new “Dark Side” in London

Australian solar eclipse paired with “Dark Side” listening event

Posted April 20, 2023 by Floydian Slip

The Astronome Domine 8

Today Pink Floyd celebrated the 50th anniversary of “The Dark Side of the Moon” with a listening event timed to a rare total solar eclipse at the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Marine Park (Nyinggulu) in Exmouth, Western Australia.

Eight competition winners gathered at a secluded beach in the region to hear “Dark Side” start to finish – with Roger Waters‘s closing lines “But the sun is eclipsed by the moon…” timed to align with the moment of total eclipse at 11.29 a.m. WST.

Ningaloo Marine Park (Nyinggulu) in Exmouth, Western Australia

The eight fans — dubbed the ‘Astronome Domine 8’ – arrived on Mcleods Beach this morning to witness a giant black pyramid framed by the horizon, constructed with creative oversight from Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell, Floyd’s long-time creative consultant and Hipgnosis co-founder. Following a Welcome to Country by elder Hazel Walgar, the event began as the shadow of the moon grazed the tip of Western Australia — the best land-based place in the world to view the eclipse.

The event was livestreamed across the world on Floyd’s YouTube channel.

The eight winners were brought together from all walks of life and represent multiple generations of Floyd fans. “This is something I’ll never forget” said 27-year-old Nathan, who took the trip in tribute to his father, a Floyd mega fan who died in 2021. “It was like Dad was there with me.”

“I’m speechless,” said Monya, who made the journey with her husband, Joseph, after they were brought together by their love of the band. “I’ve listened to this album thousands of times — but never like this.”

The Astronome Domine 8

The 300-kilometer-long Ningaloo Marine Park is 1,200 kilometers north of Perth (Boorloo) along Western Australia’s Coral Coast Highway. The Ningaloo region is renowned as where the outback meets the reef — home to Australia’s largest fringing reef adjoining the rusty gorges of Cape Range National Park.

A short form documentary film directed by Powell charting the journey of the Astronome Domine 8 is expected at a later date.


Posted in Events | 1 comment

Roger Waters to broadcast live to theaters May 25

Posted April 18, 2023 by Floydian Slip

Trafalgar Releasing and Sony Music Entertainment will broadcast live the Roger Waters performance of his “This Is Not a Drill” tour from O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic on May 25.

The worldwide event will be distributed to more than 1,500 theaters across more than 50 countries. Tickets go on sale at 3 p.m. BST (10 a.m. ET;  7 a.m. PT) on Tuesday, April 25 at www.ThisIsNotADrillFilm.com.

Billed as his first ever “farewell tour,” the event is directed by Sean Evans. The live film will include 20 Pink Floyd and Waters classics, including: “Us & Them,” “Comfortably Numb,” “Wish You Were Here,” and “Is This the Life We Really Want?” Waters will also debut his new song, “The Bar.”

Waters will be joined on stage by Jonathan Wilson, Dave Kilminster, Jon Carin, Gus Seyffert, Robert Walter, Joey Waronker, Shanay Johnson, Amanda Belair and Seamus Blake.

Complete cinema listings and times will be announced when tickets go on sale April 25.


Posted in Concerts, Events, Films, Merchandise, Personnel, Roger Waters | 2 comments

Empire State Building to celebrate “Dark Side of the Moon”

Posted March 24, 2023 by Floydian Slip

New York City’s Empire State Building will shine on tonight by sporting “The Dark Side of the Moon” prism artwork in its mast to mark the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s seminal LP.

The display begins at sunset and will be seen throughout the city, as well as online from the Empire State Building Live Cam.

Italy celebrated the album with a light show yesterday: 500 square meters of Milan’s Piazza del Duomo was illuminated with the “Dark Side” prism.


Posted in Events | 1 comment

Pink Floyd exhibit coming to Montreal

Posted October 29, 2022 by Floydian Slip

“The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains” will open in Montreal, Quebec, on Friday, Nov. 4, for an 8-week run at Arsenal Contemporary Art.

The exhibit, created by members of the band working with album sleeve designer Aubrey “Po” Powell, features more than 350 artifacts collected over the band’s career — including handwritten lyrics, musical instruments, letters, stage props, original artworks and more.

The show is designed by Stufish, longtime stage designers for the band, which was founded by the late Mark Fisher.

“Their Mortal Remains” premiered in London in 2017 after a three-year delay from its originally scheduled debut in Milan in 2014; and has travelled to Rome, Dortmund, Madrid, and most recently, to Los Angeles. This will mark the exhibit’s first showing in Canada.

Montreal plays a unique and somewhat notorious role in the history of Pink Floyd. The band first played Montreal in November 1971, at a sold-out show at the Centre Sportif de l’Université de Montréal. They returned to the city several times, performing at the Montreal Forum, the Autostade, and Olympic Stadium.

At was at the Stadium, on July 6, 1977, the final show of Floyd’s “In the Flesh” tour, when Roger Waters, frustrated with an inattentive audience, spat at a fan from the stage. The experience served as an epiphany, as he realized a divide had grown between the band and its audience. That revelation helped inform his creation of “The Wall.”

Base rates for tickets to the exhibit run from $28 to $45 CA, are good for specific times of entry, and can be purchased online.

Curators estimate a walk through the exhibit will take 60-90 minutes. But you and I both know we’ll be there all day.

Learn more at the exhibit’s website.


Posted in Aubrey Powell, Events, Mark Fisher | Comments Off on Pink Floyd exhibit coming to Montreal

Live Facebook video chat with Floydian Slip host, April 13

Posted April 12, 2022 by Floydian Slip

Join “Floydian Slip” host Craig Bailey for another Facebook Live video event:

Wednesday, April 13, 4 pm EDT

It’s been more than a year since our last chat, so we ought to have some things things talk about. The first new Floyd single in nearly 30 years comes to mind. We’ll also cover this week’s “Storm Effect” special episode, and whatever else might come to mind.

Hope to see you there. Join us at:

https://www.facebook.com/events/668024547615974/


Posted in Events | Comments Off on Live Facebook video chat with Floydian Slip host, April 13

Syd Barrett items to be auctioned

Posted October 16, 2021 by Floydian Slip

Cheffins in Cambridge will auction a number of items connected to late Pink Floyd co-founder Syd Barrett.

The highlight of the Oct. 28 auction might be Barrett’s Yamaha FG-230. The 12-string acoustic guitar is being sold by Barrett’s nephew, Mark Barrett, 57, who was given the piece by his father, Syd’s brother, Alan Barrett.

According to Mark, his father gained possession of the piece when the family sold its Hills Road house in Cambridge in 1974. He says Syd “never collected the guitar” and Alan “continued to store it over three subsequent house moves, eventually offering it to me.” Mark took possession of the guitar shortly before Alan passed away in November 2020.

The guitar is dated Oct. 21, 1969, and has a serial number of 1090448. It’s expected to bring £5,000 to £10,000 ($5,800-$11,600 US).

Syd referred to the instrument in a 1971 interview with Rolling Stone. “I worked this out yesterday,” Syd told writer Mick Rock while playing a new take on “Love You” from his “Barrett” (1970) album. “I think it’s much better. It’s my new 12-string guitar. I’m just getting used to it. I polished it yesterday.”

The guitar will be auctioned with a copy of that Dec. 23, 1971, issue of Rolling Stone.

Proceeds of the auction lot will be split between the charities MIND and the Arthur Rank Hospice Charity.

Cheffins also has a number of other lots featuring Barrett-related items such as artwork he painted near the end of this life in 2006 and furniture.

Also of interest to Floyd fans, two business cards from David Gilmour’s early band Jokers Wild will also go on the block.

Cheffins’s Art & Design Sale begins at 10:00 a.m. local time on Oct. 28. Learn more at Cheffins.


Posted in David Gilmour, Events, Merchandise, Personnel, Syd Barrett | Comments Off on Syd Barrett items to be auctioned

REELZ to air Pink Floyd documentary

Posted August 14, 2021 by Floydian Slip

The REELZFest Rock Doc Festival will premiere Pink Floyd: Breaking The Band Sunday, Aug. 15 at 8 p.m. EDT.

According to Radar, the hour-long documentary reaches back to the band’s early days with Syd Barrett, and explores “the individual members’ downward spirals amid the group’s upward trajectory.”

Other bands featured in the festival include The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, Led Zeppelin, Journey, Genesis and others.

Learn more at REELZ.


Posted in Events | 2 comments

Los Angeles opening delayed for Pink Floyd exhibit

Posted July 27, 2021 by Floydian Slip

S2BN Entertainment and event promoter Diego Gonzalez have announced the Pink Floyd exhibition “Their Mortal Remains,” which was scheduled to open Aug. 3 in Los Angeles, has been postponed to Sept. 3.

The U.S. premiere of the exhibition, which opened in London in 2017 and has traveled to Rome, Dortmund and Madrid, was set back due to “global freight delays.”

“The many containers filled with Pink Floyd’s artefacts, stage sets, and private collections were shipped from the U.K. with an extensive lead time but coming out of the pandemic, there are many delays in global freight,” the company wrote in a statement. “These containers have now safely arrived in L.A.”

The company will notify via email ticket holders for August to reschedule their dates at no additional cost. Ticket holders can also contact the Vogue Multicultural Museum at info@vmmla.com with questions about the ticket exchange process.

The exhibit is scheduled to run through Jan. 9, 2022.


Posted in Events | Comments Off on Los Angeles opening delayed for Pink Floyd exhibit

Tickets on sale for Roger Waters 2022 tour

Posted April 8, 2021 by Floydian Slip

“This is Not a Drill,” the North American tour Roger Waters had announced before the pandemic hit in Spring 2020, has been rescheduled for ’22.

Tickets are on sale now for the 36 dates that begin in Pittsburgh July 6 and finish in Dallas Oct. 8.

In a statement, Waters calls this his “first farewell tour.”

“It is a stunning indictment of the corporate dystopia in which we all struggle to survive, and a call to action to love, protect, and share our precious and precarious planet home,” he writes.

“The show includes a dozen great songs from Pink Floyd’s Golden Era alongside several new ones — words and music, same writer, same heart, same soul, same man. Could be his last hurrah. Wow!”

These shows will be the first Roger has performed “in the round” with audience on all sides.

Tickets bought for 2020 will be valid for the new dates. Those ticket holders will receive an email with instructions.

Buy tickets now.


Posted in Concerts, Events, Personnel, Roger Waters | Comments Off on Tickets on sale for Roger Waters 2022 tour