The concert film “David Gilmour Live at the Circus Maximus, Rome” will hit theaters Sept. 17. A DVD and Blu-ray of the film, as well as a soundtrack, will arrive a month later.
The film, showing in select cinemas including IMAX for one day, is a record of Gilmour’s 2024 concerts in Rome, promoting his album “Luck and Strange.” Filmed against the backdrop of the ancient ruins of Rome and directed by Gavin Elder, it features tracks from “Luck and Strange” as well as Pink Floyd classics.
“I can’t wait for you to relive what were — as far as I’m concerned — the best concerts of my career,” Gilmour says.
An auditory nod to Pink Floyd’s aborted “household objects” project from the mid-1970s will be released in August.
Producers William Hayter and Barry Lamb will release “Household Objects (And Sundry Massed Gadgets),” an album consisting of 14 tracks recorded by various artists using everything except musical instruments.
The album harkens to the time Floyd spent recording in the mid-1970s. Searching for direction following the release of “The Dark Side of the Moon” in 1973, the group began work on an album to be recorded using, not instruments, rather ordinary household objects such as cigar boxes and wine glasses.
Progress was slow and difficult, and the project was eventually scrapped. (Two segments from these sessions appear on the Immersion boxsets of “Dark Side” and “Wish You Were Here” — “The Hard Way” and “Wine Glasses,” respectively. The wine glass experiment also found a home as the opening segment of “Shine on You Crazy Diamond.”)
Participating artists include The Residents, Steve Beresford, Mark Hewins and others.
The CD includes a 32-page booklet with introduction by Floyd’s Nick Mason.
It’s available for pre-purchase on CD now; with digital platforms coming at the end of August.
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Enter now to win a pair of tickets to see the Roger Waters concert film “This Is Not a Drill,” in theaters July 23 and 27. Shot in Prague, the film is a document of Waters’s 2022/23 tour of the same name.
Winners have their choice of date and theater. Prizes courtesy of Trafalgar Releasing.
Sony Music Vision and Trafalgar Releasing will release in July “This Is Not a Drill – Live from Prague The Movie,” a document of Roger Waters‘ 2022/23 tour of the same name. The film and its soundtrack will be available for purchase Aug. 1.
Recorded and filmed in 8k during Waters’ live show at the O2 Arena in the Czech Republic May 25, 2023, the film is directed by Sean Evans, Waters’ “long-term collaborative partner,” according to a news release.
The performance includes 20 numbers from Waters’ solo catalog and the Pink Floyd catalog, as well as the new track “The Bar.”
Waters’ band for “This Is Not a Drill,” which was billed as his “first ever farewell tour,” includes Jonathan Wilson, Dave Kilminster, Jon Carin, Gus Seyffert, Joey Waronker, Robert Walter, Shanay Johnson, Amanda Belair and Seamus Blake.
The film will show July 23 and 27 in select cinemas worldwide. Tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. June 12 at rogerwaters.film.
Physical product coming Aug. 1 includes a 4-LP set, DVD, 2-CD set, Blue-ray and digital audio. It’s available now for pre-order.
Register to win a copy of the soundtrack to “Pink Floyd at Pompeii MCMLXXII.”
Pink Floyd’s seminal 1972 concert film was digitally restored and returned to theaters last month. This two-disc soundtrack follows suit, recently remixed by Steven Wilson. This is the first time the soundtrack has been made available as a full-length live record.
Register to win now. Deadline: End of day Sunday, June 15. Prizes courtesy Sony/Legacy.
Enter to win a pair of tickets to see Pink Floyd’s seminal 1972 concert film “Pink Floyd at Pompeii MCMLXXII” in theaters beginning April 24 — digitally re-mastered in 4K from the original 35mm footage with enhanced audio.
Winners will receive codes redeemable at fandango.com for two (2) tickets at the theater and showing of their choice. Codes are valid for any theater that uses Fandango.
Learn more about “Pink Floyd at Pompeii MCMLXXII” and search for participating theaters at pinkfloyd.film.
A restored version of the 1972 film “Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii” will hit theaters in April. It’ll be followed in May with a soundtrack release in multiple formats.
Renamed “Pink Floyd at Pompeii — MCMLXXII,” the film has been digitally re-mastered from the original 35mm footage, with enhanced audio newly mixed by Steven Wilson. Directed by Adrian Maben, it documents the band’s live performance over four days in October 1971 at an empty amphitheatre in the ancient dead city of Pompeii, Italy.
Presented by RM Productions and released by Sony Music Vision and Trafalgar Releasing, the film will show at select cinemas and IMAX theaters worldwide beginning April 24. Tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. ET Wednesday, March 5 at www.pinkfloyd.film.
Film restored
The film’s been restored by hand, frame-by-frame, from the original 35mm negative, which was recently discovered in the band’s archives.
Led by Lana Topham, Pink Floyd’s Director of Restoration, the team’s mission was to preserve the integrity and beauty of the original picture. They scanned the negatives in 4K using advanced techniques to ensure the finest detail. They enhanced the film’s color, and reviewed and repaired every frame to maintain a natural, vivid appearance with minimal grain adjustments.
“Since 1994, I have searched for the elusive film rushes of ‘Pink Floyd at Pompeii,’ so the recent discovery of the 1972 original 35mm cut negative was a very special moment,” Topham says. “The newly restored version presents the first full 90-minute cut, combining the 60-minute source edit of the performance with the additional Abbey Road Studios documentary segments filmed shortly after.”
New soundtrack
The new cut also features enhanced sound with a new theatrical and home entertainment mix by Wilson in 5.1 and Dolby Atmos.
“Ever since my dad brainwashed me as a kid by playing ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ on repeat, Pink Floyd has been my favourite band,” Wilson says. “I first saw Pompeii from a grainy print at a local cinema. It made an incredible impression on me with its untethered and exploratory rock music made by four musicians that seemed to epitomise the notion of intellectual cool.
“It was an honour to remix the soundtrack to accompany Lana Topham’s incredible restoration of the film,” he adds, “which looks like it could’ve been filmed yesterday.”
The accompanying soundtrack release “Pink Floyd at Pompeii — MCMLXXII,” will see the performance presented as a full-length live record for the first time. Wilson’s 2025 remix will be available on CD, LP, Blu-ray, DVD, digital audio and Dolby Atmos on May 2.
Pink Floyd fan have three releases to look forward to on Record Store Day, Saturday, April 12.
Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets will offer a 12-inch of the Floyd track “Echoes,” originally from the band’s “Meddle” album. Recorded Aug. 1, 2024, at the Centennial Hall in Frankfurt, Germany, it was mixed by Steven Wilson, half-speed mastered at Abbey Road, and plays inside-out for higher sound quality. The B-side includes etched artwork. Quantities are limited to 4,000.
David Gilmour will release a 12″ of The Montgolfier Brothers‘ “Between Two Points,” featuring his daugher, Romany Gilmour, on vocals. The disc includes the album version of the song from Gilmour’s “Luck and Strange” (2024); an exclusive live version recorded during his appearance at London’s Royal Albert Hall; and two versions of a new Balearic-flavored remix by Rob Gentry, who played keyboards on the album and the tour. Pressed on clear vinyl, quantities are limited to 4,000.
Roger Waters will issue a limited edition neon pink vinyl LP of his live performance of “The Dark Side of the Moon Redux” (2023) recorded during two shows at the London Palladium in October 2023. It will feature a printed inner sleeve and 3mm spined LP sleeve. Quantities limited to 2,000.
According to the Record Store Day website, the event “was conceived in 2007 as a way to celebrate and spread the word about the unique culture surrounding nearly 1,400 independently-owned record stores in the U.S. and thousands of similar stores internationally. The first Record Store Day took place on April 19, 2008.”
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