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Report: New David Gilmour album title

Posted June 7, 2015 by Floydian Slip

The upcoming album from Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour apparently will be called “Rattle That Lock.”

Martin Kilbride reported the title in an article for the Brain Damage website.

Gilmour revealed the title when pressed for it at the 2015 Borris House Festival of Writing and Ideas in Ireland where he spoke yesterday with his wife and lyric-writing partner Polly Samson.

Gilmour also previewed a couple minutes of a song from the upcoming album.

The album will be released in September.


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Roger Waters’ Amused to Death remastered

Posted April 15, 2015 by Floydian Slip

Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings will issue a remastered edition of Roger Waters‘ 1992 album “Amused to Death” on July 24.

The reissue will feature a new 5.1 Surround Sound remix of the album on high-definition Blu-ray audio and a new remastered stereo mix by longtime Pink Floyd collaborator James Guthrie.

The cover and gatefold art has been updated by Sean Evans, creative director of Waters’ 2010-2013 “The Wall Live” tour and film.

“I’m remembering the record from [over] 20 years ago, that most of what I had to say then sadly still pertains today and is maybe even more relevant to our predicament as people in 2015 even than it was in 1992,” says Waters.

Guthrie premiered his Surround Sound mix at the Pink Floyd academic conference held at Princeton in April 2014.

The reissue will be available in six formats: CD; CD/Blu-ray; SACD; hi-res digital download; double-LP 200 gram vinyl, pressed at Quality Record Pressings; and a limited edition, vinyl, numbered double-LP picture disc.

The album’s available for pre-order at rogerwaters.com, which has a number of music/merchandise bundles available.


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Winner: Name David Gilmour’s new album

Posted March 16, 2015 by Floydian Slip

David Gilmour‘s new album will be released in September, but, so far, the album’s title hasn’t been announced.

A couple weeks ago we invited you to offer suggestions. We’ve picked our favorite from all entries:

“The Spacial Plane,” submitted by Jeff Pinkstaff of Midland, Texas.

Shine on, Jeff. We’ll be digging into the saucerful of prizes to see what it has for you.


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Syd Barrett single coming Record Store Day

Posted March 11, 2015 by Floydian Slip

Rhino will release Syd Barrett‘s “Dark Globe,” backed with R.E.M.’s cover of the same, as a 45 single on Record Store Day April 18.

The single, pressed on gold, white, red and black mixed vinyl, is part of Rhino’s Side By Side 7″ singles series, exclusive to Record Store Day.

Record Store Day began in 2007 at a gathering of independent record store owners and employees to promote the nearly 1,400 independently-owned record stores in the U.S. and thousands of similar stores internationally. There are Record Store Day participating stores on every continent except Antarctica.

Learn more and find a participating store online.


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David Gilmour album, tour confirmed for September

Posted March 4, 2015 by Floydian Slip

David Gilmour‘s fourth solo album will be released in September, to be followed by a six-venue European tour.

The as-yet untitled album will be the Pink Floyd guitarist’s most recent studio work since 2006’s platinum-selling “On an Island.”

Tickets for all venues go on sale 10:00 a.m. GMT on Friday March 6. The date is also Gilmour’s 69th birthday.

David Gilmour Live Europe 2015

  • September 12, 2015: Croatia – Pula – Arena Pula
  • September 14, 2015:  Italy – Verona – Verona Arena
  • September 15, 2015: Italy – Florence – Teatro Le Mulina
  • September 17, 2015: France – Orange – Theatre Antique
  • September 19, 2015: Germany- Oberhausen – Konig-pilsener-arena
  • September 23-25, 2015: UK – London – Royal Albert Hall

Ticket information

September 12, 2015: Croatia – Pula
Arena Pula
Ticket prices: From Kc 255
Ticket sales: www.eventim.hr

September 14, 2015: Italy — Verona         
Verona Arena
Ticket prices: From €40
Information: www.arena.it/
Box office: +39.02.5300651 / +39.055.5520575
Ticket sales: www.livenation.it/artist/david-gilmour-tickets?omq=david%20gilmour

September 15, 2015: Italy – Florence
Teatro Le Mulina
Ticket prices: From €50
Box office: +39.02.5300651 / +39.055.5520575
Ticket sales: www.livenation.it/artist/david-gilmour-tickets?omq=david%20gilmour

September 17, 2015: France — Orange
Theatre Antique
Ticket prices: From €55
Box office: Phone : +33 892 392 192 (0,34 €/min, France Only)
Or +33 149 975 191 (international)
Website:     http://www.levraibillet.fr/
Information: http://www.theatre-antique.com/en/home

September 19, 2015: Germany- Oberhausen
Konig-Pilsener-Arena
Ticket prices: From €60.00
Ticket hotline:  (+49) 0208-82 000
Box office (central Booking Line):
CTS Eventim
Phone: +49-1806-570070
www.eventim.de
www.eventim.de/david-gilmour

September 23, 24 & 25 2015: UK, London
The Royal Albert Hall
Ticket Prices: From £68.80 – Inclusive of booking fee
Special terms and conditions apply
Box office: 0845 401 5045 Or +44 20 7589 8212
Information: http://www.royalalberthall.com/
Ticket sales also via:  www.seetickets.com, www.ticketmaster.co.uk,
www.eventim.co.uk, www.stargreen.com


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Govn’t Mule releases Floyd covers

Posted December 16, 2014 by Floydian Slip

Yesterday Govn’t Mule released “Dark Side of the Mule,” an album of Pink Floyd covers.

Recorded Oct. 31, 2008, at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston, Mass., the album includes 90 minutes of music.

“Dark Side of the Mule” is the second in a series of live archival releases from the band, following last month’s “Stoned Side of the Mule: Vol. 1,” a collection of music by The Rolling Stones.

The album’s available in three configurations: a standard version, single CD; a deluxe version, three CDs and one DVD package of the entire three-hour performance; and a double vinyl version. All configurations feature audio newly-mixed and mastered.

Govn’t Mule is a Southern rock jam band, formed in 1994 by guitarist Warren Haynes and bassist Allen Woody as a side project of The Allman Brothers Band.

The group’s on tour through mid-January.

Learn more about Govn’t Mule.


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“The Endless River” Amazon’s most pre-ordered album ever

Posted November 7, 2014 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd‘s upcoming “The Endless River” has become the most pre-ordered titled in the history of Amazon.com.

Senior Amazon executive Steve Bernstein tells Classic Rock Magazine, “It’s an outstanding achievement for Pink Floyd, and it proves they remain one of the most popular groups to grace the UK music scene.”

Here’s the online retailer’s list of all-time most pre-ordered titles:

  1. Pink Floyd: The Endless River
  2. One Direction: Midnight Memories
  3. Robbie Williams: Swings Both Ways
  4. Take That: Progress
  5. Susan Boyle: I Dreamed A Dream
  6. Coldplay: Ghost Stories
  7. David Bowie: The Next Day
  8. Coldplay: X&Y
  9. Take That: The Circus
  10. Amy Winehouse: Lioness

“The Endless River” will release Nov. 10 in the U.K., and appear in U.S. stores Nov. 11.


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Another track from “The Endless River” released

Posted November 3, 2014 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd has made available another track from its upcoming album “The Endless River.”

The 1:56 instrumental “Allons-y (1)” can be purchased on iTunes and heard on Spotify.

The band released “Louder Than Words” on Oct.9.

“The Endless River” will be released Nov. 10 in the U.K. and the following day in the U.S.


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Video: David Gilmour: “This is the end”

Posted October 11, 2014 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour says the band’s upcoming “The Endless River” will be its last album.

“I think we have successfully commandeered the best of what there is,” he says in a video to promote the album. “I suspect this is it.”

He confirmed his thoughts to BBC 6 Music: “”It’s a shame, but this is the end.”

Read more about “The Endless River” (“Details: The Endless River coming Nov. 10”)

Watch Gilmour and Nick Mason speak about the new album:


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Hawking to appear on “The Endless River”

Posted October 8, 2014 by Floydian Slip

Details are slowly emerging about the upcoming Pink Floyd album “The Endless River,” which will be the band’s first studio work since 1994.

The synthesized voice of British physicist Stephen Hawking will be heard on a track called “Talkin’ Hawkin’.” He also appeared on “Keep Talking,” a track from “The Division Bell.” The upcoming album is culled from material recorded during the making of that ’94 album.

Like those contained in “Keep Talking,” Hawking’s segments are taken from a ’94 British Telecom television commercial that caught the ear of the band’s David Gilmour.

“This was the most powerful piece of television advertising that I’ve ever seen in my life,” Gilmour said in a radio interview. “I just found it so moving that I felt that I had to try and do something with it, or with him or something, in some way.”

The Guardian reports a spokesperson for the band states the song is not meant to be a sequel to “Keep Talking.”

Nonetheless, the album’s track listing includes another song that seems to indicate sequel: “Autumn ’68” would appear to make reference to the song “Summer ’68,” a song written by late keyboardist Rick Wright on the band’s “Atom Heart Mother” album (1970).

One song on “The Endless River” contains lyrics — “Louder Than Words” with lyrics by Polly Samson — but three other songs are now known to have backing vocals by Gilmour.

“The Endless River” will be released in the U.K. on Nov 10, and the following day in the U.S.


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