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Roger Waters Web site updated

Posted April 12, 2010 by Floydian Slip

As expected, Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters launched a new Web site at 2 p.m. EDT today, announcing his 35-date North American tour of “The Wall” coming this fall.

The site allows fans to register for the opportunity to purchase premium tickets for the upcoming tour.

Unfortunately, the registration application and other portions of the new site have behaved sporadically in the first hour since its debut, perhaps due to a heavy surge of visitors.

The site also includes an explanation of why Waters decided to revisit “The Wall” after 30 years.

“Thirty years ago when I wrote ‘The Wall’ I was a frightened young man,” he writes. “In the intervening years it has occurred to me that maybe the story of my fear and loss with its concomitant inevitable residue of ridicule, shame and punishment, provides an allegory for broader concerns: Nationalism, racism, sexism, religion.”

Read Waters’ full explanation at the site.


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Roger Waters to tour “The Wall” this fall

Posted April 12, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters announced today he’ll tour Pink Floyd’s magnum opus “The Wall” in North America this fall.

The tour begins Sept. 15 in Toronto and concludes Dec. 13 in Anaheim, Calif.

Details of the tour are to be posted at the official Roger Waters Web site at 2 p.m. EDT. AOL’s Spinner site posted an exclusive story this morning.

Here’s the itinerary, so far:

(Addendum, April 20: Dates may change; visit the official Roger Waters site for current dates.)

  1. September 15: Toronto — Air Canada Centre
  2. September 20: Chicago — United Center
  3. September 21: Chicago — United Center
  4. September 26: Pittsburgh — Consol Energy Center
  5. September 28: Cleveland — Quicken Loans Arena
  6. September 30: Boston — TD Garden
  7. October 5: New York — Madison Square Garden
  8. October 8: Buffalo — HSBC Arena
  9. October 10: Washington DC — Verizon Center
  10. October 12: Uniondale — Nassau Coliseum
  11. October 15: Hartford — XL Center
  12. October 17: Ottawa — ScotiaBank Place
  13. October 19: Montreal — Bell Centre
  14. October 22: Columbus — Schottenstein Center
  15. October 24: Detroit — Palace of Auburn Hills
  16. October 26: Omaha — Qwest Center
  17. October 27: St Paul — Xcel Energy Center
  18. October 29: St. Louis — Scottrade Center
  19. October 30: Kansas City — Sprint Center
  20. November 3: New York — Izod Center
  21. November 8: Philadelphia — Wachovia Center
  22. November 9: Philadelphia — Wachovia Center
  23. November 13: Fort Lauderdale — Bank Atlantic Center
  24. November 16: Tampa — St. Pete Times Forum
  25. November 18: Atlanta — Philips Arena
  26. November 20: Houston — Toyota Center
  27. November 21: Dallas — American Airlines Center
  28. November 23: Denver — Pepsi Center
  29. November 26: Las Vegas —MGM Grand Garden Arena
  30. November 27: Phoenix — US Airways Center
  31. November 29: Los Angeles — The Forum
  32. December 6: San Jose — HP Pavilion
  33. December 10: Vancouver —General Motors Place
  34. December 11: Tacoma — Tacoma Dome
  35. December 13: Anaheim — Honda Cente

Waters was quoted in stories at the time of the 30th anniversary of “The Wall” last November that he’d like to launch a tour of “The Wall.” Due to expense and staging complexities, Pink Floyd’s original tour in 1980/81 only played a handful of venues around the world.

Waters also performed “The Wall” with an all-star cast of more than 100 on July 21, 1990, at Germany’s Potzdamer Platz, site of the former Berlin Wall. Nearly a half-million people attended the show, which was a charity event for the Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief. That concert was turned into an album and concert video, “The Wall Live in Berlin.”

The last time Waters was out, he performed Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” in its entirety.


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Live “Wall” tour from Waters seems imminent

Posted April 12, 2010 by Floydian Slip

We’re expecting an announcement of tour dates on the official Web site of Roger Waters in about five hours.

The site’s design, revamped in the last 24-48 hours, seems to indicate speculation the tour will be of Pink Floyd’s 1979 album “The Wall” is true.

Details and dates are supposed to be posted at 2 p.m. EDT.


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Roger Waters concert dates coming Monday

Posted April 10, 2010 by Floydian Slip

We’re expecting concert dates for Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters to be announced Monday.

Details of Waters’ upcoming shows should be made live at his official Web site at 2 p.m. EDT. The site has been displaying nothing but a Sony Music logo for some time.

Waters has said in recent interviews that he’d like to tour “The Wall” in 2010/11.


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Barrett book coming this spring

Posted April 1, 2010 by Floydian Slip

English publishing house Faber and Faber will publish “Syd Barrett: A Very Irregular Head” this spring.

Written by Rob Chapman, the 448-page paperback promises to include extensive, first-time interviews with members of the Pink Floyd founder’s family.

Graham Coxon (Blur) has written the foreword.

Priced at £14.99, the book’s expected to be published May 6.

Order your copy now. Your purchase helps support “Floydian Slip.”


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Floyd designer interviewed in Independent

Posted March 31, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Long-time Pink Floyd sleeve designer Storm Thorgerson is interviewed in today’s “Independent.”

In a piece titled “Storming in: From Ummagumma to Elegy,” Thorgerson says he’s “currently working for Pink Floyd.”

Did he simply misspeak? Or is there a new Floyd project forthcoming?

Read the whole article online.


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Syd Barrett book in development

Posted March 30, 2010 by Floydian Slip

U.K. publisher Essential Works is planning to publish a high-end, hardcover book devoted to Syd Barrett.

“Barrett,” to be published as a small run and sold primarily via the Web, will focus on the “creative life” of the once-Floyd frontman. It’ll include more than 100 images, more than half of which have never before been published.

The company has set up a registration area at its Web site to gauge interest in the project. “We need people to register so that we know there’s enough interest out there,” according to Essential Works’ Russell Beecher. The volume of registrations will determine whether the project moves forward.

If it does, publication is expected in the fall for a price of about £60, plus delivery. A percentage of all sales will go to the Syd Barrett Estate, which has authorized the book.

Learn more and register your interest at the Web site.


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Floydian Slip songlist #726

Posted March 8, 2010 by Floydian Slip

“David Gilmour Birthday Special”

  1. Shine on You Crazy Diamond I-V
    David Gilmour in Concert DVD (David Gilmour) (2002)
  2. Sorrow
    A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)
  3. Wot’s … Uh the Deal
    Live in Gdansk (David Gilmour) (2008)
  4. I Can’t Breathe Anymore
    David Gilmour (David Gilmour) (1978)
  5. Childhood’s End
    Obscured by Clouds (1972)
  6. Fat Old Sun
    BBC Radio 2 (David Gilmour) (2002)
  7. All Lovers are Deranged
    About Face (David Gilmour) (1984)
  8. Blue Light
    Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour VHS (1984)

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Flaming Lips to do “Dark Side” at Bonnaroo

Posted February 3, 2010 by Floydian Slip

New Music Express reports The Flaming Lips will perform Pink Floyd‘s “Dark Side of the Moon” in its entirety at the Bonnaroo festival in June.

The Oklahoma group recently released a re-recording of the album on iTunes, and performed it live during their New Year’s Eve gig in Oklahoma City.

Bonnaroo takes place in Manchester, Tenn., June 10-13. Tickets go on sale Feb. 9, the same date the festival plans to officially announce its artist lineup.

While the Lips appearance seems to be a sure thing, rumors still circulate that Floyd’s Roger Waters might perform “The Wall” at the festival.

Waters said during interviews spotlighting the 30th anniversary of that seminal Floyd album he’d like to launch a proper tour of “The Wall” in 2010/11.

While his appearance in Tennessee in June is, very likely, just a rumor, we’ll be tuning in next week to see what Bonnaroo has to say.

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Syd Barrett on Mojo cover

Posted January 26, 2010 by Floydian Slip

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.


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