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Roger Waters on NPR

Posted March 26, 2011 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters was a guest on National Public Radio’s “World Cafe” yesterday.

He joined WXPN’s Michaela Majount in an excellent 30-minute talk about “The Wall.”

Listen to the interview online.

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Roger Waters box set coming to U.K.

Posted March 19, 2011 by Floydian Slip

Sony Music will release in the U.K. a box set of Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters‘s solo material.

“The Album Collection” will be available for £31.99 on April 4. It’ll be available the following day in the U.S. as an import for $46.43.

The 8-CD set includes: “The Pros & Cons of Hitch Hiking” (1984), “Radio K.A.O.S.” (1987), “Amused to Death” (1992), “In the Flesh” (2000) as a 2-CD/1-DVD set, and Waters’s 2-CD opera “Ca Ira” (2005).

This is supposedly a limited edition, which will be available only during the balance of Waters’s tour of “The Wall.”

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“The Wall Live in Berlin” to be re-released

Posted March 9, 2011 by Floydian Slip

In case you haven’t had your fill of talk about live performances of Pink Floyd’s “The Wall,” this month will see a re-release of Roger Waters‘ Berlin, Germany, performance from 1990.

“The Wall Live in Berlin” will be re-issued with bonus material as 2-DVD and 2-CD sets on March 29 in the U.S.

Some of the extras promised are:

An extended cut of the “Behind The Wall” documentary, expanding it from 30 to 70 minutes.
The original, unedited “warts and all” broadcast of the event. It includes an introduction by Leonard Cheshire, the then-72-year-old British war hero-turned-activist who founded the Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief, the beneficiary of Waters’ concert. (Cheshire died the summer following the concert.)
Footage shot by Floyd animator Ian Emes of Rupert Everett (Pink), Marianne Faithful and Ute Lemper for stage projections, edited here as theatrical promotional clips.
Original, full-screen Gerald Scarfe animations
New liner notes by Record Collector editor Daryl Easlea

The concert took place at Berlin’s Potzdamer Platz on July 21, 1990, and was originally released by Mercury Records in September ’90.

It received its first re-release in 2003, with new packaging, artwork and liner notes.

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Roger Waters wins Pollstar award

Posted February 9, 2011 by Floydian Slip

Roger Waters‘s 2010 North American tour of “The Wall” received two Pollstar Concert Industry Awards.

The tour received “Major Tour of the Year” as well as “Most Creative Stage Production.”

The 22nd annual awards, voted on by peers within the concert industry, were handed out at an event at Los Angeles’s Club Nokia last Saturday, with Chris Hardwick of G4 TV network’s “Web Soup” hosting.

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‘Wall’ tour 2nd highest grossing of 2010

Posted January 28, 2011 by Floydian Slip

According to Pollstar, Roger Waters‘s North American tour of “The Wall” was the second highest grossing tour of 2010. It earned $89.5 million.

Waters was second only to Bon Jovi, who grossed $108 million.

Here are the Top 10 for ’10:

Bon Jovi ($108 million)
Roger Waters ($89.5 million)
Dave Matthews Band ($72.9 million)
Michael Bublé ($65.7 million)
Eagles ($64.5 million)
Paul McCartney ($61.8 million)
Lady Gaga ($51 million)
James Taylor/Carole King ($50.7 million)
Black Eyed Peas ($50.5 million)
John Mayer ($49.9 million)

Waters begins his European leg of the tour in March.

Pollstar is a Fresno, Calif., trade publication that covers the worldwide concert industry.

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Roger Waters’ “Conan” appearance online

Posted December 16, 2010 by Floydian Slip

If you missed last night’s “Conan” on TBS, you can watch Conan O’Brien‘s interview with Roger Waters on Waters’ Web site.

The chat seemed a little awkward — maybe bordering on contentious at a couple points.

Anyone else think so?

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Roger Waters to appear on Conan

Posted December 14, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters will appear on the “Conan” show tomorrow, Dec. 15.

He’ll be one of three guests along with actress Amy Adams (“Enchanted,” “Julie & Julia,” “Doubt”) and indie band Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros.

The show’s Web site promises Waters “will be here to talk about just what ‘Dark Side of The Moon’ was really all about. (Hint: If you play it while watching ‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’ things get real trippy.)”

Waters’ last appearance on American TV was “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon,” May 5.

Hosted by Conan O’Brien, “Conan” is on TBS at 11 p.m. EST.

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Ron Geesin to appear on Floydian Slip

Posted November 21, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Avant-garde multimedia artist Ron Geesin will appear on “Floydian Slip” next weekend.

Geesin collaborated on the 1970 film soundtrack “Music from The Body” with Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters. That album turns 40 years old Nov. 28.

Geesin also worked with the band on its 1970 “Atom Heart Mother” album, struggling to handle orchestrations on the epic “Atom Heart Mother Suite” while the band was away on tour.

Geesin is only the fourth guest to appear on “Floydian Slip” in the show’s 20-year history. Sleeve designer Storm Thorgerson was on the show in 1997; sound engineer Andy Jackson appeared in 2001; and “Wall” artist Gerald Scarfe was a guest just a few weeks ago.

Geesin will appear on show #764, which will air Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 27 and 28.

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Waters, Gilmour spotted together in Minneapolis

Posted October 26, 2010 by Floydian Slip

According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune Web site, Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters and David Gilmour were spotted having dinner out last night.

Chris Riemenschneider writes that a local writer and music fan positively identified Gilmour as one of the members of Waters’ party at Bar La Grassa in Minneapolis, Minn., Monday night.

Waters is said to have been sporting a marching hammers hoodie. No word on Gilmour’s attire.

Fans are speculating when Gilmour will join Waters on stage during his “Wall” tour to perform “Comfortably Numb.” The guitarist made the promise as part of a deal that brought the two together at a charity event in Oxfordshire in July. The exact date of the “Wall” reunion, however, has not been made public.

Ticket holders for tonight’s Omaha show have their fingers crossed.

Read the blog post.

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