Posted September 21, 2010 by Floydian Slip
Live Nation Merchandising Inc. filed suit in U.S. District Court in Boston over the use of Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters’ image on T-shirts and other merchandise.
The suit doesn’t name those it accuses of marketing the merchandise around Waters’ current tour of “The Wall.”
Live Nation says it has the exclusive right to market merchandise before, during and after “The Wall” performances.
Bootleg concert merchandise … there’s something you don’t see everyday.
Posted September 16, 2010 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters opened his 2010/11 tour of Floyd’s seminal “The Wall” tour last night in Toronto’s Air Canada Centre.
For whatever credence you might put in critical reviews, you can see what The Associated Press (AP), The Star, the UK’s Telegraph and Calgary’s 660News thought of the show.
The AP might have been most laudatory: “Many times when classic rock artists perform, there’s an air of nostalgia, but not with Waters. Not only does the material seem fresh, it also appears 2010 is the right time for this tour, probably because of the technology that catapults it into the stratosphere.”
The Star was the most critical of these four reviews, calling the show a “cash-in,” and describing the music as “actually kind of drab and heartless, not much different from what you’d hear at one of those Classic Albums Live nights at the Phoenix were it not for the production values.”
Read the reviews online:
Posted September 15, 2010 by Floydian Slip
We asked you to take a guess as to the date David Gilmour would join Roger Waters on stage during Waters’ tour of “The Wall” that kicked off tonight in Toronto. We’ve been told it’s going to happen, but the date remains shrouded in secrecy.
The polls are closed, and we’ve crunched the numbers:
More than 80 people entered the contest, with guesses fairly evenly split between the North American leg of the tour (Sept. 15 through Dec. 21) and the European leg (March 21 through June 29). Though London’s series of five shows next May is clearly the voters’ favorite.
On the North American side, Waters’ Oct. 5 show at Madison Square Garden was the most popular, earning four votes. On the European side, guesses clustered around the London shows, with the May 11 show at The O2 coming out on top of all shows worldwide with eight votes.
“Floydian Slip” is going on the record by saying our guess is London’s May 17 date.
The person who guesses closest wins a copy of Water’s “The Wall Live in Berlin” on CD. If the winner guesses the exact date, we’ll add to the kitty a sealed copy of last November’s Classic Rock magazine with the 3D Floyd cover.
Now we play the waiting game …
Posted September 14, 2010 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters is on the cover of the Sept. 30 issue of Rolling Stone, due to hit stands tomorrow.
The magazine has an excerpt on its Web site, along with a behind-the-scenes video of the photo shoot for the cover, below:
Posted August 26, 2010 by Floydian Slip
Pigs flew July 10, when Roger Waters joined David Gilmour on stage at the Hoping Foundation charity event in Oxfordshire.
To even the scales, Gilmour has promised to join Waters at one show of his “Wall” tour to perform “Comfortably Numb” with his former bandmate.
But which show? That’s the question.
Guess the closest and win Roger Waters’ “The Wall Live in Berlin” from 1990. Guess the exact date, and we’ll throw in a sealed copy of Classic Rock‘s excellent 3D Pink Floyd issue from Fall 2009, celebrating the 30th anniversary of “The Wall.”
Make your guess now. One guess per person. (Don’t worry, laddy, we’ll know …)
Posted August 26, 2010 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters and music publishing firm Warner/Chappell have renewed their contract.
The arrangement means the company will continue to administer songs Waters wrote or co-wrote while with Floyd — from the band’s “Atom Heart Mother” (1970) album until his departure from the band following “The Final Cut” (1983).
Warner/Chappell is a division of Warner Music Group Corp.
Richard Manners, Managing Director of Warner/Chappell UK said, “Roger is an iconic songwriter, lyricist and musician. Each generation discovers these phenomenal albums anew, and their wide-reaching influence and popularity continues to grow.
“We’re delighted Roger entrusts these songs to Warner/Chappell on a global basis, and we’re looking forward to the work ahead, especially with much-anticipated ‘The Wall’ dates on the horizon.”
Posted August 16, 2010 by Floydian Slip
Nearly a half-hour, this is the full video of the reunion of Pink Floyd‘s Roger Waters and David Gilmour from July’s Hoping Foundation charity event.
Posted August 14, 2010 by Floydian Slip
Roger Waters has made available a “two-minute taster” of his reunion gig with David Gilmour, which took place at the Hoping Foundation charity event in July.
“The sound quality is crap but it was a great night for me, and for him, and also for ‘US and THEM’,” he writes on his Web site.
The video seems to be a hand-held job, shot from the audience of 200.
The duo have given the entire 29-minute set to the foundation, which plans to post it at 5 p.m. Monday UK time.
Posted July 22, 2010 by Floydian Slip
Enter to win a DVD copy of Roger Waters’ “The Wall Live in Berlin” on the 20th anniversary of that concert, July 21, 1990.
With a cast of more than 100 and more than 200,000 people in attendance, Waters’ most-recent performance of “The Wall” took place on the site of the former Berlin Wall, just months after its collapse.
This 2003 DVD contains the complete concert remixed in 5.1 Surround Sound, a new documentary, set and character designs, and unseen footage.
Register to win now. Deadline is Monday, Aug. 2 at 6 p.m. EDT.
Posted July 11, 2010 by Floydian Slip
Pigs flew last night at an Oxfordshire, England, charity event, when Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour and Roger Waters performed live together.
Appearing in Kidlington for a concert to benefit the Hoping Foundation, the two played four songs together, accompanied by Guy Pratt, on bass and acoustic guitar; Harry Waters, on keyboards; Andy Newmark, on drums; Chester Kamen, on guitar; and Jonjo Grisdale, also on keyboards.
The set contained four songs: Floyd classics “Wish You Were Here,” “Comfortably Numb,” and “Another Brick in the Wall (Part Two),” along with Phil Spector’s “To Know Him Is To Love Him.”
The photo is from a rehearsal for the event.
Let’s hope this is a sign of things to come.
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