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David Gilmour Album "On An Island Tour"

Wednesday, 07 December 2005 17:42 News Archive (2005)

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David Gilmour Album At last, the news many Pink Floyd fans have been eagerly awaiting! We are pleased to be able to bring you full details of David Gilmour's UK and European tour dates.

David will be touring in Spring 2006, with his 'On An Island Tour', the title coming from Gilmour’s new solo album which is released on 6 March 2006. Amongst the shows will be two UK dates - the 29th and 30th May at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

From 9am on Wednesday 7th December until noon on Thursday 8th December there will be a priority booking period for 200 pairs of £65 tickets for the two Royal Albert Hall concerts. These will only be available via a website which will be available shortly - www.davidgilmour.com; following this priority booking period, tickets will then be available from 9am on Friday 9th December from:

Royal Albert Hall Box Office Tel: 020 7589 8212
www.royalalberthall.com
SEE – 0871 230 0333 or www.seetickets.com
OR www.davidgilmour.com.

Tickets for the London shows are priced at: £65/£60/£50/£30 plus booking fee.

This will be David Gilmour’s first European tour since Pink Floyd’s triumphant Division Bell tour in 1994 and his first public performance following this Summer’s Pink Floyd appearance at Live 8. He commented:

“I’m very much looking forward to this tour and making music with the great musicians in the band. I’ve had a fantastic time making ‘On An Island’ and really want to perform tracks from it, along with my more familiar repertoire. I’m rather hoping that with this tour announcement people will believe me when I say, honestly, this is the only band I plan to tour with!”

Marc Brickman, lighting genius who has worked with Gilmour on many Floyd tours, will design the lighting for the intimate venues chosen for this tour.

Here's the full run-down of dates confirmed so far:

March 10 - Dortmund, Konzerthaus
March 11 - Hamburg, Congress Centrum Hamburg
March 15 - Paris, Le Grand Rex
March 16 - Paris, L’Olympia
March 18 - Frankfurt, Alte Oper
March 19 - Amsterdam, The Heineken Music Hall
March 20 - Amsterdam, The Heineken Music Hall
March 24 - Milan, Teatro Arcimboldi
March 25 - Milan, Teatro Arcimboldi
March 26 - Rome, Auditorium Parco Della Musica

April: USA/ Canada: to be announced

May 29 - London, Royal Albert Hall
May 30 - London, Royal Albert Hall

Ticket Information for all the European concerts will be at: www.davidgilmour.com shortly.

Source: [ Brain Damage ]

 

New David Gilmour Album - On An Island

Friday, 02 December 2005 17:42 News Archive (2005)

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David Gilmour and wife Polly Sampson

David Gilmour and wife Polly Sampson

Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour has more than one reason to celebrate on his 60th birthday next year - March 6th 2006 sees the long-awaited release of his new solo album "On An Island".

Released on EMI Records, the album is the first solo release from David since 1984's "About Face". Following the release of "On An Island", David will embark on a European and American tour during the months of March, April and May 2006 - and we should have details of these dates soon.

"On An Island" is produced by David, along with Chris Thomas and Phil Manzanera. Orchestrations are by the renowned composer Zbigniew Preisner and were recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London.

The title track teams Gilmour with David Crosby and Graham Nash - three of the greatest voices in contemporary music. Richard Wright, Robert Wyatt, Jools Holland, and Guy Pratt also feature on the album.

Tour Dates So Far

* 11th March - CCH, Hamburg
* 15th March - Grand Rex, Paris
* 16th March - Olympia, Paris
* 24th/25th March - Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Milan

Source: [ Brain Damage ]

 

Pink Floyd Accept UK Music Award

Tuesday, 15 November 2005 17:40 News Archive (2005)

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Channel 4 | Download - Greatest Gigs (Floyd Segment) | Download - The Ceremony (Floyd Acccepting)

UK Music hall of Fame
Download: World's Greatest Gigs DVD Video - The Wall Segment - Download Page
Download: Pink Floyd accepting award

Pink Floyd have now been inducted into the UK Music Hall Of Fame and presented with their award by Pete Townsend.

David Gilmour and Nick Mason were at the event and Roger Waters made an appearance from Italy via video link. Ric Wright was not present as he is having an operation on his eye.

Roger Waters seemed to take offence at Davids's comment about Roger being a "passenger" on the "fabuous ride" that is Pink Floyd.

Download

You can download the Pink Floyd part of the awards ceremony on this page.

Transcript

DG: Well, there's only two of us tonight. Rick's erm... I think he's in hospital. He's just had an eye operation, poor sausage! And, Roger's opening his opera tomorrow night I think in Rome. I think he's... oh, there he is.... <Roger appears on big video screen>

NM: Scary....

DG: ...to which we wish him the best of luck. <applause> And erm... to all the er... passengers on this fabulous ride we've been on erm including Syd, Roger, Michael, Steve O'Rourke, Tony Hudd and all those other people who have slipped off our tour bus at one point or another... cheers for them too.

NM: Are we going to have a word from Roger?

RW: You can have one, or even two, or three or four! I confess I never felt like a passenger but, not withstanding that, I am sorry I cant be here, er there tonight, erm.. All those eulogies were rather unnerving but I have to say very touching and er the response that we've have had over the years from our public is very moving, and not least when we were all together that day in July er this year.....er which was fantastic er for us.... and erm to revisit it then and seeing those scenes from it reminded me of how great that was all to be together again.

Rick actually hasn't had an eye operation....he and I have eloped to Rome and we are living happily in a small apartment off the [Via Venuti]! Be that as it may, I thank you very much for this. It means a lot to me and thank you very much everybody. <applause>.

NM: And thank you from me as well its erm.. can i have a go with it? Yeah, it is something to make up for nearly 40 year of having to listening to bad drummer jokes. I think. Although there is just one that I actually heard today that I thought.... yeah actually that sort of sums it up really. Its a small boy who says to his mother, "When I grow up, I am going to be a drummer". His mother laughs and looks at him pityingly and says, "You cant do both"!

DG: Well done, Nick! You did your best!

Source: [ Channel 4 ]

 

 

Pink Floyd UK Music Hall of Fame 2005

Tuesday, 15 November 2005 17:39 News Archive (2005)

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Channel 4 | Download - Greatest Gigs (Floyd Segment)

UK Music hall of Fame
Download: World's Greatest Gigs DVD Video - The Wall Segment - Download Page
 

Pink Floyd are to be inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame (2005) in a ceremony to be held at Alexandra Palace in London on Thursday 17th November 2005.

The ceremony will be broadcast by Channel 4 (England, UK) at 9pm on Thursday 17th November.

Although Pink Floyd will not be performing live, it has been reported that some members will be present.

Roger Waters was due to join the band at the event but he has commitments with his Ca Ira opera in Italy and he has chosen to focus on that instead.

Channel 4 have broadcast a series of highly watchable TV Programs as detailed below.

The Programs So Far...

Sunday November 6, 8:00pm
Hall Of Fame: Introduction
Easing you gently into the Hall Of Fame season is Dermot O'Leary and a big list of pop stars. More specifically, those pop stars who have sold the most records this millennium. Crivens! This three and a half hour extravaganza will count down the biggest selling albums since 2000. Who'll swipe the number one spot? We're keeping our fingers crossed for Lorraine, Love Bites and The Modern.


Monday November 7, 11:00pm
Who Killed Brian Jones?
Documentary exploring the spooky, unexplained death of the Rolling Stones' Brian Jones. Just three weeks after being sacked from one of the biggest bands in the world, poor Bri was found dead at the bottom of his swimming pool, and the precise cause of his death has remained a mystery. This programme sheds new light on the tragedy and features interviews with key witnesses.


Tuesday November 8, 11:05pm
Madonna: Who's That Girl?
Another chance to see this rather splendid Madge documentary which charts her career from when she was nowt but an urchin in fingerless gloves to her current status as most amazing lady pop star evah. Not to be missed.


Wednesday November 9, 11:05pm
World's Greatest Gigs
Everyone has a favourite gig - whether you still get teary-eyed every time you rememeber the evening when the local one man band got a standing ovation at the Dog & Duck, or you were lucky enough to be squished against the barriers at Live 8. But which gigs are the stuff of legends? This programme will tell you, featuring footage from the 20 greatest rock concerts of all time. Were you there? Well, were you? Followed by Jimi Hendrix - The Road To Woodstock, showing the snake-hipped guitar legend's most notorious onstage moment.


Thursday November 10, 11:40pm
The Who: Behind 'Who's Next'
This documentary does exactly what it says on the tin: The Who cast their minds back to the good old days and tell the story behind their 'Who's Next' album. Imagine! Featuring hair, nostalgia and previously unseen perfomances of album tracks aplenty.


Monday November 14, 11:00pm
John Peel's Record Collection
While the much-missed Peelie had a record collection encompassing over 100,000 records, CDs and singles, he had a soft spot for certain songs in particular, carrying 140 with him at all times! Blimey. This documentary looks at those very records and the artists which inspired one of the most influential DJs of all time.


Tuesday November 15, 11:05pm
Is This The Real Life? The Queen Story
The story of the world-conquering rock band from their early long-haired, spandex-wearing, opera-singing days to the tragic death of their flamboyant frontman, Freddie Mercury, in 1991. Possibly including that bit from 'Wayne's World' where they all sing 'Bohemian Rhapsody' in the car.


Wednesday November 16, 11:05pm
Vertigo 2005: U2 Live In Chicago
Fancy seeing Bono strut his leather-clad 'stuff' on stage in the windy city? Look no further! See the pint-sized Irish rock god warble his way through U2's biggest hits while the band's sound system, video screen and lighting rig use up more electricity than it would take to power the world for a year. Or something.


Thursday November 17, 9:00pm
UK Music Hall Of Fame Induction
The season concludes with the ceremony itself, introduced by Dermot O'Leary. Which pop and rock stars have been brain-bendingly amazing enough to be allowed into the Hall Of Fame? Well, there's Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd and New Order for starters. And some other people too. We forget. But the important thing is that the ceremony will be utterly star-studded and brilliant, and will have pop stars performing great stuff all over the shop. Hurrah! Completely unmissable by anyone's reckoning.

Source: [ Channel 4 ]

 

 

Mastermind: Pink Floyd Questions!

Monday, 24 October 2005 17:38 News Archive (2005)

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BBC Mastermind Website | Discuss on Forum

Mastermind, a long running authoritative BBC quiz show, is to feature questions on one of rock music's greatest ever band, PinkFloyd!

The 30 year old show will be broadcast tomorrow (25th Oct 2005) at 8PM on BBC2.

Feel free to chat about this on the forum.

UPDATE

You can now download a video of the Pink Floyd round on this page.

Source: [ Brain Damage and BBC ]

 
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