Monthly Archive: June 2005

Resources & Links Times Article | Discuss on Forum EMI has scored a coup over rival music companies by securing the DVD rights to this weekend’s Live 8 concerts after agreeing to pay several million pounds upfront to the event’s organisers, The Times has learnt. The British music group won a hotly contested bidding war for the rights to release a DVD of the event by offering the organisers a generous cut of the profits and a large advance that will go towards paying for staging the concerts. The worldwide event will feature a reunion of the group Pink Floyd as well as performances by artists including Coldplay, Madonna, Green Day, 50 Cent, Paul McCartney and U2. The concerts on Saturday will take place simultaneously in Hyde Park in London and cities including Philadelphia, Paris and Toronto. The Live 8 DVD is expected to generate greater sales than the original...

The 3 song set list Pink Floyd will be playing at the Live 8 concert on 2nd July in Hyde Park, London, has been revealed by Live 8 concert organiser Bob Geldof. Breathe, Comfortably Numb and Wish You Were Here will be performed by Pink Floyd joined by ex-member Roger Waters. Pink Floyd will be on second before last. Paul McCartney will be opening the concert with U2 dressed in Sgt Peppers outfits and will return to the stage seven hours later to end the show by leading an ensemble rendition of The Long and Winding Road, a rallying call for people to travel to Edinburgh to put pressure on the G8 summit starting four days later.   Sunday Times Article SIR Paul McCartney and the Irish rock group U2, dressed in Sgt Pepper costumes, are due to open next weekend’s Live 8 concerts singing “It was 20 years ago...

As part of the publicity following Pink Floyd and Roger Waters revelation that they would re-unite for a gig at Live 8 next month on 2nd July, Nick Mason (Floyd drummer) was interviewed for ITV news. You can download the video and read the transcript below. Discuss on Forum Here…   Transcript between James Mates and Nick Mason Mates: They’re resisted every effort to get back together, until Bob Geldof got on the phone… Mason: He was really looking for a real novelty act! To reconstitute this particular line-up of this particular band, was a great idea, and it was really Bob promoting this. Mates: He got on the phone to you all? Mason: Yeah. He started with David, and then he worked his way around. I think he was probably as surprised as we were! Richard Curtis said to me, ‘Well, look, if the Pink Floyd can agree on...

Pink Floyd will be joined by Roger Waters to perform at the Live 8 concert in London’s Hyde Park on 2nd July 2005 to help raise awareness for the need to cancel Africa’s debt. The fantastic news has been confirmed by Pink Floyd’s management and is on the Pink Floyd website. Tickets are free and you can enter the draw to win a pair by texting the letter c to 84599. It will cost you £1.50 plus your operator charge. The deadline is tonight (12th June 2005) at midnight so get texting! The draw takes place on 13th June.   From Reuters LONDON, June 12 (Reuters) – Four members of seminal British rock band Pink Floyd will play together for the first time in 24 years at London’s Live 8 charity concert for Africa on July 2, publicists for the event said on Sunday. Guitarist David Gilmour, drummer Nick Mason...

Click to enlarge… The Artwork to Roger Waters’ Ça Ira opera has been revealed on his official website. The hybrid CD is due to be released on 27th September 2005 and features a documentary on the making of the album so should be a good purchase! You can listen to a preview of Ca Ira in this excerpt video. Source: [ http://www.roger-waters.com ]