Monthly Archive: November 2006
Resources & Links Press Release (MSWord) | BBC Children In Need | Discuss on Forum | The BBC’s Children in Need Appeal is set to get off to a flying start next week thanks to Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson and Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason.The two qualified pilots are offering listeners to Terry Wogan’s breakfast show on BBC Radio 2 the opportunity to fly with them to the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire next summer! What To Do To Win To be in with a chance of flying with Nick Mason as your pilot, you need to make a bid on the prize! Phone BBC Radio 2 on Thursday between 8am and 9am. I think the phone number will be the same as the “donation” phone number which is 0845 733 2233. (or +00 44 845 733 2233 outside the United Kingdom). For more information,...
Resources & Links Discuss on forum | Roger Waters 2006 Tour Photos | Roger’s Website | Three more Roger Waters concerts in the UK in May 2007 are now available to pre-order from TicketRush.com. The promoters LiveNation, who made the live 8 tickets available, are selling tickets for the Manchester MEN , the NEC in Birmingham and Earls Court, London! Naturally, I now have tickets for the MEN!!! These 3 dates are just a few from the 2007 Roger Waters tour dates. More to follow. Make sure you are getting the free NPF Newsletter to be informed of any development! Roger Waters 2007 Tour Dates January 2007 25 Sydney Acer Arena – Ticketek 26 Sydney Acer Arena * Not Confirmed 29 Auckland NZ North Harbour Stadium – Ticketmaster NZ (On Sale 3 Nov) February 2007 1 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena – Ticketek 2 Melbourne Rod Laver Arena – Pre...
A brief look at the bands the Pink Floyd members were part of before the Pink Floyd formed and started going places! Feel free to discuss this article on the forum when read. ———————————————————————————— Being in the right place at the right time and meeting the right people seems key to success in the music industry. A love of the new music pouring in from the USA in the form of Rhythm and Blues numbers, which allowed young teenagers to rebel against their parents Jazz and classical collections, would have inspired young men the country over to pick up a guitar and form a R&B band! The death of Roger Barrett’s father and the flying of the nest of his siblings meant that Barrett’s liberal mother allowed up to 30 young people at a time to invade a room in her house to jam and listen to the new music,...
A brief look at the development of bootleg trading and its transformation after the introduction of the internet. The article looks at new electronic trading systems and questions what the future of bootleg trading may be in light of The Who making their own concert bootlegs and selling them! —————————————————————————- Above: a re-pressing of the first rock vinyl bootleg by Bob Dylan called Great White Wonder. Below: An old TDK C60 cassette tape! The first ever vinyl rock bootleg recording is commonly believed to be of Bob Dylan which had live tracks and basement recordings dating back to 1961 circulated around 1969. It was a collection of demos which went by the name of “Great White Wonder”. There are other recordings which precede this one but many are jazz and opera performances which may not be of interest to many rock fans! Since that first recording, the process of people...
