Monthly Archive: November 2008

Links – Enter The Competition – Discuss on Forum Courtest of online retailer Amazon.co.uk, you can enter a prize draw to win a David Gilmour Signature Series Fender Stratocaster!  There is no purchase necessary on the Amazon site and is open to anyone living in the UK. Amazon.co.uk says “Two of the most recognised names in the guitar world, Fender and David Gilmour have teamed up to bring you the David Gilmour Signature Series Stratocaster. It’s been designed to replicate Gilmour’s legendary Black Strat (used on Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall and Gilmour’s solo releases On an Island and Live in Gdansk) and, luckily for you, we’ve got one to give away. This beautiful guitar has been configured to be as close as possible to Gilmour’s original and includes the same custom pickups, wiring, and paintwork”. Enter The Competition   Source...

Links – Live Earth Website –  Discuss on Forum – Uncut Magazine News – Roger Waters Photos – Brain Damage Magazine – BBC News – NPF Newsletter Roger Waters will be playing at this year’s Live Earth Concert in India. It will be the former Pink Floyd man’s first appearance since the death of his old band mate, Richard Wright. The Live Earth show will take place on December 7 in Mumbai, and will be headlined by Bon Jovi. Al Gore is also set to make an appearance. Other names announced for the show include Anoushka Shankar, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Bipasha Basu, Shiamak Davar, Farhan Akhtar, Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli, Hard Kaur, Jalebee Cartel, Vishal & Shekhar, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sonu Nigam and Shaan. Money For A Good Cause Money raised from this year’s concert will be donated to Climate Project India to help fund...

Ultimate Floyd/Other Playlist Competition – Voting Time! As previously mentioned, Absolute Radio (formerly Virgin Radio) are running a competition for music forums dedicated to a band to come up with the ultimate music playlist! It has to have 6 songs from the band the forum is dedicated to (Pink Floyd) and 6 others! The Prize is that the forum will be featured on Absolute Radio for a day and a Pink Floyd song would be played every hour!! NPF Visitors have now suggested a list of 24 Pink Floyd and 24 Other artists songs. It is time for you to vote for your 6 favourites from each list! The 6 most voted for will then be selected for the NPF Playlist and submitted to Absolute Radio! Cast Your Votes Now It is time to vote for your favourite 6 songs from the Pink Floyd List and the Other Artists List....

Links – Submit Your Song to the NPF Forum Playlist! – Absolute Radio Rock Off! (formely Virgin Radio) Absolute Radio (formerly Virgin Radio) are running a competition for music forums dedicated to a band to come up with the ultimate music playlist! It has to have 6 songs from the band the forum is dedicated to (Pink Floyd) and 6 others! The playlist is to be decided by the forum collectively!! What Is the Prize? The Prize is that the forum will be featured on Absolute Radio for a day and a Pink Floyd song would be played every hour!! Read the Full Info. Important Dates Thursday 13th November 2008 – Playlist Submissions StartTuesday 18th November 2008 – Users can vote for 12 songs from the playlist in a forum pollSunday 23rd November 2008 – Voting ends and playlist is submitted to Absolute Radio How Will This Work? If you would...

Links – BBC Radio 2 –  Discuss this on the forum – NPF Newsletter Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour is to appear on Jools Holland’s Radio 2 show on Monday 10th November 2008.  He is being interviewed about Gdansk album/DVD and will also perform an impromptu version of Albatross by Fleetwood Mac, accompanied by Jools Holland’s band. Jools’ show is broadcast on BBC Radio 2 between 10:30pm and 11:30pm GMT. You can listen on regular FM, digital radio and online.  Feel free to visit the BBC Radio 2 website on the day of broadcast. Feel free to discuss this on the forum and subscribe to the NPF Newsletter for all the latest news. Source – [ BBC Radio 2 ]