Monthly Archive: July 2009

Links – Official Wall 2009 Czech Website | Tickets | 100s of Pink Floyd The Wall Photos | Discuss on Forum In the year that marks its 30th anniversary, Pink Floyd’s The Wall is set to be performed live once again in Prague, Czech Republic on 31st October 2009 at the O2 Arena. It will be performed by approximately 20 musicians including bass player, vocalist and producer Filip Benešovský. Pink Floyd will not be involved. Other musicians who will be involved include Michal Malátný (Chinaski), Jan Neckář (Bacily), Zdeněk Kluka, Roman Dragoun (Progres 2) and Czech guitar star Radim Hladík. Limited Pink Floyd The Wall Shows Because of the huge scale of Pink Floyd’s performances of The Wall, it was only ever performed in California, New York, London and Germany between 13th February 1980 and 17th June 1981 in 31 shows. The shows were massive multimedia events including projecting Gerald...

Links – Discuss on NPF Forum | Spoken Word Website (Promoter) | Pink Floyd‘s bass player Guy Pratt is set to embark on his 18 date tour of Australia commencing tomorrow (10th July 2009).  Progressing on from his My Bass and Other Animals comedy tour, he has added much more material to his performance which goes under the title “Breakfast of Idiots“.  You can see the tour dates below with links to purchase tickets which is presented by Spoken Word Australia. Speaking to NPF: NPF: What can the audience expect from your Australian tour of “Breakfast of Idiots”?  How does it compare to My Bass and Other Animals? Guy: It’s not such a drawn out autobiographical thing, I’ve dropped a few bits that I’m bored with and added a load of new stories. NPF: Any good gossip in the new show?? Guy: Of course! There’s actually a bit of a...

Links – PDF of the letter | Discuss the letter on the forum Nearly 60 leading actors, artists, poets, broadcasters, novelists, directors, playwrights and commentators have joined anti poverty charity ActionAid to send an open letter to world leaders on the eve of the G8 summit. Names include political philosopher Noam Chomsky and actors Emma Thompson and Kevin Spacey. The letter demands that G8 leaders create a new, fairer financial system and deliver on their promise to find billions to help recession-hit poor countries. ActionAid’s UK Director, Richard Miller said: “The global economic crisis was created by rich countries but is now driving people in poor countries further into poverty and hunger. “It’s time to reset the world’s moral compass. G8 leaders must find £14 billion by 2012 to help save the 25,000 people who die of hunger every day. As part of ActionAid’s commitment to fighting the poverty caused...

Links – | PDF Press Clipping | Discuss the article on the forum and share you thoughts Pink Floyd’s very own David Gilmour wrote an article for the Guardian Newspaper on 2nd July 2009 as part of the papers 40th Anniversary celebrations regarding putting a man on the moon.  It was regarding Pink Floyd’s atmospheric tune “Moonhead”, performed live on July 20th 1969 in a BBC TV studio. You can read said article below. >>> Listen to Moonhead here. <<< We [Pink Floyd] were in a BBC TV studio jamming to the landing. It was a live broadcast, and there was a panel of scientists on one side of the studio, with us on the other. I was 23. The programming was a little looser in those days, and if a producer of a late-night programme felt like it, they would do something a bit off the wall. Funnily enough...