Yet another track has been previewed from the upcoming The Later Years 1987-2019 box set. This time we get to hear the early version of High Hopes, which includes a wonderful non-slide guitar solo.
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Roger Waters, speaking to El Universal at The Venice Film Festival, confirmed that he plans to tour North America and Mexico in 2020.
In the interview, which followed the screening of the Us + Them concert film, Waters mentions Ciudad Juárez and Mexico City as possible tour stops. Waters also hopes for the Ciudad Juárez concert to be a free concert, similar to Zocalo on his 2016 tour.
We’ll post more details as they become available, so remember to check back with A Fleeting Glimpse regularly.
Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets has just announced a run of 13 shows planned for the UK & Ireland. The shows will take place in April and May of 2020, with tickets going on sale on the 19th of September 2019.
29/04/2020 – Convention Centre, Dublin
01/05/2020 – Barbican, York
02/05/2020 – De Montfort Hall, Leicester
04/05/2020 – Mayflower, Southampton
05/05/2020 – St. David’s Hall, Cardiff
07/05/2020 – Royal Albert Hall, London
08/05/2020 – Philharmonic, Liverpool
09/05/2020 – City Hall, Sheffield
11/05/2020 – Symphony Hall, Birmingham
12/05/2020 – Forum, Bath
14/05/2020 – Sage, Gateshead
15/05/2020 – O2 Apollo, Manchester
16/05/2020 – Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Make sure to check the official website next week if you want to order tickets.
Another week, another preview from ‘The Later Years’ box set. Following on from the video of Wish You Were Here from Knebworth 1990, we get Comfortably Numb from the same show. It’s only audio this time around, but what lovely audio it is. A lot of work has gone in to this remastered mix, and it really shows.
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Good news for all of our Spanish readers, The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains has been extended until October 27, 2019. Originally set to run from May 10, 2019 to September 15, 2019, another 6 weeks have been added to the exhibition’s run.
The Exhibition is a wonderful, detailed look in to the history of the group, from their beginnings in the underground scene of the 60s, all the way through to their reunion performance at Live 8 in 2005. You’ll find photos, videos, instruments, props and much, much more.
Tickets can be booked online at the official website.
Pink Floyd have shared some new footage from the upcoming ‘The Later Years’ box set. The snippet contains 60 seconds of footage from the ‘A Momentary Lapse of Reason – Album Cover Photo Shoot’ documentary found on the supplemental Blu-ray and DVD.
One of the most eye-catching of album covers from 1987 – Pink Floyd’s A Momentary Lapse Of Reason, released on this day. The image was inspired by a lyric in Yet Another Movie… pic.twitter.com/odTyNhKT3M
— Pink Floyd (@pinkfloyd) September 7, 2019
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Back in June the David Gilmour Guitar Collection Auction at Christie’s in New York raised a staggering $21.5 million for environmental law charity Client Earth.
While only a small number of people were able to attend in person, we were lucky enough to have a man on the inside in Brian Gibbons. Not only was Brian lucky enough to attend and successfully bid on the 1957 Electric Mandolin, he also filmed the auctioning of the famous Black Strat! Enjoy.
Roger Waters has announced via Twitter that he will be performing Wish You Were Here in front of the UK Home Office. The performance will take place on Monday the 2nd of September at 6pm London time.
Waters has previously shown his support for Assange in various interviews and tweets.