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Treasure Trove!! Some incredible pictures of Pink Floyd circa about 1965 have just surfaced. The majority of these brilliant pics have never been seen before on the net. Have a look at a few of the samples above, and then COME ON IN to our special exhibit, featuring 26 glorious pics.

Roger Waters and his band ended their massive world tour on Saturday 14 July in Toronto, Canada. This has easily been Roger's most successful tour to date, playing to sell out crowds just about everywhere he went. We all look forward now to a new album (Hopefully some time this decade!) and possibly a DVD of the tour.

Win Beyond The Darkside Tickets We have a bunch of Beyond The Darkside tickets to give away to some lucky Australian AFG visitors. To be in with a chance to win, all you have to do is check out the tour dates on the BTDS New Website and then drop us an email with the subject heading Beyond telling us what show you would like to attend. Don't forget to include your name and address. We will pick one winner at random for each of the shows on the current tour. Each winner will receive a double pass to the show of their choice.. UPDATE WE NOW HAVE ALL OUR WINNERS (There will be further chances to win as other daters are announced in the future)

Roger Waters Steals Live Earth Show! Roger and the band put in an amazing performance at the Live Earth event, so much so, that they are being acclaimed as the best of the 150 bands that performed throughout the world. The set list consisted of The Flesh, Money, Us And Them, Brain Damage/Eclipse The Happiest Days Of Our Lives - Another Brick In The Wall pt 2. The crowd were on their feet as a bunch of young kids from New Jersey took to the stage with Roger, and joined him in Another Brick (pt2). A giant inflatable WHITE pig was launched to the amazment of some of the crowd. (The pig can be seen backstage getting a sprayjob before lift off in the picture right) All songs can be downloaded as MP3's in THE FORUM, or torrent at Yeeskul Most songs are also available on YouTube (Pic thanks to Brad Kaplan)

Better Be Quick! Those groovy folk over at Rock Music Memorabillia have told us that two of the 1975 Knebworth commemorative sets, which were thought to be sold out, have just turned up. Numbered 8/200 and 9/200, these sets are selling for a very reasonable £49.95. You can check out what's in the sets HERE First in, best dressed, contact them at info@rockmusicmemorabilia.com

Piper Re-Release Date Change EMI Records have now brought the worldwide dates in line, to be Monday 27th August in Europe (Italy 24th) and Tuesday 28th August in North America.

The Thing About Syd BBC Radio2 will be airing a Syd Barrett documentary on 14 July that comes up to date with an exploration of Barrett’s passing and the fulsome tributes in the media with comments from editors and journalists about what made Barrett. The programme also features interviews with members of Pink Floyd. FULL DETAILS UPDATE Postponed until 21 July 8pm

Beyond The Darkside Tickets One of the worlds premier Floyd tribute bands are soon to embark on their mini Australian tour, and we have some great news for AFG visitors. We have been given DOUBLE TICKETS to give away for each show of the tour! More details soon. SITE

Roger Waters Live Earth Appearance We have been deluged with questions about what time Roger will be appearing at the Live Earth event in New York on 7/7/07. Roger's Manager has just been in touch to tell us that whilst the actual time is unknown, Roger will be performing after Bon Jovi and before 'The Police'.

David Gilmour Records TV Show. David's Blog has reported that David has just finished recording a TV programme for the BBC at his Astoria houseboat-studio. It's to be a 3 part series about the history of the guitar, with David appearing in the final part. No air date has yet been reported.

Nick At Goodwood Our friend Phil Evans caught up with Nick Mason at the Goodwood Festival Of Speed on the weekend of 23/24 June, and has kindly sent along some great shots. (Click the thumbnails to enlarge)

Roger Waters DVD The Calgary show was also filmed. Our sources tell us that Roger will look at the footage from all 4 shows recorded (Manchester, Birmingham, Vancouver & Calgary) to decide if a DVD is viable. In addition, Ian Ritchie's blog has confirmed that Graham Broad's new drum kit had to be 'disguised' (for continuity purposes), presumably so that it looked to be the same in all 4 shows.

As our little bird told us, filming did take place at Roger's Vancouver show (21 June) Despite an official denial from Roger's Manager about this footage being used for a DVD, we are convinced that a DVD of this tour will eventually be released. Check out the FORUM for more info.

Roger Waters DVD Amazing the things we hear from our little bird. This time he is chirping that the Roger Waters show at Vancouver Canada on 21 June will be filmed in high definition to be used for a tour DVD! Nothing official mind, just a little bird chirping away.....

Missing Out? If you are a Roger Waters fan, and are following his current tour, you really should join THE FORUM Thousands of other fans are already getting the benefit of the many exclusive goodies to be found there, so why not join us?

Date Change We have had official word from Roger's Manager that Roger's scheduled date at Darien Lake has been changed from 13th July to 12th July. This is due to logistical difficulties in getting to Canada in time to perform the following day in Toronto. Tickets for July 13th show are valid for the July 12th show. Tickets are still available at www.livenation.com and all Ticketmaster outlets.

Advisory Our good friends the Bannisters over at Rock Music Memorabilia tell us they had a major system failure recently. If you ordered anything from them in the period 29th May - 5th June, would you please contact info@rockmusicmemorabilia.com as soon as possible.

It's Official Pink Floyd's OFFICIAL SITE is carrying the news about The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn re-release. There are a number of small details about this release that we didn't carry in our news items about this, so pop on over to the official site to get the fine detail.

See Emily Play We are often asked to feature up and coming artists on this web site. Most times we decline, because although we do what we can to support new bands, we only have so much space! However, from time to time certain acts do catch our eye, generally because they are experimental and/or Floyd related. It's for this reason we would like to introduce you to LG & Friends with their very psychedelic SEE EMILY PLAY

Thank You! Whew! What an amazing month June has been. We have managed to giveaway boat loads of prizes that will be going to Floyd/Waters fans throughout the world. Just a shame everybody couldn't win a prize. There will be further competitions coming up throughout the year, so make sure you call in whenever you can to get your Floyd fix. We would like to once again thank our sponsors, who made this all possible Rock Music Memorabilia | Anthill Trading | Accelerated Capital Bravado | Brain Damage |Circus Earth Winners for the month of June 2007 Paula Nugent - Canterbury, Kent UK - Roger Waters Tour T-shirt Stephanie van der Linde - Clarenville, NL Canada - DSOM Lighter Paul Trotman - Dunedin New Zealand - Roger Waters Tour T-Shirt Mark Giardina - Marlborough, MA USA - DSOM billed Beanie Angela Halstead - Atco, NJ USA - Division Bell lighter Miles McIsaac - North York. Ontario Canada - Black Tee – Wish You Were Here Man on fire art Anne Marchant - Exeter, UK - There Must Be A Better Way (book) / Syd Barrett Tribute Prog. Stefan Demarbaix - Loch Lomond, Scotland - 1975 Knebworth T-Shirt Roy Gilgun - Ramat-Gan, Israel - Wish You Were Here Lighter Meghan Griffin - Rixeyville, VA USA - Black Tee – Distressed DSOM logo 1973 Tour Jeremy King - Portland, Dorset UK - Circus Earth CD PLUS Syd Barrett Tribute Programme Natalie Lyons - Romford, Essex UK - Roger Waters 2007 Tour Programme Mark Fuge - Prospect, NSW Australia - 1975 Knebworth T-Shirt Brian Young - Indianapolis, IN USA - Long sleeve Tee AMLOR art front/ World Tour 87 back Bert Stronks - Tiel, Netherlands - Charcoal tee with DSOM 1973 Tour Paul Adams - Lancashire UK - 1975 Knebworth T-Shirt Julien Richard - Dambenois, France - Black Web Belt with DSOM logo on buckle Calum Barnes - West Lothian, Scotland - Roger Waters Tour T-Shirt Kuznetsov Roman - Moscow, Russia - Circus Earth CD Dan Myers - Fishers, IN USA - Black Tee with Delicate Sound of Thunder art Carlo Ruberto - Göteborg, Sweden - Dark Side Of The Moon coffee mug Lauren Juliff - Staines, UK - 1975 Knebworth T-Shirt Michael Schuster - Sunderland, UK - Roger Waters Ceramic Mug Andrew Beale - Lunenburg, MA USA - Roger Waters Tour T-Shirt Matt Gazzara - Hammonton, NJ USA - Dark Side Of The Moon wallet

Clarification A few days ago we reported that EMI had issued a press release regarding the upcoming re-release of Piper At The Gates Of Dawn. We wish it to be known that the information received by us was not an official public press release, but was in fact an internal memorandum.

Roger Waters meets the Phillie Phanatic after Roger threw out the first pitch at the Phillies V's Giants game on 1 June. For the record, the Phillies got thumped! MORE (Thanks to both Christopher Avery & Mitch S for their help with this story)

Piper Confirmed! We are very happy to tell you that EMI have just issued a press release*(See above) about the upcoming Piper At The Gates Of Dawn re-release. Release date is scheduled for 3 September 2007 and will be a Deluxe 3 CD set, in a DVD sized hardback book format with a reproduction of a previously unseen Syd Barrett notebook. There will be a Stereo disc, mono disc version of the album (different takes of the tracks), and a 3rd disc of all 1967 singles and B sides, plus unreleased edits of 2 tracks (TBC), all in sequence.  All music remastered by James Guthrie. A 2 CD standard version of the stereo and mono discs, but without booklet and singles disc, will also be released in a brilliant box and will be priced at deluxe 1 CD price.

Special Thanks To our resident graphic designer Bill Evans for the new logos.

BBC 2 - 7 Ages Of Rock - Pink Floyd The second episode in the BBC's look at "The Seven Ages Of Rock" went to air last weekend ( 26 May) and featured extensive Pink Floyd coverage. There's some great footage up on YouTube

"We just did a liquid light show for PINK FLOYD" Ever wondered what a Pink Floyd related event might look like from the lighting crews point of view? A team of legendary psychedelic lighting people, including Pink Floyd’s own Peter Wynne-Willson, were employed to do the lighting for three recent Floyd related events. Namely 'Games For May', 'Syd Barrett - Madcaps Last Laugh' (Where Roger Waters & Pink Floyd performed), and 'Our Technicolour Dream'. Optifanatics (part of the lighting team) were given special permission to photograph these events, and have been in contact with us to bring these stunning photos (and a few videos) to your attention. Simply select the show of your choice from the pictures below, and we will whisk you away to view and enjoy.

Piper Latest We now have some more info on The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn re-release. We still stress that this info is not from our usual official sources, but does come from somebody highly placed in the record industry. The info we have been given is that the 4 members of the band are working on the project (even though Roger is on tour), and that there is a collaboration between David Gilmour & Roger Waters. It's said that the cover will be done by Storm Thorgerson, and the 5.1 sound by James Guthrie. The 40th anniversary edition will be one CD with extra tracks. It's not known which tracks these may be, but there will be surprises. Expected release date between August and September and it will be a special tribute to Syd Barrett. We repeat, this is NOT OFFICIAL.

Rumours Abound! We are hearing persistent rumours that 'The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn' (Pink Floyd's first album released in 1967) is currently being worked on, (with possible band participation?) and that we can expect to see a 40th Anniversary edition issued later this year. Is there any truth in this? To be honest, we don't know, but if we find out we will be sure to bring you the news!

Last Minute Decision? We understand (but stress this is not official) that David, Nick & Rick only agreed to perform at the Syd Barrett event (last week) on the actual day of the concert. The information comes from a very good source.

Pink Floyd Appear At Syd Barrett Tribute!!! Major surprises at the Syd Barrett tribute show at the Barbican in London on Thursday night. (10 May) The event, organised by Joe Boyd, included people such as Robyn Hitchcock, Chrissie Hynde, and Kevin Ayers. But then in a major surprise Roger Waters took the stage to perform Flickering Flame with Jon Carin. Then in the second half David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright came on and performed Arnold Layne, before closing the show with most of the other performers, singing Bike! WATCH ARNOLD LAYNE | BIKE | FLICKERING FLAME We are currently trying to catch up with the truck load of emails that we have received about this, and hope to repond to all soon. Make sure you catch up with all the latest in THE FORUM

Perfect Alibi Winners of tickets for the Exeter show have been announced. Did You Win??? Next giveaway is for the Maidstone show on 30 June. Entries Close 23 June Get in the draw now

Taken By Storm - The Book A superb collection of the best album artwork by Storm Thorgerson. It provides both a showcase for his recent work and an anthology for his previous works. Featuring many instantly recognisable, classic album covers that have become masterpieces in their own right and iconic images. The book features images Dark Side Of The Moon , Led Zeppelin, Muse, Offspring, The Cranberries, Audioslave, Ian Dury and The Blockheads, Peter Gabriel, Black Sabbath, Syd Barrett, Catherine Wheel, 10cc plus many more. Many of the album covers were designed before Photoshop was created, so Storm often uses just photography, paint and sculpture instead to create these masterpieces. Available now! Pre-Order USA Paperback | Purchase UK Paperback

Spotted! In the audience for Roger's Earls Court show on Friday night (11th) none other than David Gilmour's wife Polly, and son Charlie. It's thought that David may also have been in attendance, but we are unable to confirm that at this time.

Special Offer Many of you will be aware of the combined Bath and Knebworth Festivals commemorative set sold by the legendary concert promoter, Freddy Bannister, showcasing Pink Floyd's appearances alongside many other top bands. Wendy, Freddy's wife, has just been in touch with a special offer exclusive to us at A Fleeting Glimpse, and our sister site Brain Damage. Buy the set, and they'll give you a 1975 Pink Floyd Knebworth crew t-shirt as an extra special free gift. For more info please email info@rockmusicmemorabilia.com

Guy Pratt Special Deal As many of you will know, Guy Pratt has a hugely successful one man comedy show, and a new book, both called "My Bass and Other Animals". Guy will be performing at the Millfield Theatre (Edmonton, London) on Friday 1st June, and we have a super offer if you want to attend. Tickets are normally £12, but if you mention A Fleeting Glimpse when booking, you can get your tickets for a mere £5 (Bargain!) (Applies to phone bookings only. Phone Box Office: 020 8807 6680). WEBSITE Don't forget, Guy's book is out this Thursday (24th May) and can be purchased through our special link. UK - (Ships Worldwide)

Roger Waters DVD??? We have had reports from Roger Waters Manchester gig (7 May), that the concert was filmed for DVD. There is nothing official on this, but it's said that there were at least 12 cameras being used. There were also signs at the doors saying ' this show will be filmed for archival purposes', which no doubt encouraged the crowd singalongs! If we hear anything more, you can be sure we will let you know. UPDATE The Birmingham show on 8th May was also filmed. At this time there has been no comment from Roger's Manager. If we were betting folks, we would say there's a DVD in this, but don't quote us!

Roger Waters at the Syd Barrett Tribute at the Barbican 10 May. There are stacks more pictures including pics of David, Nick & Rick in THE FORUM (Pics thanks to Joe McGuire)

Together Again! Last Friday (4th May) David Gilmour, Rick Wright & Nick Mason got together once more. Sadly, not to play again, but they did attend the launch of Storm Thorgerson's new book 'Taken By Storm' at Abbey Road Studios. (See photo right) Pre-Order USA Paperback | Purchase UK Paperback

Roger At Live Earth Update A little bird told us that Roger Waters has a 20 minute set booked, and comes on before the newly reformed 'The Police', for his performance at the Giants Stadium in New Jersey on 7th July.

Echoes - The Complete History of Pink Floyd We have had a number of emails asking where you can purchase this wonderful book by Glenn Povey. Amazon UK are currently carrying the book, and it can be ordered through this special link. Echoes The info we have says that it will not be available through Amazon US for a while yet.

What Does It Take? Many Floyd fans the world over know the name Vernon Fitch. The Pink Floyd Encyclopedia was one of his brilliant works, and just recently, Vernon co-wrote and published Comfortably Numb-A History of "The Wall." (with some assistance from David Gilmour) So, what motivates Vernon to write about Pink Floyd? How did his obsession with the band begin? We posed these questions and more to him, and you can now read our exclusive story of the LIFE & TIMES OF VERNON FITCH

Dave Kilminster LIVE with Sue Marchant on BBC Radio May 9th Wednesday, 9 May Dave will be Sue Marchant’s guest on BBC Radio (www.bbc.co.uk/radio). Dave will come on somewhere between eight and eight thirty pm UK time and stay til ten pm. If you aren’t in the UK, you can still listen! (Go to www.timeanddate.com to find out what time it is in your area!). Go to this link and click on “Listen Live” to tune in.

Roger Sees 'The Wall' A naturally very excited Bjarte Aasmul from Norwegian tribute band Dark Side Of The Wall has been in touch to tell us that none other than Roger Waters, and some of his band, rocked up to see Dark Side Of The Wall perform 'The Wall' in Bergen Norway last Saturday night (28th April). Both Harry Waters & Ian Richie (from Roger's band) confirm the event in their blogs, with Harry using high praise by saying "The band had a great vibe and really captured the spirit of that album". Ian wrote "There was something quite surreal about standing in the dark with Roger listening to a Norwegian band perform his mega opus"

A Rare Pink Floyd Promo Video for "Jugband Blues" is to be screened on TV for the first time, as part of a new BBC documentary series "The Seven Ages Of Rock." The promo video is made up of small shorts including talking computors and see-through teapots. "Jugband Blues" was the final video that Syd Barrett was included in before leaving the band. The new series will also feature a multitude of rare and never-seen-before film footage, including the first known broadcast of an alternate promo for the Floyd single "Arnold Layne" as well as home-made film footage of the band in 1967. Previously unknown to Pink Floyd collectors, there is also a clip of the first film in colour of the band with David Gilmour. More Info

Come Fly With Nick! How does a spin in Nick Mason's private helicopter with Nick as your pilot grab you? Fancy having Nick give you and a friend a private tour of his world famous classic car collection in Gloucestershire? Let's throw in lunch, and a signed copy of his book ‘Into the Red: 22 Classic Cars That Shaped a Century’. Sound good? Well here's your chance to do all that and more! You can bid to spend an afternoon with Nick, and at the same time help a worthy cause. FULL DETAILS

Roger For Glastonbury? There's some SPECULATION that Roger may be putting in another appearance at the Glastonbury Festival this coming June. However Glastonbury is between June 22 and 24, and Roger is booked to play in Canada on the 21st, 23rd & 24th, so we find it unlikely that he will fly back with the band for just one day! If we hear anything official, we will be sure to let you know.

Re-Building The Wall - Now Here Here's your chance to win this outstanding tribute to Pink Floyd's epic album 'The Wall'. Some of Prog and Rock's biggest stars have got together to reconstruct Roger Waters 1979' masterpiece. There are tracks by members of such bands as Jethro Tull, King Crimson, The Doors, Deep Purple, Gentle Giant, Yes, Asia. Styx, ELP, The Cars, Toto, Montrose and many more! We have two 2 x CD sets to give away to our visitors, in this easy to competition. WINNERS ANNOUNCED - DID YOU WIN??? Details

No Pink Floyd For Live Earth Despite widespread media speculation, sadly it appears as if Pink Floyd have no intention of performing at this event. As we told you a couple of weeks ago, Roger Waters IS confirmed to appear, but in a statement just made, Roger has said "I can tell you that (the) others have not agreed to play it,". He went on to say "I cannot imagine why anyone would not agree to take part in the July super-gig, aimed at raising more awareness about environmental issues." LIVE EARTH DETAILS

Taken By Storm Update As we revealed back on 5th February, Storm Thorgerson has a new book coming out, and the release date has been set at 3rd May. Those that read our previous story will recall the book is aptly titled 'Taken By Storm', which by no coincidence, happens to be the same name as Storm's travelling art exhibition The book is available to pre-order from our special Amazon UK link, and we will have USA details as soon as they are announced.

PLEASE! No more requests for information about back stage passes for the Roger Waters tour. Sorry, but we just can't help you, and you are wasting your time by asking.

Roger Waters 2007 Tour Gear Those groovy people at Bravado want you to know that they have just finished restocking Roger's online shop, and it now contains all sorts of goodies from the 2007 leg of the tour. (In addition to the 2006 range) Judging by the amount of emails we receive about the tour rogramme, we think they will quickly sell out! Check It Out

Wake Up Sydney! Those who live in the Sydney area are in for a treat on 27 April. Brilliant Aussie Floyd tribute 'Shine On' will appearing at the Camden Civic Centre, with their outstanding 150 minutes of full on sensational Floyd. Tickets are available by phoning (02) 4655 8681 Don't miss these guys!

Additional UK Roger Waters Tickets If you missed out on scoring tickets to either the Manchester MEN Arena show on May 7th, or the Birmingham NEC show on May 8th, LIVE NATION have just released some additional seats for these shows. For those that can afford it, they also have some VIP seats for both Earls Court shows.

Win A Great Night Out! Our good friends Perfect Alibi are on the road again. One of the UK's foremost Pink Floyd tributes, Perfect Alibi have just announced a bunch of UK dates, and we have tickets to give away to four of the shows. In all, there are 8 pair of tickets to be won, in our easy to enter competition. Tickets are being given away NOW! ENTER HERE | Perfect Alibi Website

Roger Waters Confirmed For Live Earth It's been confirmed that Roger has been added to the lineup for Live Earth, Al Gore’s seven-city, twenty-four-hour concert for the environment, to be held on 7th July. No sign of David, Rick & Nick though. LIVE EARTH PROMO

More For The Orphans Collection It's been a while since we added anything to our 'Orphans' collection, but we have just opened yet another page to accommodate the latest collection of Floyd rarities. This time it's in the form of a collection of rare handbills, ticket stubs and posters, from the 1967 - 1972 period. While you are there, be sure to check out the full orphans collecton. You never know what you might find!

Roger Waters Signs PULSE CD! In a surprisingly frank entry, Harry Waters (Son of Roger if you didn't know) added this little gem to his tour blog "We drank high quality smoothies and I played cards with the old man and won $30. During the game he was asked to sign over a dozen or so CD's including a copy of Pulse. The promoters ignorance was swiftly rewarded with the word "Wanker" rather than "Roger Waters" on the cover of his CD" Why not visit Harry's site, and read more blog entries!

Joe Boyd Interview Joe, who has has worked with Eric Clapton, Nick Drake and of course Pink Floyd, has just given a really great radio interview for NPR (National Public Radio). He talks about many things, including his co-founding of the famous UFO club in London in 1967, and a sad tale about Syd Barrett. Joe is promoting his new book, called White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s. Listen To Interview Buy the Book USA | UK

Roger Waters CD Single As we have been telling you since before last Christmas, Roger Waters has a new song Hello (I Love You). The song will be available as a CD single, consisting of a 4'30" radio edit, and the full 6'12" album version, (from the movie) and is only available from Silva Screen Records It can be pre-ordered online now for release on 26 March. The digital single will also be available as a download from 7Digital & iTunes and can also be pre-ordered & previewed at 7Digital now. The FULL soundtrack from the album can be ordered through our special Amazon links USA & UK

Watch Roger Perform His New Song As we reported prior to Christmas last year, Roger has a new song coming out, which is for the forthcoming film The Last Mimzy. Called 'Hello I Love You' the song will be available for download on 26th March. In the meantime, you can watch Roger perform the song in the recording studio.

Signed By Pink Floyd A guitar, signed by all Pink Floyd members just sold for $37,000 (NZ) at the Rugby World Cup gala dinner in New Zealand. The proceeds of the auction will go to the Starship hospital. Source

On The Cover Of The Rolling Stone Keep an eye out for the edition of a Rolling Stone, that came out on March 23rd. Pink Floyd make the cover, and the mag promised "the most complete retrospective of the band to ever fill our pages" More Info

So Long South America Roger's South American leg of the tour has drawn to a close, and the band will be taking a well earned rest, until they kick off again in Europe on 11 April, in beautiful Switzerland. Be sure to check out the tour room for video of EVERY show so far!

Roger Goes Fishing. Snapped some distance from Buenos Aires. Roger is holding a Dorado fish, understood to weigh more than 20 Kg. More like this in THE FORUM

Quick Update Tickets for Rogers 10th July show at Hartford CT go on sale on 23rd March (not 17th) and the March 13th July show at Darien Lake go on sale on 24th March. (Thanks as always to Roger's Manager)

UK Concert Season Hots Up Residents of the UK can look forward to a treat on 10th May. There's to be a tribute show to the late Syd Barrett at The Barbican The event has the blessing of UFO co-founder, and one time Barrett producer Joe Boyd.

Roger Mobbed In Lima Peru! In scenes reminiscent of Beatlemania, a large crowd turned out to meet Roger on his visit to Peru. At one stage it looked as if matters were going to get out of hand, but thanks to security, Roger survived the crush, and managed to keep many of the crowd happy as he signed autographs. Check out the WILD SCENES

Tangerine Dream Lovers To dovetail Tangerine Dream’s 40th Anniversary (1967–2007), their new studio album “Madcap’s Flaming Duty” (released April 2nd), and only UK performance at the London Astoria on April 20th, the band will release the stunning live DVD “Phaedra 35th Anniversary Concert: Live At Shepherds Bush” on Monday 14th May 2007. More Details Or Concert Footage

Update On Roger's 2007 US Tour Roger's Manager has been in touch to tell us that the Hartford CT show at the New England Dodge Music Center has moved FROM July 13th TO July 10th. in order that a show at Darien Lake PAC, Darien Center, NY can be added in for July 13th.

Trust Fund For Darrell Ives A trust fund has been set up by the band Depeche Mode for the children of the late Darrell Ives. Darrell you will recall, was Roger Waters head of security, and died whilst on tour with Roger on 16th February. Darrell had a long association with Depeche Mode, who are asking that cheques/checks should be made out to the Darrell Ives Trust, and sent to the Darrell Ives Trust c/o Phillips Gold and Company, LLP 1430 Broadway New York, NY 10018 (cheques/checks can be sent in any currency). There will be a memorial service for Darrell on Saturday, March 24th. (Memorial details available on request)

Doubt Over Roger Waters DVD Although never officially announced, there has been a widespread expectation that Roger would produce a DVD from his current tour. Rumours were rife in 2006 that the Magny Cours (France) concert was to be filmed, and similar rumours were around for Roger's Hollywood Bowl performances. However, we are now hearing that a DVD has not been planned at all.

Hong Kong tailor stitches 165 shirts for Roger Waters Roger recently visited Sam's Tailor in Hong Kong and placed a $10,000 + order for 165 shirts and 5 stage suits. The task was completed in just 18 hours, with workers stitching through the night to complete the order. SOURCE

NPF Festival 2007 Our friends over at Neptune Pink Floyd (UK) will be staging their 2007 Pink Floyd Festival over the August bank holiday weekend from the 25th to the 26th. There are four top Floyd tributes scheduled to play, (Darkside, Us Not Them, Breathe and Us And Them) and a very special guest in Guy Pratt, performing his My Bass & Other Animals comedy show. Read More

The Davy O'List Interview Pink Floyd, The Nice (with Keith Emerson) and Roxy Music, are just some of the bands Davy has played with in his illustrious career. Davy kindly agreed to an exclusive interview with A Fleeting Glimpse, where you can read tales of Hendrix, Syd Barrett, and many others. INTERVIEW

Roger's Security Manager Dead. It has been confirmed that Darrell Ives, Roger's head of security, passed away in Hong Kong on the 16th Feb due to a heart attack. A former all-star football player, Darrell had his own security company and worked for the likes of Tiger Woods, Bono, The Who, Hulk Hogan, Depeche Mode, Muhammed Ali , George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton. Darrell was also a humanitarian, and worked with & raised money for starving kids in Namibia - Africa. Darrell was responsible for looking after Col backstage at the Brisbane concert on 5 February, and this news has come as a great shock. We pass on our sympathies to his family.

Syd Barrett Painting Sells For £4000 The painting, titled A Design for a Panel of Abstract Crosses, went under the hammer in a fine art auction at Cheffins in Cambridge. Syd painted it in 1965 and gave it to his then girlfriend, Vivien Brans. It was then passed to her nephew, who is from Cambridge. In November last year, 76 items from his home in St Margaret's Square, Cambridge, fetched a total of £120,000 at Cheffins.

Backstage With Roger Waters Armed with a couple of backstage passes, Col set off to see Roger Waters perform in Brisbane on 5 February. You can now read the full report of the meeting, along with pictures of a memorable night. The abbreviated story & pics also feature on our sister site Brain Damage

Roger Waters USA Dates Confirmed We have now had OFFICIAL confirmation of Roger's North American dates, and ticket on sale dates.Check it out

Pigs Really Do Fly Roger's pig escaped his leash in Perth on Friday night! The pig, the size of a bus floated across Perth skies after it escaped from the concert. Police say it appears someone may have deliberately cut the pig free. Police monitored the pig's flight to ensure the airways were not disrupted. It made its way into the swimming pool of a house in the Perth southern suburb of Bateman some 15 kilometres away.