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Roger Waters - South American Dates We can finally OFFICIALLY confirm the following. South American dates and venues. March 23rd Rio de Janeiro - Brazil - Praça da Apoteose & March 24th Sao Paulo - Brazil - Morumbi Stadium. Details of ticketing in TOUR DETAILS Our thanks as always to Roger's Manager.

On The Road Again Storm Thorgerson's highly successful travelling art show is about to hit the road again. Storm's Managers have told us that you can look out for the show in Mexico, at the National Museum from 8th March for 3 months. Then concurrently, another show will be running in Cape Town, South Africa from 17th March for 3 weeks. As if that wasn't enough, Switzerland will also get a visit in April. There are still some dates and venues to be decided. Currently we are awaiting information about some further dates, and will advise as soon as we hear. UPDATE Just heard that Storm looks like having a new book out in April called Taken By Storm!

Just Dash This Off Back in July 2005 we featured a magnificent ink painting of Syd Barrett, that was done by the then 15 year old Elli Mundell. We just heard from Elli's mum Debbie again, and she tells us that Elli is basing her Higher School Certificate art major work on Syd's life. Debbie also sent us another wonderful picture, that Elli dashed off in one night! (See picture right, click for full view). As we said before, Elli has a bright future in front of her. VIEW ORIGINAL PIC

Pink Floyd Invited To Perform at World Peace One! Will pigs fly again? On 11th August 'World Peace One' will launch a 24-hour broadcast 'live' from 15 primary host cities across the globe. The event is expected to be seen by more than 3.5 billion people in more than 180 countries. The aims of the event are to to assist, progress, and preserve an emerging world community toward a state of Peace, abundance, and prosperity. Organisers have invited an amazing line up of artists to perform including PINK FLOYD, U2, Madonna, Carlos Santana, Yes, Shakira, the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Sting, David Bowie, The Who, Led Zeppelin and many others. Whilst at this time there has been no confirmation of Pink Floyd's appearance, we can tell you that this news was circulated by EMI (Europe). READ MORE (Our thanks to José Abellán from Animals Pink Floyd Magazine (Spain) for the story.)

David Gilmour DVD David's official blog has confirmed that his upcoming DVD will be called 'Remember That Night', but have vehemently denied that it will be released on 27 March as advised by some websites.

Auckland Video There's now a great collection of video clips filmed at Roger's Auckland show, to join the rapidly growing collection from this leg of the tour. Video & Audio Guide

Echoes - The Complete History of Pink Floyd - Review Well we have now had a chance to read the latest Pink Floyd book that's about to hit the market, and we have to say that it's blown our socks off! Coming not long after the release of the truly excellent Comfortably Numb by Vernon Fitch DETAILS we wondered if there was any more room for yet another quality book on our shelves. The answer is a resounding yes!. READ OUR REVIEW

Nice Little Collection Our video and audio library from Roger's 2007 tour is starting to build, with a collection of Video clips & MP3's from the Sydney show now in .(UPDATE MP3's from Auckland now available). Check It Out

A bass guitar donated and signed by Roger Waters will be auctioned for charity before Roger's concert in Dubai on 21 February. The money raised by auctioning the black Fender Precision Bass will be given to the United Nations Foundation's campaign to eradicate malaria. FULL STORY

On An Island Signed Litho Regular visitors will recall we had a Mega prize giveaway just before Christmas. One of the prizes was an On An Island lithograph, signed by David Gilmour. Well the prize went to Wayne Shelor in Tampa, Florida, and he's just busting to show us his new prized possession. (Click on the thumbnail for larger view)

Sheep - But No Pork For New Zealand! Our poor old Kiwi friends missed out on Roger's Pig & Astronaut at the gig in Christchurch on Saturday night. We sent our hounds sniffing to find out why, and discovered that the porker and the Neil Armstrong look-alike went South to Melbourne by mistake! It's said that Mr Waters was not amused. Read the show reports on Brain Damage, and look for media in our Media Guide

Sensational Sydney Roger Waters blew away a near capacity audience at Sydney Acer Arena on Thursday night. Set list was the same as for the 2006 leg of the show. Highlights included some of the crowd capturing Roger's pig until it could be rescued by security! Roger also tripped at one point, deflty regained his footing, and turned it into a little dance! He also jokingly introduced Dave Kilminster as Dave Gilmour. Please check out Brain Damage for show reports & pictures. Our report of the show is also there. Also don't forget to check out Media From The Show

Australia's 7:30 report features guess who? ABC TV's 7:30 Report have aired yet another interview with Roger Waters. Nothing really new, although it was revealed that whilst in Australia, Roger would spray his inflatable pig with the slogan 'Bring David Hicks Back To Australia'. David Hicks is the Australian who has been held without trial for 5 years at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba by the US Government. Update FULL TRANSCRIPT (Thanks to Ben Craven for the heads up)

Tangerine Dream celebrate their 40th Anniversary in 2007 with the release of their latest album - "Madcap’s Flaming Duty". Released 2nd April, the album is dedicated to former Pink Floyd guitarist Syd Barrett who died in July 2006. Click on the banner for more details

Atom Heart Wow! Back in March 2003 the Conservatoire de Paris presented a concert, featuring the full Atom Heart Mother Suite. What made this special though, is that it was performed by students. Recently, a video of the show surfaced, and all we can say is WOW! This really is worth 35 minutes of your time to WATCH Be prepared to witness one seriously great performance!

Roger Waters On New Zealand TV We received a barrage of emails from New Zealand, telling us that an interview with Roger went to air on Tuesday 23 January on TVNZ Televison. Here's a taste. "We're going to do the show another 62 times this year" (Confirms what we said last year, but only 38 shows so far confirmed, so obviously more to come. - Ed). "I've got tonnes of songs that I've written and half recorded and whatever and there's a couple more albums in the old dog yet and I will make them at some point." And "The Floyders might get back together and do something who knows." and when asked if he could work with David again, replied "Sure, why not?" Read the FULL INTERVIEW (Thanks to all our Kiwi friends for the heads up)

World's Worst Joke? We closed off contributions to Roger's 2006 tour rooms some time ago. However, DJ Johnny V, of Radio station KECH-95 (Idaho), and long time friend of this site, has sent us an interview he did with Nick Mason at the Hollywood Bowl show on 6 October 06. You just gotta hear the joke that Nick cracks, it must be the world's worst!

Roger Waters First 2007 Australian Interview "I guess the Live 8 thing could have been seen as symbolic of something, and in fact I did make some comments to that end. It did seem that to be wandering around espousing this idea of communicating and solving problems while not talking to David Gilmour was hypocritical."FULL INTERVIEW

'Few Changes' to Roger's 2007 Tour Saxophonist Ian Ritchie has said on his splendid BLOG that there are a few minor changes, but it will be basically the same show as in 2006. Roger did mentioned some improved visuals and effects though. The first show of this leg of the tour kicks off on Thursday 25 January, at the Acer Arena in Sydney Australia. (Footnote - Col will be there)

Listen To Roger Waters New Song! As we exclusively revealed before Christmas, Roger Waters has a new song called Hello (I love You) from the movie The Last Mimzy (Due out in March). Now here's you chance to listen to a sound clip of the new song. (Thanks to Simon Wimpenny for the heads up)

Echoes - The Complete History of Pink Floyd From Glenn Povey, the co-author of Floyd bible 'In The Flesh', comes a new book that is a celebration of Pink Floyd's entire career. Echoes is a meticulously researched chronological listing of every single Pink Floyd and solo concert, set list, TV and radio appearance plus a UK and US discography. It is, quite simply, the most comprehensive account of Pink Floyd in print. Illustrated throughout with a wealth of rare and previously unpublished photographs - including many from their pre-Floyd incarnations - as well as rare graphic memorabilia, including posters, advertisements, handbills and tickets from every era of the band's remarkable history, Echoes is a must for every Pink Floyd fan. Released on 1 March, you can pre order from 15 February at www.musicroom.com

Pink Floyd Management There are major changes underway with the Management of Pink Floyd. We understand that as at the end of January, Pink Floyd Management will be restructured, with Nick Mason & David Gilmour's Managers taking over the reigns. A Fleeting Glimpse wishes to go on the public record with our sincere thanks to Shuki Sen, who has been managing PFM since the demise of EMKA, following Steve O'Rourke's death in 2003. Shuki is a genuine friend of Pink Floyd fans, and will be sadly missed. We wish Shuki well for her future.

Ca Ira in Poznan, Poland Roger Waters opera Ca Ira was performed in Poznan, Poland on December 30th 2006. To commemorate the event a special edition 88 page book with full colour and b/w photos was produced. We have managed to obtain a small sample of what appears to be an incredibly beautiful book. This is well worth checking out.

Nick Mason On Guitar?? Nick is amongst 30 musicians who will be designing 30 10ft high fibreglass Gibson Les Paul guitars which will be displayed around London throughout the summer. Once the campaign ends the guitars will be auctioned off to raise money for The Prince's Trust, Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy and the Teenage Cancer Trust. Other stars involved in the project include Paul Weller, Brian May, Bruce Dickinson, Mike Rutherford and many others. WEBSITE (Thanks to Tony Mulligan for assistance with this story).

Unseen 1974 Pink Floyd Pic Floyd fan Neil Springate was fossicking through some old photos just recently, and came across a splendid picture he had taken of the Floyd way back on 22 November 1974, at the Sophia Gardens show in Cardiff, Wales. Check out the hair styles! (Click on the picture to get a larger view.)

New York Times Video Tribute To Syd There's a really nice 8 minute video tribute to Syd Barrett on the New York Times web site. The video, features early footage of Syd, and interviews with photographer Mick Rock and producer Joe Boyd. Access To Video

Roger Waters New Album Delayed? In a phone interview with a Ukraine newspaper on 16 December, Roger indicated that his new, and long awaited album may be held up once again. He is reported to have said that whilst he has written a lot of new songs over the last two years, he still doesn't have a concept, although he is not overly concerned about that. Instead (and here comes the good news) he is working on a new song for a movie, for New Line Cinema. The name of the song is Hello (I love You) from the movie The Last Mimzy. Directed by Bob Shaye, (the founder of New Line Cinema) , it stars Timothy Hutton, Michael Clarke Duncan, Joely Richardson and Rainn Wilson. Due for release in March 2007. TRAILER In addition, Roger has once again confirmed that he will be working on a Broadway adaption of The Wall, the indications being that this will be done in the later part of 2007. READ MORE

Roger Waters USA Store To keep up with demand, Roger's online marketing company Bravado, have now opened a new online store especially for fans from the USA. This joins Roger's INTERNATIONAL STORE that went online earlier this year. Be sure to check out the USA STORE as there's some great items to be had!

Above & Below some cracking pictures from the performance and rehearsals of the Ca Ira in Kiev (Ukraine) on 16th December. You can access MORE HERE Our thanks once again to Bob Close.

Roger Waters 2007 Tour If you are following Roger's 2007 tour on this site, or on our sister site Brain Damage, please check out our 2007 Tour Information for an important announcement regarding coverage.

David Gilmour Nominated For Grammy David has been nominated in the category Best Rock Instrumental Performance, for Castellorizon, from the album On An Island. He's up against some stiff competition, with Joe Satriani, Peter Frampton, The Flaming Lips, and The Arctic Monkeys also nominated in that category. FULL LIST

New Amazon Online Store We are pleased to announce the opening of our new Amazon (US) online store. Here you will find a great collection of CD's, DVD's, T-Shirts and gift ideas. Every purchase made through the store, helps out with the running cost of this site. So if you want some great Floyd gear, and would like to help us out at the same time, please VISIT THE STORE

Ca Ira December Performances Roger Waters Manager has advised us that Roger's opera Ca Ira will be performed in Kiev (Ukraine) on the 16th December with further concerts in The Poznan Opera House, Poznan, Poland on the 30th and 31st December 2006. Roger will attend the Kiev show Further Details

OK We Surrender! Normally we try to avoid putting the results of polls on this site. It's our view that they are pretty meaningless, and in fact can be manipulated quite easily. However, we have received a BARRAGE (Literally dozens) of emails telling us about the ABC poll, as to what is Australias favourite album. Of course, we all knew that Dark Side Of The Moon would win! RESULTS

Ask PP Arnold A Question Have you got a question you would like to ask the legendary PP Arnold? Pat will be taking your questions on the Spanish Animals Pink Floyd Magazine. Although the online magazine is in Spanish, there is, and will be an English translation, so don't be backward in asking anything. You can access the site or email your questions Be quick though, emails must be received by Sunday 17th December.

Second NZ Show Confirmed! It has been confirmed by Roger's Manager that a second show in Christchurch New Zealand on 27 January has been confirmed. (See previous story). DETAILS

Roger Waters Second NZ Show? We have had a report that Roger will be performing a second show in New Zealand at Christchurch on Saturday 27th Jan. We are told that tickets go on sale thru Ticketek on Friday 15th December. This has not yet been officially confirmed by Roger's Manager, but as soon as we hear more, we will let you know. Hopes are dimming for the rumoured second Sydney show on 26th January. Although this show was never officially confirmed, expectations were high that it would go ahead.

Roger Waters Updates Ticket on sale dates are now available for Shanghai, Hong Kong & Prague. DETAILS In addition, Roger's Manager has advised us that Rick Wentworth will conduct the 16th December performance of Ca Ira in Kiev, and also on the 30th December at the Poznan Opera House. Roger will be attending the Kiev show.

David Gilmour Prizes - Did You Win? As part of the celebrations surrounding the re-release of the special bonus edition of On An Island, we have just finalised a great competion that we ran in conjunction with Electric Artists. On offer were three copies of the re-release, with the grand prize being a signed David Gilmour lithograph! This was a tough one to judge, and we were swamped with entries. However, our winners have been decided. Check out to see if you won Details

Sky High Prices At Syd Barrett Auction Those hoping to get a bargain at the auction of Syd Barrett's possessions would have been disappointed. Prices ranged from £160 for an Ikea Billy bookcase, up to a huge £9500 for a still life, painted this year. You can read about the auction, and see the full list of items, and prices obtained over at Astral Piper

Roger Sells Up Roger Waters has sold more than a brick in the wall on Fifth Avenue. Roger has unloaded three apartments he was combining on the 49th floor of 51-story Olympic Tower for $14.5 million. Included in the deal is a smaller studio condo on the 23rd floor, which he bought for guests and the hired help. Roger bought the four units in 2004 for just under $13 million. He also has a smaller condo in SoHo he bought last year for $1.4 million. (Our thanks go to the New York Post for giving us the direct heads up on this story)

Second Earls Court Show Confirmed Finally the official word has come through from Roger's manager that a second Earls Court concert will be held on 12 May. We have been flagging this date for weeks now, and it's now official.

On An Island Re-Release November 28th was well worth noting in your diary. That's the date that saw the re-release of David Gilmour's wonderful On An Island album. As a special bonus, a DVD is included that contains On An Island / This Heaven / Smile / Take A Breath / High Hopes / Comfortably Numb / Astronomy Domine / Plus, Take A Breath from Royal Albert Hall. In other David Gilmour news, DavidGilmour.com have announced the release at Christmas, of two versions of Arnold Layne from the Royal Albert Hall shows earlier this year. One version has David Bowie as featured vocalist, and the other Rick Wright

Blimey! We got it right again. All Roger Waters dates mentioned in our previous story (directly below) have now been officially confirmed. There have also been other dates announced for Mexico, and the UAE. Please see table.

Stand By We understand that some more Roger Waters tour dates are about to be released. We have whispers about Mumbai - India (Feb 18th) (INDIA NOW CONFIRMED)and Augustenborg - Denmark (May 1st). (DENMARK NOW CONFIRMED) We also understand that tickets for the show in Chile on 14 March will be going on sale soon. (Also Confirmed) We stress that none of these dates have yet been officially confirmed.

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