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More David Gilmour Tour Dates Added. As suspected, David has announced a few more shows, this time in Italy in August. Details are: Wed 2nd Italy Firenze (Florence) Piazza San Croce | Fri 4th Italy Venezia (Venice) Piazza San Marco | Sat 5th Italy Venezia (Venice) Piazza San Marco. Full details, including ticketing information can be found in our TOUR ROOMS

Still looking for David Gilmour Tickets? If you are looking for a ticket or two for some of David's upcoming UK concerts you might want to check out THE FORUM There's sometimes an odd ticket or two available, and in most cases they are FACE VALUE. This is where fans are really helping fans. No rip off's here, no scalpers allowed.

Roger Waters Red Square Show Moved - Updated We recently reported that the Roger Waters show scheduled for Red Square (Russia) on 24 June had been moved to the Olimpiski Arena. The reason being that an official Kremlin ceremony is to be held that day, and Red Square is not available. We have now heard that the Moscow show will now be held at Vasilyevsky Spusk, which is an area just behind Red Square. Entrance to the area is by the Kremlin wall. Moscow Tour Room Thanks to our friend Alex in Moscow for help with this story

Roger Waters - Another Boston Date Officially Confirmed Roger will be performing a second concert at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield MA on 9 September. This is in addition to the concert scheduled there on 8 September. Tickets will go on sale on 20 May, with tickets going on sale to Amercan Express holdersas of now. (We have had stacks of emails complaining about preferential treatment for AMEX holders. Sadly, there is nothing we can do about it, but we hear you!) Thanks to Peter Fahey for the initial heads up, and to Roger's Manager for the official notification.

Roger in Poland. Roger Waters was in Poland on 8 May to work on the adaptation of his Ca Ira classical concert piece ahead of its world premiere as an opera. Waters was invited last year, after Ca Ira made its world debut as a concert in Rome, to stage the piece as an opera in the western Polish city of Poznan on July 7 Check out the Full Story and a great collection of Pictures

Nick Mason To Join Roger Waters In Hyde Park! It has just been announced that Nick Mason will take on the drumming duties for Dark Side Of The Moon at Roger's concert in Hyde Park London on 1 July. This is the second gig where Nick has agreed to team up with Roger on his upcoming tour. The other being on 14 July at Magny Cours France (French Formula 1 Grand Prix). There are whispers of a couple of other dates where Nick may appear, but at this time nothing is confirmed.

Dark Side Of The Moon 1,500 Weeks On Charts! Entering the Billboard top 200 chart in March 1973, more than 14 years later -- 736 weeks to be precise -- in July 1988, it finally fell off the chart. Add in a later run on that chart and another 759 weeks on the Top Pop Catalog Albums chart, and Dark Side Of The Moon, this week, reaches the staggering plane of 1,500 weeks on the charts. Read The Billboard Story Or Reuters Report with longer Roger Interview

Pigs Elephants Might Fly! Floyd fan Wayne Riley just happened to be passing Battersea Power Station a few days ago and got the shock of his life! Instead of seeing a flying pig, he spotted a giant mechanical elephant! Thinking it might be the cover shot for a new Floyd album, Wayne made further enquiries. However, all hopes were dashed when Wayne was told the elephant was being prepared for a parade in London. We checked this out further, and discovered the 42 ton, 40 foot high mechanical elephant is being paraded around London by the French theater group Royal de Luxe. There's a closer shot of the elephant in action on the left. Click on either picture for a closer view.

I've Got A Bike How cool is this? Floyd nut Ian Burrett has taken his passion just one step further, and had his Lambretta scooter decked out in the Dark Side Of The Moon theme. Apparently it even comes with it's own mirror ball! We are hoping to get more pictures from Ian soon, but in the meantime click on the image to catch a glimpse of this beauty. (If you have anything unusual decorated with a Pink Floyd theme (no tatts please!) then get a pic in to us so we can feature it here).

On An Island Vinyl EMI Records (UK and Europe) plan to release the LP version of On An Island on May 29. The package will be a heavy-weight, virgin vinyl release, including a gatefold sleeve and 12" x 12" renditions of Steve Knee's artwork, plus all lyrics and credits. More Details (News Section)

Roger's Tour Rooms We have finished constructing all the rooms for Roger's upcoming tour, but we now need your help. If you spot any material relating to the tour, please SEND IT IN We are currently looking for ticket scans, so if you have already received your ticket, please scan it and email it to us as soon as you can. Check out Roger's Tour Rooms

Simply Stunning Check out these beautiful professionally shot images of David Gilmour performing at the Radio City Music Hall on 4 April. They were provided to us by documentary film maker Mark Estabrook, and make magnificent wallpaper for your computer. Click on each image for the full stunning view. All images are copyright. Mark has no problem with you using them for your personal use, but please do not use them on web pages and the like.

World Scoop - Roger Waters Doodle! Here's your chance to check out something that has seldom been seen. To the best of our knowledge no other Floyd/Waters web site has shown this before, but we are game if you are. Glimpse Roger's Doodle

Hard Rock Collection Expands More contributions are now in for our collection of Floyd material that is featured in Hard Rock Cafe's around the world. The new inclusions are from Times Square - New York, where we have also previously had other material from. If you are thinking of visiting a Hard Rock Cafe, make sure you take a camera with you, and get a pic of Floyd stuff for The Glimpse!

Orphans 16 Now Open! We have had to yet again expand the 'Orphans' section of the site to make room for even more exhibits, check out Orphans 16 and all the other pages in this treasure trove of Floyd memorabillia.

David Gilmour AOL sessions Shot in a studio in New York on April 7th, the session features the band in a stripped-down setting. There are some short interviews and behind-the-scenes footage, as well as selected songs from On An Island. Make sure you do a site search for the extras, including comments by Rick wright. The AOL sessions

David Gilmour On Jay Leno You can view a replay of David's performance on the Jay Leno show/On An Island | Wish You Were Here ( never went to air.)

Meeting With Pink Floyd Management We can now bring you details of themeeting last week with Pink Floyd's Management. For those that don't know, Matt Johns from our sister site Brain Damage and Col from A Fleeting Glimpse met with Shuki from PFM, and were given an insight into some of the current happenings with various band members. The report contains details about the upcoming PULSE DVD, the Wish You Were Here SACD, the news of Rick Wright's new solo album (See story below), and more. You can access our report HERE

Rick Wright New Solo Album Official! We can confirm that Rick will be starting on a new solo album when he finishes with David Gilmour's current tour. Rick will be devoting all his energies to his new album, and therefore will not be performing DSOM at any of Roger Water's shows.

Roger Waters New Lyrics Revealed In the press release announcing the relocation of Roger's show in Israel, Roger made the following statement: "A few weeks ago I again watched Martin Scorsese's film which documented the last concert by The Band and I was inspired to write a few words". (Roger was talking about the film 'The Last Waltz') The new lyrics can be viewed HERE

Wanna Take A Bath? Our very good friends from Rock Music Memorabilla, the wonderful Bannisters, have clearly gone bonkers! They have just told us about a special offer on their sensational Bath/Lincoln box set. Visitors to A Fleeting Glimpse can now get a whopping £10 Discount when ordering this must have set. You can read full details HERE

Help Save The Earth! The Save The Earth Foundation were invited by David's manager to meet up Backstage at his April 17, 2006 Oakland California concert to sign this guitar for their 2006 Auction. The Guitar includes a "David Gilmour" labeled pick and a handy soft fabric backpack style guitar carrying case. The foundations 2006 auction includes some of the worlds most sought after autographed guitars such as a David Gilmour's custom body Fender Stratocaster. There are also posters, other guitars and memorabilia from AC DC, ZZ Top, Eagles, Bee Gees, Simon and Garfunkel, Queen, Rolling Stones, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Donald Trump, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Moody Blues, Korn, Radio Head, Rage Against the Machine, Eminem, Slim Shady, Robbie Williams, ColdPlay, Sting, Dave Matthews and more! You can bid for the guitar and read more about it

Amazing Surprise At David Gilmour's Second Oakland Show (17 April)! We don't want to spoil this for folk who still are to attend any future David Gilmour shows, so you will need to HIGHLIGHT the following passage in order to read it. "David & the band performed Pink Floyd's 1967 first single Arnold Layne!"

Roger Waters Israel Show Moved The show, scheduled for Hayarkon Park in Tel Aviv on June 22, has been moved to a 'chickpea field' next to Neve Shalom because of Palestinian protests. Roger has previously lent his support to a pro-Palestinian movement urging removal of the security fence being constructed along the West Bank. About 35,000 tickets for the show have already been sold. Trains and buses will be arranged to bring concertgoers to Neveh Shalom. It's understood that the move will not come cheap, as the chickpea farmers will have to be compensated for the use of their fields, and the uprootring of their crop. Roger's tour site will be updated soon to reflect the move.

Roger Waters Tour Update. We have received official advice from Roger's Manager about a number of things concerning Roger's upcoming tour. First, it's been confirmed that Nick Mason will play at Magny Cours on the 14th July for the second half of the show. The full touring band line-up is Andy Fairweather Low - Guitar, Snowy White - Guitar, Graham Broad - Drums, Dave Kilminster - Guitar and Vocals, Jon Carin - Keyboards, Harry Waters - Hammond, Ian Ritchie is on Saxophone, Katie Kissoon, PP Arnold and Carol Kenyon backing vocals. The Swiss date that we advised about a couple of months ago has now also been confirmed. Details of that are Sunday 16th July at Switzerland, Locarno - Moon & Stars site (Piazza Grande). (Roger's tour site will be updated soon to reflect these details).

David Gilmour Albums remastered.Sony have remastered the first 2 Gilmour solo albums, which are due for re-release on April 10th (Thanks Jon Shaw)

Reviews Added We have just added a few reviews from David Gilmour's Amsterdam & Paris shows. Tour Rooms

Beyond The Dark Side - Dresden Germany - Show report and pictures now HERE

Roger Waters & Nick Mason billed for Countryside Alliance Gig. The Countryside Alliance are staging a concert to be held on 20th May at at Highclere Castle, Hampshire. Roger & Nick are special guests, with others on the bill including The Band Du Lac featuring Gary Brooker, Mike Rutherford, Andy Fairweather Low & Paul Carrack. With special guests Eric Clapton, Roger Taylor, Roger Daltrey, and Georgie Fame. The last time Roger performed at a Countryside Alliance event back in 2002 it drew fierce resistance from many of his fans. The Countryside Alliance are known to condone fox hunting, and Roger's agreeing to perform at the 'Whip Craic' show drew the ire of a large section of his fans. At that time, A Fleeting Glimpse conducted an online poll, that resulted in 81% of those who voted being opposed to Roger performing for the Alliance. The debate at that time was quite heated, so much so that Roger made a direct statement in response to the Fleeting Glimpse poll, and the opposition of many of his fans. Already embroiled in controversy about his decision to play in Israel, Roger now seems certain to be engulfed in another storm of protest. You can purchase tickets for the show HERE

Hamburg Review & Pics Whoa! Another sensational performance by all accounts. David & the band really rocked Hamburg, and you can read about it, and check out some great pics in the Hamburg TOUR ROOM

On An Island Tour DVD & Hamburg Setlist Seems that concert goers at David Gilmour's Dortmund & Hamburg shows were handed flyers that stated that all concerts on the tour are to be recorded, for use in a future DVD. The setlist for the Hamburg show was the same as for Dortmund, which should please a lot of people. (Danke to Bruder Franziskus & Jens).

David Gilmour In Dortmund The reviews and great pictures are now in for David's first show of his On An Island tour. The set list was a SENSATION, with many songs played by David & the band, that had not been heard live for years (You will have to read the review to find out what they are). We are told that the audience was in raptures, and that there was thunderous applause at the conclusion of each song, and standing ovations. Those who are lucky enough to have tickets for other concerts are going to be in for one HUGE treat. TOUR ROOM

Beyond The Dark Side The Blog has been updated with a set of cracking pictures from the Berlin shows. Be sure to check it out HERE

Palestinians Deplore Roger Waters Israel Show. Palestinian artists have appealed to Roger Waters, to cancel his concert in Israel out of solidarity with their fight against Israel's West Bank barrier. Roger, a vocal critic of the 600-km (370-mile) network of fences and concrete barricades going up in and around the occupied territory, surprised many in the Middle East by agreeing to perform in Tel Aviv this summer. (Pictured right, in 2004 Roger joined the protest about the wall, by signing an 8 ft tall mock up of the wall "we don't need no thought control.") Roger has hit back by saying "I have many fans in Israel, many of whom refuse to serve in the military. I won't cancel my trip to Israel because I don't agree with the government's policies, just as I won't stop performing in Britain simply because I disagree with the policies of Tony Blair. "I am happy to play to anyone who believes in peace. I don't discriminate between any of my fans, wherever they live. Being an Israeli does not disbar from being a human being..." Read Full Story (Thanks to Alberto Zepeda for help with this story)

Guitar World The latest edition (On sale now) features a Pink Floyd spectacular, with exclusive David Gilmour and Roger Waters interviews. It also includes a Gilmour guitar lesson on CD-ROM, complete with his demonstrations of the spellbinding techniques behind his most celebrated kicks and licks! In addition, to that, there are a couple of free posters. You can get a preview of the CD-ROM by visiting the Guitar World site HERE (Thanks to Alex Reist for the heads up)

Roger Waters Hyde Park Show Officially Confirmed As we announced here some weeks ago, Roger looked like putting in an appearance at the Hyde Park Calling Festival. We can now officially report that Roger will headline on Saturday 1 July and The Who will headline on Sun 2 July. Tickets ARE NOW ON SALE HERE (Story thanks to Roger's Management)

"There is a strong possibility of Roger doing a US Tour in Fall 2006." Source

David Gilmour - London Mermaid Theatre 7th March 2006 Read a FANTASTIC review of David's performance at the London Mermaid Theatre to launch his On An Island Tour. BE WARNED the review contains the set list as it was played on the 7th March. This is a special set for the radio and therefore may not be representative of the touring show, but if you would rather not know, do not take THIS LINK

(Above) David Gilmour celebrates his 60th birthday in style! Pictured left, David blows out the candles on his On An Island birthday cake (Rick can be seen to the left). The picture in the middle shows David had enough breath left, after blowing out all those candles, to play the sax. On the right of course, doing what he does best. This is just a small selection of images from the party. The full set of 52 full size images can be found HERE Thanks to Robert Geerling for the heads up. (Above images copyright Getty Images & Dave M Benett and are used under fair usage policy) (Pssst if you were a member of The Forum you might find a video clip or two from the party.)

Nick Mason Book Tour Kicks Off Again Busy as usual, Nick Mason is about to Return to Germany to promote his wonderful book Inside Out The main purpose of his trip is to actually attend the Internationales Literaturfest in Cologne but Nick thought it a good idea to do some promotion whilst in Germany, as his book is selling extremely well in that Country (As in others!). To check out where Nick will be appearing, just mouse over his dashingly good looking face! (Thanks to Pink Floyd Management)

In The Studio As we previously reported, David Gilmour will be the special guest of Redbeard on the 13th March. AFG's Brent Ingalls was in touch with Redbeard from the In The Studio show, and supplied us with a statement direct from Redbeard, that details show times etc HERE (pdf) (Thanks Brent & Redbeard)

Gilmour Opens The Door Just A Little Bit With the avalanche of media that's currently flying around, it's sometimes easy to miss things. However, we did pick up this little snippet from The Guardian interview that's just gone to press. "The whole Pink Floyd name, carting it around ... I don't want to be there at the moment." Interesting? David also reveals how he will celebrate his birthday (6 March). He says he will 'play a small gig for my family and friends'. (Thanks Richard).

Ca Ira Poland In all the excitment about Roger's tour, his opera Ca Ira has taken a bit of a back seat. To remind us of the full production coming up in Poznan - Poland on July 7th, Marek has sent us a scan of his ticket for the performance. (You can view a larger version by clicking on the thumbnail) There's more info about the performance HERE (In Polish)

Hyde Park 1970 More Pics! Another couple of pictures from the Hyde Park 1970 concert we featured a few days ago have turned up. Check them out HERE

Roger Waters Mini Tour Update We have just updated Roger's TOUR ROOMS and included the latest ticketing information for ALL shows. In addition, you can now see what the capacity for each concert is. Roger's smallest crowd will be 5000 at the Cork Ireland show, heading up to a massive 50,000 at the Denmark, Roskilde Festival Of course some of these shows are Festivals, whilst others are Roger's own shows. We ran these figures through a calculator and if all tickets are sold, Roger will be seen by around 316,000 people in just 15 concerts.

Roger & David's Tour Wallpaper Bill Evans (The AFG Forum's incredibly talented graphic artist) has a special treat for you. We can now present two absolutely cracking wallpapers, one featuring David & the other Roger, which are themed towards their respective tours. We are not going to even offer you a preview, as we would like you to have a great surprise when you download these beauties! ROGER | DAVID (right click - Save As)

The Division Belle - A Personal story This time it's a trip back to 1994, and we get to read about a lucky fans experiences when the Division Belle came to town. The Division Belle

Roger Waters Invites Rick Wright In a new interview with Centre France Roger has confirmed that he has invited Rick to join him & Nick Mason at the French F1 Grand Prix concert on Friday July 14. Roger said the invitation was made about a month ago, but as of this time, no reply has been received.

Empire Pool Wembley 1974 More glorious pictures for your viewing pleasure. From the 1974 British Winter Tour here's a small but brilliant collection of images from the show that was held on 14 November 1974 HERE

Hyde Park 18 July 1970 It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining, everybody was in a good mood, and Pink Floyd were playing a free concert in Hyde Park! 200,000 people were reported to have attended, for the second free gig in as many years. Now we can present a brilliant collection of pictures from the event. These crystal clear pictures can be viewed HERE

Another Roger Waters Show Confirmed Arrow Classic Rock Festival (Holland) has confirmed that Roger Waters will play a 3 hour show on June 10th. Tickets go on sale on Saturday 4th March.

One Of These Days On the eve of the Beyond The Dark Side tour of Germany, we can give you a glimpse of some of the equipment that's currently thundering across Europe, and heading towards Berlin. The BTDS Blog has now been updated, so pop on over and check it all out. The first show is next Thursday 2 March and it should be a sensation!

Tel Aviv Confirmed! We have just received the latest ticketing information from Roger's Management. The great news is that the Tel Aviv - Hayarkon Park concert scheduled for 22 June has been

Athens & Cork. Will He Or Won't He? UPDATE - He Did! Despite earlier advice from Roger's Management that the Athens Greece show on June 18th, & the Cork Ireland show on June 29th were 'Not Confirmed' they have just advised us that both of these shows are now OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED. The Cork tickets go on sale on 3 March HERE More news as we get it.

Comfortably Dar US singer Dar Williams' latest single Comfortably Numb is now starting to be picked up by Radio Stations acros the States. The song features Ani Difranco and can be heard on Dar's latest album, My Better Self. We think this is a pretty neat version, have a listen and see what you think. (Thanks Brent!)

More Oink For Your Buck! Pigs, pigs, pigs. We are up to or necks with them. Just look around, little oinkers everywhere. This latest edition to our piggery was taken in 1987 at the LA KLOS radio station where they painted the building pink and flew an inflatable pig over the building! We have also thrown in some cool LA Times ads for shows long ago. All this and more can be found in the ever amazing ORPHANS SECTION

On An Island - First Thoughts We have now had a chance to sit down and listen to David's new album a few times, and all we can say is it's bloody wonderful! We are hoping to bring you a full review soon, but we are under tight time constraints, with mountains of material sitting in piles waiting to be looked at! We will say that you should approach On An Island with an open mind. Enjoy it for what it is, a highly personal album, obviously coming straight from the heart. This is not Pink Floyd folks (although there are many Floydian moments). This IS David Gilmour, and we like it! If you haven't ordered it yet, why not? Grab it here US | UK

We Were Right! Check out our news story below from last week ! It's been confirmed by Rogerwaters2006 that Nick Mason will indeed join Roger on stage at the French F1 Grand Prix on Friday July 14. The video announcement is HERE the first part of the press conference is in French, with the English portion starting at about the 45 minute mark, when Roger takes the stage. Roger also confirms that there about 17 shows planned for his mini tour, so stand by for further announcements. He also names the line-up for his tour band, and also states once again that he is not adverse to performing again with Pink Floyd.

Nick Mason To Appear On Stage With Roger Waters. For a few days now we have been receiving cryptic messages about a new Roger Waters Web Site. So we checked it out and found they were claiming than Nick Mason will appear on stage with Roger "Somewhere in France this summer". They also say that a press conference will be streamed live from the site on February 27th at 11am (Local time). You can check the site out HERE Further investigations with Roger's Management have confirmed the site is 'official' in nature, so make sure you tune in. We have had a good think about this, and this is what we have come up with. We do know that negotiations may be underway for Roger to perform at the French F1 Grand Prix on Friday July 14, and we do know that Nick is partrial to racing. Putting 2+2 together, we are thinking that this may be the event referred to! (That's not official, just a hunch). Of course, this isn't the first time that Nick has appeared on stage with Roger in recent years. On the 26th & 27th June 2002, Nick joined Roger on stage for 'Set The Controls' at Wembley Arena. You can check out pictures and reviews from those shows (and maybe an MP3 ;-}) Here 26th & Here 27th

David Gilmour billed to play live with Phil Manzanera on the Jonathon Ross show on BBC Radio 2 on Saturday 4th March 2006. More Info (Thanks Raj Watlington for the heads up)

It's A Race! Seems like the radio stations are falling over themselves to be the first to broadcast the full On An Island album. A couple of weeks ago we broke the news about Canadian Station Chez106 broadcasting the album on 4 March. Now Krock 1057 of Kingston Ontario have topped that, by announcing they will be broadcasting it on Thursday, March 2 at 10pm. The station does have an online broadcast facility, but we are unable to confirm if the On An Island broaadcast will go to air live. If there is anybody out there who could contact the station, and let us know, we would surely appreciate it. (Thanks Boot78)

Gilmour Offers Glimmer Of Hope In a nice change from all the 'Pink Floyd - It's Finished' stories that have been appearing in some media recently, it's nice to bring a bit of encouraging news. In an online interview, when talking about the offers that came in after Live 8, David answered " I have no interest in going on a tour to make money without making new product, new art. So just going out and replaying our old hits again on a tour does not appeal to me at all" and when asked about the future of Pink Floyd " Who knows? I have no plans at all to do that. My plans are to do my concerts and put my record out." The full Billboard interview is HERE (Thanks Ian Forman)

David Gilmour Again Says Floyd Are 'Finished' On 3 February, we reported that David told an Italian newspaper that Pink Floyd are no more. Now, we sadly report that in another interview, David has stated once again that Pink Floyd are 'Finished'. In a telephone interview with the Argentine Newspaper 'Clarin', David said the following (Translated from Spanish) "If somebody is announcing concerts of Pink Floyd, it is a lie. Although Pink Floyd was something which was very important in my life, it's finished. I have arrived at a time of my life in which it turns out to me, much less complicated to work alone." The interview (in Spanish) is HERE You can also click on the newspaper image to see large version.(Thanks to bgmww and the members of THE FORUM for their help with this story)

BBC Radio 2 the UK's most-listened to radio station, has confirmed that the 'On An Island' album will be 'Album Of The Week' in its release week, commencing Monday 6th March. BBC Radio 2's playlist has also added the single of 'On An Island'. It is a new addition to the Radio 2 'C' list for the week commencing Sunday 12th February. A commercial version of the single will be available as a 2-track CD single (including the 4'40" edit as well as the 6'50" album version), in store in the UK on March 6th to coincide with the album release.

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