The creative force behind Pink Floyd, the legendary Roger Waters, returns to The Late Show to perform a medley of songs including one classic that fans can expect to hear on his 40-date North American tour, which will be performed in-the-round, titled “This Is Not A Drill.”
Harry Waters, son of Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters and indeed part of his touring band from 2002-2016, has just released a new song entitled ‘How Much Rope‘.
Diversifying away from his accomplished jazz piano format, surprisingly, this new song features Harry on acoustic guitar and lead vocals and features Jason Berk on additional acoustic guitar and harmonies.
It is believed that this could be the starting point of an upcoming solo album. If this is an indication of where Harry’s experimentation into other musical areas goes, we cannot wait to see how the record pans out.
A pre-order website has been launched for the new book, “Pink Floyd – The Animals Tour – A Visual History” by Glenn Povey
Pink Floyd’s 10th studio album “Animals” was released almost 10 years on from their psychedelic debut that launched the band on to the world stage. But this release couldn’t be farther from “The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn” if you tried: It was a hard-hitting politically charged heavy rock album. Its three central pieces, “Pigs (Three Different Ones)“, “Dogs” and “Sheep” each extending to over 10 minutes each drew parallels with George Orwell’s dystopian nightmare “Animal Farm“. Its lyrics continued to project Roger Waters’ eternal themes of life’s struggles where the subservient masses are sheep controlled by tyrannical pigs and authoritarian dogs.
Recorded over the summer of 1976, in the space of time it took punk to both explode and promptly fizzle out, at their own Britannia Row studios in north London, it also marked a shift from their traditional base of EMI at Abbey Road. Arguably one of Pink Floyd’s least well recorded works it does however hold a fond place in many fans hearts and Animals has enjoyed a legacy – Roger Waters in particular reviving those tracks to shoehorn into his own politically charged live solo shows in recent years.
The corresponding tour through the first half of 1977 was also not without compromise and built on the stadium spectacular that had been successfully developed over the previous two years of touring. Creatively, there was no limit to their ambition as large-scale inflatable structures, screen films, special effects and state of the art sound reinforcement were utilized that enveloped the audience in an ever-increasing immersive experience. But, despite all this, as their fan base increased exponentially so too did the rowdy nature of the stadium environment which, coupled with band members personal issues, ultimately led to inter-band rifts and Roger Waters’ increasing intolerance of and disdain towards the adulation of the fans.
This all finally came to a spectacular head during their final show of the “Animals” tour in Montreal in July and the events that unfolded became the lynchpin of Waters’ vision of isolation and madness that eventually led to the creation of “The Wall” two years later.
“Pink Floyd – The Animals Tour – A Visual History” By Glenn Povey documents both the history of the recording of the album and the supporting tours which remains one of the most fascinating periods in Pink Floyd’s history.
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Kicking off his 2022 This Is Not A Drill Tour promotion in style, Roger Waters has just announced that he will be performing on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday 21st June at 10:35pm Central Time (US) 4:35am Greenwich Mean Time (UK).
Ian Ritchie, Producer of Roger Waters Radio K.A.O.S and saxophone player with Roger Waters‘ current touring band and previous incarnations, has just opened his Tour Diary section on his official website.
A firm favorite amongst fans over the globe, it features exclusive photography and gives an insight into the day and life of a touring band member within Roger Waters’ touring arsenal.
Fans can also read previous entries from Ian’s involvement with Roger on his 2006–2008 Dark Side Of The Moon Tour, 2016’s Desert Trip performances, and the 2017–2018 Us And Them Tour.
Audiophiles will be happy to know this definitive audiophile version of Roger Waters Amused To Death — a brisk seller since its Analogue Productions 33 1/3 reissue in 2015 — is back with an upgrade.
Now a 45 RPM 4LP 180-gram set, the remastered audio completed by longtime Roger Waters / Pink Floyd collaborator and co-producer James Guthrie is chillingly detailed — every cricket chirp and dog bark on this distinctive album has even more sonic intensity and dimension.
An unblinking look at an entertainment-obsessed society, Amused to Death addresses issues that have only grown in complexity and urgency over the past two decades. With Amused to Death, Roger Waters sounded the alarm about a society increasingly — and unthinkingly — in thrall to its television screens. Twenty-three years later, Amused to Death speaks to our present moment in ways that could scarcely have been anticipated two decades ago.
In 2021, television is just one option in an endless array of distractions available to us anytime, anywhere, courtesy of our laptops, tablets and smartphones. With eyes glued to our screens, the dilemmas and injustices of the real world can easily recede from view.
The 2021 4LP 45 RPM 180-gram vinyl edition of Amused to Death features remastered audio completed by longtime Roger Waters / Pink Floyd collaborator and co-producer, James Guthrie, and has been pressed at Quality Record Pressings. The updated cover and gatefold art is by Sean Evans, the creative director of Waters’ 2010-2013 “The Wall Live” tour and movie.
Scheduled for release on 2nd September 2022, Pre-Orders can be made Via Rough Trade by Clicking Here
‘Dub Side Of The Moon‘ A firm favorite amongst Pink Floyd Fans is being released on limited quantity vinyl on the 5th August 2022.
The release features the entire of Dark Side of the Moon recreated into a dub classic by the Easy Star All-stars featuring Sluggy Ranks, Frankie Paul, Dr Israel, the meditations and more. The all stars turn Floyd’s strangely surreal world even stranger and more surreal, adorning the english bands dark psychedelic music with slow reggae beats and head-spinning dub-style production that is both inspired and effective.
Money opens with the sound of bong hits and coughing instead of the cash register, then grooves to a reggae beat as guitar and organ churn out the classic riff – there’s even the signatory sax break in the middle. The group hits it just right on Great Gig in the Sky, retaining the soaring gospel voice. tearing away at the alienation of the original, this infusion of new personality makes it all work, elevating the albums concept from the half-baked to visionary.
Rockonteurs is a podcast all about the real stories behind real music.
Presented by Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets / Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp, who wrote and performed megahits like ‘Gold’ and ‘True’, and Guy Pratt, a bass player who shaped songs for the likes of Madonna and Pink Floyd & David Gilmour, you’ll hear exclusive stories of life on the road, in the studio and what really happened behind the scenes from artists who wrote, performed and produced the some of the biggest classic rock and pop tracks of all time.
Rockonteurs is a podcast all about the real stories behind real music.
This weeks upcoming episode is Number 89 and features guest Youth (Martin Glover)
Youth is one half of the group Blue Pearl, which includes Pink Floyd backing vocalist Durga Mcbroom, and he is also a co-producer on Pink Floyd’s final record ‘The Endless River,’ as well as working with David Gilmour on The Orb’s 2010 ‘Metallic Spheres‘ Record.