Now available in UK stores is a special edition of Record Collector Magazine, completely focused on Pink Floyd. With the sub title of Shooting For The Moon, the magazine brings together both old and new from the long-running, respected publication.
Pink Floyd – Shooting for the Moon vividly traces the development of this globally adored band, from their heady psychedelic beginnings at the pulsating heart of London’s underground music scene in 1967 to their undying status as rock divinities half a century later. This 116-page bookazine combines the most fascinating and vital coverage from Record Collector’s Pink Floyd archive with freshly commissioned articles from David Quantick, Kris Needs, Daryl Easlea and Oregano Rathbone, featuring in-depth profiles of each album, a thorough delve into the band’s solo output and a celebration of their status as an unparalleled live spectacle.
As well as the finest rock’n’roll writing, Pink Floyd – Shooting for the Moon includes rare photographs and a full UK discography with single, EP and album values from the 2018 edition of The Rare Record Price Guide.
Visitors may be aware of the charity Teenage Cancer Trust in which David Gilmour played a fundraising concert at The Royal Albert Hall early on in 2016, This time however it is Nick Mason that is providing his support in a way that you too can also help.
Teenage Cancer Trust makes sure the seven young people aged 13 to 24 diagnosed with cancer every day don’t face it alone. They help young people and their families deal with the many ways cancer affects your body, mind and life. They work in partnership with the NHS, providing expert staff and specialist units in Principal Treatment Centres for cancer and bring young people together so they can support each other.
They also give presentations in schools so young people understand more about cancer and go to the doctor earlier. And they help medical professionals and politicians understand why young people with cancer need specific support.
Almost half of young people with cancer are not treated in their units. Instead they are treated in hospitals where there isn’t the same level of expertise, and where they might never meet another young person with cancer. This is a scary and lonely experience, and it must change. They’re building a wider Nursing & Support Service within the NHS to help all young people, wherever they receive treatment.
The website www.CharityStars.com are currently running a set of auctions under the festive title of “12 Drummers Drumming” – a reference to the famous “12 Days of Christmas” song.
The auctions have been organized to raise awareness and raise funds to support the Teenage Cancer Trust charity, Included in the auctions are a range of drums, drum heads and sticks from a range of artists. These include Nick Mason, Zak Starkey (son of Ringo, and The Who’s drummer), Dave Grohl, and Nicko McBrain.
Nick Mason has kindly donated a framed drum head with the classic Pink Floyd “bubble” writing included in Nick’s dedication.
The auction for this ends on December 13th 2017, at 4:00pm GMT.
You can also visit the Teenage Cancer Trust charity website for more information and to support them via donations, or purchasing items such as their music related goodies including David Gilmour concert posters/t-shirts.
The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains is coming to Rome!
The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains is an immersive, multi-sensory and theatrical journey through Pink Floyd’s extraordinary world. A story of sound, design and performance, the exhibition chronicles the music, iconic visuals and staging of the band, from the underground psychedelic scene in 1960s London to the present day, illustrating their groundbreaking use of special effects, sonic experimentation, powerful imagery and social commentary. The exhibition marks the first collaboration in decades of Pink Floyd’s remaining members and is promoted by Michael Cohl and Concert Productions International B.V.
Their Mortal Remains Opens at MACRO – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Romaon 19th January 2018.
MACRO is located less than 1km from The Piper Club, which played host to Pink Floyd’s first shows in Italy in April 1968. The exhibition celebrates Pink Floyd’s place in history as the world’s cultural landscape changed from the 1960s. The band occupied a distinctive experimental space and were the foremost exponents of a psychedelic movement that changed the understanding of music forever, becoming one of the most important groups in contemporary music.
On January 22nd, 2018, the British Film Institute (BFI) are releasing When The Wind Blows on Blu-ray/DVD in a Dual Format Edition, packed with special features including interviews, a making-of documentary and the public information film Protect and Survive (1975).
The Film is about Jim and Hilda Bloggs (Sir John Mills and Dame Peggy Ashcroft) who are a middle-aged couple, who believe that the British government is in control as they prepare for Nuclear War. When the countdown begins they roll up their shirtsleeves and follow government guidelines that were actually distributed to households around Britain in the 1970s. They paint their windows white, build a fortress of doors and pillows, take the washing in and put away two packets of ginger nuts, one tin of pineapple chunks and a good supply of tea.
This cautionary tale is both humorous and macabre in its consideration of one of the most horrific possibilities of modern life. When the Wind Blows is a story about love, tenderness, humanity and hope. Adapted by Raymond Briggs (The Snowman) from his best-selling book, When the Wind Blows features an original soundtrack by Roger Waters, and title song by David Bowie.
15 tracks are written by Waters and for this first time included in the Blu-ray/DVD features an ‘isolated music and effects track’ which means we should be able to hear the songs in stunning clear quality.
Blu-ray Special features
Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition
Audio commentary with first assistant editor Joe Fordham and film historian Nick Redman
Jimmy Murakami: Non Alien (2010, 77 mins): feature-length documentary about the film’s director
Interview with Raymond Briggs (2005, 14 mins): writer Raymond Briggs discusses When the Wind Blows and other works
The Wind and the Bomb(1986, 25 mins): the making-of When the Wind Blows featuring interviews with producer John Coates, director Jimmy T Murakami and writer Raymond Briggs
Protect and Survive (1975, 50 mins): public information film about how to survive in the event of a nuclear attack
Isolated music and effects track
Illustrated booklet with new introduction by Raymond Briggs, an essay by executive producer Iain Harvey, writing by Jez Stewart, Claire Kitson and Bella Todd, and full film credits
After 63 sold out shows in the U.S. and Canada in 2017, we are excited to announce further shows for 2018
New Dates Added 24/10/17 !!
January 24th – Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
January 26th – Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
January 30th – Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin, New Zealand
February 2nd – Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney Olympic Park, Nsw, Australia February 3rd – Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney Olympic Park, Nsw, Australia
February 6th – Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall, Qld, Australia February 7th – Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall, Qld, Australia February 10th – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
February 11th – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Vic, Australia
February 16th – Adelaine Entertainment Centre, Hindmarsh, Sa, Australia
February 20th – Perth Arena, Perth, Wa, Australia
April 13th – Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain April 14th – Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain April 17th – Mediolandum Forum Di Assago, Milan, Italy April 18th – Mediolanum Forum Di Assago, Milan, Italy April 21st – Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy April 22nd – Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy April 24th – Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy April 25th – Unipol Arena, Bologna, Italy April 27th – O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
May 2nd – Papp Laszlo Budapest Sportarena, Budapest, Hungary May 4th – Arena Armeec, Sofia, Bulgaria May 6th – Arena Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia May 11th – Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium May 14th – Barclaycard Arena, Hamburg, Germany May 16th – Stadhalle, Vienna, Austria May 20th – Meo Arena, Lisbon, Portugal May 24th – Wizink Center, Madrid, Spain May 25th – Wizink Center, Madrid, Spain May 28th – Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland
June 2nd – Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin, Germany June 4th – Sap Arena, Mannheim, Germany June 11th – Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany June 13th – Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany June 18th – Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, The Netherlands June 19th – Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, The Netherlands June 22nd – Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, The Netherlands June 26th – 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland
June 29th – SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland June 30th – SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland
July 2nd – Echo Arena, Liverpool, England July 3rd – Manchester Arena, Manchester, England July 6th – Hyde Park, London, England (Special 1 Date Barclays Festival Show) July 7th – Birmingham Arena, Birmingham, England June 8th – U Arena De Nanterre, La Defense, Paris June 9th – U Arena De Nanterre, La Defense, Paris
August 3rd – Tauron Arena Krakow, Krakow, Poland August 5th – Ergo Arena, Gdansk, Poland August 7th – Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning, Denmark August 10th – Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark August 11th – Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark August 14th – Telenor Arena, Oslo, Norway August 15th – Telenor Arena, Oslo, Norway August 18th – Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden August 21st – Hartwell Arena, Helsinki, Finland August 24th – Arena Riga, Riga, Latvia August 26th – Zalgaria Arena, Kanuas, Lithuania August 29th – Skk Arena, St Petersburg, Russia August 31st – Olympiski, Moscow, Russia
Our 2018 Tour Zone will be open for business very shortly !!
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Almost a year since his last release, Acclaimed British guitarist Snowy White presents his new studio album !!
For his previous album, Released , Snowy spent two years working mainly on his own in his home studio; this time around however, he recorded the bulk of the tracks with his tried and trusted pals Kuma Harada (bass), Max Middleton (keys), Juan van Emmerloot, Richard Bailey (both drums) and Walter Latupeirissa (bass).
In Snowy’s own words: “When I play music with friends that I respect and admire, both as players and as people, either doing live shows or in a recording environment, I feel that I’m exactly where I want to be. I feel at home. It’s been a year or two since I last got together with the musicians who appear on this new album, called, for obvious reasons,’Reunited’. We had a great time working together again and I’m very happy with the way they interpreted my ideas, helping me evolve the songs from the simple outlines that I took into the studio into complete pieces of music. So I would like to thank my friends Kuma, Max, Walter, Juan and Richard for adding their good vibes to the sessions. I feel very honoured that my music was transformed and improved by these fine musicians, and I consider myself very lucky to have had the opportunity to work with them once again. Because of them, recording ‘Reunited’ was a lot of fun and has created yet another store of good memories, and, for me, that’s what it’s all about.”
Music and musicians evolve and change over time, so this album is just snapshot of how it was at that moment in Snowy’s career. Tracks like ‘Have I Got Blues For You‘, ‘Headful Of Blues‘ and ‘Emptyhanded‘ cover the bluesier side of things, whereas ‘Where Will You Belong‘ and ‘In California‘ are more reflective. ‘Nuff Said‘ and ‘I Know Our Time Ain’t Long‘ are examples of the more up-tempo and rockier Snowy White. There’s something for everybody, from the weird ‘Long Time No C‘ to the tight latin groove of ‘Heard It All Before‘. Whatever the tempo and the groove, Snowy’s distinctive soulful guitar runs like a golden thread throughout the album, connecting all together and making for a satisfying and very listenable offering.
Now available in UK stores is a special edition of Record Collector Magazine, completely focused on Pink Floyd. With the sub title of Shooting For The Moon, the magazine brings together both old and new from the long-running, respected publication.
Visitors may be aware of the charity 
On January 22nd, 2018
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