In preparation for his upcoming 2022 This Is Not A Drill Tour, Roger Waters took to using his Instagram social media platform to showcase a preview of the current production rehearsals.
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 90 and features guest William Orbit
A very limited edition release of the Pink Floyd single, Hey Hey Rise Up on clear vinyl has just been announced for pre-order in Japan!
The single, which was initially released digitally in April in support of the people of Ukraine and was #1 in 27 countries, will be available on 7” and CD single worldwide, With Japan being the first to offer a limited edition clear vinyl.
All formats will also feature a newly reworked version of ‘A Great Day For Freedom’ taken from the band’s 1994 album, The Division Bell.
The Limited edition clear vinyl will be available on 3 August in Japan.
Orders are being honored with worldwide shipping.
Pink Floyd author Glenn Povey delves deep into Floyd’s history within the biggest music market in the world.
This book not only charts the concerts they played and records that Floyd released in the USA and Canada from 1967 through to 1983 but it also looks in detail at the band’s relationship with their American record company; the promotional aspects (or lack off!) that propelled Floyd to stadium status, and extensive details of TV and radio appearances, along with band interviews and much more.
With loads of new information unearthed, Pink Floyd In North America shines new light on these crazy diamonds from their days playing small clubs right through to superstar status as one of the world’s biggest bands.
The book is lavishly illustrated throughout with loads of super cool memorabilia including backstage passes, gig posters, media adverts and a raft of photos, both on and off stage, all reproduced on high quality art paper. This is one future collector’s item that every self-respecting Pink Floyd fan will want to own.
A4 Hardback: (210 x 297 mm) 224 Pages
Release date : 23rd September 2022
Ian Ritchie producer of Roger Waters Radio K.A.O.S album and long-serving saxophone player in his touring band 2006 – 2016 minus The Wall tour has just announced that he is stepping down from Roger’s upcoming This Is Not A Drill Tour.
In a statement released on his official website blog 23/06/22 that following was said
“Thursday, 23rd June 2022 : London : Hello all. This will be my last post on this TINAD tour blog. The reason is as follows. I have had a physical problem for some years that has made controlling the saxophone more challenging than on the Dark Side tour. I was able to keep it in check during Us+Them. Unfortunately, the problem flared up during rehearsals this time and I was unable to perform to my, or Roger’s satisfaction. Consequently, we mutually agreed that I should step down and pass the saxophone chair over to another player. It is with sadness I make this final blog entry. My best wishes go to Roger, his great band and wonderful crew. The TINAD tour is going to be amazing and I urge you all to see it. “
From all of us at A Fleeting Glimpse we hope that Ian makes a speedy recovery and send our best wishes.
Pink Floyd are releasing two physical versions of their first newly recorded music in over 25 years, ‘Hey Hey Rise Up’.
The single will be available on 15 July (excluding Japan – released on 3 August – and USA, Canada, Australia and Mexico – released on 21 October).
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.