To celebrate Record Store Day 2022, Pete Townsend will release a live recording titled ‘Face The Face’
The show was recorded for the German TV series Rockpalast in Cannes in January 1986. Pete Townshend’s Deep End were touring in ,support of his solo concept album “White City: A Novel”. Several of the musicians that appeared on the album were featured in the line-up of the Deep End including Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour on lead guitar. The set list has tracks from the “White City” album, other Townshend solo tracks, Who classics, David Gilmour’s song “Blue Light” and a couple of surprises.
Scheduled for release on 23rd April 2022 on 2x 12″ LP 3and limited to a quantity of 3500 only.
On 18th February 2022, the Restored and Re-Edited version of Pink Floyd’s P.U.L.S.E. concert film (shot on 20th October 1994 at London’s Earls Court) is released as a 2 Blu-ray or 2 DVD deluxe box set, with the return of the flashing LED on the spine (as seen on the original 1995 CD release) powered by replaceable AA batteries! These deluxe packages include music videos, screen films, documentaries, rehearsal footage and more, along with a 60 page booklet.
In an interview from 1995, with Mojo Magazine, Nick Mason talked about the flashing LED. “Essentially, it’s a device which we thought was entertaining. It’s an idea of Storm Thorgerson’s which related to Dark Side and the pulse, and it’s a live album so the box is “alive”. After that, in terms of seriously deep meanings, one might be struggling a bit.”
After having to reschedule their January / February dates due to the on-going Covid-19 Pandemic,
The boys have just announced that 2 additional Greece shows to there ever growing schedule.
New shows highlighted in red.
Ticket holders for the 2020 cancelled shows can use those tickets for the 2022 tour.
(*R) Denotes rescheduled
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13 DUBLIN, IRELAND Ticks
14 BELFAST NORTHERN IRELAND Ticks
16 YORK, ENGLAND (*R)Ticks
18 LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND (*R)Ticks
19 OXFORD, ENGLAND (*R)Ticks
20 GUILDFORD, ENGLAND (*R) Ticks
22 BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND (*R)Ticks
23 LONDON, ENGLAND (*R)Ticks
24 IPSWICH, ENGLAND (*R)Ticks
26 BRIGHTON, ENGLAND (*R)Ticks
27 CARDIFF, WALES (*R)Ticks
28 NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND (*R)Ticks
30 SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND (*R)Ticks
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1 LEICESTER, ENGLAND (*R)Ticks
3 NEWCASTLE, ENGLAND (*R)Ticks
4 EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND (*R)Ticks
6 MANCHESTER, ENGLAND (*R) Ticks
7 BATH, ENGLAND (*R)Ticks
8 PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND (*R)Ticks
10 PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND (*R)Ticks
11 CROYDON, ENGLAND (*R)Ticks
14 RANDERS, DENMARK (*R)Ticks
16 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK Ticks
17 OSLO, NORWAY Ticks
19 HELSINKI, FINLAND (*R) Ticks
21 TALLINN, ESTONIA (*R)Ticks
23 ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA (*R)Ticks
25 MOSCOW, RUSSIA (*R)Ticks
28 LODZ, POLAND Ticks
30 BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (*R) Ticks
31 ZAGREB, CROATIA Ticks
Rockonteurs is a podcast all about the real stories behind real music.
Presented by 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, 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 72 and features guest Hugh Padgham
Roger Waters has unexpectedly released a live radio broadcast recorded at the Colisée De Québec, Canada, 7th November 1987 during the Radio K.A.O.S Tour on his YouTube and Spotify Channels.
A firm favorite amongst many bootleggers for many years, We are delighted to see that Roger is indeed promoting and showcasing more content from this period of his career and hope that material from his 2006 Dark Side Of The Moon Tour may also one day surface.
To Coincide with the release of Chris Hewitt’s : The Development Of Large Rock Sound Systems Volume 2 Book. Chris has very generously donated a copy for one of you lucky visitors at home.
For the past 2 weeks we ran a competition to give one of you lucky visitors the chance to own a copy of this fabulous book.
We asked all entries to answer the question: What is the name of the dog featured on the song titled “Mademoiselle Nobs” from Pink Floyd’s 1971 film Live At Pompeii?
The correct answer is “Nobs.”
To be fair to all that were correct, we entered all winning entries into a random name picker and are pleased to announce the winner is…
Congratulations Mik, Please check your email for details.
Durga McBroom has worked with Pink Floyd as a backing vocalist consistently on all of their shows since the 1987 “A Momentary Lapse of Reason” Tour up to the final concert of “The Division Bell” in 1994.
In 1989, She formed the band Blue Pearl and had several hit songs including “Naked in the Rain” and “Alive” which featured guest appearances by David Gilmour and Rick Wright.
In 2014 she came back together with Pink Floyd to record on their last album “The Endless River” which sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide.
Recently she has set up a facility to be able to record her own vocals at Durga Diva Studio at her home in Rome, Italy at extremely good quality which she has now opened up for session work worldwide.
You can follow her & contact her on her official Facebook page to discuss any further details / requirements
Rockonteurs is a podcast all about the real stories behind real music.
Presented by 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, 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 71 and features guest Kevin Rowland
To Coincide with the release of Chris Hewitt’s : The Development Of Large Rock Sound Systems Volume 2 Book. Chris has very generously donated a copy for one of you lucky visitors at home.
Chris Hewitt’s second volume of “The Development of Large Rock Sound Systems” is a lavishly illustrated, 500 photograph strong opus which charts the rise of big PA systems in rock music. It further incorporates the evolution of the 70’s band van companies that hired the equipment and some of the biggest equipment manufacturers.
And while it doesn’t make for a very snappy title and draws generously from the same sources and stories found in volume one, the selling point here is his focus on the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd in Pompeii – then and now.
The role of both Pink Floyd and fellow WEM stack users Led Zeppelin is contextualised alongside bands like The Who and ELP etc, who invested in themselves to adapt to the burgeoning transatlantic rock market.
Pink Floyd at Pompeii is seen through the eyes of Scottish/French film director Adrian Maben, who shares some significant memories and summarises the Pompeii event as “A visual scrapbook of music and trivial conversation. A record of the passing of time.”
In recreating the events 50 years later, Hewitt imbues the Pompeii show with extra significant that stretches generations. And the fact that this book will sell on the back of that speaks volumes about his grasp of a niche market.
There are also some significant recollections from the late Peter Watts, Floyd’s then road manager who was an audio innovator before falling victim to rock and roll excess.
But the book is really as much about the author Chris Hewitt himself, a man whose obsession is pin pointed as having starting in 1971 when he first saw the WEM gear shot on Floyd’s ‘Ummagumma’ album.
He subsequently worked at the 1972 Bickershaw Festival, and much later the celebrated Deeply Vale Festivals.
Mark Radcliff best summarises both the man and the project thus: “Chris has a reality. He wanted to build this system and he has done it and I admire him. Those WEM stack are totemic.”
Hewitt himself says: “I built up vintage WEM equipment to be able to recreate the whole Isle of Wight and Pompeii PA’s.”
In a surreal update, he organized the recreation of Pink Floyd in Pompeii in his own Cheshire field, inviting The Australian Pink Floyd to play 4 numbers from the Pompeii set, which actually took 6 hours so they could get the correct camera angles.
He gives a generous 12 pages to this event, but as Australian Pink Floyd’s Stephen McElroy says about the experience; “The particular combination of vintage equipment has a certain sound about it. It’s different to any other system I’ve ever played through or heard.”
To be in with a chance to win a copy of this fantastic book simply answer the following.
What is the name of the dog featured on the song titled Mademoiselle Nobs from Pink Floyd’s 1971 film Live At Pompeii ?
To celebrate Record Store Day 2022, Pete Townsend will release a live recording titled ‘Face The Face’
After having to reschedule their January / February dates due to the on-going Covid-19 Pandemic,
Durga McBroom has worked with Pink Floyd as a backing vocalist consistently on all of their shows since the 1987 “A Momentary Lapse of Reason” Tour up to the final concert of “The Division Bell” in 1994.