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World Rugby has confirmed that the United States and Canada will join the Pacific Nations Cup, as the competition has expanded from four to six teams. The North American duo…
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Californian trio, HEADPHONE, are back with their third, immeasurably addictive, indie-rock album ‘A Spark Blown Out A Window’
Well, it’s that time of year when would like to take this opportunity to thank you all so much for your support and kindness – the site is done purely for you, and as the current version of the site alone approaches 100 million visitors (with the previous version of the site reaching 21 million), we look forward to continuing to bring you news and information from the Floydian world! Whatever your plans for Christmas, the Holidays, and the New Year we hope you have a peaceful, happy and healthy time, and here’s to 2023! Roger Waters will be touring again with his striking This Is Not A Drill, this time in Europe, and fingers are crossed that Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets head out on the road again after such a superb 2022 tour. There’s also the small matter of the 50th anniversary of The Dark Side Of The Moon, of which there’s already been a couple of books (one of which is billed as an official publication) announced. In the meantime, there’s a couple of bits of interest which should help you tick away the moments that make up what would otherwise be a dull day! First, for those with access to the Disney+ streaming service, there’s a new documentary by Mary McCartney called If These Walls Could Sing. This is an absolutely fascinating look at London’s EMI Studios (as they used to be known) in Abbey Road. As befitting a place which has had so many top musicians through its hallowed doors, the documentary features new interviews with many of them, and from a Pink Floyd perspective, David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Roger Waters all talk about their experiences there. A solid and absorbing look at the building and the work undertaken there. The second thing, which will probably take up a lot more of your time, is this. As could be almost seen as a bit of a Christmas present to the fans, the band have quietly released a number of 1972 recordings on the various streaming services, and also the band’s official YouTube channel. The quality is rather variable – and some of the dates/venues aren’t necessarily 100% correct – but the shows give a fascinating insight into the development of The Dark Side Of The Moon. The earliest recordings are amongst the first full public performances of the initial version of the album, which underwent many dramatic changes as they refined aspects on the road before heading into the recording studio where songs changed heavily again, to what we all now know and love. The 1972 recordings released are listed with dates and venues as per the original bootlegs, and show as: Southampton Guildhall, UK, 23 January; Carnegie Hall, New York, 5 February (actually 2 May); Rainbow Theatre, London 17, 18, 19, 20 February; Taiikukan, Tokyo, Japan, 3 March (probably 6 March); Osaka Festival Hall, Japan, 8 March; Nakajima Sports Centre, Sapporo, Japan, 13 March; Chicago Auditorium Theatre, USA, 28 April; Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany, 18 May; Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, 22 September; Empire Pool, Wembley, London, 21 October; Ernst-Merck Halle, Hamburg, Germany, 12 November; Palais des Sports, Poitiers, France 29 November; Palais des Sports de LâIle de la Jatte, Saint Ouen, France, 1 December; Vorst Nationaal, Brussels, Belgium, 5 December; Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland 9 December; “Alternative Tracks 1972”. As with the batch released last year focused on 1971, these are not expected to be around for long, so make the most of them over the holiday and new year period before they disappear! Our thanks to those who emailed to let us know about these.
Just given an airing at the Rodeo Screening Room in Los Angeles, California, on August 24th as part of the Telluride Film Festival, is a new documentary from celebrated photographer, creative director and filmmaker Anton Corbijn. Squaring The Circle: The Story Of Hipgnosis, which is 101 minutes long, tells the story of Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell, the creative geniuses behind the iconic album art design studio, Hipgnosis, responsible for some of the most recognisable album covers of all time. They formed Hipgnosis in Cambridge during the ferment of the sixties and became rock royalty during the boom time of the seventies. They conjured into existence sights that no one had previously thought possible, produced visuals which popularised music that had previously been considered fringe, and were at the white-hot centre of the maddest, funniest and most creative era in the history of popular music. During this period, record companies didnât dictate to acts like Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Paul McCartney what their LP covers should look like – Storm and Po did. They made money; they lost money. They did great things; they did silly things. They fell out bitterly; they made up. They never played a note, but they changed music. The film features brand new interviews with Roger Waters, David Gilmour & Nick Mason of Pink Floyd, Jimmy Page & Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, Graham Gouldman of 10cc, Noel Gallagher, and many more. As yet we don’t have details of any upcoming screenings, or streaming possibilities, although we suspect such information will be available soon. In the meantime, here’s a quick look at part of the documentary, with Storm, Po, David, Roger and Nick all talking about the cover to Pink Floyd’s Atom Heart Mother: SQUARING THE CIRCLE (the story of hipgnosis) | Clip | Anton Corbijn | Raindog Films (https://vimeo.com/743119190) from Raindog Films (https://vimeo.com/user157295855) on Vimeo (https://vimeo.com).
Competition: MLS Market: Los Angeles to score in both halves Odds: 19/20 @ 888sport Looking to extend on what has become a real purple patch, Los Angeles will welcome DC United to California in the early hours of Wednesday. Starting with the hosts, putting in a stunning display last weekend as they cruised their way […]
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Gareth Bale insisted Major League Soccer is “not a retirement league”, and he hopes his move to Los Angeles FC will allow him to stay in contention for Wales at least until Euro 2024. While his initial deal with LAFC is only a one-year agreement, it could be extended through to 2024, when Wales will […]
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Gareth Bale has taken to social media to confirm his transfer to Los Angeles FC after the expiration of his contract with Real Madrid. See you soon, Los Angeles. 👊 @LAFC @LAFC3252 pic.twitter.com/GVP8WVWLPe — Gareth Bale (@GarethBale11) June 25, 2022
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With uncertainty over surges of Coronavirus cases, the January/February 2022 tour dates for Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets in the US and Canada were postponed. Rearranging existing tour dates (particularly at the moment with the heavily increased demand from all artists affected) must be incredibly difficult, as the available venues must be the right size for the act, and in a vaguely logical geographical location so bands and crews aren’t zig-zagging their way across a country in an unsustainable way. However, after what we suspect has been a huge amount of work behind the scenes, the revised US and Canadian tour has now been announced. The difficulties in sorting a revised schedule are evident in that, sadly, six gigs have had to be cancelled. These are: Cincinnati which was originally on February 1st, St Louis on February 8th, Memphis on February 9th, Kansas on February 10th, Sacramento on February 23rd and Spokane on February 27th. For all of you holding tickets for these shows, the point of sale should be in touch with a refund. The better news is that these six cancelled gigs, have been replaced by eight new shows (in different locations). There are also three of the existing shows that have moved venues, within the same cities – Washington DC, Phoenix AZ, and Vancouver BC. For rescheduled shows that will be taking place at the same venue, all previously purchased tickets will be valid for the new date. For all shows being moved to new venues, customers will be automatically refunded for their purchase and offered an exclusive presale opportunity for the new venue and date. Further information will be sent directly to the original ticket holders by email shortly, and for any additional ticketing inquiries, fans should reach out to their point of purchase. The sale of tickets for the new shows starts on FRIDAY, MARCH 25th 2022 at 10am (local time), via Ticketmaster (https://www.ticketmaster.com/nick-masons-saucerful-of-secrets-tickets/artist/2602669) and other normal agents. Using our direct links also helps toward the ongoing running costs of this site, and is really appreciated! Here is the new schedule in full, with the newly added shows in bold: September 22nd – SHUBERT THEATRE – BOCH CENTER, BOSTON, MA, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/january-21st-shubert-theatre-boch-center-boston-m.html)
September 23rd – MERRIAM THEATER, PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/january-25th-merriam-theater-philadelphia-p.html)
September 25th – PROVIDENCE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, PROVIDENCE, RI, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/january-22nd-providence-performing-arts-center-providence-r.html)
September 26th – CAPITOL THEATRE, PORT CHESTER, NY, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/january-24th-capitol-theatre-port-chester-n.html)
September 27th – LINCOLN THEATRE, WASHINGTON, DC, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/january-30th-the-anthem-washington-dc-usa.html)
September 29th – AKRON CIVIC CENTRE, AKRON, OH, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/february-2nd-akron-civic-theatre-akron-o.html)
September 30th – BENEDUM CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, PITTSBURGH, PA, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/january-26th-benedum-center-for-the-performing-arts-pittsburgh-p.html)
October 3rd – THE CHICAGO THEATRE, CHICAGO, IL, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/february-4th-the-chicago-theatre-chicago-i.html)
October 5th – RIVERSIDE THEATER, MILWAUKEE, WI, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/february-6th-riverside-theater-milwaukee-w.html)
October 8th – MASSEY HALL, TORONTO, ONT, CANADA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/january-18th-massey-hall-toronto-ont-canada.html)
October 11th – THEATRE ST-DENIS, MONTREAL, QC, CANADA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/january-19th-theatre-st-denis-montreal-qc-c.html)
October 12th – BEACON THEATRE, NEW YORK CITY, NY, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/january-28th-beacon-theatre-new-york-city-n.html)
October 17th – TEXAS TRUST CU THEATRE, GRAND PRAIRIE, TX, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/february-12th-texas-trust-cu-theatre-grand-prairie-t.html)
October 20th – PARAMOUNT THEATRE, DENVER, CO, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/february-15th-paramount-theatre-denver-c.html)
October 22nd – THE MADISON CENTER FOR THE ARTS, PHOENIX, AZ, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/february-17th-orpheum-theatre-phoenix-a.html)
October 24th – BALBOA THEATRE, SAN DIEGO, CA, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/february-21st-balboa-theatre-san-diego-c.html)
October 25th – THE ORPHEUM THEATRE, LOS ANGELES, CA, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/february-18th-the-orpheum-theatre-los-angeles-c.html)
October 28th – FOX THEATER, OAKLAND, CA, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/february-24th-fox-theater-oakland-ca-usa.html)
October 31st – MOORE THEATRE, SEATTLE, WA, USA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/february-26th-moore-theatre-seattle-wa-usa.html)
November 1st – THE CENTER FOR PERFORMING ARTS, VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2022/february-28th-the-orpheum-vancouver-bc-c.html)
Some important news regarding the latest staging of The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains, which we hope that any of you who have yet to catch it in Los Angeles, California, will find useful. The truly unmissable exhibition, in its latest iteration being held at the Vogue Multicultural Museum in Los Angeles, was due to run until January 9th, 2022 at this Hollywood Boulevard location. However, the Museum are now running the exhibition until January 30th, a three week extension! You can buy tickets for the exhibition, and get more details, at VMMLA.com (https://www.vmmla.com). Admission prices range from $30 to $46 (plus applicable fees), and the audioguide is included in the price. Those who have been to previous stagings of the exhibition will know how good the audioguide is – an essential part of the incredible experience! With the very limited time left to visit, if you are intending to go, don’t hang around. Also, for those who can get to Hollywood but can’t do the exhibition itself, we understand the museum store has a separate entrance so the limited edition goodies they have can be bought by passersby as well as exhibition attendees…
Well, it’s that time of year when we look back at the past twelve months, and forward to what the following year is likely to bring. Obviously life for all of us has been somewhat disrupted due to the obvious, with things like concerts on the whole a distant memory! Tour dates for Roger Waters’ This Is Not A Drill outing, and Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets, were originally planned for 2020, with some of them moving to dates this year (2021) and now postponed again to 2022. Whilst in the early days concert postponements and cancellations were disappointing and at times, frustrating or annoying for some, it now seems to have an inevitability to it, and events are routinely cancelled or postponed, some of which at very short notice. We’re remaining hopeful that things improve on the Covid front in 2022 to enable the various tours to happen. It partly relies on a decent take-up of the vaccination programmes ongoing in most countries, and also hopefully no further variants such as Omicron to come and spoil things. In terms of releases and publications, there’s the recently announced PULSE double Blu-ray and double DVD sets, complete with the long awaited return of the flashing LED on the spines. Could there be other things on the horizon? The Animals section has a caption up at the Los Angeles staging of The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains which mentions a release in June 2022, which if that happens, will be a very popular one indeed. There’s also the (slightly delayed) 320-page book from Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell – Through the Prism: Untold rock stories from the Hipgnosis archive, which should be fascinating! We’d also like to take this opportunity to thank you all so much for your support and kindness – the site is done purely for you, and as we approach the staggering total number of visitors since its inception of 100 million (the previous version of the site reached 21 million), we look forward to continuing to bring you news and information from the Floydian world! We might also have some prize opportunities coming your way soon… Whatever your plans for Christmas and the New Year (and we suspect that, like many, they will be smaller scale than in previous years, and potentially just sitting at home!) we hope you have a peaceful, happy and healthy time, and here’s to a 2022 that is significantly better for all of us!