Tag: pink floyd concerts

premium ticket events UK site icon
Rock Concerts

The end of the year – Pink Floyd related activities wrap-up

ticketmastersComment(0)

With the end of the year looming, it’s a good time to look back at what 2024 gave us. There’s been a lot of different releases that we’ve all experienced over the months, and it is interesting to look back at what there’s been in a busy year. In March there was the Mark Knopfler’s Guitar Heroes release of Going Home (Theme From Local Hero), which included David Gilmour amongst around 60 musicians. April saw the lovely looking crystal clear vinyl of The Dark Side Of The Moon, with UV artwork. Later that month, Roger Waters released a picture disc of his Redux version of TDSOTM as part of Record Store Day. May brought us the Animals 2018 Remix on Blu-ray and on digital platforms, bringing the 1977 album to life in multi channel gloriousness. This was presented with new artwork from the launch of the Animals 2018 remix, showing how Battersea Power Station is used these days for such promotions. June saw the start of the 35-date Set The Controls tour from Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets, thrilling audiences in the UK and Europe, and getting better and better as a band. Let’s hope that there’s more next year! The DVD, Blu-ray and digital release of Have You Got It Yet? The Story Of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd was released in July, following the 2023 cinema screenings. Of course, in September, we saw the release of the hotly anticipated Luck And Strange from David Gilmour, which was accompanied from later that month with live shows in Brighton and London, England, Rome, Italy, Los Angeles and New York, USA. Dates in Rome were filmed with the aim to release at some point, and once we have details of that, we’ll let you know! David also contributed a guitar solo for Ice-T’s band Body Count on their cover version of Comfortably Numb (a very unexpected collaboration!). David’s team have also edited together footage from each city of the tour to construct a live version of The Piper’s Call, released as a pre-Christmas treat. Finally, to conclude the year, there’s been another release of a bunch of live Pink Floyd concerts to be found on platforms such as Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/artist/0k17h0D3J5VfsdmQ1iZtE9?si=jRkN8zT1TqWovrf0sObizw) for a limited period. There’s thirteen gigs in total, all from 1974, and definitely worth checking out…

premium ticket events UK site icon
Rock Concerts

David Gilmour – The Piper’s Call Live Around The World song release

ticketmastersComment(0)

Out as a special, pre-Christmas surprise today is David Gilmour’s The Piper’s Call Live Around The World, recorded at The Brighton Centre, Rome’s Circus Maximus, London’s Royal Albert Hall, LA’s Intuit Dome and NYC’s Madison Square Garden. So, elements taken from each city that was lucky enough to get dates on David’s 2024 tour. You can stream or download the song at the various normal places, such as Apple Music (https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-pipers-call-live-around-the-world-single/1783814850), Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/album/1lEQcDmsaSfq08mlkA6DbP?go=1), Amazon Music (https://music.amazon.co.uk/albums/B0DPR62F85), iTunes Store (https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-pipers-call-live-around-the-world-single/1783814850), etc. The song was edited together by Charlie Andrew and Matt Glasbey to form one seamless track recorded throughout the Luck and Strange tour. The video below premieres today (Friday, 13th December) at 4pm GMT / 5pm CET / 11am ET / 8am PT:

premium ticket events UK site icon
Rock Concerts

David Gilmour on US TV’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

ticketmastersComment(0)

With David Gilmour concluding his 2024 Luck and Strange concert dates with a string of incredible shows at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, in the heart of Manhattan (tonight seeing the final show), he took time out this week during a gap between shows to appear on US TV’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. For those who missed the late evening (in New York, anyway) broadcast of the show, they’ve put the two segments – interview, and performance with his backing singers Louise Marshall, the Webb Sisters, and Romany Gilmour, alongside Fallon’s house band – online, which we share here:

premium ticket events UK site icon
Rock Concerts

Happy Halloween! The 2024 Pink Floyd pumpkin is unveiled…

ticketmastersComment(0)

Happy Halloween to you all! Regulars to Brain Damage over the years will know that our friend Joe Ringus is a hugely talented pumpkin artist, and each year has crafted a Pink Floyd themed pumpkin for Halloween (which is celebrated by many, principally this evening, but in a number of places it covers a number of days). Those regulars will no doubt be as keen as we have been to see if Joe would be continuing the tradition this year, and if so, what design would be picked. The great news is that Joe has been hard at work yet again, and has done another lovely job! We’re delighted to share his incredible carving with you. Thanks Joe – we think you’ve done another superb job! It’s a great tradition and we know many of our visitors love to see them. If there are any other pumpkin artists out there who have created Floyd designs, we’d love to see them.

premium ticket events UK site icon
Rock Concerts

19 Pink Floyd/solo songs feature in Netherlands radio poll

ticketmastersComment(0)

Arrow Classic Rock (https://www.arrow.nl/rock500/) radio station has compiled their listeners’ Classic Rock 500, tabulating the favourites as voted for. The results were broadcast over last week, and their website now has the entire list. Unsurprisingly, Pink Floyd feature heavily in the run-down, with three songs in the top ten alone, including the coveted number one spot. A solo piece by Roger Waters also makes it into the 500. The full list of Pink Floyd/solo songs in the Classic Rock 500:
1- Comfortably Numb (Live) – Pink Floyd
8 – Echoes – Pink Floyd
9 – Shine On You Crazy Diamond – Pink Floyd
20 – Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd
87 – Time – Pink Floyd
105 – High Hopes – Pink Floyd
146 – The Great Gig In The Sky – Pink Floyd
155 – Brain Damage/Eclipse – Pink Floyd
175 – Hey You – Pink Floyd
181 – Us And Them – Pink Floyd
194 – One Of These Days – Pink Floyd
203 – Another Brick In The Wall – Pink Floyd
216 – On The Turning Away – Pink Floyd
240 – Money – Pink Floyd
358 – Run Like Hell – Pink Floyd
393 – Welcome To The Machine – Pink Floyd
476 – The Fletcher Memorial Home – Pink Floyd
500 – The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking – Roger Waters Our thanks to Roger Little for letting us know about this listener-voted chart of favourites.

premium ticket events UK site icon
Rock Concerts

David Gilmour on BBC TV’s Later…With Jools Holland

ticketmastersComment(0)

Filmed around the time of his highly acclaimed Royal Albert Hall shows, and before departing for his nine shows in Los Angeles and New York City, David Gilmour’s appearance (with his band) on the BBC series Later…With Jools Holland has now been detailed. It is the third episode (of six) from series 65 of the show, which always features a variety of artists and musical styles. Airing on the UK’s BBC Two on Saturday, November 2nd at 10:25pm, it will then be available to view on the BBC’s iPlayer service through this link (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024s5f). From the programme notes: “Jools welcomes to the show legendary singer, songwriter and guitarist David Gilmour to perform a couple of songs from his album Luck and Strange, including the track Between Two Points; Australian punk rockers Amyl and the Sniffers with a couple of tracks from their album Cartoon Darkness; 80s icons The The with a song from their album Ensoulment; singer-songwriter Dhruv with the track Tragedy from his debut album, Private Blizzard; and South African hip-hop tour de force Moonchild Sanelly with her song Do My Dance from her album Full Moon.”

premium ticket events UK site icon
Rock Concerts

David Gilmour Luck and Strange tour – next stop, California!

ticketmastersComment(0)

Well, to use film terminology, that’s a wrap – for now, anyway! David Gilmour’s fourteen nights in three European cities – Brighton, Rome and London – have just come to a triumphant conclusion, with audiences truly thrilled by the sonic and visual feast served up by David and his band. The show has matured well over the month since the first Brighton shows, which were a great tour opener for the lucky 1,500 at each of the two performances there, with the subsequent Rome open air concerts being truly special, and then the Royal Albert Hall gigs in London which will live long in everyone’s memories. Next for David and the gang is an appearance on the BBC TV series, Later…With Jools Holland (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00248kd). We hear possibly that David will be on this week’s show, although looking on the BBC website at the episode guide (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00248kd), it doesn’t include his name amongst the guests performing. From pictures that Polly Samson and others have shared on their social media, they have already filmed their song selection, it seems at Alexandra Palace in London. Then, the US dates start, with three locations selected, taking in the West and East coasts – the newly opened and quite high tech Intuit Dome in LA on October 25th (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/2024-david-gilmour-tour-zone/october-25th-intuit-dome-inglewood-los-angeles-c.html), the legendary Hollywood Bowl on October 29th – 31st (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/2024-david-gilmour-tour-zone/october-29th-hollywood-bowl-hollywood-los-angeles-c.html), and concluding at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on November 4th – 6th and 9th – 10th (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/2024-david-gilmour-tour-zone/november-4th-madison-square-garden-new-york-city-n.html). Should all be superb shows, and limited tickets are still available if you are quick. We’ve been so grateful for all the reviews, comments and pictures submitted for the shows that have taken place, and are working through the final ones to get them on the site too. Thanks to Kevan Porter for this picture from last night’s show – his review and many more great shots are on the relevant show page in the David Gilmour 2024 section (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/2024-david-gilmour-tour-zone/index.php). People love reading others’ thoughts on the shows, whether or not they were fortunate enough to have attended themselves, and seeing pictures taken from all different aspects of the venues. If you haven’t yet submitted something and still want to – or are going to any of the US shows and want to share with the Floyd community – do please get in touch at the normal email address of Matt@Brain-Damage.co.uk. Thank you, everyone!