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‘Liverpool might be robbed of the title’ – West Ham chief Brady suggests season should be declared ‘null and void’

West Ham United vice-chairman Karren Brady has cast major doubt over the remainder of the campaign, and in turn Liverpool’s title, following the decision to postpone all fixtures to prevent further spread of the coronavirus. Football world hit hard The worldwide COVID-19 (more commonly referred to as coronavirus) outbreak has of course been headline news […]

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Record Store Day 2020 moves date due to COVID-19 precautions

Due to the current global COVID-19/Coronavirus pandemic, the annual Record Store Day has been postponed, and is now scheduled to take place on June 20th. All items that were due on April 18th should now be available from participating physical stores on the new date (assuming the situation globally has improved sufficiently by then).From a Pink Floyd related standpoint, that includes the 7 single of Arnold Layne, recorded live at the Syd Barrett tribute held at the Barbican (latest/pink-floyd-release-arnold-layne-live-for-record-store-day.html), Roger Waters Live In Berlin 1990 on 2LP clear vinyl (latest/roger-waters-live-in-berlin-1990-clear-vinyl-for-rsd-2020.html), the Guy Pratt/David Gilmour collaboration on the Hackers soundtrack 2LP (latest/rare-david-gilmour-guy-pratt-collab-in-record-store-day.html), and the 12 Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets single (latest/special-limited-12-nick-masons-saucerful-of-secrets-release-for-rsd.html).Obviously the pandemic is a developing situation and should there be more alterations, we will let you all know. At this stage, we suspect pressing plants are already producing these items so they should be available, in some matter, at some point… To us, it is not a particularly surprising move, as those who have attended previous years will be aware that you will be stood queuing, shoulder to shoulder with strangers, for a number of hours. Add in the number of surfaces that will be touched by (in some cases) a few hundred people all in a short space of time, we were expecting this sort of precaution to take place.

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Fullback forced to retire after try-saving tackle, aged 22

Cardiff Blues full-back Rhun Williams has been forced to retire after failing to recover from the neck injury he sustained against Zebre two years ago. The former Wales Under-20s ace suffered left sided peripheral nerve damage as he made a try-saving tackle in February 2018. Williams has undertaken extensive rehabilitation at Cardiff Blues with regular…

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Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets – film premiere pictures

Last night, a significant chunk of you would have been at cinemas in various countries, watching the special presentation of Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets Live At The Roundhouse. Followed by an exclusive Q A with the band, that was recorded a short while ago, reaction to the film (and the Q A) has been thoroughly positive.Brain Damage was at the world premiere on Monday evening, at London's Picturehouse Central, which included a nice introduction by Nick Mason before welcoming the rest of the band to join him in front of the screen. Pictures of this are below. For those who are yet to see the film (which is released on April 17th on Blu-ray, DVD, CD and 2LP, as well as digitally) we won't spoil things for you. Suffice it to say that a fantastic job has been done with the recording, and editing, of the Saucers' at the Roundhouse. Whilst some live albums and videos can be quite sterile, LATR has an involving and exciting feel to it. In places there are short interview segments, and these work well in the points of the show when the stage falls into darkness, and instruments are changed. The interview bits give good insight into the project, and only enhance things. You will NOT want to miss seeing this release…it has easily exceeded our hopes and expectations for the live recording.Just for some clarification, we went direct to Sony to check out the situation with region coding on the Blu-ray edition as there is still some confusion or misinformation about it. We have had confirmation from them that the Blu-ray has NO region coding at all, so will be playable worldwide, irrespective of where you purchase it from.ORDERING INFORMATION:You can order the various editions through the following direct links, taking advantage of Amazon's pre-order price guarantee so you will automatically pay the lowest asking price between placing your order, and release, whilst giving Brain Damage much needed help with running costs without costing you any extra. We really appreciate it too!LIVE AT THE ROUNDHOUSE – Blu-ray: Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XWMFWG/braindamage-20)Amazon UK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B083XWMFWG/ref%3Das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8 camp=1634 creative=19450 creativeASIN=%20%20B083XWMFWG linkCode=as2 tag=braindamage-21)Canada (http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XWMFWG/braindamageon-20)Germany (http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XWMFWG/braindamage0f-21)France (http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XWMFWG/braindamageon-21)Italy (http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B083XWMFWG/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8 camp=3370 creative=23322 creativeASIN=%20%20B083XWMFWG linkCode=as2 tag=bradamonl-21)Spain (http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B083XWMFWG/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8 camp=3626 creative=24822 creativeASIN=%20%20B083XWMFWG linkCode=as2 tag=braidama01-21)LIVE AT THE ROUNDHOUSE – 2CD/DVD: Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XTGCLZ/braindamage-20)Amazon UK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B083XTGCLZ/ref%3Das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8 camp=1634 creative=19450 creativeASIN=%20%20B083XTGCLZ linkCode=as2 tag=braindamage-21)Canada (http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XTGCLZ/braindamageon-20)Germany (http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XTGCLZ/braindamage0f-21)France (http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XTGCLZ/braindamageon-21)Italy (http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B083XTGCLZ/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8 camp=3370 creative=23322 creativeASIN=%20%20B083XTGCLZ linkCode=as2 tag=bradamonl-21)Spain (http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B083XTGCLZ/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8 camp=3626 creative=24822 creativeASIN=%20%20B083XTGCLZ linkCode=as2 tag=braidama01-21)LIVE AT THE ROUNDHOUSE – DOUBLE VINYL LP: Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XVFP2D/braindamage-20)Amazon UK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B083XVFP2D/ref%3Das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8 camp=1634 creative=19450 creativeASIN=%20%20B083XVFP2D linkCode=as2 tag=braindamage-21)Canada (http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XVFP2D/braindamageon-20)Germany (http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XVFP2D/braindamage0f-21)France (http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B083XVFP2D/braindamageon-21)Italy (http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B083XVFP2D/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8 camp=3370 creative=23322 creativeASIN=%20%20B083XVFP2D linkCode=as2 tag=bradamonl-21)Spain (http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/B083XVFP2D/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8 camp=3626 creative=24822 creativeASIN=%20%20B083XVFP2D linkCode=as2 tag=braidama01-21)

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Rare David Gilmour/Guy Pratt collab in Record Store Day 2020

Following on from our recent news that the 2020 Record Store Day would be including amongst the raft of rarities, available on April 18th at participating stores (and not online) releases from Roger Waters, Pink Floyd and Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets, there's a fourth item of interest for Floyd fans included on the list. It's also something that has been the subject of rumour in the past…and now can be confirmed.The 1995 film Hackers had an interesting music soundtrack, and in particular, an instrumental heard at the climax of the film. In a sequence at New York's Grand Central Station, there is a joint piece by Guy Pratt and David Gilmour to accompany the scene. Rolling Stone did the reveal: Gilmour visited the home of Guy Pratt, Pink Floyd's touring bassist since Momentarily Lapse of Reason, while the bassist was working on music for the 1995 movie. The meet-up became an impromptu jam session that became 'Grand Central Station'. In the film's credits, the song was only credited to the mysterious sounding Deep Cover .The exclusive 13-track, 2LP Record Store Day edition of the album will mark the soundtrack's debut on vinyl and will feature tracks that were not included on the original album, including 'Protection' by Massive Attack, 'Open Up' by Leftfield, two pieces by Guy Pratt (including 'Grand Central Station') plus the 'Hackers Suite', performed by composer Simon Boswell.The gatefold jacket will offer new liner notes from the film's director, Iain Softley, as well as unreleased photos of the cast. The CD and digital edition of Hackers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), which appears the previous day (April 17th) direct from Varese Sarabande (https://www.varesesarabande.com/products/hackers) will include an additional six tracks.As with the other RSD 2020 releases, it is a limited edition: often the RSD releases are pressed up as just a couple of thousand or so worldwide. We understand that there are going to be 2,500 of these available to snap up on the day.And, as we've mentioned previously, these limited edition items are released via RSD participating stores on 18th April 2020 – go to RecordStoreDay.com (http://www.recordstoreday.com/) for more details of who those will be. A reminder that it will ONLY be these stores participating; the stores themselves can't sell it online – the record will become available for customers coming through the door of the store from the morning of the 18th (and not before), in limited quantities – first come, first served, and only one copy per customer. After RSD, if copies remain, they may put them for sale online (and of course, there'll also be copies on eBay inevitably…).