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England have confirmed the call-up of Emmanuel Iyogun, with the Northampton Saints prop joining the tour in New Zealand. Iyogun jets out to Auckland to replace Joe Marler, as the…
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Just announced: the DVD and Blu-ray, and digital release, of Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd is coming on July 19th, 2024. The critically acclaimed – and fan acclaimed – documentary film Have You Got It Yet? is a compelling dive
into the life and genius of Syd. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Roddy Bogawa and the late, acclaimed album cover designer Storm Thorgerson, the feature length documentary drew praise for its candid glimpse into the prismatic character and artistry of Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett. Released in cinemas worldwide in Summer 2023, Have You Got It Yet? achieved a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, as well as a successful theatrical run with many sold-out screenings. Intimate interviews with band members David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Roger Waters uncover Barrett’s ongoing impact on the group. Going a step further, the film also includes an interview with Syd’s sister, Rosemary Breen. Narrated by actor Jason Isaacs, the film also features original band managers Peter Jenner and Andrew King, as well as The Who’s Pete Townshend and Blur’s Graham Coxon. In addition to the full-length film, the joint DVD and Blu-ray set includes a plethora of bonus features. Two poignant live performances of Arnold Layne are highlighted â the first features David Gilmour David Bowie (originally released in Gilmour’s Remember That Night Live At The Royal Albert Hall, 2007). The second is a performance from 2007’s The Madcap’s Last Laugh â a tribute concert held at London’s Barbican for Syd Barrett featuring Gilmour, Mason, and Richard Wright in their
final performance as Pink Floyd. Additionally, the DVD and Blu-ray includes an interview with Bogawa and director producer commentary of the film with Bogawa, Rupert Truman, and Julius Beltrame. Further exploring his creative works, the set features discussions surrounding Barrett’s paintings, and spoken word performances of Barrett’s lyrics by comedian Noel Fielding (Dark Globe), poet Rob Fitterman (Rats) and actor Gerard Bell (Lucifer Sam). The package, designed by StormStudios, is completed with an exclusive Have You Got It Yet? poster, which was also designed by the studio. Ordering details will follow here shortly – we’ll update this story accordingly. The documentary is a fascinating and moving look at Barrett and we heartily recommend it. It’s great news that it is finally getting a physical/digital release, enabling those who are yet to see it, the opportunity.
Just announced: a third Hollywood Bowl, LA show (October 31st) and a fourth Madison Square Garden, NYC show (November 9th). This means there are now a total of seven shows across both cities, which are the only North American locations for David Gilmour’s 2024 concert dates (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/2024-david-gilmour-tour-zone/index.php). David and his band are playing on October 29th, 30th and 31st at the Hollywood Bowl, before heading up to New York City for performances at Madison Square Garden on November 4th, 5th, 6th and 9th. Tickets for all the North American shows go on general sale at 10am local time tomorrow (Friday, May 17th) from this direct link at Ticketmaster.com (https://www.ticketmaster.com/david-gilmour-tickets/artist/769001). Presales for most of the shows have already taken place and have proved extremely popular, so we don’t expect remaining tickets to hang around for long. And, as a reminder, the Italian shows in Rome go on general sale tomorrow morning too, through this link at Ticketone.it (https://www.ticketone.it/en/artist/david-gilmour/). UPDATE: The fifth and final show at Madison Square Garden has just been added, for November 10th. As with the other dates, this show goes on sale at 10am local time tomorrow.
this link at Ticketmaster (https://www.ticketmaster.com/david-gilmour-tickets/artist/769001). Gilmour and his band will be playing at the legendary Hollywood Bowl, in Los Angeles, California, on Tuesday 29th (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/2024-david-gilmour-tour-zone/october-29th-hollywood-bowl-hollywood-los-angeles-c.html) and Wednesday 30th October (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/2024-david-gilmour-tour-zone/october-30th-hollywood-bowl-hollywood-los-angeles-c.html), before heading up to New York City, New York, for a brace of shows at Madison Square Garden, in Manhattan, on Monday 4th (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/2024-david-gilmour-tour-zone/november-4th-madison-square-garden-new-york-city-n.html) and Tuesday 5th November (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/2024-david-gilmour-tour-zone/november-5th-madison-square-garden-new-york-city-n.html). That last date – 5th November, is not just National Doughnut Day in America, but also the day of the US election, where the next president will be voted on and elected. David played two nights in both venues in 2016 on his last tour, so it’s not a huge surprise to see him return to them. For the 2024 dates, these will be the ONLY North American cities, and join the dates in London, England, and Rome, Italy on the schedule. You can sign up to the official David Gilmour newsletter (http://davidgilmour.com/uspresale) to get exclusive ticket pre-sale access. The pre-sale will launch Wednesday, May 15th, 10am local. The window to qualify for the pre-sale ends at 1pm PT / 4pm ET on Tuesday May 14th. Pre-sale codes will be sent out later that day. The venue itself is running a presale (we think through Ticketmaster) on Thursday, May 16th, at 10am local time, with a password of SOCIAL. Tickets will then go on general sale at 10am local on Friday, May 17th from this link at Ticketmaster (https://www.ticketmaster.com/david-gilmour-tickets/artist/769001). UPDATE: A third night at Madison Square Garden in New York, on November 6th (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/2024-david-gilmour-tour-zone/november-6th-madison-square-garden-new-york-city-n.html), has just been added. Tickets go on sale through this direct link (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/2024-david-gilmour-tour-zone/november-6th-madison-square-garden-new-york-city-n.html). Access presale tickets starting tomorrow, May 16th at 10am local time with code SOCIAL.
Steve Borthwick revealed his hopes that three injured players may yet be fit in time to contest selection to take on Scotland. RUCK’s 2024 Guinness Six Nations content powered by ISUZU. England once…
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A recently opened exhibition of Hipgnosis pictures and artwork in Germany has been attracting a lot of interest from visitors, along with local media. Co-curator Aubrey ‘Po’ Powell was in touch with us, to provide some more detail on this for you all. Po said: “The Hipgnosis Exhibition ‘Breathe’ opened on Sunday 21st January to an enthusiastic crowd of 400 people. The exhibition runs over 3 floors of this wonderful gallery and contains 150 Hipgnosis pictures, curated by myself and John Colton of the Browse Gallery, Berlin. There has been great press and TV coverage. “The initial rooms celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon and all the artwork that has been designed by Hipgnosis or Storm Studios over the past fifty years related to that celebrated album. The Ludwig Schloss Gallery is in Oberhausen, 30 minutes by car from the centre of Dusseldorf. Germany has always been a huge admirer of Pink Floyd, and Hipgnosis, and this marks the sixth exhibition held over the last five years in that country, with many thanks to the continued support from Pink Floyd.” For more information on the gallery, and the exhibition – which runs until May 2024 – please visit Ludwiggalerie.de (https://www.ludwiggalerie.de/en/exhibition/current-exhibitions/). Our thanks to Po for the update, as well!
Welsh rugby star Dan Biggar has declared himself fully fit after recovering from a back injury, as reported by Wales Online. Recent speculations from France hinted at a potential player…
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Some hopefully great news for those of you in or near Germany – Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets have expanded their summer tour this year with a performance at the Herzberg Festival at Breitenbach am Herzberg, Germany (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2024/july-28th-herzberg-festival-breitenbach-am-herzberg-ge.html). It’s quite a large festival, running since 1968 and this year, runs from 25th – 28th July, with Nick and the gang appearing on the final day – 28th July (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/nick-mason-s-sos-2024/july-28th-herzberg-festival-breitenbach-am-herzberg-ge.html). Tickets for the festival are now on sale through burgherzberg-shop.de/c/ticket (https://www.burgherzberg-shop.de/c/ticket), although it looks like you can’t buy individual day tickets for the event. UPDATE: a single day ticket for the 28th – the day that Nick and his Saucers are playing – has now been added to the ticket store! We are still waiting to hear about the Rome, Italy gig which was included in the announcement for the dates in that country, but without the venue or ticket link being available. We’re also hoping that there will be other dates added but, as with Rome, once we have any information we will let you know.
WASPS STATEMENT: It has been 12 months since the administration event that saw WASPS relegated from the RFU – and that was the day that we planned our return. You…
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Roger Waters is releasing The Dark Side Of The Moon Redux (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest/roger-waters-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-redux-album-annou.html), his new recording of Pink Floyd’s 1973 classic album, he has just announced a live performance of the album to take place in London. UPDATE: now two shows! The concert premiere of his new recording will take place at the London Palladium on October 8th, two days after the album’s release on October 6th. Waters said that “we’re going to do it live at the London Palladium, in October. We look forward to that⦠hopefully performing it live on other occasions in the future.” Joining Waters on stage will be a number of the musicians who worked with him on the new recording, including Gus Seyffert (bass), Joey Waronker(drums), Jonathan Wilson (guitars), Johnny Shepherd (organ), Via Mardot (theremin), Azniv Korkejian (vocals), Gabe Noel (strings), Jon Carin (keyboards) and Robert Walter (piano). The show has been designed by Waters’ long time Creative Director Sean Evans. Pre-sales for the show will start at 10am local time on Thursday (July 27th), with the general on-sale following at 10am local time on Friday (July 28th). Visit this link at Live Nation to buy your Roger Waters tickets (https://www.livenation.co.uk/show/1432462/roger-waters-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-redux/london/2023-10-08/en). UPDATE: Due to heavy demand during the presale for the first night, Roger is now also performing on Monday, October 9th. Tickets go on sale alongside the first night, from tomorrow morning at 10am UK time, at this link at Live Nation (https://www.livenation.co.uk/show/1433550/roger-waters-the-dark-side-of-the-moon-redux/london/2023-10-09/en).