<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <!-- generator="FeedCreator 1.7.2" --> <rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title>Pink Floyd News - Brain-Damage.co.uk</title> <description>The most recent, biggest -hitting news about Pink Floyd, direct from http://www.brain-damage.co.uk</description> <link>https://www.brain-damage.co.uk</link> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2024 17:03:35 +0100</lastBuildDate> <generator>FeedCreator 1.7.2</generator> <image> <url>https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/images/M_images/rss.png</url> <title>Pink Floyd</title> <link>https://www.brain-damage.co.uk</link> <description>The most recent, biggest -hitting news about Pink Floyd, direct from http://www.brain-damage.co.uk</description> </image> <item> <title>New David Gilmour interview online</title> <link>https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest/new-david-gilmour-interview-online.html</link> <description> Just published on YouTube is a new interview with David Gilmour, conducted by Rick Beato during the Madison Square Garden concerts in New York City. The nearly hour-long chat with David finds him in expansive mood, explaining how the new album, Luck and Strange, came together and he also talks about the recent concerts. </description> <pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2024 09:28:53 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Nick Mason donates signed drum heads, sticks and Pink Floyd albums to auction</title> <link>https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest/nick-mason-donates-signed-drum-heads-sticks-and-pink-floyd-albums-to-au.html</link> <description> nyt.org.uk/auction (https://nyt.org.uk/auction) to see details of all the lots, and place your bids! </description> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2024 16:19:09 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>David Gilmour on US TV's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon</title> <link>https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest/david-gilmour-on-us-tvs-the-tonight-show-starring-jimmy-f.html</link> <description> 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: </description> <pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2024 11:28:29 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Happy Halloween! The 2024 Pink Floyd pumpkin is unveiled...</title> <link>https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest/happy-halloween-the-2024-pink-floyd-pumpkin-is-unveiled.html</link> <description> 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. </description> <pubDate>Thu, 31 Oct 2024 15:08:35 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>19 Pink Floyd/solo songs feature in Netherlands radio poll</title> <link>https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest/19-pink-floyd-solo-songs-feature-in-netherlands-radio-poll.html</link> <description> 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. </description> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2024 13:04:13 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>David Gilmour on BBC TV's Later...With Jools Holland</title> <link>https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest/david-gilmour-on-bbc-tvs-later-.with-jools-holland.html</link> <description> 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: &quot;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.&quot; </description> <pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2024 12:54:11 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>David Gilmour Luck and Strange tour - next stop, California!</title> <link>https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest/david-gilmour-luck-and-strange-tour-next-stop-california.html</link> <description> 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! </description> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2024 10:12:46 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Pink Floyd Solo Music - special Uncut magazine</title> <link>https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest/pink-floyd-solo-music-special-uncut-magazine.html</link> <description> order online now for despatch to destinations worldwide (https://shop.kelsey.co.uk/product/ultimate-music-guide-pink-floyd-solo). </description> <pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:59:36 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Body Count featuring David Gilmour - Comfortably Numb official video</title> <link>https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest/body-count-featuring-david-gilmour-comfortably-numb-official.html</link> <description> It was the collaboration that no-one saw coming - David Gilmour playing guitar for Ice-T's band Body Count as they take a fresh look at Comfortably Numb. The song, which originally appeared on 1979's Pink Floyd album The Wall, has been updated for the 21st century, with a focus on issues close to Ice-T's heart. The song appears on the new album Merciless which is out on November 22nd. Permission was asked by Ice-T for the usage, and it clearly interested David, who went further and performed a new solo for the track on his Black Cat Strat - and even appears in the new, official video for the song, which was directed by Jay Scorsese. &quot;For me “Comfortably Numb&quot; is an introspective song—it's me acknowledging that I'm older now. I'm telling the younger generation, you've got two choices: you can keep the fire burning or you can give up. It's me trying to make sense of what's happening, but also pointing out that we're all in a place where we don’t have to face reality. We've got flat-screen TVs and popcorn, and we can just sit back and watch the chaos of the world like it’s a TV show. It doesn’t feel real until it shows up at your door. I’m a little numb, too—we all are.” - Ice-T on the track. David said: &quot;Body Count's version of 'Comfortably Numb' is quite radical, but the words really struck me. It astonishes me that a tune I wrote almost 50 years ago is back with this great new approach. They've made it relevant again. The initial contact from Ice-T was for permission to use the song, but I thought I might offer to play on it as well. I like the new lyrics. They're talking about the world we're living in now, which is quite scary. &quot;Ice-T and BODY COUNT played in London recently. Sadly, I couldn't make it, but if another opportunity came up to play with them, I'd jump at it.&quot; </description> <pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2024 08:08:13 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>David Gilmour opens Royal Albert Hall, London, shows to much acclaim</title> <link>https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest/david-gilmour-opens-royal-albert-hall-london-shows-to-much-ac.html</link> <description> Well, last night saw the start of the six concerts that David Gilmour and his band are playing at London's Royal Albert Hall (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/2024-david-gilmour-tour-zone/october-9th-royal-albert-hall-london-en.html). These follow the six nights in Rome, Italy, which we have covered on the relevant tour pages, and will be doing so again on the London tour pages as the shows take place. The Royal Albert Hall has long been a favourite of David's, so it should be a good place to see him play in again. This was proved with the opening show last night for which we've already had some pictures and comments through from people who attended, and were thrilled by what they witnessed! As ever, we will do our best to minimise any spoilers unless you go further down each of the concert pages - the set list is always hidden for obvious sight, and comments about each show will be below that, along with pictures kindly submitted. We've included one here of a recognisable shadow playing on the rear of the Royal Albert Hall's seating area, courtesy of David Gaylor, which we figured didn't really spoil anything in particular of the show. The other picture, showing the Luck and Strange Man above one of the Royal Albert Hall entrances, was kindly sent by Chris Leith. For those interested, there were no major differences with the merchandise on offer - the normal range of t-shirts, hoodies and other accessories including tour programme. Sometimes for the Royal Albert Hall, there's been a special poster, but all there is are the t-shirts and hoodies marked as from the London shows (as seen in the previous shows in Brighton and Rome). We hear though that the merchandise stall was swamped with people snapping things up eagerly so would suggest those who want to get something to commemorate the show, should buy before the concert, and not after, to reduce the chance of disappointment. Obviously, if you go to any of these shows (or indeed, any others between now and when the tour wraps up next month at New York City's Madison Square Garden) and would like to share your thoughts and/or pictures with the Floyd community, do please get in touch! Thank you. </description> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2024 09:23:25 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>David Gilmour - Dress Rehearsal shows in Brighton</title> <link>https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest/david-gilmour-dress-rehearsal-shows-in-brighton.html</link> <description> On Friday evening, and yesterday afternoon, David Gilmour and his new touring band performed a brace of shows at the Brighton Centre, on the south coast of England. It obviously bodes well when David Gilmour hires the Brighton Centre for production rehearsals. Concluding their time at the south coast of England venue, following the initial rehearsals at the King Alfred complex in Hove (just along the seafront road), a repeat of 2015's preview show saw a pair of what was called &quot;Dress Rehearsals&quot; to further finesse the production. The first was a standard evening show, the second, a matinee so that everything could be broken down and packed ready to ship to Rome, Italy, for the first string of proper shows. We are now starting to receive pictures, comments and suchlike for the pair of shows, and are adding them to both of the show pages (Friday, September 20th (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/2024-david-gilmour-tour-zone/september-20th-brighton-centre-brighton-en.html) and Saturday, September 21st (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/2024-david-gilmour-tour-zone/september-21st-brighton-centre-brighton-en.html)) to join the short post-gig video that's been put together by David's team to give the tiniest of tasters of the show. If you went to either, we really welcome and appreciate any contributions you would like to offer - just email through the normal address of Matt@Brain-Damage.co.uk (mailto:matt@brain-damage.co.uk?subject=BD%20contribution) please. We've purposefully picked a very simple picture for this story, so as not to spoil anything for those who don't want to hear anything about the show. The show pages also hide the set lists so people don't see anything they don't want to. Pictures and reviews are below the hidden set list section, so should be difficult to accidentally see things you might not want to see. Next stop for David and his team is Rome, Italy, for the six shows there, from this coming Friday, 27th September - and if you are going to any of these, we'd love to hear from you after the show! </description> <pubDate>Sun, 22 Sep 2024 19:59:17 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>David Gilmour on Rockonteurs podcast - watch here</title> <link>https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest/david-gilmour-on-rockonteurs-podcast-watch-here.html</link> <description> The new series of the ever-fascinating Rockonteurs podcast by Gary Kemp and Guy Pratt launches today. Each episode has them chatting with a different personality within the music industry, and this week, they have an absorbing interview with David Gilmour, aboard Astoria, his houseboat studio, asking him about the background to the new album, Luck and Strange. In a first for their podcast, apart from the normal audio download on whatever podcast platform you prefer, they are also sharing a video version of the whole interview: </description> <pubDate>Sun, 08 Sep 2024 09:25:25 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title>Official Pink Floyd 2025 Calendar now available</title> <link>https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/latest/official-pink-floyd-2025-calendar-now-available.html</link> <description> Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1804231576/braindamage-20), Amazon UK (https://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1804231576/braindamage-21), Germany (http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1804231576/braindamage0f-21), France (http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/1804231576/braindamageon-21), Italy (http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/1804231576/bradamonl-21) and Spain (http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/1804231576/braidama01-21). You can also order from HMV.com (https://hmv.com/store/pop-culture/calendars/pink-floyd-2025-square-calendar). </description> <pubDate>Tue, 03 Sep 2024 14:28:38 +0100</pubDate> </item> </channel> </rss>