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Written by Matt
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Sunday, 08 March 2015 |
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 Just announced is the first public appearance together by David Gilmour and his wife, Polly Samson, at the 2015 Borris House Festival of Writing and Ideas. The three-day event, which takes place in June, is held in Co. Carlow, Ireland. Polly's new book, A Kindness, is published this week.
David is set to join Polly in a discussion about their songwriting partnership. Polly wrote lyrics for The Division Bell, and for Louder Than Words on The Endless River. She also contributed towards On An Island and is doing the same for David's forthcoming album, due in September to coincide with the concerts announced this week.
Polly told the Irish Times: "A friend of ours curates the festival and asked if I could get David to come along. She works so hard on it that even without consulting David, I said I'm sure we could get him to do it. And when I asked, he readily agreed."
Polly continued: "I was always reluctant to be open about it, because it felt like the domain of men with guitars. But David talked a lot about it in the interviews he did for The Endless River, and it was almost like being outed. Then there was suddenly a few articles about writers who were lyricists, especially after Michael Chabon wrote lyrics for Mark Ronson. It turned out Kazuo Ishiguro wrote lyrics and then I was included too, so then it felt okay to talk about - it felt like there were other writers who were lyricists, and we're allowed to do more than one type of writing."
The festival runs from Friday 5th to Sunday 7th June, and is said to be a weekend of "stimulating dialogue and discussion, gathering together intriguing international minds – historians, novelists, journalists, film-makers, poets, theatre directors, war correspondents, biographers, artists and political commentators. The Festival of Writing and Ideas has become known for its casual, friendly atmosphere, and for its extraordinary line up of speakers – and the beautiful setting of Borris House (and the spectacular village) in the Barrow Valley." As yet, the exact programme with dates and timings of each speaker, has not been announced, but is due shortly.
Borris House is said to be one of the most spectacular houses in Ireland. It sits at the foot of the Blackstairs Mountains, on the banks of the River Barrow, in the small village of Borris in the hinterland of South County Carlow.
Tickets for the event are now on sale, through VisualCarlow.ie. At present, only three-day passes to this festival have been made available. Subject to availability, tickets will be made available to individual days, and indeed individual talks.
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Written by Matt
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Friday, 06 March 2015 |
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 It has been announced that due to exceptional demand for the three nights that David Gilmour is performing at London's Royal Albert Hall on September 23rd-25th, two further nights have just been added. Tickets for these additional concerts - on October 2nd and 3rd - go on sale now through the normal ticketing outlets.
They have pointed out that "for the London concerts, the name of the lead booker will be printed on each ticket. The lead booker must attend the concert and photo ID will be required to gain entry to the venue. There will be no exceptions to this rule. This is to try and stop secondary selling by ticket touts at high prices." This is exactly what happened with the Kate Bush concerts in London last year, and it seemed to work really well. It ensured that fans were there, and ticket touts/scalpers didn't get much of an opportunity to make a killing buying tickets for a show they would have no intention of seeing!
You can place your order for tickets to all the London shows through these links: Ticketmaster, Eventim, Seetickets, Stargreen and RoyalAlbertHall.com although please be aware that demand is incredibly high so you might need to be patient and keep retrying, as they seem to be adding tickets for sale progressively.
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Written by Matt
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Friday, 06 March 2015 |
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 Our very best wishes, and many happy returns, to David Gilmour today, who will hopefully be celebrating his birthday in the spring sunshine!
It is exactly nine years to the day since the release of his last solo album, On An Island, with his previous album About Face having its 31st anniversary yesterday. But, of course, thoughts uppermost in everyone's minds relate to the 2015 European Tour which he announced this week, mentioning that his new album (as yet untitled) is due to coincide with the shows in September.
As an important reminder, tickets go on sale this morning at 10am GMT! If you didn't get a ticket in the presales earlier, now is your chance. Here are the details you need:
- Saturday 12th September 2015: Arena Pula, Croatia TICKETS: Eventim
- Monday 14th September 2015: Arena di Verona, Italy TICKETS: TicketOne
- Tuesday 15th September 2015: Le Mulina Teatro, Florence, Italy TICKETS: TicketOne
- Thursday 17th September 2015: Théâtre Antique d'Orange, Orange, France TICKETS: FNAC Spectacles, GDP, LeVraiBillet
- Saturday 19th September 2015: König-Pilsener-Arena, Oberhausen, Germany TICKETS: Eventim
- Wednesday 23rd September 2015: Royal Albert Hall, London, England TICKETS: Ticketmaster, Eventim, Seetickets
- Thursday 24th September 2015: Royal Albert Hall, London, England TICKETS: Ticketmaster, Eventim, Seetickets
- Friday 25th September 2015: Royal Albert Hall, London, England TICKETS: Ticketmaster, Eventim, Seetickets
- ADDED Friday 2nd October 2015: Royal Albert Hall, London, England TICKETS: Ticketmaster, Eventim, Seetickets
- ADDED Saturday 3rd October 2015: Royal Albert Hall, London, England TICKETS: Ticketmaster, Eventim, Seetickets
Please can you use our ticket links to purchase yours, as some of them will help toward site running costs. Ticket restrictions, and booking fees, will
apply. David's blog notes that "there are no other dates planned at this
time. Further details, concerning personnel and such like, will follow
as and when they become available, so please sit tight."
Good look with your ticket purchasing, and let us know what show(s) you are going to. In the meantime, of course, we wish David a very happy day!
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Written by Ed Lopez-Reyes
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Friday, 06 March 2015 |
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 Pink Floyd academic, composer, and pianist Gilad Cohen's studies of the band and performances of his compositions are to be featured at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas this weekend.
Following his two lectures in early February at two prominent Illinois universities, titled "Large-Scale Structure in the music of Pink Floyd: 'Dogs' and 'Shine On'" and "Large-Scale Structure in the music of Pink Floyd: 'Dogs'", Pink Floyd academic Gilad Cohen will be featured in a one-hour talk titled "The Shadow of Yesterday's Triumph: Shine On You Crazy Diamond and the Stage Theory of Grief".
The lecture will take place this Sunday, March 8th at 11AM at the Society of Composers, Inc. Region 6 Conference at Henderson State University, Room 134, Russell Fine Arts Building (northwest corner of campus), Arkadelphia, Arkansas and will consist of an expansive analysis of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond".
The conference will also feature the world premiere of Cohen's new piece for violin and piano "Parsley's Hammer", commissioned by ASCAP and the Society of Composers Inc. That performance will take place Saturday, March 7th, 2015 at 8PM, (also at the Society of Composers, Inc. Region 6, Henderson State University, Department of Music Russell Fine Arts, Arkadelphia, Arkansas).
Guests who are not Society of Composers, Inc. members can enter Cohen's lecture for free but if they attend a large amount of the events in the conference will be expected to pay a registration fee. If you wish to register for fuller participation, please visit http://goo.gl/FiOt8l.
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Written by Matt
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Wednesday, 04 March 2015 |
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David Gilmour's Blog have just ann ounced David's 2015 European Tour, offering presale tickets for their readership. The pre-sale is open now, although we suspect that tickets will be selling quickly!
They have revealed a total of eight shows across Europe in September, as below. The general sale of tickets starts on Friday morning, and more details of that will follow, but the DG Blog have arranged for a limited number of tickets for each venue/date to be on sale early. The shows are as follows:
- Saturday 12th September 2015: Arena Pula, Croatia
- Monday 14th September 2015: Arena di Verona, Italy
- Tuesday 15th September 2015: Le Mulina Teatro, Florence, Italy
- Thursday 17th September 2015: Théâtre Antique d'Orange, Orange, France
- Saturday 19th September 2015: König-Pilsener-Arena, Oberhausen, Germany
- Wednesday 23rd September 2015: Royal Albert Hall, London, England
- Thursday 24th September 2015: Royal Albert Hall, London, England
- Friday 25th September 2015: Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Full details of ticket prices and box office phone numbers for each venue can be found at the Blog. Alternatively, click the above links for the presales. For the Royal Albert Hall, you need to quote 19005 either over the phone, or online. Ticket restrictions, and booking fees, will apply. They also note that "there are no other dates planned at this time. Further details, concerning personnel and such like, will follow as and when they become available, so please sit tight."
We are in the process of setting up the normal dedicated pages here on Brain Damage for each and every show, initially holding all the pertinent information on the event and the venue, giving ticketing details, addresses, maps and more, and then later, reviews and pictures of each show. These should be live imminently so keep checking back!
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