Roger Waters: The Man Behind the Wall is a new book by music writer Dave Thompson, coming from the respected Hal Leonard publishers through their Backbeat Books imprint.
To be published on September 17th, 2013, the book is described as "the first full biography of the author of The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, and, of course, The Wall. It traces his life from war-torn suburbia to the multitude of wars he has fought since then – with his bandmates, with his audience, and most of all with himself. Packed with insight and exclusive interviews with friends and associates, Roger Waters: The Man Behind the Wall dismantles the wall brick by brick, revealing the man who built it in all his glory."
We'll bring you a review of this publication as soon as copies are available, but in the meantime, the 288-page book is available for pre-order. You can take advantage of Amazon's "pre-order price guarantee", automatically paying the lowest price they offer the book at between now and day of publication, by ordering through the following direct links, saving up to 36% off the recommended price at time of writing: Amazon UK, Amazon.com (US etc.), Amazon.ca, Amazon France, Amazon Germany, Amazon Espana and Amazon Italy.
Rockarchive, which was established by ace photographer Jill Furmanovsky in 1998 with a view to make her own work (including her wonderful shots of Pink Floyd), and the work of other rock photographers and visual artists, more accessible to fans and collectors, are holding a very special event soon.
None other than Nick Mason will be holding a signing at their pop-up gallery in Monmouth Street, London WC2 on Thursday, May 30th. The gallery itself will be open every day from 11am – 7pm until Monday, June 3rd, but we suspect those fans who are free on the 30th will be making that their priority.
Nick will be available at the Rockarchive pop-up between 5pm - 6pm to sign an edition of 50 exclusive photographic prints of himself at the drums, made specially for the occasion by Rockarchive, available at a reduced price of £100 for the night only. To see the picture selected for the special print, visit the Brain Damage Facebook page. Pink Floyd fans are also invited to bring along one item of personal Pink Floyd memorabilia that they wish to be autographed. In addition to meeting Nick they will also be able to admire the extensive collection of Pink Floyd prints displayed in the gallery, including works by the late Storm Thorgerson and enter a raffle to win a signed pair of Nick's drum sticks.
The event is being held as part of a special 20% off traffic free shopping evening running throughout Seven Dials and St Martin's Courtyard between 5pm - 9pm. All prints displayed at the Rockarchive Pop-up Gallery are being sold at a 20% discount for the evening. For those unable to make it to the new pop-up store there is opportunity to view the extensive gallery of rock and roll prints at Rockarchive's online site www.rockarchive.com.
The Theatro Municipal de São Paulo has this month been host to four very special performances of the opera by Roger Waters, Ca Ira. First performed live to much acclaim in Rome, Italy, in November 2005, it has subsequently had further live performances in countries as diverse as Poland, The Netherlands, and Brazil, who last hosted it in 2008 (a report, with various photographs and video clips, can be seen here). Lika Geribello, the executive producer of those performances, produced the new ones alongside Cristiane Rossetto, and thanks to Lika, and photographer Bob Toledo, we have a selection of pictures from the event below.
We've also got a selection of pictures from the venue and performance, from John Floyd, who also got his programme signed by Roger - you can see this to the left. As with the pictures below, click the thumbnail to see the image larger. The contemporary new look and feel to the performance comes across vividly in the photographs below, and we hope that this new production can be seen elsewhere at some point in the future.
Just prior to the pictures, below, here's a video of Roger being interviewed about this new adaptation:
The freshly reopened Portsmouth Guildhall on England's south coast (venue for a number of early Pink Floyd concerts, including the first FULL live performance of The Dark Side of the Moon in January 1972), is the latest host of the absorbing, iconic, and thought-provoking artwork by the late Storm Thorgerson and the teams of Hipgnosis and StormStudios who collaborated with him on all the pieces.
'Any Port in a Storm' opens tomorrow, May 12th, and runs until June 22nd, 2013. The venue are hosting it in their new Zodiac Gallery, following recent refurbishment work. Of Storm's recent passing, the venue noted that "We are saddened by the recent passing of Storm Thorgerson. Our thoughts are with his family and friends during this difficult time. It is a privilege to be able to commemorate this great artist by exhibiting his work at Portsmouth Guildhall. The exhibition will go ahead as Storm wanted it to."
It is free entrance to the exhibition, and the gallery is open Monday to Friday, between 9am - 5.30pm, and on Saturdays between 10am - 4pm. Please note that the the Zodiac Gallery will be closed on Saturday May 25th, and that the exhibition will move to the Portsmouth Room from June 15th - 22nd.
Back in February we noted that The Australian Pink Floyd, who first played in the UK twenty years ago for the first International Brain Damage fan convention at Wembley, will be performing at Live From Jodrell Bank on Saturday 6th July. The highly regarded tribute act will be playing a special celebration show to mark the anniversary of the release of Pink Floyd's most well-known album, in a truly eye-catching location. Jodrell Bank, in Cheshire, is part of the University of Manchester and is a world renowned British observatory that hosts a number of radio telescopes.
A unique element of the Live From Jodrell Bank shows has seen bands beaming their projections on the huge, 76 metre Lovell telescope and The Australian Pink Floyd Show with its audio visual production are sure to be using this to the best of their abilities in this special environment.
Courtesy of Live from Jodrell Bank we've got a pair of tickets to give away to our Facebook followers for the upcoming show. The support acts have been announced now, and are Hawkwind, Richard Norris's Time & Space Machine and The Lucid Dream. Just pop over to the facebook.com/BrainDamageUK, where you'll find the competition post. "Like" and share the photo to be in with a chance of winning... the winner will be announced on our Facebook page next weekend.
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