Pink Floyd

Court Rules Roger Waters Can Perform In Frankfurt

by Paul Cashmere

A German Court has found that Roger Waters’ concert in Frankfurt on May 28 can go ahead.

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Roger Waters To Release The Lockdown Sessions

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Roger Waters is set to release ‘The Lockdown Sessions’ on CD and vinyl in June.

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Roger Waters Announces Live Broadcast of This Is Not A Drill

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Roger Waters’ ‘This Is Not A Drill’ show is set to be broadcast around the world.

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Nick Mason Calls Roger Waters Upcoming Solo ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ “Annoyingly Beautiful”

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Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason has backed his former bandmate Roger Waters’ decision to re-record their seminal album ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ without the other band members.

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Roger Waters Final Pink Floyd Album ‘The Final Cut’ Turns 40

by Paul Cashmere

‘The Final Cut’, the final Pink Floyd album to feature Roger Waters, turned 40 this week.

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Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason To Bring Saucerful of Secrets to Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Pink Floyd co-founder Nick Mason will perform the early years of Pink Floyd (pre-Dark Side of the Moon) with his band Saucerful of Secrets in Australia in September.

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Roger Waters, The Wall - photo by Ros O'Gorman

Frankfurt, Germany Cancels Roger Waters Over Anti-Israel Behaviour

by Paul Cashmere

Roger Waters’ May 28 concert in Frankfurt, Germany has been cancelled with The City of Frankfurt citing Waters’ ongoing “anti-Israel behaviour” calling him “one of the most widely spread anti-Semites in the world”.

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Supergroup ARC To Perform Pink Floyd ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’

by Paul Cashmere

ARC, the Australian supergroup featuring Kram of Spiderbait, Darren Middleton of Powderfinger, Davey Lane of You Am I and Mark Wilson of Jet, will perform the entire Pink Floyd classic ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ around Australia from June.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Dark Side Of The Moon, Darren Middleton, Davey Lane, Jet, Kram of Spiderbait, Mark Wilson, Pink Floyd, Powderfinger, rock UK, You Am I

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Roger Waters Re-Records ‘Dark Side of The Moon’

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Roger Waters has been “secretly” re-recording ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’.

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Roger Waters Threatens David Gilmour’s Wife Polly Samson With Legal Action

by Paul Cashmere

Roger Waters has issued a public statement threatening Polly Samson, the wife of David Gilmour, with legal action after comments she made on her socials.

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Roger Waters And The ‘Free Nûdem Durak’ Campaign

by Paul Cashmere

Roger Waters has started a campaign to free Kurish singer Nûdem Durak who was arrested in Turkey in 2015 because her music is considered “terrorist propaganda”.

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Joseph Calderazzo To Celebrate 50 Years of Dark Side of the Moon in Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Joseph Calderazzo will bring his ‘The Great Gig In The Sky – A Pink Floyd Celebration’ back to Melbourne in January to celebrate 50 years since the release of ‘Dark Side of the Moon’.

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Australian Artists Pay Tribute To Dark Side Of The Moon’s 50th Anniversary

by Paul Cashmere

Roger Mason, James Ryan, Stu Thomas and James Lewis Fox will get together with an orchestra, 20 voice choir and 10 piece brass section to honor the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s iconic Dark Side on the Moon in March 2023.

Tagged as: 70s, Australia, Dark Side Of The Moon, James Lewis Fox, James Ryan, Pink Floyd, Roger Mason, Stu Thomas, UK

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Pink Floyd Catalogue Sale Delayed By In-Fighting

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The sale of Pink Floyd’s music catalogue has been delayed due to “months of arguing” within the band.

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Roger Waters played Rod Laver Arena Melbourne on Saturday 10 February 2018. Roger Waters is performing his Us and Them Australian tour. Photo Ros O'Gorman

Roger Waters Claims He Is Now On A Ukrainian Hit List

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Roger Waters has claimed he’s on a Ukrainian “kill list” after his comments on the Russian invasion.

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Roger Waters Pens Letter to Vlad Pootin

by Paul Cashmere

Following his open letter to Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska, Roger Waters has now written to Vladimir Putin asking the Russian President to withdraw from Ukraine.

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Roger Waters Drops Poland From Tour After Comments on Ukraine

by Paul Cashmere

Roger Waters’ won’t be playing Poland on his current ‘This Is Not A Drill’ tour after comments he has made on the war in Ukraine.

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The Beatles autographed I Want To Hold Your Hand

Abbey Road Artifacts To Be Auctioned

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Did you know that one legendary piece of recording console connected legendary bands such as The Beatles, Pink Floyd, and more?.

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Roger Waters Says His One Message Goes Back To Pink Floyd ‘Echoes’

by Paul Cashmere

Roger Waters says his one and only message originated in his Pink Floyd song ‘Echoes’.

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Watch Fan Footage of the First Roger Waters ‘This Is Not A Drill’ Show In Pittsburgh

by Paul Cashmere

Check out the YouTube footage of the first Roger Waters ‘This Is Not A Drill’ concert in Pittsburgh.

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Roger Waters This Is Not A Drill Tour – Check Out The Setlist

by Paul Cashmere

Roger Waters has performed a “dress rehearsal” for the This Is Not A Drill tour and we can assume this will be the setlist.

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Pink Floyd ‘Animals’ To Be Released On Blu-Ray

by Paul Cashmere

Pink Floyd’s tenth album ‘Animals’ will be released for the first time in 5:1 Surround Sound on DVD and Blu-Ray.

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Roger Waters Performs for The Late Show With Stephen Colbert

by Paul Cashmere

Roger Waters’ and band appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert this week to perform ‘The Happiest Days of Our Lives / Another Brick In The Wall Part 2 and 3’ ahead of the This Is Not A Drill world tour.

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Pink Floyd ‘Obscured By Clouds’ Turns 50

by Paul Cashmere

‘Obscured by Clouds’, the seventh Pink Floyd album and the predecessor to ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ a year later, turns 50 years old today.

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Pink Floyd Join Tik Tok

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Pink Floyd will today join TikTok for the first time with the Pink Floyd catalogue launching globally on the platform at 2pm BST.

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The Alan Parsons Project Tours North America For 40th Anniversary of Eye In The Sky

by Paul Cashmere

It is coming up to 40 years since the release of The Alan Parsons Project’s sixth album ‘Eye In The Sky’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Abbey Road, Alan Parsons, Alan Parsons Project, art, Eye In the Sky, Pink Floyd, progressive, rock, The Beatles, UK

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Pink Floyd First New Music Since 1994 ‘A Song For Ukraine’

by Paul Cashmere

Pink Floyd members David Gilmour and Nick Mason, longtime bass player Guy Pratt have teamed up with Ukraine’s Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Boombox, for a song for Ukraine ‘Hey Hey Rise Up’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, A Song for Ukraine, Andriy Khlyvnyuk, Boombox, David Gilmour, Hey Hey Rise Up, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, UK, Ukraine

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Nick Mason Cancels Dates In Russia

by Paul Cashmere

Nick Mason of Pink Floyd is the latest act to cancel shows in Russia.

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Nick Mason Surprised By His Pink Floyd A Saucerful Of Secrets Tour Success

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Nick Mason didn’t know if people would be interested in ‘A Saucerful of Secrets’.

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Nirvana Nevermind 30th anniversary edition

Nirvana, Queen, Pink Floyd, Fleetwood Mac Dominate Australian Vinyl Chart of 2021

by Paul Cashmere

Very few artists “popped” into the ARIA Top 10 vinyl albums of 2021. The end of year chart features Nirvana with two places, Queen at no 5, and 40+ year old albums by Fleetwood Mac and Pink Floyd in the Top 10.

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Missy Higgins AWITG on Sunday 19 November 2017. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

The Artists Missy Higgins Skipped Over For The ARIA Hall of Fame

Missy Higgins released her debut album ‘The Sound of White’ in 2004 and yes it was huge. It was a number one album that year and she had two more number one albums in a row. A position in the ARIA Hall of Fame is warranted. But for FFS ARIA, how about these artists first:

August 18, 2024

Not One Australian Song of 2023 Made The ARIA End of Year Top 100

Once again, ARIA has proven itself a disgrace with a complete lack of attention to Australian artists in 2023. Not one Australian song released in 2023 made the ARIA End of Year Top 100 Singles and only one Australian album released in 2023 made the ARIA End of Year Top 100 Albums.

January 12, 2024

Why Are The ARIA Awards Full Of Acts Who Can’t Even Make The ARIA Chart?

The nominations for the 2023 ARIA Awards have been announced and once again the glaring failures of the ARIA Chart disconnect with Australian acts and music consumers couldn’t be more obvious.

September 21, 2023

The ARIA Chart Is Something To Get ‘Angry’ About

The Rolling Stones 'Angry' debuted at 329 on the ARIA chart this week. Flop? Not really. It is another example of the how irrelevant the ARIA chart has become. It irrelevance is also having a negative impact on the perspective of Australian artist's success.

September 18, 2023

Australian Album Chart Report 1 September 2023

The fifth album for Powderfinger "Vulture Street" returns to the chart at #1 this week as a deluxe 20th Anniversary Edition.

September 1, 2023

Australian Album Chart Report for 25 August 2023

The 'Barbie The Album' soundtrack regained the #1 spot in Australia this week.

August 25, 2023

Australian Album Chart Report 18 August 2023

The second studio album for local singer and percussionist G Flip called "Drummer" debuts at #1 on both the ARIA Albums and Vinyl Sales chart this week.

August 18, 2023