Roger Waters, along with Jack Johnson, will headline the 2008 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, to be held April 25-27 in Indio, Calif. Also scheduled to perform are the Verve, Kraftwerk, Death Cab For Cutie, My Morning Jacket, Spiritualized, Cafe Tacuba and the Raconteurs.
Visit this Billboard article to see the full lineup and schedule details.
From GigWise.com, Nick Mason has suggested the band could reform once again following their show at Live 8 in 2005:
If there was a suitable reason or things change a bit in the next year or two and everybody suddenly thinks, ‘Well, actually, I really would like to do that’ then I think it’ll happen,” he said. “But until there’s that sort of sea-change, the only thing that would generate it would be something the equivalent of Live 8.
The good folks at Voiceprint Music have released another gem, this time from former Lizzy/Floyd guitarist Snowy White. Born Terence Charles White, Snowy made his reputation playing numerous sessions for a wide variety of musicians such as Al Stewart, Cliff Richard and Peter Green. More famously Snowy toured as second guitarist with Pink Floyd augmenting the bands sound on the tours to promote The Animals and The Wall albums. By late 1979 however, tiring of the session scene, Snowy accepted the offer to join the rock band Thin Lizzy. Snowy recorded two albums with Thin Lizzy (Chinatown and Renegade) and completed a number of successful tours before deciding that the bands music and more importantly their lifestyle wasn’t to his taste.
David Gilmour has donated signed proofs of DVD-related artwork to be auctioned on eBay, today, Monday November 19th, in support of “Crisis”, the UK charity for the homeless. Most of the items are “works in progress” by designer Steve Knee of Blade Design, including alternative designs for the Remember That Night cover and some poster art. Visit this page to view the items.
A total of 17 lots will go live on eBay at 5.00PM (UK time). Each auction will be timed to finish slightly after the last to ensure fans who miss out on one item have a chance to bid on others. Andrew Page, Director of Fundraising at Crisis said:
We are very grateful to David for the huge support he gives to Crisis. The money raised from the sale of these items will support our work fighting homelessness and our projects which empower people to transform their lives.
To learn more about the Crisis foundation, visit their website here.
High-def music channel Rave HD will premiere David Gilmour: Live at the Royal Albert Hall, on November 22nd. The ninety-minute concert shot in 2006 will feature solo and Pink Floyd material. Visit their website to view a promotional video.
This book will most surely be on many Christmas lists this holiday season. Written by David Gilmour’s guitar tech, “The Black Strat” tells the story of Gilmour’s iconic black guitar, bought off the shelf at Manny’s music store, New York, in 1970. The book format is large-scale paperback in a high-gloss cover, and its 121 pages feature a photo or photos on almost all of them:
The chronological story begins with David Gilmour joining Pink Floyd in early 1968, his guitar at that time, his subsequent instruments leading to the purchase of the Black Strat in 1970, and the other guitars that have come and gone. It details all of the changes and modifications made to the Black Strat, it’s use on Pink Floyd tours and iconic albums, David’s solo projects, and various guest appearances throughout the years.
The price is £19.95 plus shipping, and is currently only available at this website.
GHS, maker of fine guitar strings, will produce a signature series with David Gilmour – both sets use the strings actually used by David on his Gibson Les Paul and Fender Stratocaster.
Gilmour has played GHS strings since ’79 when working on The Wall, but he’s used non-standard gauges that until now were not available in sets. Visit David’s website for more info.