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We were contacted by the popular UK radio station Planet Rock, letting us know they are having a Pink Floyd special coming up soon.

Here is the press release:

Pink Floyd’s classic 1979 concept album “The Wall” is an undisputed musical masterpiece and in this exclusive radio show, Planet Rock talks to some of the key people that helped make it.

In this one hour special Planet Rock talks to Pink Floyd founding members, Roger Waters and Nick Mason about the making of the album. We also speak to session guitarist Snowy White about the origins of the album and artist Gerald Scarfe, who brought the album to life with his album artwork, stage designs and iconic animations.

The album contains a set of incredible songs, such as the single ‘Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)’, ‘In The Flesh’ and the timeless ‘Comfortably Numb’ (voted by Planet Rock listeners to have the Greatest Guitar Solo of All Time), while the enduring legacy of the album has seen Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters resurrect The Wall for a record breaking live show that has been touring the world for the best part of two years.

Building the Wall will air on Saturday 25th February at 7pm.

You will be able to listen to the show live online – on www.planetrock.com – or they also have a “Listen Again” feature, so you can listen after it has aired.

UPDATE/CORRECTION: We were contacted by EMI letting us know that the Rockline show with Pink Floyd is a 25th Anniversary special recorded a few years back. The Band will not be in the studio taking question from listeners, this is an encore edition that ran before. Incorrect reports from sources online reported that it would be a new interview and listeners could call in to ask questions.


The surviving members of Pink Floyd will be special guests on the nationally syndicated U.S. program Rockline with host Bob Coburn on Wednesday, February 22.

David Gilmour, Roger Waters and Nick Mason will be on hand to discuss the ongoing Immersion and Experience series of Pink Floyd album reissues. Fans are encouraged to call in beginning at 11:30 p.m. Eastern to ask questions at 1-800-344-ROCK (7625). For more information, go to: www.rocklineradio.com.

Pink Floyd is set to release the Immersion and Experience editions of The Wall, the final installment of the series, on February 28th. The Wall is Pink Floyd’s best selling project, after 1973′s Dark Side of the Moon. The 1979 double-album opus topped the album charts in the U.S., France, Germany, Sweden and Australia, while the track “Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2″ — Pink Floyd’s initial UK single since 1968 — became a chart-topping smash, selling more than one million units within weeks of its release.

In advance of this new reissue of The Wall, the band has issued a new video sampler:

The album has proven to be something of a rallying point for Gilmour, Waters and Mason in the wake of co-founding member Richard Wright’s passing in 2008. Last year, as Waters presented a solo version of The Wall at London’s 02 Arena, he was joined by the remaining members of Pink Floyd for a rare and emotional reunion.

Waters new production of The Wall continues into North America in 2012.

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If you aren’t able to listen live that day, the Rockline website has a Replay feature, so you’ll be able to listen to the show after it’s aired.

Video clip of the win from the 27th annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards.

Roger Waters’ 2012 “The Wall Live” Tour kicks off tomorrow (1/27/12) in Perth, Australia. Here’s a sneak peak behind the next production of the 2012 “The Wall Live” tour.

Even if you saw the show in 2010 or 2011, it’s getting better and better as more improvements and additions are made, so it’s definitely worth seeing again in 2012 if you can make it!

This morning, Roger Waters stopped by the Howard Stern show, where he announced among other things that he will be playing his “The Wall” show at Yankee Stadium in New York on July 6th. This video is a small teaser of the show, in which they appeared to talk about some pretty fun and interesting topics.
Possibly NSFW Audio. Click here for the full audio.

We were contacted by Billboard letting us know that Roger Waters ‘The Wall Live’ Tour was in the top 5 of Billboard’s Top 25 Tours of 2011.

Here are the numbers:

Total Gross: $149,904,965
Total Attendance: 1,362,993
Number of Shows: 92
Number of Sell-Outs: 92

To see the full list and exactly where he landed, visit Billboard’s website here.

Roger Waters’ latest video: “Stadium Full”.

We get lots of emails but I thought this was especially cool and worth sharing:

To whom it may concern (especially the members of the Rock and Roll Band “Pink Floyd”), I would like to share with you an amazing photo and person. His name is Keith, he lost his legs due to Buerger’s disease and is a bilateral below knee amputee and veteran. He is such a fan of the band he asked me to laminate t-shirts with a collage of album covers on his prosthetic limbs(see attached pic). We did this once before with The “1978 tour” logo on his legs. But these ones came out so beautiful I felt I should share them with you. I recently learned about a contest the band had where fans sent in pictures with Pink Floyd themes in order to win concert tickets. Sorry I found out late or I am sure Keith would have been in the running to win. Anyways, I think it is a wonderful tribute to the band and their influence on the world, especially Keith. I am sure the band knows how popular they are, but I doubt they realize how much they mean to someone like Keith. I hope the band actually will see this and hope it amazes them as much as it has me, and I make artificial limbs for a living!

Sincerely,
David T. Hughes, CPO
Certified Prosthetist/Orthotist

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