2006

Originally due last December, the Pink Floyd live DVD “Pulse” will now hit stores June 27 via Columbia. The project was originally released on home video in 1995 in conjunction with a double-disc CD set of the same name. The film chronicles the band’s 1994 tour in support of the album “The Division Bell,” which turned out to be its last.

The material here was taped during a 14-night run at London’s Earl’s Court and is highlighted by the first complete performance of the 1973 album “Dark Side of the Moon,” which can be found on the second disc. The first disc features a blend of older hits (“Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2,” “Learning To Fly”) and material from “The Division Bell” (“Keep Talking,” “Take It Back”).

Among the bonus features are the back-screen stage projections used during the 1994 and 1987 tours, plus music videos for a host of “Division Bell” tracks, the off-stage documentary “Goodbye To Life As We Know It” and Floyd’s performance of “Wish You Were Here” with Billy Corgan at its 1996 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Meanwhile, Pink Floyd guitarist/vocalist David Gilmour will tape a live DVD of his own during his May 29-30 stand at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The project is expected to be out before the end of the year.

Source billboard.com.

According to ET, after almost four years of marriage, Paul McCartney and wife Heather Mills have separated.

The former couple released the following statement Wednesday, “Having tried exceptionally hard to make our relationship work given the daily pressures surrounding us, it is with sadness that we have decided to go our separate ways. Our parting is amicable and both of us still care about each other very much but have found it increasingly difficult to maintain a normal relationship with constant intrusion into our private lives, and we have actively tried to protect the privacy of our child.

Separation for any couple is difficult enough, but to have to go through this so publicly, especially with a small daughter is immensely stressful. We hope, for the sake of our baby daughter that we will be given some space and time to get through this difficult period.”
Source: et.tv.yahoo.com

African superstars Amadou & Mariam have a heap of concerts planned across the U.S. and Canada this summer, including numerous headlining gigs and some notable festival appearances.
Two days after appearing at Sweden’s Hultsfred Festival, the duo will land in Tennessee for the June 17 Bonnaroo Music Festival. A string of West Coast dates will follow, including an appearance at the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival in Boonville, Calif.
Amadou Bagayoko and Mariam Doumbia have been blending traditional West African music, Euro-American pop, and political lyrics since 1980. The Mali-based couple is touring with 7 piece African band.
Amadou & Mariam will headline theatres in Seattle, Los Angeles and more before sharing the stage with Seu Jorge in Chicago. After stops along the Great Lakes and East Coast, the tour will wrap in New York City July 16.
They recently released a live CD/DVD, Paris Bamako, featuring songs from their 2004 smash Dimanche

Trey Anastasio, Mike Gordon and The Benevento/Russo Duo will be playing an eleventh date with Phil Lesh & Friends on Thursday, July 6th at the Tweeter Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts (or ‘Great Woods’ for the older set).

A presale for this show and the Toronto show on July 18 will start tomorrow morning, Tuesday,May 16 at 12 NOON EST at treytickets.rlc.net . Tickets for the Tweeter show will go onsale to the public this Saturday, May 20 at 10am EST. Tickets for the Toronto show will go onsale to the public the following Friday, May 26 at 12 NOON EST.

Umphrey’s McGee will perform on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday, May 18th. The band will be joined by veteran rocker Huey Lewis, who also appears on Umphrey’s McGee’s new studio album ‘Safety in Numbers.’

‘Safety In Numbers,’ which just hit stores in April, is the third studio album by the musically muscular and relentlessly inventive Umphrey’s McGee. The highly anticipated album brought Umphrey’s Mcgee to #186 in Billboard’s Top 200, and the band debuted #11 on the coveted Heatseakers Chart.

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke’s debut solo album, “The Eraser,” will be released in July via XL Recordings. The set was produced and arranged by longtime Radiohead collaborator Nigel Godrich. “Inevitably it is more beats and electronics, but it [is] songs,” Yorke says of the project in an email to members of Radiohead’s W.A.S.T.E. fan organization.

see Billboard for more details