Floyd remember Barrett

Pink Floyd's David Gilmour is to release three new tracks in tribute to former band member and friend Syd Barrett, he has announced.

Gilmour confirmed details of his "Arnold Layne" single on his official website, dedicating the release to Barrett, who died this summer of pancreatic cancer.

The material consists of an acoustic take on "Dark Globe", plus two versions of Pink Floyd's first ever single, "Arnold Layne", all recorded at Gilmour's shows earlier this year at London's Royal Albert Hall.

One features David Bowie on vocals and the other Richard Wright from Pink Floyd. Both tracks were initially written by Barrett.

The songs will all be available to download from Christmas Day but will also be released to shops in December.

Meanwhile, it was revealed last week that Barrett left around £1.2 million to his family in his will. He died in July at the age of 60.

Shine On you crazy diamond - Syd Barrett Tribute PART 1

Colitis performing shine on you crazy diamond in memory of the late Syd Barrett.Performed live at the barbi tel aviv 12/08/06.I had to split it into 2 parts, cause of the 10 mins limit.

Shine On you crazy diamond - Syd Barrett Tribute PART2

Syd Barrett Newsnight Feature

U2 - Vertigo

Bono makes surprise appearance at protest concert in Australia (Saturday November 18, 2006 00:45 AM) MELBOURNE (AFP) - Irish rocker Bono made a surprise appearance at a Make Poverty History concert staged in Melbourne to coincide with a meeting of the world's most powerful economic leaders.

The U2 frontman and fellow band member The Edge teamed up with Pearl Jam to perform a rendition of Neil Young's "Rockin' In The Free World" before a 14,000 audience at the open-air concert.

Bono told the crowd to maintain pressure on Group of Twenty (G20) leaders meeting to work to eliminate world poverty at their meeting in Melbourne Saturday and Sunday .

"Politicians all have to do what you tell them to do, scream it from the mountains," he said.
Earlier this month, Bono made another surprise appearance at a Sydney concert by Australian singer Kylie Minogue, who is making a comeback after receiving treatment for breast cancer.

He is in Australia as part of U2's "Vertigo" tour.

Hardy U2 fans get midnight surprise (Friday November 17, 2006 09:49 AM) Hardy U2 fans have been rewarded with exclusive band goodies for queuing at midnight for the supergroup's new album.

HMV in Dublin's Grafton Street was mobbed by a large crowd hoping to get the first copies of U218.
The album is the first single disc collection to span the band's career from 1980 to 2004.

It features top hits from two decades including tracks from their back catalogue of albums from Boy to How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb.

The first 10 females and the first 10 males in the queue on Thursday night received exclusive U2 merchandise like hoodies and baseball caps.

A HMV store spokesman said : "By opening at midnight we gave fans an opportunity to be the first to get their hands on this album and the opportunity to get their hands on some exclusive merchandise."

Fans visiting the store also had their photographs taken with the famous Macnas U2 heads.