Waters has so far played only one UK date in 2006 in London on July 1, when he was joined by former band mate Nick Mason on drums.

Uncut Magazine has three pairs of tickets available on their website. To enter the drawing, all you have to do is answer a simple question which takes only a minute.

Winners will be notified by Friday April 27.

Please remember to state which venue you would like to attend. Click here to enter. Click Here to subscribe.

The full UK tour dates are as follows:

Manchester, UK, MEN (May 7)
Birmingham, UK, NEC (May 8)
London, UK, Earl's Court (May 11/12)

Article by Marooned
www.echoeshub.com

A few months back, I came up with the idea about having an OP's pick of the week and thought that it might be cool to have all of the Moderators select their favorite boots and make it a high priority to other traders who also would like to listen to these shows based on our recommendations.

What does this mean? This means you don't have to wait in queue for these shows, just request them from any Moderator. A slot will be auto-granted right away. This will help circulate some of the best shows out there and help our newest members start off with a great list. Here is our most current list created from our week-by-week results since we started.

Week 01 - Bodeaga
pf1994-08-25 Idrætsparken - Copenhagen, Denmark
pf1972-11-15 The Return Of The Sons Of Nothing - Boeblingen Amsterdam
rw1987-09-29 KAOS in Vancouver MoLM, Vancouver, British Columbia

Week 02 - Groovinpict
pf1973-03-17 Radio City Music Hall, New York City, NY
rw1999-07-23 Our First Hurrah, Mecca Auditorium, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
pf1970-10-23 Sing to Me Cymbaline, Santa Monica Civic Center, Santa Monica, CA

Week 03 - Bytor31
pf1965--1967 Dawn Of The Piper [RevA] HRV CDR 018
pf1969-09-17 Complete Concertgebouw FRP CDR-007/008, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
pf1973-03-07 Childhood's End, The Amphitheater, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Week 04 - comfortablypink
pf1975-06-18 Echoes In The Garden, Boston Garden, Boston, MA
pf1994-05-18 Welcome To Sunny Foxboro, Foxboro Stadium, Foxboro, MA
ej1973-12-22 Elton John, Hammersmith Odeon - London (UK)

Week 05 - Marooned
pf1972-03-13 - Pink Floyd - Sapporo - Nakajima Sports Center - Sapporo, Japan
pf1977-05-09 - Pink Floyd - Mr. Pig [HL542543] - Oakland Coliseum - Oakland, CA
dg2006-03-19 - David Gilmour - Regathering Our Senses [FA025] - Heineken Music Hall - Amsterdam

Week 06 - JuniorBubba
pf1972-09-22 - Platinum Crackers - Hollywood Bowl - Hollywood, CA USA
pf1977-05-01 - Iron Pigs On Fire (T-700) - TCCC Fort Worth TX
rh2006-12-17 - Robyn Hitchcock and Heavy Friends - 3 Kings Pub, Clerkenwell, London UK

Week 07 - T
pf1971-10-17 - Pink Floyd - Convention Hall, Community Concourse, San Diego, CA fixed
pf1971-10-31 - Pink Floyd - Fieldhouse University Of Toledo, Toledo, OH (T-1606)
rw2006-09-20 - Roger Waters - Air Canada Centre Toronto Canada (T-1605)

Week 08 - Black_Holes
rw1984-07-21 - Brendyn Byrne Arena, NJ (flac)
dg1984-06-08 - The Pavillion - Chicago, IL [rec 2] (shn)
pf1980-02-13 - Run Like Fuck - Sports Arena, LA

Week 09 - celestial
1984-07-12 - David Gilmour And Friends - In Floyd We Trust - Allentown Stadium Arena - Allentown, Pa
1984-07-20 - Roger Waters - New Jersey Complete - East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA
1971-02-25 - Pink Floyd: M-502 - Grosser Saal Musik Halle - Hamburg, Germany

Week 10 - access
dg2006-05-26 - The Bridgewater Hall - Manchester (UK)
pf1994-10-29 - The Last Show Ever - Earls Court - London, UK
pf1989-06-21 - Forgotten Pink Floyd Part 3 - Frankfurt Festhalle - Frankfurt, Germany

Week 11 - Keir
pf1970-01-18 - Croydon Fairfield Hall [1st gen]
pf1969-09-17 - Amsterdam Concertgebouw (Complete Concertgebouw)
pf1969-12-00 - Ultimate Zabriskie Point

Week 12 - larry
pf1971-06-05 - Vierundzwanzig Teile Von Nichts [HRV 029]
pf1972-03-06 - Tokyo-to Taiikukan - Tokyo, Japan
apf2006-07-28 - Wombat-a-Go-Go (Aussie Floyd at London Docklands)

Week 13 - dibesq
pfHRV CDR 021 Rev A pf1970-09-26 Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA
pfJS-HRV-PFA 3307 - pf1972-03-30 - Run Rabbit Run - Free Trade Hall - Manchester, UK
pfHRV CDR 023 pf1977-07-06 Who Was Trained Not to Spit on the Fan - Olympic Stadium - Montreal, QC

Week 14 - Cygnals
Page&Plant - 1995-04-10 Boston Gardens, Boston, Massachusetts(Datfly Master)
Pink Floyd - 1975-04-26 - Echoes From The Past (Platinum Edition)
Roger Waters - 2006-09-08 - The Tweeter Center - Mansfield, MA

Week 15 - Gamesformay
Pink Floyd 1971 Amstel Free Concert - Amtserdamse Bos, Amsterdam, Holland, June 26th 1971
Jimi Hendrix - Nine To The Universe 2cd
Paul McCartney - Band on the Run Early Mixdown. 1973 1 disc

Week 16 - Mooner
Pink Floyd 1969-1971 Omay Yad (LCD 103)
Pink Floyd 1973-11-04 Live For A Friend
Pink Floyd 1977-02-25 Unauthorised Live, Vol. 2 (flac)

Week 17 - oldindian
Strength In Numbers,September 02, 1990 Camp Mather,Strawberry Fall Music Festival
The Acoustic Allstars 1/23/88 The Birchmere, Alexandria Virginia
Pink Floyd: Live at Empire Pool Wembly, London UK

Week 18 - Gratefulj
Pink Floyd 7/2/77 at Madison Square Garden.
Pink Floyd 6/16/81 at Earls Court.
Grateful Dead 3/24/73 at the Spectrum.

Week 19 - CorporalClegg
1969-10-25 Pink Floyd Meets Frank Zappa
2006-09-08 Mansfield, MA
Amerindienne 'Chirapac' 2006

Week 20 - Chuck (Current Week)
1967-00-00 - Pink Floyd - What Syd Wants [HRVCDR032]
1970-11-14 - Pink Floyd - Grooving With A Pict - Ernst-Merck Halle - Hamburg, West Germany
2007-03-18 - Robyn Hitchcock & The Nashville Crawdads - Belcourt Theatre - Nashville, TN

Next Months Ops

Apr 14 - Apr 21 week 21 Logansdad
Apr 21 - Apr 28 week 22 MuabDib
Apr 28 - May 3 week 23 Curlyace
May 3 - May 10 week 24 T

-= T has a very special treat up his sleeve, but you will need to join in to find out what it is... =-

Article by Bodeaga
www.echoeshub.com

As announced in last month's edition of the Echoes Hub newsletter, Roger Waters is still touring and will return to North America. Once again, we have been blessed with a rare opportunity to get a glimpse of the legend himself.

In September 2006, the venue was Mansfield Massachusetts - An impromptu meeting that was organized quite efficiently and the result was seven Echoes Hub Members who met and spent a magical evening truly enjoying each other's company and all in the presence of Roger Waters!

Now, Roger is inviting and inciting Echoes Hub to rise and unite once again!

Check out the list below and send a private message to Cygnals telling him to add your name to the venue(s) you will be going to. Let's see if we can get Hub Members to meet up at the various venues and see how many Echoes Hub members will acquire tickets over the next few months.

2007-04-16 - Kolnarena Eventim - Cologne, Germany - thirdmove

2007-05-08 - NEC - Birmingham, England - - Overhead

2007-05-14 - Point Theatre - Dublin, Ireland - stonehead

2007-05-18 - Sound Advice Amphitheatre - West Palm Beach, FL - bodeaga

2007-05-19 - Ford Amphitheatre - Tampa, FL - evannn

2007-05-22 - Phillips Arena - Atlanta, GA - TC1965
2007-05-22 - Phillips Arena - Atlanta, GA - Animal

2007-05-24 - Continental Airlines Arena - East Rutherford, NJ - kiowa

2007-05-30 - Madison Square Garden - NYC, NY - Black_Holes
2007-05-30 - Madison Square Garden - NYC, NY - DrBenway

2007-06-01 - Echoes Hub Gathering 2007 - Wachovia Center - Philadelphia, PA - Marooned
2007-06-01 - Echoes Hub Gathering 2007 - Wachovia Center - Philadelphia, PA - kiowa
2007-06-01 - Echoes Hub Gathering 2007 - Wachovia Center - Philadelphia, PA - MassedGadgets
2007-06-01 - Echoes Hub Gathering 2007 - Wachovia Center - Philadelphia, PA - Smile
2007-06-01 - Echoes Hub Gathering 2007 - Wachovia Center - Philadelphia, PA - wywh1975
2007-06-01 - Echoes Hub Gathering 2007 - Wachovia Center - Philadelphia, PA - Drivont

2007-06-04 - Scotiabank Place - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada - peterpuck

2007-06-16 - MGM Grand - Las Vegas, NV - jake

2007-06-19 - Oakland Arena - Oakland, CA - Benzino
2007-06-19 - Oakland Arena - Oakland, CA - Barrett

2007-07-02 - Marcus Amphitheater - Milwaukee, WI - Groovinpict

2007-07-09 - TD Bank north - Garden Boston, MA - Fatal

2007-07-13 - Darien Lake PAC - Darien Center, NY - madone
2007-07-13 - Darien Lake PAC - Darien Center, NY - evannn

Article by Cygnals
www.echoeshub.com

Lost Sketches Of A Crazy Diamond - submitted by Cygnals

As everyone should know by now, the late Roger "Syd" Barrett started Pink Floyd in 1965 and left the group in 1968, eventually finding a reclusive peace in his native Cambridge.

But while he will be remembered as the founder of the British psychedelic sound, who foundered on the rocks of mental illness, he would probably have preferred to be known as a visual artist.

From entering polytechnic at 16, to leaving Camberwell Art School after his foundation course, he painted big, abstract oils - a vocation he resumed in his forties, when he became a regular customer of Heffers.

However, throughout his teens, he... Continue to story

Article by Tim Willis
www.thefirstpost.co.uk

The Madness and Majesty of Pink Floyd - submitted by Cygnals

In issue #1023, Rolling Stone Magazine featured an article about Pink Floyd.

There was no reason these men should ever stand together again. Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Rick Wright -- the four musicians who carried Pink Floyd forward after Syd Barrett fell from reason in 1968 -- had not appeared on a stage together since June 1981, and it hardly seemed possible they ever would again.

Waters and Gilmour had famously shown contempt for each other for a quarter-century -- each felt the other had tried to dishonor his life's work and hinder his future. After Waters started a solo career in 1984, he... Continue to story

Article by Mikal Gilmore
www.rollingstone.com

The Echoes Hub members keeps growing and growing.

If you have not added yourself to the Interactive Echoes Hub Map, you are missing out! Many people have been signing up looking for other traders to make friends with and chances are, some of these people are located in your area. It only takes a few seconds to add yourself...

Just click on the map to follow the link and then find and zoom in on your home town. See how close some of our other traders are to your location!

Article by Marooned
www.echoeshub.com

• U2
• Madonna
• Pink Floyd
• Carlos Santana
• Liel
• Yes
• Shakira
• The Rolling Stones
• Earth Wind & Fire
• Sir Paul McCartney
• Elton John
• Jane Zhang
• Sting
• David Bowie
• Lionel Richie
• Take 6
• The Goo Goo Dolls
• Aerosmith
• Bruce Springsteen
• The Who
• Led Zeppelin
• Tina Turner
• The Eagles
• Pearl Jam
• Moby
• Alanis Morissette
• Phil Collins
• Eminem
• Wyclef Jean
• Will Smith
• Gavin Christopher
• Usher
• Mary J. Blige
• JAY-Z

• Beyonce
• Pink
• Peter Gabriel
• Eric Clapton
• Alicia Keys
• Lenny Kravitz
• Janet Jackson
• Babyface
• Green Day
• Stevie Wonder
• Chaka Khan
• Patti LaBelle
• Aretha Franklin
• Chili Peppers
• Justin Timberlake
• Christina Aguilera
• Celine Dion
• Mariah Carey
• Britney Spears
• Bon Jovi
• OutKast
• Sarah McLachlan
• Enya
• Paul Simon
• Dixie Chicks
• Willie Nelson
• Brad Paisley
• Garth Brooks
• Rascal Flatts
• Tricia Yearwood
• Keith Urban
• Shania Twain
• Martina McBride

• Prince Ali
• Faith Hill
• Tim McGraw
• Ricky Martin
• Marc Anthony
• David Bisbal
• Juanes
• Luis Miguel
• Olga Tanon
• Alejandro Sanz
• Gilberto Gil
• Ivan Lins
• Barbra Streisand
• Bette Midler
• Tony Bennett
• Diahann Carroll
• Andrea Bocelli
• Josh Groban
• Autograph
• David Lee
• Depeche Mode
• The Cure
• Tiesto
• Armin van Buuren
• Paul van Dyk
• Christopher Lawrence
• Ferry Corsten
• Sasha
• Digweed
• ATB
• Deep Dish
• Carl Cox
• Paul Oakenfold
• Judge Jules

• George Acosta
• Richie Hawtin
• Benny Benassi
• Gabriel & Dresden
• David Guetta
• Sander Kleinenberg
• Pete Tong
• Timo Maas
• Danny Tenaglia
• Donald Glaude
• Roger Sanchez
• Bad Boy Bill
• Steve Lawler
• Nick Warren
• Sven Vath
• James Holden
• Chris Liebing
• Blank&Jones
• Danny Howells
• Mauro Picotto
• BT
• Tall Paul
• Fatboy Slim
• Talla 2 XLC
• Steve Porter
• Dave Seaman
• Agnelli & Nelson
• Doc Martin
• Eddie Amador
• DJ Sneak
• Marco-V
• Mark Lewis
• Lisa Lashes
• Axwell

Article taken from World Peace One
www.worldpeace1.com

I was asked by M if I would be willing to write something about my whole experience here at International Echoes Hub, and I said yes... at 4:05 AM on Easter Sunday. I was half asleep, on my 1st cup of coffee, and did not realize what I had committed to. Nevertheless I proceeded to write something up, thinking to myself, I cannot screw this up too bad. I joined the echoes hub about 8 weeks ago. I was an active trader in the 90s, but things kind of faded away.. as my job and several relocations took its toll. I started back on the torrent trading system, and one day.. I downloaded a file that was sourced at the Echoes Hub. So I wanted to sign up for the membership... and promptly applied. I got a reply that I was OK to go. I was all excited.. and decided to give it a shot.. not knowing what the heck I was going to be getting in to. I decided that I would share about 80 to 90 Gb of shows that I had on my hard drive.

I signed in... and it took me a few minutes to understand what was going on. My first mistake was not to read the rules. I started to get other member's lists, and got excited.... very excited. Within the next few minutes... I saw bandwidth usage like you wouldn't believe. I am talking about the download bandwidth. Ha ha... Comcast was not bullshitting me when they said.. I had up to 8 mbps download speed. I stepped out to get a cup of coffee, and when I came back.. I was disconnected..... actually kicked out (found out later - weeks later). I promptly logged back in.. without knowing that I had been kicked out. I got my first PM from someone called Groovinpict.... asking me how I was doing? The next 15 minutes was the most polite way someone had told me that I had made major mistakes. I cut back on the downloads to 5, started setting up my share directory... read the rules... and apologized profusely. After this.. I was told to remove about 70GB of the share that was non-compliant... :). I soon understood the rules, and started to make sure I was in compliance.

A few days went by... and I figured Groovinpict was watching over me... and suggested that I get active. What happened in the next few days is why I am with the hub.. and plan on staying. The patience, and approach that the ops took... to make my status active... was amazing. Groovinpict spent hours with me... and almost got me there... and then came access... who also took several hours.. to help me out... and finally I did become active... and it opened a whole new world. I was amazed... and impressed with the time and patience people would take.. to be able to share music.

What I have realized since then is that you can find anything Floyd related on the hub. You need to be patient. My share has grown to 430Gb, and I have shared everything I have downloaded from the hub, without exception. I also saw that some members would add music other than Floyd, and I started a small section for some of my favorite bands other than Floyd. I understood that the way you stay in good standing is to share what you have... and not to focus on growing your share. There is no competition here in the hub. I realized that the common element that brings us together is the music. In the following weeks, other ops were always there to answer questions, and to walk me through problems. Also found that there is another Floyd fan from my state of New Mexico.

In closing, the experience of the last 8 weeks has been nothing but fun. Since, my first mistake... I have made more... and I am proud to say that I am still a member... I have not been kicked out or banned. What I have learnt from this experience is that the cause is a very worthy one. If you are a Floyd fan.. and a loyal one... you have to be a part of Echoes Hub. I have understood the concept of sharing... like never before. I have also found that we are all equal on the hub. I have chatted with people from different countries... and learnt quite a bit about their feelings about the band. I would recommend the hub to anybody that likes music.. specifically Floyd...and classic rock.

Article by Sundeep

The International Echoes Hub is sending out a personal invitation to the Missing Registrants.

"Who are the Missing Registrants?", you ask. The Missing Registrants are new users that completed the registration process but have not logged in yet. Also, included in this group are those members that have not logged in for a long time.

Haven't been here for a while? Log in and explore all the changes our Hub has gone through. Check it out and let us know what you think.

If you have not yet logged in for the first time, be prepared to be amazed. The superior quality and sheer enormity of live recordings available to you is unrivaled. Shows from every tour, from every decade, and rare finds unavailable anywhere else, are at the Echoes Hub awaiting for you to download. We invite you to try it out for 48 hours to see for yourself what Echoes has to offer. Testimonials have said repeatedly that the Echoes Hub experience has far surpassed any expectation they had when first joining. Here is one amongst many members expressing their gratitude for having found such a treasure.

"I stay logged into Echoes Hub 24/7 365 days a year. I came here for quality lossless audio of unofficial recordings. What came next was more than I ever could have anticipated. I became friends with several online traders from all around the world and from different areas in my own Country. I have made friendships here that will last a lifetime."

This last year brought us two separate tours of a lifetime. David Gilmour and Roger Waters both toured in the same year and played to the same audiences. What more could a Floyd Lover ask for? Well, at Echoes Hub, we offer the next best thing. Plenty of excellent recordings of both artists from most venues are shared at Echoes. If you saw a show and want a copy, this is the place to get it. If you missed both tours, here is the perfect opportunity to download many venues of your choice.

DC++ is a unique file sharing program and unlike most P2P programs available, it allows you to share and chat in real time. Yes, live interaction as opposed to one dimensional torrents and other such programs. This personal touch enhances the experience of obtaining the music you came here for. You can start interacting with others immediately. When you first log in, right click on a user's name and you can start chatting with them. Say hi to me or to any moderator and we will answer any questions so that you can be on your way to collecting the best music available.

Echoes Hub has 26 moderators available to provide technical support. As moderators we are here to help ensure that DC++ file sharing program is running optimally and will assist you with any additional needed software. In main chat just ask for an operator and you will receive the assistance you require. It's that easy.

Article by Cygnals

The Top Pink Floyd Downloads

The following were the most downloaded Pink Floyd (or Pink Floyd related) recordings for the months of February and March 2007. The upload logs of some of our users with the largest and/or most popular shares were painstakingly amassed, dissected and merged by access (who really needs to get outside a little more often), and only those dates or sets with a dozen downloads or better are listed.

February 2007
 

Artist	Concert Date	Number of times downloaded
Roger Waters	2007-01-25	20
Pink Floyd	1972-03-13	17
David Gilmour	2006-04-13	17
Pink Floyd	1977-05-09	15
Pink Floyd	1977-05-01	14
Pink Floyd	1967 [hrv032]	14
Pink Floyd	1972-09-22	13
Pink Floyd	1977-04-24	13
Pink Floyd	1977-07-04	13
Pink Floyd	1973-05-19	12
Pink Floyd	1974-11-16	12
Pink Floyd	1975-06-18	12
Pink Floyd	1977-06-27	12

March 2007

Artist	Concert Date	Number of times downloaded
Pink Floyd	1973-11-04	36
Pink Floyd	1977-02-25	35
Pink Floyd	1967 [hrv032]	29
Pink Floyd	Omay Yad	25
Pink Floyd	1977-07-02	25
Pink Floyd	1974-11-16	24
Pink Floyd	1970-04-29	23
Pink Floyd	1970-11-21	20
Pink Floyd	1975-06-18	18
Roger Waters	2007-01-25	17
Pink Floyd	1971-06-26	15
Pink Floyd	1977-02-01	15
Pink Floyd	1977-07-06	15
Pink Floyd	1970-03-20	14
Pink Floyd	1971-02-12	14
Pink Floyd	1971-08-06	14
David Gilmour	2006-04-13	14
Pink Floyd	2007-02-01	13
Pink Floyd	1968-12-28	12
Pink Floyd	1970-03-14	12
Pink Floyd	1970-10-23	12
Pink Floyd	1970-11-13	12
Pink Floyd	1975-04-26	12
David Gilmour	2006-08-26	12

The totals for the Grand Champions of the last two months were as follows:

Pink Floyd 1975-06-18 with 30 downloads.
David Gilmour 2006-04-13 with 31 downloads.
Pink Floyd 1974-11-16 with 36 downloads.
Roger Waters 2007-01-25 with 37 downloads.
Syd’s Floyd 1967 compilation ‘What Syd Wants’ with 43 downloads.

Viva Syd! Long Live Syd!

Thanks to access for all the programming, development and all-around hard work – and to the following people for contributing to the project - A_Alias, access, barrett, biggjjuan, bodeaga, Chuck, comfortablypink, Curlyace, Cygnals, dibesq, Gamesformay, Gratefulj, Groovinpict, Illumina, JuniorBubba, Marooned, Mooner, Mooner@Work, MuabDib & zweig.

Article by JuniorBubba