Roger Waters 2010 Tour Performing Pink Floyd: The Wall

The 2010 list of “Shows to See” just got one name longer. Roger Waters announced this week that he’ll be setting out on the North American, The Wall Live tour starting in September at Air Canada Centre in Toronto on September 15 and ending December 13 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA. Waters, Pink Floyd’s original bass player, is credited with writing a large portion of the 1979 rock opera which is rumored to be based on his own life.

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UC Santa Cruz Grateful Dead Archive Selects Nicholas Meriwether To Run The Archive

Ever since 2008 when the University of California, Santa Cruz announced they were taking over the vast collection of Grateful Dead memorabilia amassed by the band over their 40+ year long strange trip, Deadhead archivists have been patiently waiting to see who would be given the key to wonderland. On April 7th, UC Santa Cruz announced that Nicholas Meriwether will be the key-master. UCLA archivist Lance Watsky was also in the running for the position.

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