Finally the European tour dates for the Wall have been announced:

Mar 21, 2011 – Atlantico Pavilion, Lisbon, PT
Mar 25, 2011 – Palacio de Deportes, Madrid, ES
Mar 29, 2011 – Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, ES
Apr 01, 2011 – Mediolanumforum, Milan, IT
Apr 02, 2011 – Mediolanumforum, Milan, IT
Apr 08, 2011 – Gelredome, Arnhem, NL
Apr 12, 2011 – Sports Arena, Budapest, HU
Apr 15, 2011 – O2 Arena, Prague, CZ
Apr 18, 2011 – Atlas Arena, Lodz, PL
Apr 23, 2011 – Olympiski, Moscow, RU
Apr 25, 2011 – SKK Arena, St. Petersburg, RU
Apr 27, 2011 – Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, FI
Apr 30, 2011 – Telenor, Oslo, NO
May 04, 2011 – Ericsson Globe, Stockholm, SE
May 07, 2011 – Parken, Copenhagen, DK
May 15, 2011 – O2 Arena, London, UK
May 17, 2011 – O2 Arena, London, UK
May 18, 2011 – O2 Arena, London, UK
May 20, 2011 – Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, UK
May 21, 2011 – Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, UK
May 23, 2011 – O2 Arena, Dublin, IE
May 27, 2011 – Sportspaleis, Antwerp, BE
May 30, 2011 – Bercy, Paris, FR
Jun 03, 2011 – SAP Arena, Mannheim, DE
Jun 06, 2011 – Hallenstadion, Zurich, CH
Jun 10, 2011 – Colorline Arena, Hamburg, DE
Jun 15, 2011 – O2 Arena, Berlin, DE
Jun 18, 2011 – Esprit Arena, Dusseldorf, DE

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..and this time it’s the big one.

It is with great pleasure that I can confirm Roger Waters is taking The Wall out on tour this year and the dates will be announced on 12th April 2010 2pm EST.

There’s still no word about which venues or countries the tour will take in but if you are serious about acquiring tickets, be sure to have your preferred method of payment handy as I expect this is going to sell out quick.

Here’s why:

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Hurrah! The magnificent Los Bastardos Finlandeses have just announced their first UK tour in February 2010.

Hear more of Los Bastardos Finlandeses on last fm

These guys have toured with Aerosmith, Motörhead and Deep Purple to name but a few – So if classic rock’s your thing, you’re going to love Los Bastardos Finlandeses.

Tickets are only £5.00 and are available from The 02 Academy Site

If you’re serious about ROCKING OUT get these dates in your diary now..

Islington, London – 02 Academy 8th Feb 2010

Oxford – 02 Academy 9th Feb 2010

Birmingham – 02 Academy 10th February 2010

Liverpool – 02 Academy 11th February 2010

It seems that just before Jesus there was another god known as Mithras (or Mithra). Mithras, oddly enough, has the same birthdate as Jesus, but some 600 years earlier! Not only that, but he was also born of a virgin, with a few shepherds present. Mithras, a traveling teacher and master, had 12 disciples as he performed miracles. Just like Jesus, Mithras was buried in a tomb, died, and after three days was resurrected and rose again! (It must be the way gods did things back then.)

Known as “the way,” “the Truth,” “the Light,” “the Redeemer,” “the Messiah,” “the Savior,” “the word,” “the Son of God,” and ”the Good Shepherd,” Mithras was sometimes pictured carrying a lamb on his shoulders. Sunday was sacred to the followers of Mithras and called it “the Lord’s Day”.

Mithraism hit Rome in the first century BC as the Mithraic cult fled Persia. Here it flourished as the Sun God Natalis Solis Invicti. The leader of this religion ruled from what is now Vatican hill, which is a place previously sacred to Mithras. This male leader was called Papa (which is how we get the word “Pope”). Books in honor of Mithras were called “Helio Biblia,” which translates to us as either “Sun Book” or “Holy Bible.”

But hang on! . . . Merry Krishna-mas too!

Before Mithras there was Krishna in India, circa 1200 BC. Krishna was born of the Virgin Mother Devaki after being visited by spirits to announce the impending birth of an immaculately conceived child who is God’s Sun and the “son of God.” His birth was attended by wise men, as well as shepherds. Krishna was presented at birth with frankincense, myrrh, and gold. Krishna worked miracles, restored sight, cast out devils, and raised the dead.

Many hundreds of years before both Mithras AND Jesus, Krishna was baptised in the River Ganges, crucified between two thieves, died, buried, and resurrected in three days and worshipped as the “saviour of men.” He proclaimed himself the “Resurrection” and the “way to the Father.”

He was said to be without sin, of royal descent, and raised by a human father that was . . . a carpenter. He preached of a great and final day of judgment and used parables to teach the people about charity and love. In death he stood transfigured in front of his disciples. Krishna was called the ”Shepherd God”, “Lord of lords”, “the Redeemer,” and the “Universal Word.” He was considered, “Alpha and Omega” as well as being omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent.

He was prophesised to return to battle evil forces in a second coming. His disciples bestowed on him a word that means “pure essence.” That word is “Jezeus.”

But, oh no! That’s not all!

HAPPY HORUS-MAS

Thousands of years before Krishna, Mithras, and Jesus is the sun god Horus.

Horus goes back to Egypt circa 3000 BC. Horus was born of the virgin Isis-Meri on December 25 in a cave/manger with his birth being announced by a star in the East and attended by three wise men. In the catacombs at Rome are pictures of the baby Horus being held by the virgin mother Isis. Horus taught in the temple when he was a child. He was baptised when he was 30 years old by “Anup the Baptiser.” Horus performed miracles and raised a man named El-Azar-us, from the dead. Not only did Horus walk on water, he was also crucified, buried in a tomb, and then resurrected.

Horus was known as “the Way,” “the Fisher,” “the Truth,” “the Light,” “God’s Anointed Son,”  “the Son of Man,” “the Good Shepherd,” “the Lamb of God,” and “the Word.” He was also was called “the KRST,” or “Anointed One.” (It is worth noting here that Christos means anointed in Greek.) There was a trinity with Horus: Atum the Father and Ra the Holy Spirit. Add Horus and we have the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. In the later years of Horus, he had 12 disciples known as Har-Khuttie. Horus had an enemy (originally this was also the dark side of Horus, or his other face). This evil enemy was “Set” or “Sata.” Horus struggles with Sata for 40 days in the wilderness. Some claim that this myth represents the triumph of light over dark. This triumph is most noted on December 25.

In fact, lots of Gods share this birthday!

The Greek god Attis, born of the Virgin Nana, (or sometimes Cybelem) on December 25 and was reborn and rose from the dead on the third day. Attis was both the Father and the Divine Son. His crucifixion and subsequent resurrection were celebrated annually, with ritual communions of bread and wine. The wine represented the God’s blood; the bread became the body of the saviour.

Adonis born on December 25 was son of the virgin Myrha. Hermes born on December 25 was the son of the virgin Maia, as well as a member of a holy trinity Hermes Tris-Megistus. The god Dionysus, born on December 25, turned water into wine. Bacchus, born on December 25, was crucified in 200 BCE. Prometheus, born on December 25, descended from heaven as God incarnate as man, to save mankind, and was crucified, suffered, and rose from the dead.,

Nimrod was represented in a dual role of God the Father and Ninus, the son of Semiramis, and her olive branch was symbolic of this offspring produced through a ‘virgin birth’. Ninus was also known as Tammuz who was said to have been crucified with a lamb at his feet and placed in a cave. When a rock was rolled away from tile cave’s entrance three days later, his body had disappeared. Nimrod was symbolised by a fish and the origins of the Popes nutre shaped like a fish head. Nimrod was the son of Cush. Nimrod was a Mason. The Tower of Babel was one of the most ancient traditions of Masonry.

The original Christmas festival originated in Babylon founded by Nimrod, the grandson of Ham, the son of Noah. Nimrod originated the Babylonian system of organised competition, man-ruled governments and empires based upon the competitive and profit-making economic system. Nimrod who built the original tower of Babel, the first city of Babylon, Nineveh (the capital of Assyria) and many other commercial and pagan-religious centres.

Nimrod married his own mother, Semiramis. Legend has it, after his untimely death, she claimed that a full-grown evergreen tree sprang overnight from a dead tree stump, which symbolised the springing forth unto new life of the dead Nimrod. On each anniversary of his birth, she claimed, Nimrod would visit the evergreen tree and leave gifts upon it. 25 December was the birthday of Nimrod. It is from this myth, created by a woman living in an incestuous relationship, that we get the original Christmas tree.

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There has been some noise from the Floyd Machine over the past week. In today’s publication of an interview with Roger Waters in MOJO magazine, speculation of him touring The Wall will start/has started to spread like wildfire.

With Roger saying things in the interview like “We are doing the sums for a full scale tour,”  I think it is safe to say something is afoot. Your guess is as good as mine as to which musicians crew it this time. I’d be happy with the band he took out to do the Darkside of the moon tour a couple of years ago, but then you never know..

It was 30 years ago that the Wall was released and it is 19 years since he has ever performed it – the last time being when the Berlin Wall came down. Prior to that Pink Floyd last performed the Wall in 1981.

Keep your ear to the ground and your credit card at hand because when these tickets go on sale you’d be lucky if you have a 15 minute window…

He also mentions finding some of the original footage from the 80-81 tour, which is being edited down so we may even have a new DVD to look forward to.

For more info, check out this month’s MOJO (December 09)

…and for those who can’t contain themselves..