A few short moments ago, it was a nice little knock on the door from the mailman which brought the ticket for the June 16 concert by Sigur Ros at The Grand Ballroom. There have been various expressions of impatience around the web about the arrival of this ticket, but we’re happy to report that they’re in your mailman’s bag or in your hand now. See you there!

In other Sigur Ros news, the band is now accepting pre-orders for the new album in a variety of formats — everything from the $100 deluxe package, to an $8 320mp3 download. Visit the Preorder page [HERE] for details.

We were pleased to receive an email this morning with permission to record the Rooftop Film Concert Series event this Friday night. As we posted a few weeks ago, Dirty on Purpose will open the series with a set this Friday night June 6 at 8:30pm — prior to the screening of a set of excellent independent short films.

Dirty on Purpose

The early set time of this event will also allow us to record Sharon Van Etten‘s set at Pianos at midnight on Friday. As we posted last week, Sharon is also going to be performing at the Rooftop Series later this month on June 21. With Rooftop permission now secured, we’ll be there too.

Finally, we have just emailed John from Deer Tick with a permission request to record their Rooftop set on June 20 which will be early enough for us to record the late night set at Sullivan Hall by Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey.

David Gilmour‘s proposal to perform the entire Dark Side of the Moon album as the headlining act at this year’s Glastonbury Festival has apparently been rejected by the Festival’s organizer, it was reported in today’s edition of the British newspaper The Sun.

As Pink Floyd fans are aware, Gilmour has not performed Dark Side since the final Water-less Pink Floyd concerts in 1994. It has been Roger Waters who has performed Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety as the second set of his concerts throughout the 2006, 2007, and 2008 tours. About a month ago, there were reports from insiders that a tour team had been formed to explore future dates for a Pink Floyd reunion, and as a result this Glastonbury offer is widely believed to have been planned as the initial performance by a reunited band.

In other more positive Pink Floyd news, David Gilmour signed on last week to join in Ron Geesin‘s orchestral presentation of the Atom Heart Mother album.

Our friends over at the Music Slut blog are hosting a concert at Pianos on Saturday June 14th to celebrate the 3rd Anniversary of the site. The event includes four bands, including headliners Drink Up Buttercup who recently killed at Cake Shop.

There is more information at the MusicSlut MySpace page and at the Pianos website.