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Lana Del Rey's 'Honeymoon' Beaten By Dave Gilmour In Chart Battle
Dave Gilmour has topped this week’s UK album chart, beating Lana Del Rey to the number one spot. Gilmour previously landed at number one just 10 months ago with band Pink Floyd’s latest release The...
By Stephanie Chase in Music / Festivals on 27 September 2015
David Gilmour Tops U.k. Albums Chart
The singer/guitarist has scored his first solo number one in nine years with Rattle That Lock. Gilmour also hit the top of the Official Album Chart last year (14) with Pink Floyd's...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 25 September 2015
Pink Floyd's Inflatable Pig 'Algie' Withdrawn From Auction
Pink Floyd’s famous inflatable pig – known as ‘Algie’ – has been withdrawn from auction after being mistakenly placed on sale having spent decades gathering dust in storage. He has been offered back to the...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 30 August 2015
Pink Floyd Pig No Longer On The Auction Block
The owners of the blow-up creature, which featured on the cover of the rock band's 1977 album Animals, were planning to sell Algie as part of a massive clear-out of their U.K. warehouse,...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 30 August 2015
Pink Floyd's Flying Pig Set For Auction
Executives at Air Artists, the firm behind the floating porky, are selling off the blow-up pig as part of a rock memorabilia sale, which will also feature items created for the Rolling Stones,...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 28 August 2015
David Gilmour 'Done' With Pink Floyd
David Gilmour is ''done'' with Pink Floyd.The 69-year-old guitarist has vowed never to reform with his two surviving bandmates Roger Waters and Nick Mason, saying it would be ''fakery'' for the rockers to reform because...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 13 August 2015
David Gilmour Rules Out Pink Floyd Reunion
The members of the band - Gilmour, Roger Waters, Rick Wright and Nick Mason - got back together for the historic Live 8 concerts in 2005 and the group also put out an...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 13 August 2015
David Gilmour Recruits Former Prison Inmates For Song
The rocker was joined by thirty members of The Liberty Choir on the single, and seven of them once served time in Wandsworth Prison in London, where Gilmour's adopted son Charlie spent four...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 06 August 2015
Nick Mason Joins Jeremy Clarkson On Final Top Gear Lap
The drummer, a car enthusiast, joined Clarkson and racing driver Marino Franchitti for Clarkson's last ever drive around the Top Gear circuit to raise money for charity, more than three months after he...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 14 July 2015
Dionne Warwick Refused To Bow To Roger Waters' Pressure Over Tel Aviv Gig
Pink Floyd rocker Waters often takes aim at singers scheduled to perform in the country and urges them to boycott it as part of a cultural protest against the unrest between Israelis and...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 13 July 2015
Pink Floyd Lead Progressive Music Awards Nominations
The rock group's The Endless River album has put the bandmates in contention for the Grand Design, Best Album and Best Band/Artist of the Year prizes, while Kate Bush is up for two...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 26 June 2015
Pink Floyd Up For Three Progressive Music Awards
Pink Floyd have been nominated for three awards at the 2015 Progressive Music Awards. The legendary rock band's chart-topping 'The Endless River' LP sees them up for the Grand Design, Best Album and Best Band/Artist...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 25 June 2015
Lemmy, Nick Mason & Hynde Pay Tribute To The Damned In New Documentary
Don't You Wish That We Were Dead also features Duff MCKagan, Mick Jones and The Offspring's Dexter Holland, alongside The Damned stars Dave Vanian, Rat Scabies, Captain Sensible and Brian James. The...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 13 March 2015
Alan Parsons Takes Aim At Waters Over Israeli Gig Boycott Plea
Rocker Alan Parsons has attacked Pink Floyd star Roger Waters over his efforts to persuade his old studio engineer to scrap a recent show in Israel.Parsons, who engineered Pink Floyd's iconic album Dark Side of...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 19 February 2015
Alan Parsons Ignores Waters' Plea To Boycott Israel Gig
Alan Parsons, the rock boffin who engineered Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon album, has ignored pleas from the band's Roger Waters to scrap a show in Israel.Waters, a longtime supporter of the...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 11 February 2015
Nick Mason Slams Spotify Payouts
Nick Mason has branded Spotify ''pathetic'' for artists.The Pink Floyd rocker is concerned about the rise in popularity of the streaming service because musicians receive such little revenue from the airplay they receive and thinks...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 15 January 2015
Session Drummer Steve Forman Wins Bid To Stay In U.k.
A top session musician who previously worked with David Bowie and Pink Floyd has been allowed to stay in Britain after a bid to deport him was rejected on Tuesday (13Jan15).Steve Forman, 68, faced being...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 13 January 2015
Stars Demand Release Of Guantanamo Bay Briton
Pink Floyd rocker Roger Waters, pop star Sophie Ellis-Bextor and actress Juliet Stevenson are among those who have signed an open letter calling for the release of a British man from the Guantanamo Bay detention...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 15 December 2014
Pink Floyd And David Bowie Help Boost UK Vinyl Sales Past The One Million Mark For The First Time In Nearly Two Decades
It seems that vinyl is once again back in fashion (thanks hipsters). This year, vinyl sales in the UK have passed the one million mark for the first time since 1996, according to the Official...
By Stephanie Chase in Music / Festivals on 29 November 2014
Pink Floyd Score First Number One Album On U.k. Music Charts In 19 Years
Pink Floyd have scored their first number one album on the U.K. music charts in 19 years.The Endless River, which features unreleased material from studio sessions for 1994’s The Division Bell, has beaten the Foo...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 17 November 2014
Good Way To Go - Pink Floyd's "Endless River" Tops UK Chart
And they’re back! By them, I obviously mean Pink Floyd and by back, I mean their new album , The Endless River, has topped the UK chart, making this the first Pink Floyd album in...
By Victoria Pavlova in Music / Festivals on 16 November 2014
Nick Mason Hints At More Pink Floyd Releases
Nick Mason has hinted there could be more Pink Floyd releases in the future.The band have just released their first album of new songs for 20 years, 'The Endless River', and although the drummer is...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 12 November 2014
Nick Mason: Waters Will Be 'Charmingly Disapproving' About Album
Nick Mason believes Roger Waters will be ''charmingly disapproving'' about the new Pink Floyd album.The 70-year-old drummer has reconvened with guitarist-and-singer David Gilmour to make group's first new LP for 20 years, 'The Endless River'.Mason...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 07 November 2014
Pink Floyd Break Album Pre-order Record
Veteran rockers Pink Floyd have seen off competition from boyband One Direction to score the most pre-ordered album of all time on Amazon.co.uk.The Endless River is the band's first new release since 1994's The Division...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 04 November 2014
Pink Floyd Album Is Not For Itunes Kids, Says David Gilmour
Pink Floyd star David Gilmour has warned the band's younger fans they might not enjoy the group's upcoming final album because it is unsuitable for online streaming.The legendary band is releasing its 15th and final...
By World Entertainment News Network in Music / Festivals on 31 October 2014
David Gilmour Fighting To Save Musician Pal From Deportation
Pink Floyd rocker David Gilmour has thrown his support behind American musician Steve Forman as he fights deportation from the U.K.Forman, who has worked with artists including Pink Floyd, David Bowie, John Lennon and Fleetwood...
By World Entertainment News Network in Music / Festivals on 23 October 2014
Nick Mason: Pink Floyd Won't Tour
Nick Mason says Pink Floyd will not play live again because David Gilmour doesn't want to hit the road. The two musicians reunited this year to make new album 'The Endless River', which features multiple...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 23 October 2014
There's Hope For Us Yet! Pink Floyd Likely To Beat One Direction
It's frustrating for any musical connoisseur that carefully manipulated pop reigns highest on most music charts, but it looks like psychedelic legends Pink Floyd could beat One Direction on Amazon's most pre-ordered albums list with...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 22 October 2014
Noel Gallagher Hates Album Title
Noel Gallagher wishes his new album had a different title.The 'Everybody's on the Run' singer has announced the release of 'Chasing Yesterday' in March 2015 and admits he struggled to come up with a name...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 14 October 2014
Pink Floyd Confirm New Album Is Their Last
Rockers Pink Floyd have confirmed their new album The Endless River will be their last.Band members Nick Mason and David Gilmour spoke out to insist they will not release another record and admit it is...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 09 October 2014
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