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Music makers band together at top of rich list
The leading rock and pop bands in Britain account for nearly £3bn of the country's wealth, it has been revealed. The five other "super groups" to appear in The Sunday Times Rich List are Pink Floyd (David Gilmour and Roger Waters, both £85m); Queen (Brian May, £75m, Roger Taylor, £70m); The Bee Gees (Barry and Robin Gibb, both worth £120m); Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, both £70m) and Coldplay (Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin, worth £30m each). ...   [read the full post]

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August of 2009

 

Rate Music, thrills and spills

Original at Hartlepool Today external link    Tue, Aug 11

Among the bands will be Shine On billed as the UK's top Pink Floyd tribute band. Organisers chose the band as Pink Floyd were one of Kyle's favourite groups ...

Rate Wolfmother Cosmic Egg First Listen

Original at Undercover Music News external link    Mon, Aug 10

Slight Hawkwind 12. Pink Floyd (Comfortably Numb). If you liked the first Wolfmother album you will like Cosmic Egg even more. As a complete piece, ... and more »

Rate New Kid on the Block: Chandan Roy

Original at StarBoxOffice.com external link    Mon, Aug 10

I love the music by bands like Radiohead, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. Did you attend acting classes: I think acting classes are a waste of time and utter ...

Rate The Josh and Pete Band

Original at Philly2Philly.com external link    Fri, Aug 7

Part Pink Floyd, part the Beatles, part weirdness, The Josh and Pete Band have been rocking Philly's ...

Rate Country Lanes owner gets the ball rolling on improvements

Original at New Lenox Patriot external link    Wed, Aug 5

The cost is $15/person and includes entertainment, a meal and drink specials. Then on Friday, Aug. 21, Pink Floyd tribute band Think Floyd will perform live ...

Rate Zoos of Berlin: Taxis

Original at Detroit Metro Times external link    Tue, Aug 4

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If traces of Yes, Pink Floyd and even the Alan Parsons Project are present, it's only the good stuff from those respective artists. ...

Rate Relive Pink Floyd's The Wall larger-than-life on the Meaford Hall ...

Original at Meaford Express external link    Tue, Aug 4

Based on the 1979 double album "The Wall" by Pink Floyd, the film begins in Pink's youth where he is crushed by the love of his mother. ... and more »

Rate Five Points Theatre has Hitchcock, Pink Floyd and more coming up

Original at Florida Times-Union external link    Tue, Aug 4

you haven't really seen “Vertigo.”) That's not all: “Pink Floyd The Wall” plays at 8 pm on Thursday, and “Little Shop of Horrors” starts at midnight Friday.

July of 2009

 

Rate Lucy The Pink Presents: The Music Of Pink Floyd at Club 1808

Original at Decider Austin external link    Wed, Jul 29

The now-streamlined sextet finds new reason to celebrate with its long-awaited, self-titled debut, a collection that includes live favorites like the ...

Rate Pink Floyd and Ferrari

Original at Examiner.com external link    Sun, Jul 26

Well, acutally Pink Floyd's drummer Nick Mason has been collecting Ferraris and other fine sports cars ever since The Floyd became a huge success in the ...

Rate Another Brick in the Wall-E? Pixar Meets Pink Floyd

Original at io9 external link    Wed, Jul 22

By Lauren Davis , 4:00 PM on Wed Jul 22 2009, 6124 views You're probably family with the widespread claims that The Wizard of Oz synchs up with Pink Floyd's ...

Rate Pink Floyd's Gilmour Recalls Jamming to the Moon Landing

Original at Rolling Stone external link    Tue, Jul 21

Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour also watched the lunar landing on July 20th, but recently wrote in The Guardian that he and his bandmates were ... David Gilmour Revisits the Jammy Side of the Moon LandingSpinner Music: The Australian Pink Floyd at Fairfield Halls, CroydonCroydon Guard...

Rate Pink Floyd's Moon-Landing Jam Session

Original at New York Times external link    Mon, Jul 20

David Gilmour of Pink Floyd was recently asked by The Guardian what he was doing 40 years ago during Apollo 11's flight to the Moon. ...

Rate Polka Floyd sees the funny side of Pink Floyd

Original at Toledo Blade external link    Sun, Jul 19

Any discussion of the Polka Floyd Show requires a caveat to ensure the uninitiated that the band's raison d'etre — polkafied versions of Pink Floyd — is not ...

Rate 'The DarkSyde Show' - Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett tribute

Original at Austin 360 external link    Fri, Jul 17

Pink Floyd went on to great success after Barrett's departure, largely on the strength of compositions inspired by Barrett (such as Wish You Were Here, ... Pink Floyd are back in spiritHalifax Evening Courier all 2 news articles »

June of 2009

 

Rate SUMMER '09: What to do every day in July

Original at Rochester City Newspaper external link    Wed, Jun 17

 NY in which the RPO plus a rock band performs the songs of Led Zeppelin (July 24) and Pink Floyd (July 25). But tonight you're going to get all dramatic for "Three Broadway Divas," featuring the orchestra and Great White Way veterans Jan Horvath, ...

Rate Bringing Back a Good One - LeRoy Falconi, Jr., AKA "The Blues Dog"

Original at zip06.theday.com external link    Wed, Jun 17

 CT Leroy cranked up Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd. “I didn't realize that Led Zeppelin was playing all these old blues numbers in their style,” he said. Although his mother has passed away, his dad, age 73, still lives in Quaker Hill. ...

Rate The Australian Pink Floyd Returns To The Benedum Center 10/5

Original at Broadway World external link    Mon, Jun 15

 NY Perhaps the ultimate endorsement comes from David Gilmour, Pink Floyd's guitarist, a fan himself, having seen The Australian Pink Floyd Show three times. He joined thousands of fans in London at the famous Royal Albert Hall for, what was described as ...

Rate Q&A: Stephen McBean

Original at Indiana Daily Student external link    Sun, Jun 14

Q&A: Stephen McBean I've heard Pink Mountaintops compared to Pink Floyd and Neil Young. Another reviewer said the album sounds like “breathing room.” What do you think the record sounds like? McBean: I just wanted it to sound like a bunch of friends playing together. ...

Rate Neil Postman in the "peek-a-boo world"

Original at Examiner.com external link    Thu, Jun 11

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It has also inspired Roger Waters, former Pink Floyd frontman, who released an album with that same title in the 1980s. Joseph E. Green is a National Examiner. You can see Joseph E.'s articles on Joseph E.'s Home Page.

Rate Eclipse - A Pink Floyd tribute band with style

Original at Examiner.com external link    Thu, Jun 11

Ironically the switch has caused some controversy, not unlike the addition of David Gilmour did with Pink Floyd. But if history is destiny, the move will be a good one for Eclipse. Eclipse has a full schedule of performances ahead of them, ...

Year 2009

 

Rate Plug, tweak, play

Original at Daily News & Analysis external link    Sat, May 30

Daily News & Analysis, India Sontakke, who, along with his Hindustani classical music background grew up on a steady diet of Pink Floyd and The Grateful Dead, vouches for this. He says: "When I saw Floyd using the slide guitar, I was surprised to see the same instrument having two ...

Rate PHOTOS: Flying visit by Pink Floyd star to Cadwell Park

Original at Louth Today external link    Fri, Apr 24

 UK Friday 2pm - PINK Floyd's drummer Nick Mason made a flying visit to Cadwell Park this week. His successful music career has enabled him to pursue his passion for motor sport by amassing a sizeable collection of vintage racing cars. One of his cars, ...

Rate Opinion: Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' now 30 years old

Original at SCSU University Chronicle external link    Mon, Apr 20

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Thirty years ago, Pink Floyd was in a financial crisis and on the verge of breaking up. Bassist and lyricist Roger Waters and guitarist David Gilmour have both said in the past that money was the reason the band stayed together. ... REVIEW: Australian Pink Floyd Worthing Today

Rate Town Commons: What's happening on the South Shore April 9-17, 2009

Original at wickedlocal.com external link    Wed, Apr 8

 MA Pink Voyd at Memorial Hall doors open at 6 pm for Pink Voyd, the ultimate Pink Floyd trip for all ages, today and tomorrow at Memorial Hall, 83 Court St., Plymouth, 508-747-1622. Show at 8:30 pm Tickets start at $22.50. Visit www.memorialhall.com and ...

Rate Decider’s quick five-step guide for a DIY classic-rock tribute show

Original at Decider Milwaukee external link    Thu, Feb 26

 WI On Friday the Riverside Theater welcomes Dark Star Orchestra, and on Sunday it greets the Pink Floyd Experience. (There’s that word again!) But why pay as much as $29.50 for a tribute band when you can create your own Floyd/Dead experience? ...

Rate 2008: In Memoriam [Obituaries]Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Idolator external link    Tue, Dec 30

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By betablog Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Beatles guru (Feb. 5) Buddy Miles, drummer (Feb. 26) Bo Diddley, guitar genius (June 2) Natasha Shneider, keyboardist and singer (July 3) Richard Wright, Pink Floyd keyboardist (Sept. 15) Mitch Mitchell, drummer (Nov. 12)

Rate How To: Pink Floyd Wish you were here CoverVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sat, Dec 27

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By rss@youtube.com (nftube) I hope that this video can be useful for those who want to learn how to play this song. I have used a Takamine TAN45C with cool tube preamp. Author: nftube Keywords: pink floyd wish you were here david gilmour guitar lesson acoustic takamine tan cool tube demo test Added: December 27, 2008

Rate "270,000 watts of light, 20 tons of full quadraphonic sound, 6 amazing musicians, and a giant inflatable pig in one epic co

Original at ParamusPost.com external link    Wed, Dec 17

Some Floyd Facts: More than 200-million albums have been sold since 1967, four Grammy nominations in the '70s, '80s, and '90s. They were one of the first bands to use pyrotechnics, video, and light shows in their stage acts. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996. ”Dark S...

Rate Opinion: Gilmour & Symphony Orchestra perform Pink Floyd & On an Island: CD set

Original at Epinions Recent Reviews for shopaholic external link    Sat, Dec 6

Rate Opinion: G. J. Halpern Releses Floyd-Inspired Music

Original at Vintage Guitar external link    Sun, Nov 30

Reveal Music announced today the Re-releases of two self-styled musical recordings by G. J. Halpern - Dim Side of Mars and Bright Side of the Sun. Both were inspired by the 1973 Pink Floyd mega-success classic recording Dark Side of the Moon. Thirty five years later Dark Side has become one of t...

Rate Opinion: PINK FLOYD:--*P.U.L.S.E.* Live at Earls Court "20.10.94, London"TV"Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sat, Nov 22

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By rss@youtube.com (flosyd) THIS IS A TRAILER OF PINK FLOYD'S p.u.l.s.e DVD! *A spitfire that flies over the audience and explodes; flying pigs; a giant mirrorball that opens like a flower; a 30-foot wide video screen that rotates to hang over the band like a flying saucer; fireworks; lasers; and the most extravagant and...

Rate Dirty Pretty Things

Original at liveon35mm (WordPress) external link    Wed, Oct 29

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By Valerio In these weeks that have seen the death of Rick Wright, the news that Michael Eavis and bloody Kings of Leon denied his wish to play a last Pink Floyd concert at Glastonbury, the split of The Long Blondes due to guitarist Dorian Cox health problems, I sincerely find quite difficult to be touc...

Rate Self Discovery, the Safe Way

Original at MOG external link    Wed, Oct 15

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By DoThePuffin of MOG Of course, now I have to explain the jump from statistics to classic blues- and psychedelic-rock. When I was twelve, I came across a list in the almanac of Diamond Award albums (like gold or platinum certification, but instead of 500k or 1 million in sales, respectably, it took 10 million un...

Rate Music Review: David Gilmour - <i>Live in Gdansk</i>

Original at Blogcritics external link    Fri, Oct 10

By Josh Hathaway It has long amused me that so much acrimony, money, and energy was devoted to resolving the rights to the name Pink Floyd, only for David Gilmour, Richard Wright, and Nick Mason to do so very little with it once they "won" it. Since settling their dispute with Roger Waters, the Floyd made exac...

Rate Toppling 'The Wall': The Farce Of Double-Counting In The RIAA's All-Time Platinum List

Original at Idolator external link    Wed, Sep 17

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By Chris Molanphy 23 Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin 23 The Wall, Pink Floyd 19 The Beatles (White Album) 17 The Bodyguard, Whitney Houston (Soundtrack) 16 1967–1970, The Beatles 15 1962–1966, The Beatles 15 Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd 15 Saturday Night Fever, The Bee Gees (Soundtrack)

Year 2007

 

Rate Podcast: The Salvia Show with PabloRasta and Fill The Void with Blazing Glory

Original at Dopefiend.co.uk external link    Mon, Dec 31

By mail@dopefiend.co.uk Playlist: Turnip Fish âQueerNinja; Bittersweet Symphony- The Verve; The World at Large âModest Mouse; Money- Pink Floyd; All You Need is Love- The Beatles;Something- The Beatles; Crash Into Me (acoustic)- Dave Matthews Band; Happiness Is- Queer Ninja; Crash Into Me- Dave Matthews B...

Rate Concert Review: Roger Waters, June 28, 2007, Winnipeg, MTS Centre

Original at Blogcritics external link    Tue, Jul 3

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By Triniman The setlist: 1. In The Flesh? 2. Mother 3. Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun 4. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Part One) 5. Have A Cigar 6. Wish You Were Here 7. Southampton Dock 8. The Fletcher Memorial Home 9. Perfect Sense (Part I) 10. Perfect Sense (Part Ii) 11. Leaving Beirut 12. Sheep

Rate Concert Review: Roger Waters Takes On The War, The Wall, And The Dark Side Of The Moon

Original at Blogcritics external link    Tue, Jun 19

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By Donald Gibson With wistful images of the Floyd’s lost leader, Syd Barrett, appearing on the giant screen, the majestic “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” felt especially poignant considering his passing last year. And the title track of Wish You Were Here further emphasized Barrett’s lasting impact and le...

Rate Podcast: The Grow Report 39

Original at Dopefiend.co.uk external link    Sat, Jun 9

By zandor@dopefiend.co.uk Playlist: Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds; Obscured By Clouds, When youre In, Burning Bridges, The gold Its In The, wots Un the Deal, Mudmen, Childhoods End, Free Four, Stay, Absolutely Curtains. 1971 Meddle: One Of These Days, A Pillow Of Winds, Fearless

Rate Music DVD Review: Pink Floyd - Meddle: A Classic Album Under Review

Original at Blogcritics external link    Sat, May 12

By Patrick Meddle: A Classic Album Under Review is a fun hour, delving into the backstory behind the album that preceded Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd’s Meddle. Now, this DVD is pretty much only of interest to people who are familiar with the album, if you like it, and want to learn more, it’s worth a l...

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Rate Music makers band together at top of rich list

Original at U2Exit.com external link    Thu, Apr 26

By Spun2u The leading rock and pop bands in Britain account for nearly £3bn of the country's wealth, it has been revealed. The five other "super groups" to appear in The Sunday Times Rich List are Pink Floyd (David Gilmour and Roger Waters, both £85m); Queen (Brian May, £75m, Roger Taylor, £70m); The Bee Gees (Barry and Robin Gibb, both worth £120m); Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, both £70m) and Coldplay (Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin, worth £30m each). We learnt very early on that each part of the band is as important as the others. If you take one part away, the rest collapses," said Coldplay drummer Champion.   [read the full post]

Rate Music DVD Review: Pink Floyd's Meddle Gets The CSI Treatment

Original at Blogcritics external link    Thu, Apr 19

By Simon Barrett Among the commentators are Norman Smith, who produced some of the Floyd material, and who is an artist in his own right, he sang under the stage name of Hurricane Smith. Peter Banks, an early member of Yes, weighs in with his memories of touring with Pink Floyd, and Hugh Hopper a founding memb...

Rate Podcast: The Grow Report 31

Original at Dopefiend.co.uk external link    Sat, Mar 31

By zandor@dopefiend.co.uk Playlist: Pink Floyd Animals: Pigs On The Wing, Dogs, Pigs, Sheep

Rate Podcast: StoryTime with Lefty 11

Original at Dopefiend.co.uk external link    Thu, Mar 29

By lefty@dopefiend.co.uk Playlist: Steve Miller - Fly Like an Eagle; Pink Floyd - Brain Damage; Pink Floyd - Eclipse; Yes - Wondrous Stories; Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced; Yes - Tempus Fugit; The Supervillains - Resin; Golgo Bordello - Dogs were Barking; The Seeds - Mr. Farmer; The Supervillains - Mary Jane &a...

Rate Scott Kesterson: The Politics of Eurocentrism

Original at Huffington Post external link    Sun, Mar 25

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By Scott Kesterson Daniele Mastrogiacomo, an Italian freelance journalist who writes for La Repubblica was working in an area in Helmund Province where there is little to no Coalition force presence; it is an area that is reported to be under narco-Taliban control. Using a "fixer" or guide to take him in to t...

Rate Podcast: Pitchfork Festival Details

Original at Scenestars external link    Thu, Mar 8

By Rachelandthecity Friday is an added night that's in conjunction with All Tomorrow's Party. Few details were mentioned other than something about "Classic artists performing classic albums in their entirety." Brian Wilson? Pink Floyd? The Police? Hasselhoff?

Year 2006

 

Rate Podcast: The Grow Report 11

Original at Dopefiend.co.uk external link    Sat, Oct 14

By zandor@dopefiend.co.uk Playlist: Moody Blues - Tuesday Afternoon, nights in white satin, Ride my See Saw, The Story in your eyes, The Voyage, The Actor, Watching and Waiting; Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb, Another Brick in the Wall long version, Good by Cruel world, Hey you, Is anybody out there, Mother, The Sho...

Rate Opinion: Michael Smerconish: Roger Waters: The Pink in Floyd

Original at Huffington Post external link    Wed, Sep 20

For three decades, the Floyd has never left my play list. In fact, I have done what I call 'the cycle' for every Floyd and Roger Waters recording. That means I bought it in all forms in which it was released - album, 8-track, cassette, and CD. I once made a London taxi driver take me to the Battersea...

Rate Podcast: The Sounds of World Wide Weed 07

Original at Dopefiend.co.uk external link    Thu, Jun 29

By queerninja@dopefiend.co.uk Playlist: Clandestino - Manu Chao; Smoking My Ganga - Capital Letters; Flutter - Bonobo; Snowflower - Ooze; Third Chamber Part IV - Loop Guru; Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd.

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