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“The four-note phrase is arguably the most recognisable motif of the entire Pink Floyd catalogue”: Seven powerful moments that help make Wish You Were Here so unique

…and two of them occur before a single note is heard of the band’s 1975 classic

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A Pink Floyd reunion with Roger Waters? An unequivocal ‘no’, says David Gilmour

Guitarist says he’s ‘never had so much fun’ working on an album as with his new solo record, ‘Luck and Strange’

The Independent UK

David Gilmour review, Luck and Strange: Graceful ruminations on love and mortality

Pink Floyd used to sing that ‘hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way’, but Gilmour sounds happier than that

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"Imbued with tropical, fado or flamenco vibes, as if recorded in a hammock on a private beach somewhere": Luck And Strange finds David Gilmour in relaxed, reflective form

David Gilmour’s fifth solo album muses on heavy concernsbut dreams of cool evenings on the Mediterranean

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David Gilmour says it would be a "dream" to sell Pink Floyd's catalogue, not because of the financial gain, but to get out of the "arguments"

The guitarist notes how when it comes to making decisions within the band, it's often “three people saying yes, but one person saying no"

Louder

The Pages of the Sea by Anne Hawk review – Windrush children who were left behind

A young girl is bereft when her mother goes to England, in this vivid debut of family sacrifices and secrets

The Guardian - UK

“There’s going to be a feeling of loss but a huge sense of relief… I’ve had my time with them. I’m finding new friends now and they can move on”: When David Gilmour auctioned 123 of his guitars for charity

Just before he raised a record-breaking $21.5m, the veteran axe hero showed and played some of the historic instrument’s he’d decided to part with

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“It’s hard to justify to friends who don’t get it that you make a living, but you’re not goddamn Led Zeppelin and not playing cover sets at the bar”: Between The Buried And Me just do what they do

Unable to battle the stigma of following their own path, they just got on with it; and, taking influence from Danny Elfman and Pink Floyd, went even more theatrical with 2015’s Coma Ecliptic

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“Designed for players who demand a rock solid instrument”: Harley Benton unveils the SC-Custom III, aggressively priced singlecut electrics with stainless steel frets as standard, and plenty of spec options

For under $400 you get stainless steel frets, and specs ranging from figured maple tops to active humbuckers, Floyd Rose vibratos and a vintage-inspired all black number with P-90s

MusicRadar

This Raspberry Pi rover bot is named Floyd and is super sassy, thanks to Chat GPT

Larry's Workbench is using a Raspberry Pi to power his custom rover bot, which is voice-activated and very sassy, thanks to Chat GPT.

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“We were sure A Whiter Shade Of Pale would drop out of the charts, but it just stuck there!” See Emily Play became Syd Barrett’s last stand as Pink Floyd took flight

Their second single remains their second-biggest hit, and will always be significant in their history

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"Roger Waters took it off the album because it was too dark, and it is." The story behind the Syd Barrett song that Pink Floyd considered too disturbing to be released, but The Jesus And Mary Chain recorded for their first single

The story behind the Pink Floyd song the band kept in their vaults for almost 50 years

Louder

"I was halfway through Atom Heart Mother thinking, 'What the f*** are we doing? This is a bit ambitious!'": The stories behind Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets' new Set The Controls setlist

Warning: Contains spoilers

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Brainstorms: A Great Gig in the Sky takes the music of Pink Floyd up into the clouds

Gala Wright collaborates with Brainstorms to create an interactive installation that explores the emotional reaction to Pink Floyd’s 1973 classic ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’

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“Everyone’s story is different… All I can say is he was definitely there, and it was weird”: Syd Barrett’s surprise visit to Pink Floyd‘s studio

Five years after they’d felt forced to dump him, the band’s original leader shocked his former colleagues at Abbey Road in 1975

The Independent UK

Alabama double killer becomes first death-row inmate put to death in state since nitrogen execution

Jamie Ray Mills, 50, was executed by lethal injection on Thursday

Louder

"When David Bowie walked into the room, it was like the messiah walked in." Drum legend Steve DiStanislao recalls the night that David Bowie performed a Syd Barrett classic with Pink Floyd's David Gilmour and Richard Wright

Steve DiStanislao looks back on playing alongside David Bowie, David Gilmour and Richard Wright for one very special evening

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“The band start to sound like the musique concrète pioneers they were, rather than keepers of a farmful of flatulent quadrupeds”: Pink Floyd’s Animals – Dolby Atmos Edition

Pioneers’ ‘punkest’ record gets the Atmos Blu-ray treatment to impressive effect, claiming the music back for proggers

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“While I was on the phone, there was this loud noise in the background… It was David, who had been working on one note all day long for two weeks”: He’s spent decades chasing David Gilmour’s guitar tone – now Steve McElroy reveals what he’s learned

The Australian Pink Floyd Show mastermind has bought just about every piece of gear Gilmour has ever used. He reveals the secrets behind his Strat tones and techniques – and settles a few myths and legends

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"Our heyday was ninety-five per cent musically fulfilling and joyous and full of fun and laughter": David Gilmour on the past, the present and the future of Pink Floyd

David Gilmour on Rattle That Lock, Endless River, and 50 years of Pink Floyd

Louder

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Black Country Communion, Mdou Moctar, The Picturebooks and more

Eight songs to start your week in the best possible way

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“It was a contractual obligation album, not a serious release. It’s not as bad as I thought it was going to be!” Alan Parsons is a punk with no regrets – well, not many

Maybe he could have spent his career working with Pink Floyd. Maybe he could have toured more. But he’s proud with his labours in the Alan Parsons Project

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"If I were stuck on a desert island, I wouldn’t take Never Mind The Bollocks, it'd be Meddle or Foxtrot." The prog roots of Echo & The Bunnymen guitarist Will Seargent and Poltergeist

The story of Poltergeist's 2013 album Your Mind is a Box (Let Us Fill It With Wonder)

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'Are you f#@!ing serious': Controversy erupts after a video generated by AI is declared the winner of Pink Floyd's animation competition

Damián Gaume's entry for "Any Colour You Like" was generated with Stable Diffusion, and Pink Floyd fans are unhappy about it beating out animated works of art from human artists.

Louder

"When thousands have been killed and millions have fled their homes, moaning about the absence of a band member who left 37 years ago is churlish at best." How Pink Floyd surprised the rock world with Ukraine charity single Hey Hey Rise Up

The inside story of Pink Floyd's first new original music since 1994’s The Division Bell in aid of Ukraine

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