Nearly a decade since the release of his last solo album, David Gilmour will return with a new full-length, Luck and Strange, this fall. The former Pink Floyd singer and guitarist will release the record’s first single, “The Piper’s Call,” on the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show on Thursday; a …
Read More »Mark Knopfler Gathers Every Guitar God for New Animated Video
An animated video for Mark Knopfler‘s all-star charity single “Going Home (Theme From Local Hero)” – which brought together a stunning lineup of over 60 guitar gods to raise funds for Teen Cancer America and the Teenage Cancer Trust – has been released. It features the final recording of Jeff …
Read More »The Story Behind Megan Thee Stallion's 'Cobra' and That Epic Guitar Solo
There was a moment when Megan Thee Stallion was in the studio laying down her latest single, “Cobra,” that hit like an epiphany. Artist/producer Diggy Lessard had just finished unleashing an epic guitar solo from his Gibson SG when the rapper proclaimed: “This is it. This is that thing right …
Read More »Roger Waters to Release 'The Dark Side of the Moon Redux' as a Solo LP in October
Roger Waters has re-recorded Pink Floyd‘s seminal album, The Dark Side of the Moon, and will release it as a solo LP, The Dark Side of the Moon Redux, on Oct. 6 via SGB Music. The reimagined album coincides with the 50th anniversary of the original, but will arrive without …
Read More »Roger Waters Says He's Re-Recording 'The Dark Side of the Moon' — Without Pink Floyd
Roger Waters said he has been re-recording the 1973 album The Dark Side of the Moon “[because] not enough people recognised what it’s about, what it was I was saying then,” according to an interview with The Telegraph journalist Tristram Fane Saunders. In the profile, Waters claimed he’s been working …
Read More »Pink Floyd Lyricist Calls Roger Waters 'Putin Apologist' and 'Lip-Synching' Misogynist
The decades-long rift between Pink Floyd‘s David Gilmour and Roger Waters doesn’t show signs of mending anytime soon. On Monday, Gilmour’s wife Polly Samson, who helped write several songs after Waters’ left the band in 1985, took to social media to publicly criticize Waters. “Sadly @rogerwaters you are antisemitic to …
Read More »Pink Floyd Put Bickering Aside to Finally Announce 'Animals' Reissue
Pink Floyd have finally announced the release date for the long-delayed reissue of their classic 1977 LP Animals. Animals 2018 Remix will arrive starting Sept. 16, with the Orwellian concept album also receiving its first-ever 5.1 Stereo Sound release. While the reissue doesn’t feature any bonus tracks, it does include …
Read More »David Gilmour: Why I'm Bringing Back Pink Floyd After 28 Years
A few days after Russia invaded Ukraine, singer-turned-soldier Andriy Khlyvnyuk posted video of himself belting “The Red Viburnum in the Meadow” — a folk song about the country’s strength in the face of adversity — to Instagram. The vocalist, who fronts the Kyiv group Boombox, had hoped to be playing …
Read More »Pink Floyd's First New Recording in Nearly 30 Years Was Inspired by a Lone Ukrainian Musician
Pink Floyd have reunited for a one-off charity single to raise money for Ukrainians affected by Russia’s invasion. “Hey, Hey, Rise Up” features vocals by Andriy Khlyvnyuk of the Ukrainian band, Boombox, who recorded himself in full military gear singing the folk song, “The Red Viburnum in the Meadow,” to …
Read More »See Mick Fleetwood Honor Peter Green With David Gilmour, Steven Tyler, Neil Finn
Mick Fleetwood honored Fleetwood Mac co-founder Peter Green with a star-studded concert at London Palladium on Tuesday, which benefited Teenage Cancer Trust. The show included appearances by David Gilmour, Steven Tyler, Neil Finn, Pete Townshend, Billy Gibbons, Christine McVie, Bill Wyman, Kirk Hammett, and Noel Gallagher among other luminaries. “The …
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