Fifty years ago to the day, Pink Floyd released Wish You Were Here. To celebrate the anniversary of the landmark album, Sony has announced plans for a new box set entitled Wish You Were Here 50 that will be available as three vinyl records, two compact discs, or a Deluxe …
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David Gilmour tours are very rare, very brief, and often hit only a handful of cities. But he’s always been good about capturing at least one show on film so that fans all over the world can experience what they missed. Over the past 40 years, he’s shot solo gigs …
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Ronnie Rondell Jr., the longtime Hollywood stuntman immortalized on fire for the cover of Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here, has died at the age of 88. Rondell Jr. died Tuesday at a senior living facility in Missouri, his family announced (via The Hollywood Reporter). No cause of death was …
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David Gilmour initially resisted playing Pink Floyd classics on his 2024 solo tour —but as seen in the just-released trailer to his new concert film, David Gilmour Live at the Circus Maximus Rome, he quickly changed his mind. “One has to wake up to reality once in a while,”he toldRolling …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. There’s a good chance you missed Pink Floyd‘s legendary Pompeii concert in person. After all, the band performed in the empty ruins of the excavated amphitheater, in front …
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Pink Floyd have shared the new trailer for their remastered Live at Pompeii concert film, which is returning to the big screen — including IMAX — this April. The minute-long look at Pink Floyd at Pompeii – MCMLXXII — “a rare and unique document of the band performing live in …
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The influential concert film, Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii, which featured the band performing in the empty, excavated remains of the titular Roman amphitheater, will get a new look this spring. Restored from the original 35mm prints and remastered in 4K with remixed audio by musician and recording engineer Steven …
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Body Count stopped by The Tonight Show to perform their recent song, “Comfortably Numb,” an updated version of Pink Floyd‘s 1979 single. The track, off the group’s new LP Merciless, sees frontman Ice-T rapping his own lyrics over the familiar music. Ice-T sat down with host Jimmy Fallon to discuss …
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All it takes is one guitar note piercing through a pitch-black arena — one note dramatically reaching heavenward, as if it’s waking up — to recognize the guitarist. As soon as David Gilmour struck the introductory high E of “5 A.M.,” with only a soft red light and some even …
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David Gilmour shut down the notion that he’d ever perform with former Pink Floyd bandmate Roger Waters again, citing the singer’s notoriously polarizing political views. “Absolutely not. I tend to steer clear of people who actively support genocidal and autocratic dictators like Putin and Maduro,” Gilmour said in an interview …
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