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Pro-Palestine campaigners to protest at Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds concert

Protest groups have also written to the Australian singer asking him not to perform in Israel amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

Evening Standard

“I was so into that moment, it was like being stoned… not separated from the guitar and what I was playing. It was joyful”: From unexpected ES-335 solos to jams in a barn, here is your guitar guide to David Gilmour’s breathtaking Luck and Strange

Gilmour says it’s his best since 1973. It’s a solo work but was borne of collaboration. But it might just be the guitar album of the year, and we go track-by-track to parse its brilliance

Guitar World

“We went through a few phrases… they went off to play in America and left me to get on with it, stripped to my underpants”: Atom Heart Mother’s fusion of ordinary and extraordinary sounds gave Pink Floyd their first No.1 album

It had a cow’s arse on the cover and a features track sampling their roadie cooking bacon – but their fifth record’s wild genius paved the way to their future

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David Gilmour review, Royal Albert Hall: Sombre meditation on mortality from Pink Floyd’s guitar great

To see Gilmour live is to witness his prowess as a wordless storyteller: with his guitar, he weaves entire narratives into his solos, guiding the audience through mysterious galaxies and celestial highs

The Independent UK

“This was more than just music… It’s part of your DNA if you were that age at the time. It defines the times”: Yes, Genesis and Pink Floyd alumni on what The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper did for prog

Rick Wakeman, Roger Waters and Robert Fripp were among those listening when the BBC played the record in full in 1967 – and weren’t the only ones who experienced artistic epiphanies that night

Louder

Pink Floyd are in the Money as they seal their back catalogue deal for £400 million

Sony Music have parted with the big bucks for the band’s music and imagery but the deal excludes publishing rights

MusicRadar

David Gilmour reveals what he thinks are the best lyrics Roger Waters ever wrote for Pink Floyd, choosing lyrics his former bandmate Waters considers “appalling”

Pink Floyd legend Roger Waters has written some memorable lyrics in his time. His former bandmate David Gilmour reveals which are his personal favourites

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“Kate Bush is the only person who can get Kate Bush back on stage. I’ve tried persuading her recently, actually. Gently”: David Gilmour on carpentry, trousers and the return of Kate Bush

The guitarist is promoting a new tour and album and answering fans' questions

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David Gilmour will never perform with Roger Waters again

David Gilmour has dashed any remaining hopes of a Pink Floyd reunion by declaring he will never perform with Roger Waters again because he can't stand his political opinions.

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Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour rejects Roger Waters reunion over support for ‘genocidal dictators’

‘Nothing would make me share a stage with someone who thinks such treatment of women and the LGBT community is OK’ said Gilmour

The Independent UK

“They were sporty types which was a surprise to me. I thought they’d be spliffing away.” Photographer Jill Furmanovsky on the “too revealing” Dark Side Of The Moon tour photo book which Pink Floyd buried

In winter 1974, photographer Jill Furmanovsky spent six weeks on the road with Pink Floyd, documenting shows on the Dark Side Of The Moon tour. Most of the photos she took have never been seen

Louder

“I’ve tried persuading her recently. Gently.” Pink Floyd legend David Gilmour has been trying to encourage his friend and former protégé Kate Bush to play live shows again

David Gilmour wants to see Kate Bush back onstage, won't be sharing a stage with former bandmate Roger Waters again, ever

Louder

Pink Floyd sells music for $400 million

The band faced many challenges while trying to sell their catalog because of infighting

Salon

Pink Floyd ‘sell music rights’ for a colossal amount

Rock group are said to have handed over their name-and-likeness rights for reported deal

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Watch Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder team up with Roger Waters to sing Pink Floyd classic Comfortably Numb at the most star-studded concert of this millennium

Eddie Vedder's surprise cameo with Roger Waters at the 12-12-12 concert brought Madison Square Garden to its feet

MusicRadar

“Another Brick In The Wall is another one I shan’t be doing": Why David Gilmour won’t play classic Floyd tracks

Following fiery Tweet exchanges with ex-bandmate Roger Walters, there are a few gems missing from Gilmour’s setlist

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Pink Floyd In Talks To Sell Music Rights To Sony Music: Report

The deal is in the advance stage and could cost about $500 million

Louder

“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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The Independent UK

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

Louder

"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

Louder

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"

The Independent UK

David Gilmour and Polly Samson on death, drugs and married life after Pink Floyd

The guitarist and his wife, the novelist Polly Samson, talk to Geordie Greig about collaborating on his new album, the secret of their lasting love, their fears about mortality, and why there will never be a Floyd reunion with Roger Waters

Louder

“It’s boring. It’s over. He left our pop group when I was in my 30s.” David Gilmour says he'll talk about his fall-out with Roger Waters “one day”, admits he doesn't know his old friend's post-Pink Floyd work

David Gilmour on Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Pink Floyd

The Independent UK

Nick Cave calls out Roger Waters for ‘deeply damaging’ attitude to Israel boycott: ‘It’s embarrassing’

Australian musician spoke about his view on cultural boycotts in a new interview, where he also explained how he developed an ‘abiding love’ of the country as a teenager

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