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Amadou Bagayoko, one half of the Malian musical duo Amadou & Mariam, has died at the age of 70. Known for fusing Malian music with classic rock influences, Bagayoko is survived by Mariam Doumbia, his wife and musical partner, and his three children.

According to Mali’s Minister of Culture, Mamou Daffé, Bagayoko had been battling an undisclosed illness for some time. Daffé revealed on television that the musician passed away in Mali’s capital, Bamako, which doubled as Bagayoko’s birthplace.

Bagayoko was born in 1954 and became blind at 15, the result of a congenital cataract. This led him to study at Mali’s Institute for the Young Blind, where he met Mariam Doumbia in 1976 while playing in the school’s Eclipse Orchestra. The two would eventually marry in the 1980s. Doumbia lost her own eyesight when she was 5 years old, and the duo was often labeled as “the blind couple from Mali.

Amadou Bagayoko, singer and guitarist in the Grammy-nominated Malian duo Amadou & Mariam, has died at the age of 70.

Mali’s Minister of Culture Mamou Daffé said on state TV that Bagayoko died Friday in the city of Bamako, his birthplace. Bagayoko’s family confirmed the death, adding that he “had been ill for a while,” though no cause of death was provided.

Bagayoko, who became blind at the age of 15 due to a congenital cataract, studied music at Mali’s Institute for the Young Blind, where he met his future wife and band mate,...

A 4K remaster of Pink Floyd’s legendary 1972 concert film, Live At Pompeii, will be released in theaters and IMAX this spring.

The film has been meticulously hand restored, frame-by-frame, from its original 35mm cut negative after being discovered in “five dubiously labelled cans within Pink Floyd’s own archives,” according to a press release.

“The newly restored version presents the first full 90-minute cut, combining the 60-minute source edit of the performance with the additional Abbey Road Studios documentary segments filmed shortly after,” explained Lana Topham, Director of Restoration for Pink Floyd.

The film’s audio has also been newly mixed in 5.1 and Dolby Atmos by Steven Wilson.

Pink Floyd at Pompeii – McMlxxii will be released in theaters and IMAX worldwide beginning April 24th, with tickets going on sale starting March 5th. Additionally, a companion live album featuring the newly mixed audio will be released digitally, on CD and vinyl,...

A 4K remaster of Pink Floyd’s legendary 1972 concert film, Live At Pompeii, will be released in theaters and IMAX this spring.

The film has been meticulously hand restored, frame-by-frame, from its original 35mm cut negative after being discovered in “five dubiously labelled cans within Pink Floyd’s own archives,” according to a press release.

“The newly restored version presents the first full 90-minute cut, combining the 60-minute source edit of the performance with the additional Abbey Road Studios documentary segments filmed shortly after,” explained Lana Topham, Director of Restoration for Pink Floyd.

The film’s audio has also been newly mixed in 5.1 and Dolby Atmos by Steven Wilson.

Pink Floyd at Pompeii – McMlxxii will be released in theaters and IMAX worldwide beginning April 24th, with tickets going on sale starting March 5th. Additionally, a companion live album featuring the newly mixed audio will be released digitally, on CD and vinyl,...

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 Wilson, the film — newly retitled Pink Floyd at Pompeii – McMlxxii — will return to movie theaters, including some IMAX screens, on April 24. Tickets for the picture will go on sale via PinkFloyd.film on March 5.

The band is releasing a six-minute clip of “Echoes,...

Elton John and Brandi Carlile have teamed up for a new album titled Who Believes in Angels? Ahead of its release on April 4th via Interscope Records, you can hear the title track below.

Who Believes in Angels? was co-written by John and Carlile with the assistance of the former’s longtime collaborator Bernie Taupin as well as Andrew Watt, who produced the album. Started from scratch in October 2023 at Los Angeles’ Sunset Sound Studios, the project was written and recorded in 20 days. It features contributions from Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith, Pearl Jam’s Josh Klinghoffer, and bassist Pino Palladino.

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“This record was one of the toughest I’ve ever made, but it was also one of the greatest musical experiences of my life,” John said. “It has given me a place where I know I can move forward. Who Believes In Angels?...

Elton John and Brandi Carlile have teamed up for their new collaborative studio album, Who Believes In Angels?.

The album, featuring 10 tracks (below), is set for release on April 4 via Interscope Records. The pair “pushed each other out of their comfort zones to write and record an album completely from scratch in just 20 days,” per a press release. They also unveiled their new single, the eponymous song “Who Believes In Angels?,” on Wednesday.

“This record was one of the toughest I’ve ever made, but it was also one of the greatest musical experiences of my life,” John says of the album. “It has given me a place where I know I can move forward. Who Believes In Angels? feels like going into another era and I’m pushing the door open to come into the future. I have everything I’ve done behind me and it’s been brilliant,...

The world may have devolved into a cruel, dark, Hobbesian state of nature in 2024, but it was a pretty amazing time for live rock music. The Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band were in stadiums, Pearl Jam, Weezer, David Gilmour, and Olivia Rodrigo headlined arenas, Neil Young and Crazy Horse hit the shed circuit, and Yes cut itself in half and still managed to out-prog all their competitors at theaters and amphitheaters all over the country.

I saw a lot of rock concerts over the past 12 months,...

Body Count made an appearance Wednesday (December 5th) on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, performing their cover of Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb.”

More of an adaptation than a straight-up remake, Body Count’s take on the Pink Floyd classic is highly stylized, and they nailed their rendition on Fallon.

Those familiar with the original song with recognize the overall arrangement and a few refrains (“Hello… is anybody out there?”), but Ice-t and company make the song their own, with the rapper cooly laying down bars that reflect on modern existential crises.

One thing the band didn’t alter was the song’s iconic guitar fireworks, even tapping David Gilmour himself to play the solos on the studio-recorded version. Although Gilmour didn’t make the trip out for the Fallon set, Body Count’s Ernie C boldly takes the reins on the lead axework, soloing for most of the...

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 the new album, as well as working with Pink Floyd and David Gilmour to get permission to use the classic song. “Not only David Gilmour, but David Gilmour and Roger Waters, who haven’t agreed on anything in 20 years,...

A Grand Hamilton Piano once owned by Stevie Nicks, which was used to compose the Fleetwood Mac classics “Sara” and “Songbird” and was later played by Elton John and Freddie Mercury, is headed to the auction block via Gotta Have Rock and Roll. The minimum bid is $50,000, and the auction house estimates it will go for between $100,000 and $200,000. The auction ends on December 6.

The piano first caught the eye of English singer/songwriter Robbie Patton when he visited Nicks at her house in 1975. “[She had] his black Grand Hamilton Piano where she...

Body Count have unveiled the title track from their new album Merciless. The new song and accompanying music video arrive a day before the LP’s release on Friday (November 22nd).

The vicious track pits Ice-t’s bars against a riff that sounds like the intro from Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man.” It creates a doom vibe that drops into a chorus of Slayer-like thrash with ominous gang vocals chanting the song and album title (“Merciless!”). Ice-t proceeds to make his point clear: “I’ve only got one life to live / I got no more fucks to give.”

The Jay Scorsese-directed Nsfw video is quite a sight, recreating the shocking Merciless album cover — Ice-t as a torturous surgeon going to work on a KKK member — as if it were a scene from a horror film. Scorsese also directed the video for previous single “Psychopath,” another homage to horror and splatter films.

David Gilmour was a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday night (November 7th), where the legendary Pink Floyd singer-guitarist was asked by the late-night host about the long-running theory involving the album The Dark Side of the Moon and the movie The Wizard of Oz.

Thanks to the “Dark Side of the Rainbow” theory first widely publicized in a 1995 article by Charles Savage in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, it is believed that if you start Dark Side of the Moon at the exact moment the MGM lion roars at the beginning of The Wizard of Oz, the music syncs nearly perfectly with the scenes in the classic film.

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That has led some people to think that Pink Floyd intentionally recorded the 1973 album to sync with the 1939 movie, a question Fallon asked Gilmour during his appearance on The Tonight Show.

“Well,...

David Gilmour made a rare US television appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, where he performed “Dark and Velvet Nights” with The Roots.

Returning to US television airwaves for the first time in eight years, Gilmour supported his new album, Luck and Strange. His appearance also coincides with a limited run of shows he’s currently playing at New York’s Madison Square Garden through November 10gh (get tickets here).

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In addition to his performance of “Dark and Velvet Nights,” the former Pink Floyd member sat down for an interview with Fallon, where he discussed the album and clear up a variety of rumors.

Beyond his appearance on The Tonight Show and concerts at Madison Square Garden, Gilmour has no additional live performances on the books in 2024 or beyond.

David Gilmour 2024 Tour Dates:

11/09 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

11/10 – New York,...

David Gilmour stopped by The Tonight Show to perform his recent song, “Dark and Velvet Nights.” The musician was joined by house band the Roots, as well as four backup singers, for the dynamic performance.

“Dark and Velvet Nights” comes off the Pink Floyd member’s new LP, Luck and Strange, which dropped in September. The album marks Gilmour’s first new solo album in nearly a decade, following 2015’s Rattle That Lock. The title track features keyboards by Pink Floyd’s Richard Wright, which was recorded at Gilmour’s...

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 softer synths accompanying him, the packed audience at New York City’s Madison Square Garden on Monday cheered. The lights slowly faded in, Gilmour’s famous slouch came into focus, and all of the weepy notes he could coax from his...

David Gilmour will make a rare US television appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon next Thursday, November 7th.

Returning to US television airwaves for the first time in eight years, Gilmour will perform a song in support of his new album, Luck and Strange. His appearance also coincides with a limited run of shows he’ll playing at New York’s Madison Square Garden starting November 4th (get tickets here).

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Gilmour’s last US television appearance came in 2016 when he supported his album Rattle That Lock with a performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. He previously appeared on The Tonight Show in 2008 when he performed “On An Island” with David Crosby and Graham Nash.

Beyond his appearance on The Tonight Show and concerts at Madison Square Garden, Gilmour has no additional live performances on the books in 2024 or beyond.

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11/04 – New York,...

On Saturday 2 November 2024, BBC Two broadcasts Later … with Jools Holland!

Season 65 Episode 3 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Later … with Jools Holland” promises an exciting mix of musical talent. This week, Jools welcomes a lineup that spans different genres and eras, making for a diverse and entertaining show.

David Gilmour, known for his work as the guitarist and singer of Pink Floyd, will bring his unique sound to the stage. His music has influenced many, and fans can look forward to hearing some of his classic songs, as well as perhaps a few surprises.

The punk rock band Amyl and the Sniffers are also set to perform. Known for their high-energy shows and raw sound, they are sure to bring an electrifying performance that captures the spirit of punk rock. Their presence on the show will add a fresh edge to the lineup.

80s icons The The will be making an appearance as well.

This Saturday, November 2, 2024, at 11:25 Pm, “Later … with Jools Holland” returns for Season 65, Episode 3, bringing an exciting lineup of musical talent. Jools Holland, the ever-charismatic host, welcomes a diverse array of artists that promises to deliver an unforgettable night of music.

Kicking off the show is David Gilmour, the legendary singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his work with Pink Floyd. His presence alone is sure to captivate fans with his iconic sound and heartfelt performances. Alongside him, punk rockers Amyl and the Sniffers will bring their high-energy vibes, ready to shake things up with their raw and infectious style.

The episode also features 80s icons The The, who are set to remind everyone why their music has stood the test of time. Singer-songwriter Dhruv will add a fresh perspective with his unique blend of pop and soulful melodies. Finally, hip-hop artist Moonchild Sanelly will round out the evening with her vibrant and powerful performance,...

It’s been over a dozen years since Kate Bush last released a new album, but as she revealed in a rare interview Friday, the Rock Hall-inducted singer may finally be readying her return to music.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s The Today Podcast to promote the new animated short film “Little Shrew” — based on her song “Snowflake,” from her last LP, 2011’s 50 Words for Snow — Bush was asked if she has been working on new music.

“Not at the moment, but I’ve been caught up doing a...

Kate Bush has revealed that she’s planning on making a new album, telling the BBC that she has “lots of ideas” and is “looking forward to getting back into that creative space.”

The comments came in an interview on BBC Radio 4, in which the “Running Up That Hill” singer was asked if she was working on new music. “Not at the moment,” she replied, explaining that she’s “been caught up doing a lot of archive work over the last few years, redesigning our website, putting a lyric book together.”

Nonetheless, she plans to return to the studio soon, saying she’s “very keen to start working on a new album.”

“I’ve got lots of ideas and I’m really looking forward to getting back into that creative space, it’s been a long time,” she continued. Asked if it’s something she’s been planning to do for some time,...

Despite numerous Grammy nominations in the country field, and a Best Country Duo/Group Performance win with Kacey Musgraves for “I Remember Everything,” Zach Bryan says he doesn’t want to be defined as a country music artist.

In an exclusive Rolling Stone interview between Bryan and Bruce Springsteen, the Great American Bar Scene songwriter and the New Jersey working-class hero talked at length about how country music has affected their work. Springsteen cited Hank Williams and Johnny Cash as influences, while Bryan praised Jason Isbell and went on to...

Beginning later this month, David Gilmour will play a limited run of shows in the US in support of his new album, Luck and Strange. Marking his first American performances in eight years, the former Pink Floyd member will take the stage for multiple nights at both the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles and Madison Square Garden in New York City. He’ll also play a one-off concert at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles.

In anticipation, a limited number of tickets for Gilmour’s shows at Madison Square Garden have been released by Ticketmaster. The concerts are set for November 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th, and 10th.

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At his US concerts, Gilmour will be joined a live band that includes Guy Pratt, bass and background vocals; Greg Phillinganes, keyboards; Rob Gentry, keyboards; Adam Betts, drums; Ben Worsley, guitar; Louise Marshall, background vocals; Hattie Webb, background vocals; and Charlie Webb,...

Body Count have unleashed a cover of the Pink Floyd classic “Comfortably Numb,” featuring guitarwork from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band’s David Gilmour himself. The official music video can be seen below.

The track will appear on Body Count’s upcoming album, Merciless, which is set to arrive on November 22nd. The rap-metal band puts a new spin on the Pink Floyd song, with new lyrics delivered by frontman Ice-t.

“For me, ‘Comfortably Numb’ is an introspective song — it’s me acknowledging that I’m older now,” stated Ice-t. “I’m telling the younger generation, you’ve got two choices: you can keep the fire burning or you can give up. It’s me trying to make sense of what’s happening, but also pointing out that we’re all in a place where we don’t have to face reality.”

He continued, “We’ve got flat-screen TVs and popcorn,...

“This world is bullshit,” Chappell Roan recently said, during an extended TikTok rant. “You shouldn’t model your life on what we think is cool and what we’re wearing and what we’re saying and everything. Go with yourself.” All right, fine, that was actually what Fiona Apple said on the VMAs in 1997 — and at the time, Apple’s dissatisfaction with fame briefly threatened to become the essence of her brand, overshadowing the brilliance of her music. But Apple continued creating, and her songs have long since outlasted any passing controversies.

In the ever-evolving landscape of the music industry, the sale of artist catalogs has become a billion-dollar business. Legacy acts, from Bob Dylan to Bruce Springsteen and even the iconic Queen, have cashed in on their life’s work for enormous sums, leading to speculation about how much iconic bands like Pink Floyd could command for their music rights. While the band held off on selling their music for years, a rumor sparked that they recently ended up making $100 million less than they had initially bargained for.

Pink Floyd performing The Dark Side of the Moon at Earls Court in 1973 | Credits: Tim Duncan via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

The deal cut by the iconic band with Sony left many fans scratching their heads and wondering: why would one of the most influential rock bands in history leave such a large sum on the table?

What led to Pink Floyd’s $100 million loss?...

The art of music photography was honored on Thursday night at the third annual 2024 Abbey Road Music Photography Awards in London.

The winners and finalists from this year’s MPAs were celebrated during the event at the legendary Studios One and Two and included performances from Maverick Sabre’s Yours collective, Jnr Williams and Aziya,

This year’s competition saw entries increase by over 50 percent from last year — with 22,000 images from 28 different countries submitted across the six open-entry categories: Undiscovered Photographer of the Year, Music Moment of the Year, Live Music Award,...

Pink Floyd has agreed to sell their music catalog and name and likeness to Sony Music for approximately $400 million.

After a deal that was reported to have been years in the making, the British rock band finally agreed to part ways with its music rights. Sony’s ownership of the band’s likeness allows it to profit from the sale of merchandise, television spin-offs and films.

While Pink Floyd has given up much of their brand, the band’s songwriting, which individual writers hold, remains intact.

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Before the deal with Sony, the band had tried for at least two years to sell their music catalog, talking to big-time companies such as Warner Music, BMG and Hipgnosis.

Over the past several years, Sony has spent over a billion dollars on catalogs from Bob Dylan to Bruce Springsteen.

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 with The Guardian on Thursday. “Nothing would make me share a stage with someone who thinks such treatment of women and the LGBT community is Ok. On the other hand, I’d love to be back on stage with Rick Wright,...

Just in case there was any doubt whatsoever, David Gilmour has made it clear that he will “absolutely” never perform with former Pink Floyd bandmate Roger Waters again.

In a new interview with The Guardian, Gilmour responded to a question about stepping back on stage with Waters by saying, “Absolutely not.” For his reasoning, Gilmour reiterated his vehement opposition to Waters’ widely stated political beliefs.

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“I tend to steer clear of people who actively support genocidal and autocratic dictators like [Vladimir] Putin and [president of Venezuela Nicolás] Maduro,” he explained. “Nothing would make me share a stage with someone who thinks such treatment of women and the LGBT community is Ok.”

Switching gears, Gilmour said he would “love to be back on stage with [deceased Pink Floyd keyboardist] Rick Wright, who was one of the gentlest and most musically gifted people I’ve ever known.”

Gilmour and Waters have been at odds for decades.

Pink Floyd have sold their catalog to Sony Music for $400 million after several years of band in-fighting and near agreements, the Financial Times reports.

Notably, the deal includes Pink Floyd’s recorded music rights, but not their publishing. However, the band has signed over their name and likeness, giving the label rights to merch and potential movie and TV spinoffs.

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It closes just weeks after David Gilmour admitted to Rolling Stone that it would be a “dream” to sell Pink Floyd’s catalog and get out of the “mud bath” — presumably referencing his longtime contentious relationship with former bandmate Roger Waters. Last month, it was reported Pink Floyd was in “advanced talks” with Sony for a $500 million deal.

Pink Floyd first attempted to sell their catalog in 2022, but those discussions were put on hold amidst band in-fighting and Waters’ incendiary comments about Ukraine and Israel.

David Gilmour kicked off his Luck and Strange world tour Friday night at Circo Massimo in Rome, Italy. The set featured six songs from the new album, multiple guest appearances by Gilmour’s daughter Romany, three tunes from 2015’s Rattle That Lock, and 12 Pink Floyd classics.

Prior to the tour, Gilmour generated headlines all across the world by saying he had an “unwillingness to revisit the Pink Floyd of the Seventies,” and would instead play only songs from his era fronting the band in the Eighties and early Nineties. But...

David Gilmour is set to kick off a limited tour of London, Rome, Los Angeles, and New York (get tickets here) later this week in support of his new album, Luck and Strange. As a warm-up, he played a pair of live dress rehearsal shows at Brighton Centre in Brighton, England on Friday (September 20th) and Saturday (September 21st).

During the first concert, Gilmour debuted several songs from the new LP, including “The Piper’s Call,” “Between Two Points,” and “Dark and Velvet Nights.” More than half of the set was made up of classic Pink Floyd material, including many songs he hadn’t played since the mid-2000s.

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Besides performing The Dark Side of the Moon song “Breathe (In the Air)” for the first time since 2006, Gilmour dusted off cuts from The Division Bell like “Marooned” and “A Great Day for Freedom” for the first time since 2004 and 2006, respectively.

David Gilmour just released a new album, Luck and Strange, and he’s about to kick off his first tour since 2016 — as for any other future career plans, he’s taking it day by day. Might this be his final tour? “Well, it could be, obviously,” he tells Andy Greene in an interview featured in the new episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast. Gilmour dwells on mortality on the new album, which he co-wrote with his wife, Polly Samson, and he’s all too aware that we’ve...

Over the past few years, David Gilmour and Roger Waters have beefed about everything from control of the Pink Floyd Facebook page to the war in Ukraine. They communicate primarily through lawyers and extremely caustic Tweets. But they finally found something they could agree on when Ice-t approached them this year about the possibility of his heavy-metal band Body Count cutting a version of “Comfortably Numb” with new lyrics for their upcoming LP Merciless.

“When we originally contacted their publisher, they said ‘no,'” Ice-t tells Rolling Stone via Zoom...

Pink Floyd are in “advanced talks” with Sony Music to sell their back catalog for about $500 million, the Financial Times reports.

According to the Financial Times, the sale would include hits from the past 50 years like “Money,” “Wish You Were Here,” and “Another Brick in the Wall.” However, the report cautions that “there is no guarantee of an agreement this time given the past problems.”

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The update comes after David Gilmour recently told Rolling Stone it would be a “dream” to sell Pink Floyd’s catalog and get out of the “mud bath” — likely referencing his contentious relationship with former bandmate Roger Waters. In just one relatively recent example of their decades-long tension, Gilmour described Waters as a “misogynistic, antisemitic, Putin apologist” in 2023.

Pink Floyd began exploring a catalog sale in 2022, but those discussions fell apart due to band in-fighting and Waters’ incendiary comments about Ukraine and Israel.

Fresh off the release of his new album Luck and Strange, David Gilmour stopped by a local pub in Brighton and Hove, UK for an open mic on Monday night and gave his first live performance since 2020.

Taking place at The Neptune Inn, the Pink Floyd guitarist and singer joined his daughter Romany Gilmour, who also contributed vocals to Luck and Strange. Romany invited her father up for a song, and David asked if they should do “Wish You Were Here” — they then performed the Pink Floyd classic together on acoustic guitars, singing in harmony as the pub’s attendees sang along.

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David immortalized the moment by posting a video of the performance on Twitter, writing, “Very much enjoyed crashing @GilmourRomany’s gig at the Neptune in Hove this evening after finishing tour rehearsals…” Watch the video below.

While David and Romany played a handful...

David Gilmour isn’t kicking off his Luck and Strange world tour for another 17 days, but a handful of people at the Neptune Live Music Bar’s open-mic night in East Sussex, England, caught a little sneak preview when he joined his daughter Romany to perform an acoustic rendition of “Wish You Were Here.” “Would you like to come and upstage me?” she asks her father as he walks onto the stage. “Okay, great.”

Gilmour posted a truncated rendition of the performance on his social media accounts. “Very much enjoyed...

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David Gilmour’s new album, Luck and Strange, has officially been released and is streaming below. It’s also available to purchase on limited-edition colored vinyl, as well as in a deluxe box set.

First announced this past April, Luck and Strange includes nine new tracks from the Pink Floyd guitarist, including eight originals — many of which were co-written with his wife, Polly Samson — and a cover of The Montgolfier Brothers’ 1999 song, “Between Two Points.”

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Throughout Luck and Strange, Gilmour is joined by a number of guest musicians, including Steve Gadd, Roger Eno, and more. The title track even features late Pink Floyd keyboard player Richard Wright, who’s part was recorded during a 2007 jam session at Gilmour’s house.

Luck and Strange arrives via Sony Music, and is the new first studio release from Gilmour since 2015’s Rattle That Lock. Speaking about the record last month,...

Each week, Consequence celebrates New Music Friday by highlighting newly released albums to stream. We’ve made to September, and fall is upon us — luckily, this week gives us plenty to savor before the leaves start changing. We’re checking out new music from David Gilmour, Fred again.., Hinds, Toro y Moi, and of course, a great singer-songwriter named Mj Lenderman. Here are 10 new albums to stream today.

Blink-182 — One More Time… Part 2

Last year, the beloved 2000s pop-punk band returned with their comeback album, One More Time…. Now, they are riding the reunion excitement with an expansion of the album, One More Time… Part 2. The new album includes eight previously-unreleased songs, some of which they’ll likely bust out during the remainder of their 2024 tour this fall (get tickets here).

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David Gilmour — Luck and Strange

The former Pink Floyd frontman is releasing his fifth solo studio album,...

The most intriguing song on Luck and Strange, David Gilmour’s first solo album in nearly a decade, is a dark-mirror reflection of his own artistry: a rendition of the Montgolfier Brothers’ sardonic 1999 dream-pop song “Between Two Points,” sung by his daughter, Romany.

The original song was a slow-building echo of Pink Floyd’s realism, an impressionistic portrait of failed communication and a related sense of resignation. Refracted through the Gilmours’ lenses, “Between Two Points” feels starker and uncanny, as Romany plays the keyboard on a harp and sings, “Just...

Pink Floyd legend David Gilmour is actively interested in selling the band’s catalog, but not because of the financial windfall it would surely bring him. Instead, it’s one less headache he’d have to deal with moving forward.

“To be rid of the decision-making and the arguments that are involved with keeping it going is my dream,” he explained in a recent interview with Rolling Stone. “I am not interested in that from a financial standpoint. I’m only interested in it from getting out of the mud bath that it has been for quite a while.”

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The “mud bath” Gilmour speaks is likely in reference to his contentious relationship with former Pink Floyd bandmate Roger Waters, whom Gilmour described as a “misogynistic, antisemitic, Putin apologist” in 2023. That marked just one relatively recent incident from decades of tension and conflict between the two.

SiriusXM presents an interview with the legendary David Gilmour, marking his return after nearly a decade with his upcoming album, “Luck and Strange.” In this special conversation, Gilmour sits down with host Rachel Steele to discuss the inspiration behind his latest work, his experiences on the road, and much more!

Rachel Steele

Tune in to Classic Vinyl (Ch. 26) on Friday, September 6, at noon Et/9am Pt for the world premiere of this must-hear interview. You can catch encores during the times below on both Classic Vinyl and Classic Rewind (Ch. 25), available in the car and on the SiriusXM app.

“Luck and Strange” is Gilmour’s fifth solo studio album and features nine songs. The album is available on vinyl, CD (which includes two bonus tracks), and a Blu-ray audio edition that features four bonus tracks (see full tracklist below). This album marks Gilmour’s first new release since “Rattle That Lock” (2015). Additionally,...

News of the Oasis reunion has sent shockwaves throughout the music world, especially since Noel Gallagher has spent the past 15 years swearing such a thing would never happen. But should anyone really be all that surprised? Liam and Noel Gallagher may not like each other very much, but they could make somewhere in the ballpark of $300 to $500 million from a reunion tour. That’ll come in very handy for Noel in the aftermath of his costly divorce from wife Sara MacDonald.

They’re also far from the first rock band...

In January 2007, a few months after the conclusion of the On an Island tour, David Gilmour and members of his road band, including Pink Floyd keyboardist Richard Wright, convened in a drafty barn on his U.K. property to try out some new song ideas. “I hadn’t thought this all the way through,” Gilmour says. “It was fuckin’ freezing in there. But we spent 15 minutes working on this tiny, little riff I wrote on the guitar. They all joined in one by one.”

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Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour has shared his new single, “Dark and Velvet Nights,” the latest preview of his forthcoming comeback album, Luck and Strange.

Co-written by Gilmour’s wife Polly Samson, “Dark and Velvet Nights” is a grooving rock track celebrating their love that also shows off his legendary guitar acumen with a solo toward the end. Stream it below.

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“The music sprang out one day. It was so exciting to have come across this groove,” Gilmour recalled in a statement. “Polly had given me a beautiful poem for our wedding anniversary, which was sitting on the desk right next to me, so I picked it up and sang it on the track, to hear what it would sound like with words. I played it to Polly, and she said, ‘Lovely, great, I’ll need fiddle with it a bit.’ So she added a couple of verses,...

Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour has expressed the utmost confidence in his upcoming solo comeback album, Luck and Strange, describing it as his best piece of work since The Dark Side of the Moon came out five decades ago.

“It’s over 50 years now since The Dark Side of the Moon,” Gilmour told Prog magazine in a recent interview (via Guitar World). “My feeling is that this album is the best album I’ve made in all those years since 1973 when The Dark Side of the Moon came out.”

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Considering that Pink Floyd went on to release further classics with Animals in 1977 and 1979’s The Wall, that’s no small statement. Perhaps Gilmour’s ongoing tensions with former bandmate Roger Waters have tarnished his memory of the albums.

Gilmour has also put out a string of successful solo albums including On an Island and Rattle That Lock,...

Nick Mason has a plan for potentially sidestepping the longstanding feud between David Gilmour and Roger Waters to record new Pink Floyd music, and it naturally involves AI.

In a recent interview with The Daily Mirror, the drummer admitted there’s no chance of a reunion between the surviving members of the band, but expressed an interest in using AI for a what-if scenario.

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“It would be fascinating to see what AI could do with new music. If you tried to run it as a sort of ‘Where did Pink Floyd go after?'” Mason said. “The thing to do would be to have an AI situation where David and Roger become friends again. We could be like Abba by the time we’ve finished with it.”

There’s at least a small chance Gilmour would be open to such a scenario. Earlier this year,...

David Gilmour has revealed another taste of his upcoming solo album: a cover of the Montgolfier Brothers’ “Between Two Points,” featuring his daughter, Romany.

On the track, Romany takes the ruminating vocals over a mournful harp, while Gilmour later delivers a guitar solo.

The Montgolfier Brothers — a British duo made up of Mark Tramner and the late Roger Quigley — released the track in 1999. In a video explainer, Gilmour said he wasn’t necessarily trying to make their rendition different from the original, rather, “I’m just going wherever I’m led by the music,...