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Famous Recording Studio Castle For Sale

Crash — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:24:10 +0000

An 18th century castle where Elton John, Pink Floyd, David Bowie and others have recorded, is for sale.

Pink Floyd Fan Jailed for Cranking Late-Night Tunes

Michael Gallucci — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:55:45 +0000

Hey, who doesn't like cranking up some Pink Floyd every now and then and playing some mean air guitar to 'Comfortably Numb'? But apparently a fan in England has taken his love of the band a little too far, a little too late in the night and a little too often.

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Pink Floyd Coming To Glastonbury

Crash — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:46:19 +0000

Pink Floyd will be at this year's Glastonbury festival.

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Queen-Icons

Crash — Wed, 08 May 2013 13:07:31 +0000

There's no denying the popularity of Queen, at least in their native England, as they've topped yet another poll there.
This one was Absolute Radio's Icon poll. James Curran, the station's Head of Music, says, "The poll was all about celebrating the iconic artists that feature on our playlists across our network of decade stations. Queen have yet again proved themselves as one of the U.K.’s most iconic bands by topping this poll of absolute music greats.”

Here's the whole Top 10:

1.Queen
2.David Bowie
3.The Beatles
4.Pink Floyd
5.Led Zeppelin
6.Oasis
7.Bruce Springsteen
8.The Rolling Stones
9.Foo Fighters
10.Paul Weller
The rest of the Top 100 -- which includes AC/DC, Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Bob Dylan, The Who, Eric Clapton and The Clash -- can be found at Absolute Radio.co.uk.

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Pink Floyd Fan Invents Unique Health Care Plan, Gets Arrested

Jeff Giles — Thu, 02 May 2013 12:00:22 +0000

Faced with a medical emergency but lacking health insurance, a Minnesota man recently tried to dodge his hospital bill by impersonating Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour.

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Pink Floyd Laser Light Yoga Is Now a Thing That Happens

Jeff Giles — Wed, 01 May 2013 19:25:30 +0000

During our wild, misspent youth, many of us took in the occasional Pink Floyd laser light show. Now that we're older, wiser, and (thanks partly to those laser-induced munchies) a little fatter, maybe it's time to give Pink Floyd laser light yoga a try.

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Storm Thorgerson, Who Designed Album Covers For Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, Dead at 69

Sterling Whitaker — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:15:29 +0000

Artist Storm Thorgerson, who created some of the most iconic album covers in rock music history, has died. The designer -- whose creations included the prism artwork on the cover of Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side of the Moon' -- passed away peacefully on Thursday.

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Roger Waters at the Scene of the Crime

Crash — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:15:46 +0000

Roger Waters recently visited the World War 2 battlefield in Italy where his father was killed.

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Pink Floyd-Dark Side Could've Been Better

Crash — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:16:11 +0000

Drummer Nick Mason says Pink Floyd could have done things differently with Dark Side of the Moon.

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40 Years Ago: Pink Floyd Release 'The Dark Side of the Moon'

Michael Gallucci — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 14:00:21 +0000

The numbers attached to ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ are pretty impressive. More than 50 million copies sold worldwide. Fifteen straight years on Billboard’s album chart. Consistently ranked in the Top 10 of many best-albums-ever-made polls. But Pink Floyd’s achievements with their eighth LP go deeper than that. In a way, their 1973 epic changed the way people made and listened to albums. Forty years after its release, there’s still no better head trip -- legally at least -- available.

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