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Roger Waters Thanks War Veteran Who Located Father's Death Spot
Roger Waters has expressed his gratitude to a war veteran by sending him a poem after he helped locate the spot where the Pink Floyd star's father died in action during World War Two.Harry Schindler...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 12 November 2013
Roger Waters: 'I Was Wrong To Sue Bandmates'
Rocker Roger Waters regrets taking legal action against his former Pink Floyd bandmates, insisting he was wrong to fight Nick Mason and David Gilmore over the rights to band's name in the mid-1980s.Waters quit the...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 19 September 2013
Leaked Audio, Kanye West Rants About Taylor Swift In Ny Bistro
Remember Kanye West's famous rant at the 2009 Video Music Awards? Of course you do, he hopped up on-stage and told Taylor Swift she was rubbish and that Beyonce was really good. Of course you...
By Michael West in Music / Festivals on 19 July 2013
How To Disappear Completely: Thom Yorke Yanks Songs From Spotify
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has pulled both his solo songs and those made with group Atoms For Peace from music streaming service Spotify over the company's current royalties model. Yorke and his long-time producer Nigel...
By Michael West in Music / Festivals on 15 July 2013
Beloved Stage Designer For The Rolling Stones, Mark Fisher, Dies At 66
Mark Fisher OBE – the talented stage designer for bands like The Rolling Stones, U2 and Pink Floyd, passed away yesterday (Wednesday, June 26). He was 66. Fisher, who also worked with celebrities like Robbie...
By Victoria Pavlova on 27 June 2013
Pink Floyd Lead Tributes To Late Artist Storm Thorgerson
Legendary band Pink Floyd have been leading the tributes to the late Storm Thorgerson, who passed away yesterday (April 18, 2013,) aged 69.Thorgerson designed many of Pink Floyd’s iconic album covers, including – most famously...
By Contributor in Music / Festivals on 19 April 2013
'Pink Floyd' Artist Storm Thorgerson Dies Aged 69: His Greatest Album Covers
Storm Thorgerson, the artist who famously designed the cover art for Pink Floyd's classic album 'The Dark Side of the Moon,' has died aged 69, the band's management confirmed to the BBC. A childhood friend...
By Michael West in Music / Festivals on 19 April 2013
Pink Floyd's Graphic Artist Storm Thorgerson Dies
The British graphic artist who created the iconic cover of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon album has lost his battle with cancer.Storm Thorgerson passed away on Thursday (18Apr13) at the age of...
By WENN on 18 April 2013
Roger Waters Reconsidering Anti-israel Stance
Pink Floyd star Roger Waters is reconsidering his controversial stance against Israel two weeks after a planned public interview at a New York Jewish cultural centre was scrapped.Last month (Mar13), the rocker called for musicians...
By World Entertainment News Network on 16 April 2013
Meat Loaf: Adele Needs To Relax
Adele needs to ''take it easy'' and start looking after her precious voice, says Meat Loaf.'Bat out of Hell' star Meat is on his farewell tour after battling ill health, including a knee replacement, concussions...
By Bang Showbiz on 10 April 2013
Coldplay Top Bbc2 Listeners Poll
Coldplay's 'A Rush of Blood to the Head' has been voted BBC Radio 2 listeners' favourite album of all time. 'The Scientist' band's 2002 record beat The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and U2 to claim...
By Bang Showbiz on 02 April 2013
Tom Stoppard Pens Radio Play To Commemorate Pink Floyd’S Dark Side Of The Moon
The playwright Tom Stoppard was first asked to concoct a play based on Pink Floyd’s hit album Dark Side of the Moon but the 75 year-old claims he had no idea how to approach it,...
By Hayley Avron in Music / Festivals on 28 March 2013
Roger Waters Urges Peers To Join Renewed Israel Boycott
Pink Floyd star Roger Waters has urged his music peers to join a new campaign aimed at boycotting concerts in Israel.As Barack Obama makes his first visit to Israel as U.S. President, the rocker has...
By WENN on 20 March 2013
Bill Wyman Unveils New Art Exhibition In London
Bill Wyman opened his new exhibition 'Bill Wyman: Reworked' in London on Tuesday evening (26.02.13).The former Rolling Stones bassist unveiled the re-imaginations of his photographs of the legendary band by various artists - including cartoonist...
By Bang Showbiz on 27 February 2013
Liam Gallagher Visits Planetarium
Liam Gallagher took his band on a trip to a planetarium at the weekend. The 40-year-old singer and his Beady Eye bandmates all went to The Royal Observatory and planetarium - an interactive map of...
By Bang Showbiz on 19 February 2013
David Bowie's Where Are We Now: Is The Old Master Bowing Out?
A Rare Shot Of David Bowie Wandering Alone In New YorkThat clattering sound you thought you heard this week? Yeah, that was a thousand music journalists collectively dropping their pens when David Bowie suddenly released...
By Michael West in Music / Festivals on 08 January 2013
Liam Gallagher Plans Psychedelic Album
Liam Gallagher is going to ''blow people's minds'' with his new record.The Beady Eye frontman will take fans on a ''psychedelic'' trip with his band's second offering and they have been recording with a full...
By Bang Showbiz on 08 January 2013
Kurt Cobain Biopic Will 'Embody' The Late Musician
Brett Morgan's film about Kurt Cobain will be an ''embodiment of his character''.The director has been making a feature based on the late Nirvana frontman's life with his widow, Courtney Love, for the past five...
By Bang Showbiz on 07 January 2013
Roger Waters Rules Out Pink Floyd Reunion
Roger Waters can't see himself ever performing with Pink Floyd again.The group's founder left the band in 1985 and while he still plays songs from their catalogue on his solo tours, Roger won't ever get...
By Bang Showbiz on 04 January 2013
Madonna The Highest Grossing Touring Artist Of 2012
When it comes to the live tour, it’s the veteran artists of the music scene that are still leading the way on ticket sales. Billboard revealed the highest grossing tours of 2012 recently and it...
By Contributor on 19 December 2012
Madonna's Highest Grossing Tour
Madonna's MDNA Tour has been named the highest grossing of 2012. The 'Material Girl' singer's 72 shows in the year from November 9, 2011, to November 13 2012 were all sell outs, making $228,406,085...
By Bang Showbiz on 17 December 2012
10 Million Milestone For Adele's 21
Just in case you were in any doubt over just how successful, talented, adored and, indeed, rich Adele was, the news broke today that the British singer has now sold 10 million copies of her...
By Hayley Avron in Music / Festivals on 28 November 2012
Nick Mason Gets University Honour 50 Years On
Pink Floyd star Nick Mason has been handed a doctorate from bosses at his former university 50 years after he dropped out to pursue fame with the band.The drummer enrolled on an architecture degree course...
By WENN on 26 November 2012
Roger Waters To Take Pink Floyd's The Wall On Stadium Tour
Roger Waters has announced that he’ll be bringing a revised version of seminal Pink Floyd album The Wall to stadiums across Europe in the new year, admitting that his attitude towards playing such large venues...
By Contributor in Music / Festivals on 16 November 2012
Roger Waters Returns With The Wall
Pink Floyd's Roger Waters is bringing 'The Wall' back to Europe.The legendary rocker has announced the return of his historic musical production and has created a dramatic stadium event for summer 2013, promising a bigger...
By Bang Showbiz on 16 November 2012
Nick Mason's Classic Car Passion
Nick Mason meets up with Brian Johnson to talk about their classic car collections. The Pink Floyd drummer has a self-confessed ''disgusting'' indulgence in collecting motors and he likes to meet up with the AC/DC...
By Bang Showbiz on 15 November 2012
Manic Street Preachers To Release New Album In 2014
Manic Street Preachers are planning to release their 11th studio album in early 2014. James Dean Bradfield, the group's lead vocalist and guitarist, insists the 'Design For Life' hitmakers' next record is ''much better'' than...
By Bang Showbiz on 14 November 2012
Roger Waters Forms Band With Military Veterans For Benefit Show
Pink Floyd star Roger Waters will take to the stage with a band made up of military veterans at the sixth annual Stand Up for Heroes benefit in New York next week (08Nov12).The rocker will...
By WENN on 03 November 2012
Genesis Honoured With A Lifetime Achievement Award
British rock group Genesis were honoured with a Lifetime Achievement prize at the inaugural Progressive Music Awards in London on Wednesday night.Guitarist Mike Rutherford and keyboardist Tony Banks picked up the trophy during the ceremony...
By WENN on 06 September 2012
Roger Waters & Peter Gabriel Add Their Names To Amnesty International Protest
Pink Floyd star Roger Waters, Peter Gabriel and Hole's Patty Schemel have added their voices to the chorus of support for the jailed members of Russian punk group Pussy Riot.Feminist rockers Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alekhina,...
By WENN on 30 August 2012
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