Why Pink Floyd’s 1971 Pompeii performance became the ultimate rock document-and why the IMAX rerelease could hit harder than ever.
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After Dark Side, Floyd made a colder, braver record. Inside Wish You Were Here: Syd’s shadow, studio tricks, and the band vs. the machine.
David Gilmour sold a London home and gave proceeds to Crisis. Here’s what’s verified, what’s exaggerated, and why it matters for homelessness.
A viral-sounding tale claims Gilmour recruited a Venice glass-harp busker for St Mark’s Square. Here’s what’s verifiable and what’s myth.
In 1968 Pink Floyd hit Amsterdam amid Syd Barrett fallout, new sonic experiments, and a live show culture built for risk.
In 1967 Pink Floyd hit San Francisco and Roger Waters tried to seduce Janis Joplin with a bottle of Southern Comfort. She turned it into a brutal joke.
Animals showcases some of David Gilmour’s fiercest guitar work, yet he has always sounded ambivalent about the album. Here is how Waters’ vision left him torn.
Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour did the most radical thing a rock guitarist can do: he sold his legendary guitars and fired the money at climate change.
How ego, lawsuits and clashing visions tore Roger Waters and David Gilmour apart – and why Pink Floyd thrived and suffered without its architect.
On June 5, 1975, as Pink Floyd were putting the finishing touches on their album Wish You Were Here, a…