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Pink Floyd sells music for $400 million

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

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“John Mayer had Paul build a guitar for him for the Dead & Company. He wanted one guitar all night. I thought, ‘Let’s see if I can get back to that’”: Keith Urban on working with PRS on a ‘do-it-all’ guitar build –and why SRV is still number one

Country icon reflects the feeling of bonding with a single instrument – and says you should give up playing and become an accountant if you’re missing his special ingredient

Guitar World

David Gilmour tells all, plus Slipknot and Joe Bonamassa's ode to Eric Clapton's Fender years – only in the new Guitar World

Also starring Mike Campbell, Madonna's metalhead guitarist, the man who built Prince's axes, Grace Bowers, Justin Hayward, Les Dudek, the Music Man Axis reviewed and more

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We ask the experts how recovery shoes work, and whether you need to invest in a pair

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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

The Independent UK

Pink Floyd agree to sell music rights to Sony in deal worth 400 million dollars

After years of discussions, Pink Floyd have finally sold the rights to their recorded music

Louder

“It certainly would pass a blindfold comparison with me. Why wouldn’t it?” David Gilmour says he can't tell the difference between his signature Fender and his original Black Strat

Unbothered by letting go of his most famous – not to mention valuable – six-string tool, Gilmour tells GW that his signature Fender Black Strat does the job of the original perfectly well

Guitar World

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“I've got a trove of stuff already, some of which I rather like.” With Pink Floyd “done”, David Gilmour hopes to start work on the follow-up to his hit solo album Luck and Strange in the new year

After the nine year wait for Luck and Strange, David Gilmour's sixth solo album might not be too far away:

Louder

"Different enough to make you think, respectful enough to have the whole crowd swaying": David Gilmour opens his world tour in Rome's Circus Maximus

Global Luck and Strange jaunt kicks off in epic surroundings with Pink Floyd-heave set

MusicRadar

David Gilmour dazzles on the opening night of his tour in Rome: the first review!

David Gilmour unleashes Pink Floyd-heavy set to get the ball rolling on his Luck And Strange world tour at Rome's Circo Massimo

Metal Hammer

“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

MusicRadar

"They've made it relevant again": Body Count just covered Pink Floyd’s Comfortably Numb… and David Gilmour is playing guitar on it

It’s the collaboration that precisely nobody saw coming - the LA rap-rockers just recruited rock royalty

MusicRadar

“The initial contact from Ice-T was for permission to use the song, but I thought I might offer to play on it as well”: Body Count and David Gilmour release radical reimagining of Comfortably Numb in 2024’s most surprising crossover

The Pink Floyd legend revisits one of his greatest guitar tracks in a completely new light with the help of the heavy metal institution

Guitar World

"They made it relevant again!" David Gilmour guests on Body Count cover of Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb

Ice-Ts Body Count will release their new album Merciless in November

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“These are all guys I admire, but to pick one specific solo out?": Alice In Chains’ Jerry Cantrell picks his 6 favourite guitar soloists of all time

Speaking to Rick Beato, the guitarist, songwriter and band founder dishes out six of the best

Louder

“I’m going to be sticking with the ones that are essentially my music.” David Gilmour names three beloved Pink Floyd classics that he won't be playing live again

If you're going to see David Gilmour in the hope of hearing some of Pink Floyd's best-known songs you may be disappointed

Louder

“I’d like to thank everyone who’s bought my new album and helped make it Number 1.” David Gilmour celebrates his third solo UK number one album with Luck And Strange

David Gilmour scores his third solo UK number one album

International Business Times

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

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David Gilmour rehearses ‘Luck and Strange’ ahead of UK tour

Exclusive: Pink Floyd star recalls ‘freezing’ recording session with his late bandmate, Richard Wright

Louder

Richard Wright features in David Gilmour's new video for the title track of Luck And Strange

David Gilmour will play two rehearsal shows at Brighton Centre on September 20 and 21

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

Louder

“It's not going to happen. There's only three people left and we're not talking.” David Gilmour says that anyone holding out hope for a Pink Floyd reunion should “dream on”

In a new interview, David Gilmour also shares his thoughts on why record companies aren't seeking out the next Pink Floyd

Guitar World

“I think we changed him as much as he changed us – he was loving the guitar solo thing by the end”: David Gilmour on how he won over Luck and Strange’s solo-sceptic producer

Gilmour has also addressed whether he feels pressured to deliver solos on the fly – and how he writes them

Louder

David Gilmour announces two special rehearsal performances in Brighton

David Gilmour will play two rehearsal shows at Brighton Centre on September 20 and 21

Guitar World

“You're going to come and upstage me? OK, great”: David Gilmour surprises pub-goers with acoustic rendition of Pink Floyd classic accompanied by daughter Romany

Gilmour wielded his Martin D-35 signature acoustic for a special Wish You Were Here duet at a tiny pub in the UK

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