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NEWS ABOUT: Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd stories: 8 news summaries

 Stones Legend 
 Bashes Guitar Hero 

Real instruments gathering moss, Wyman complains

Sep 9, 09 4:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - The growth of video games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band means fewer real guitar heros in the future, complains former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman. Playing the games "encourages kids not to learn, that's the trouble. It makes less and less people dedicated to really get down and... More »

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Rolling Stones • Beatles • rock bands • Pink Floyd • Guitar Hero • Rock Band • rock music • video games • Jay-ZTV • Bill Wyman

Site Taps Into Twitterers' Playlists

We Are Hunted's top
99 gives different view of what's popular now

May 29, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Are the Billboard music charts just too yesterday’s-news for you? Do you need to know which songs people are listening to the most, right this red-hot minute? Luckily, the website We Are Hunted has figured out how to mine Twitter feeds to find out what’s playing the most,... More »

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music • list • Pink Floyd • The Doors • Billboard charts • Twitter • We Are Hunted • popular music • The Cure

TRAVEL

 Niche Cruises Set Sail 

Specialty vacations offer chance to indulge motorbike, fashion and au naturale fantasies

Jan 31, 09 2:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Increasingly popular niche cruises offer seafarers a chance to indulge in all manner of hobbies, fantasies and obsessions on the high seas, reports Travel and Leisure: For instance:
  • Star Trek/Buffy the Vampire Slayer: This week-long cruise offers fan conventions complete with autograph-signing celebs, star-studded karaoke and a chance
... More »

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motorcycle • vacation • Carnival Cruise Lines • Harley Davidson • Pink Floyd • cruise ships • cruises • Star Trek • holiday travel • cruise lines • Buffy the Vampire Slayer • niche

Noisy Teens Sentenced to Manilow Sessions

'Music misery' sentences used to bring noisemakers in line

Jan 21, 09 3:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Call it cruel and unusual punishment—or at least unusual. When a Colorado judge sentences teenagers guilty of blasting car stereos too loud in Fort Lupton, he often imposes a session of enforced "musical misery," the Los Angeles Times reports. That means a Friday night in his courtroom... More »

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music • Willie Nelson • Colorado • Pink Floyd • teenager • Barry Manilow • noise violation • Barney • Beethoven • Simon & Garfunkel • Bing Crosby

Rockers Form Group to Fight for Rights

Coalition aims to give UK bards more control over copyright

Oct 4, 08 4:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dozens of British rock stars have joined together to form an organization that seeks more control over the music they create, the Guardian reports. The manifesto of the Featured Artists' Coalition calls for bands to have much more say over copyright—one of the issues that spurred founding members Radiohead... More »

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music industry • rock stars • copyright • file sharing • union • musician • Pink Floyd • Radiohead

Founding Member of Pink Floyd Dead at 65

Wright gave the band
its signature moody keyboard sound

Sep 15, 08 6:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Founding Pink Floyd member Richard Wright died today of cancer in London at age 65, the London Times reports. A keyboardist who gave the group its moody, dreamy sound, Wright co-authored many Floyd songs including ones on their masterpiece, Dark Side of the Moon. He left after The Wall... More »

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cancer • obituary • Pink Floyd • rock music • Richard Wright • keyboard

Roger Waters' Giant Inflatable Pig—Found!

Remains of Pink Floyd alum's swine end up at country club

Apr 29, 08 6:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - The bus-sized, helium-filled pig unintentionally unleashed by Pink Floyd alum Roger Waters at the Coachella music festival Sunday has been found—in two pieces—at a nearby country club, reports the Desert Sun of Palm Springs. "It is entirely possible that I have at least part of your pig,... More »

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pig • Pink Floyd • Roger Waters

Rock Legends Party Like It's 1979 (With a 2007 Approach)

Rock has become a 'legitimate trade'

Sep 16, 07 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Police. Genesis. Led Zeppelin. Rock legends are squeezing back into their familiar duds to electrify audiences decades after their heydays. The comebacks aren’t all about cash, the Economist proposes. Many of the greying rockers are in no need of funds "if they fancy a new castle... More »

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music • Queen • concert • Led Zeppelin • rock bands • Sting • Genesis • Eagles • Pink Floyd • The Police

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