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Pink Floyd Album Honored by British Poet Laureate

Pink Floyd’s 1975 album Wish You Were Here is the subject of a new poem by British poet laureate Simon Armitage. Entitled ...
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Pink Floyd commemorated in new poem from Poet Laureate Simon Armitage

Pink Floyd have revealed a video of a brand new poem commemorating the band by the UK's Poet Laureate, Simon Armitage. The ...
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Wish You Were Here 50 – The story behind the album

Celebrate 50 years of Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here. Discover its legacy, new reissue, and why the album still resonates today.
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Listen to Simon Armitage’s new poem, Dear Pink Floyd

The poet laureate Simon Armitage has written a new poem celebrating the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here ...

The first Pink Floyd album David Gilmour called a “masterpiece”

David Gilmour was never one to talk himself up as a genius, but he knew when Pink Floyd hit on something revolutionary. Read ...
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“I remember sitting down with Roger and saying, ‘Roger, this is insane!’”: The strange lost album that Pink Floyd abandoned in 1975

First envisioned back in 1969, the album - known internally by its working title ‘Household Objects’ - was nothing short of a ...

The “floundering” Pink Floyd album David Gilmour would rather forget

In several interviews over the years, guitarist David Gilmour revealed his least favourite Pink Floyd albums, once describing ...

The Damned announces new covers album dedicated to late Brian James

Influential punk band The Damned has announced a new covers album in honor of their late guitarist, Brian James.The record, ...
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On This Day in 1975, Pink Floyd Released Their Troubled Chart-Topping Album That Almost Never Was

Fortunately for Wish You Were Here fans everywhere, Pink Floyd was able to achieve the seemingly impossible by learning to let go of their more hair-brained ideas and go back to basics. In the months ...

Science Center of Iowa offers Pink Floyd planetarium experience

The Science Center of Iowa is launching an immersive Pink Floyd experience at its planetarium in Des Moines, featuring cosmic visuals in perfect harmony with the band's iconic 1973 album.