Pink Floyd to Challenge Led Zeppelin to “More Significant Reunion” Battle? The battle of the rock reunions might be on. While Led Zeppelin figures out what their next move is following their triumphant performance at London’s O2 Arena, Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason has opened the door to future Floyd shows. Literally. Mason told XFM that 2005’s Live 8 event “showed that the door can be opened” for future Floyd reunions. It took an event as large as Live 8 (and Hell freezing over) for Pink Floyd to reunite for the first time in twenty-one years back in 2005, and it’ll likely take an event of equal or greater magnitude to get the band together a second time. “If there was a suitable reason or things change a bit in the next year or two and everybody suddenly thinks, ‘Well, actually, I really would like to do that’ then I think it’ll happen,” Mason explained, but “the only thing that would generate it would be something the equivalent of Live 8.” As for the band’s aborted reunion at last year’s Syd Barrett tribute, Mason, who moonlights as a rock fantasy-camp counselor, blames bad timing, and not ill will, for that failed get-together. “Roger [Waters] was on at Earls Court the next day and so he’d arranged to go on early [at the tribute gig] and Dave [Gilmour] couldn’t get there ’til late … so everything conspired against us but it wasn’t a case of ‘We’re not going to play together,’” Mason explained. So will a reunited Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin exist in the same universe? When pigs fly, maybe. Related Stories: Pink Floyd Reunites (Almost) Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Smiths: The Vegas Odds on the Next Big Reunion Video: The Simpsons Bring Pink Floyd to Life [Photo: Getty]
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Published: 2007-12-19
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News
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Pink Floyd - Waters Missing Pig Sparks Search By Coachella OrganisersThe organisers of U.S. music festival Coachella have made an impassioned plea for the return of a giant inflatable pig belonging to ex-PINK FLOYD star ROGER WATERS. ...
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Published: 2008-04-30
Provider: Contact Music
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Pink Floyd - Pink Floyd Stars Homeless Charity Plans FoiledPINK FLOYD guitarist DAVID GILMOUR has hit out at protesters campaigning against the launch of his homeless housing charity, blaming local residents for the project's ...
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Published: 2008-03-03
Provider: Contact Music
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“Oh By The Way”: Pink Floyd Celebrate Belated 40th Anniversary With Mega Box Set If you thought Pink Floyd had exhausted all their fortieth anniversary surprises after they unleashed their three-disc The Piper at the Gates of Dawn reissue, think again. The band is releasing the massive Oh By The Way, which culls together all of the band’s proper studio albums into one box set. Technically, the band formed around 1965, making them forty-two, but this belated birthday present makes up for the oversight. Each compact disc is repackaged in mini-vinyl reproductions, complete with all the posters and postcards and dust jackets that accompanied the original records, except tiny-sized. They even brought back the original, iconic Dark Side of the Moon album cover for the first time since 1993, which is enough to warrant purchase. While the set includes every studio album from Piper to 1994’s The Division Bell, it curiously lacks the must-have rarities collection Relics. Storm Thorgersen, who is responsible for the majority of PF’s most well known artwork, was even employed to design the new cover. There are additional rumors that there might be an accompanying DVD featuring interviews and live performances. The set is out December 4th, giving people adequate time to wrap this behemoth in time for the holidays. Related Stories: Exclusive: David Gilmour Looks Darkly at the Future of Pink Floyd Pink Floyd Plan Piper Re-Release Pink Floyd Reunites (Almost)
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Published: 2007-10-25
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News
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