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Pink Floyd salute an audience for the first time in 24 years at the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park, London 02 July 2005. (Credit: JOHN D MCHUGH/AFP via Getty Images) LONDON - Pink Floyd is releasing its first new music in almost three decades to raise money for the people of Ukraine, the band announced Thursday."Hey Hey Rise Up" features Pink Floyd members David Gilmour and Nick Mason, with vocals from Ukrainian singer Andriy Khlyvnyuk of the band BoomBox.The track features Khlyvnyuk singing a patriotic Ukrainian song from a clip he recorded in front of Kyiv’s St.

David Gilmour said he and Pink Floyd are protesting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by removing a large portion of their music catalog from streaming properties in Russia and Belarus."To stand with the world in strongly condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the works of Pink Floyd, from 1987 onwards, and all of David Gilmour's solo recordings are being removed from all digital music providers in Russia and Belarus from today," an announcement shared Friday to the band’s Twitter account states.The included works that are set to be leaving Russian and Belarusian streaming platforms are Pink Floyd studio albums "A Momentary Lapse of Reason" (1987), "The Division Bell" (1994) as well as 2014’s "The Endless River." Gilmour has released four solo studio albums in his career, the most recent being "Rattle That Lock" in 2015. His entire solo discography is also being removed from streamers.Last week, Gilmour tweeted in support of Ukraine, writing, "Russian soldiers, stop killing your brothers.

THE acoustic guitar which Kurt Cobain played on Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged performance sold for a record £4.85million. The left-handed 1959 Martin D-18E was used by Kurt in New York in 1993, five months before he died aged 27.  Its sale in Beverly Hills broke five records, including most expensive piece of memorabilia.

The guitar played by Kurt Cobain during his legendary MTV Unplugged set has been sold for a record amount at auction.

In a new series amid the coronavirus pandemic, Billboard is asking individuals from all sectors of the music business to share stories of how they work now, with much of the world quarantined at home and unable to take in-person meetings, attend conferences or even go into the office. Submissions for the series can be sent to [email protected]. Read the full series here.

Roger Waters took to Facebook on Tuesday, calling out his former Pink Floyd bandmate David Gilmour for supposedly banning him from using the legendary rock band’s website or social media platforms to promote his own solo work.

Roger Waters has accused his former bandmate David Gilmour of banning him from using Pink Floyd’s website to promote his work.

Former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters has taken to social media to rail against long-ago partner David Gilmour for considering him “irrelevant” and “banning” him from the group’s website and social media, complaining that his solo projects are not allowed to come up for mention while those of Gilmour’s wife are promoted.

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters has called out David Gilmour for banning him from the rock group's official website and social media platforms. On Monday, Waters posted a lengthy video to his Twitter account in which he puts Gilmour on blast for assuming control of the rockers' webpage and essentially banning him from having any part of it.

Phil May, the frontman of cult rock band Pretty Things, has died at 75 after suffering complications from emergency hip surgery.

The Pretty Things lead singer Phil May has died aged 75.

Waters recently tried to hold a "peace summit" with his bandmates

David Gilmour is bringing the music to quarantine life.