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Forbes
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Pink Floyd Rocks Back To No. 1
Pink Floyd's At Pompeii reclaims the No. 1 spot on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart, becoming ... More one of the band's few multi-week U.K. chart-toppers. LONDON - JULY 02: (L to R) David Gilmour, Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Rick Wright from the band Pink Floyd on stage at "Live 8 London" in Hyde Park on July 2, 2005 in London, England. The free concert is one of ten simultaneous international gigs including Philadelphia, Berlin, Rome, Paris, Barrie, Tokyo, Cornwall, Moscow and Johannesburg. The concerts precede the G8 summit (July 6-8) to raising awareness for MAKEpovertyHISTORY. (Photo by) Pink Floyd is back in charge of an albums ranking in the United Kingdom, the country where the pioneering group got its start. The band recently scored a new No. 1 album with At Pompeii - MCMLXXII, and now, a month after the set debuted, it has returned to the summit. With another moment in the spotlight, the collection becomes one of a very small number of projects from the rock outfit to rack up multiple frames atop the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart. At Pompeii jumps from No. 3 to No. 1 on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart, the U.K.'s ranking of the bestselling titles in those genres. Pink Floyd replaces Saviors by Green Day, which also enjoyed another turn in the lead slot just a few days ago after its deluxe edition was issued. At Pompeii has now spent five weeks on the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart, two of which have been at No. 1. As it returns to the peak position, the live recording becomes Pink Floyd's third title to lead for more than one frame. It joins The Dark Side of the Moon (32 weeks) and The Endless River (seven). Four other projects by the band — Animals, The Division Bell, The Early Years – 1965–1972, and Transmissions + 1969 — all managed just a single turn ruling the Official Rock & Metal Albums chart. At Pompeii also climbs on both the Official Physical Albums and Official Albums Sales charts this week. The set jumps to Nos. 14 and 15, respectively, after previously taking a turn at No. 1. As is typically the case, Pink Floyd sees multiple albums appear on the charts in the U.K. The Dark Side of the Moon is present on the most tallies, as it takes up space on four rosters and largely climbs on them, including returning to the top 10 on the Official Rock & Metal Albums ranking. Wish You Were Here lands on a pair, and The Wall reenters the Official Rock & Metal Albums list, giving the group control over 10% of that tally.
Yahoo
08-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Legendary ‘60s Rock Band Still Holds Album Record 50 Years Later
Legendary '60s Rock Band Still Holds Album Record 50 Years Later originally appeared on Parade. Over 50 years after its release, Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon still holds one of the most impressive records in Billboard history. The legendary 1973 album, which includes iconic tracks like 'Money,' 'Us and Them' and 'The Great Gig in the Sky," has spent 989 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart. Recently, The Dark Side of the Moon made a notable jump from No. 42 to No. 24 on Billboard's Top Album Sales chart, which only counts physical purchases. The numbers prove fans aren't just streaming the album — they're still buying it in droves, even decades later. With vinyl making a major comeback, the record also landed at No. 15 on the Vinyl Albums Chart. 🎬SIGN UP for Parade's Daily newsletter to get the latest pop culture news & celebrity interviews delivered right to your inbox🎬 In terms of overall sales, The Dark Side of the Moon continues to outshine the competition. With over 45 million copies sold worldwide, it's surpassed classic albums like The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Michael Jackson's Bad. When Pink Floyd, made up of David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Richard Wright and Roger Waters, first introduced the album in 1973, the title wasn't guaranteed. Another band, Medicine Head, had released an album called The Dark Side of the Moon a year earlier, nearly forcing Pink Floyd to scrap the name altogether. 'We were annoyed because we had already thought of the title before the Medicine Head album came out,' Gilmour reportedly once said. Fortunately for Pink Floyd, Medicine Head's version didn't gain traction — and the iconic title was up for grabs. If things had gone differently, the album might've been called Eclipse, according to the guitarist. While reflecting on the album's lasting impact, Wright explained why it continues to resonate with fans in a 2001 interview. 'I think it is a combination of the lyrics and the feeling of some of the music with the lyrics. Obviously, that's what makes a good song," he said. Adding, "I think it's the continuity of it, this kind of whole musical and lyrical story, if you like. It all made sense and even some songs weren't related to the other. 'Money' wasn't related to 'Us and Them', or whatever.' Legendary '60s Rock Band Still Holds Album Record 50 Years Later first appeared on Parade on Jun 7, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 7, 2025, where it first appeared.
TimesLIVE
06-06-2025
- Politics
- TimesLIVE
Equatorial Guinea on travel ban for visa overstays, says US official
The Trump administration has banned citizens from the African nation of Equatorial Guinea from entering the US on account of the high number of nationals overstaying their visas, the US ambassador said on Thursday. Equatorial Guinea is among seven African countries on the list of 12 included in the administration's travel ban. The others include Chad, Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Somalia, Libya and Sudan. Ambassador David Gilmour said in a statement posted on X that around 70% of students from Equatorial Guinea overstay their visas, along with 22% of business travellers and tourists. The directive comes as the administration is cracking down on illegal immigration. The travel ban will take effect on June 9, 2025 at 12.01am EDT (4.01am GMT). Visas issued before that date will not be revoked. "If you know someone who is presently in the United States without a valid visa, tell them to return to Equatorial Guinea immediately," Gilmour said. The government in Equatorial Guinea did not immediately comment on the ban.
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Why Larry DiMarzio decided to start a pickup line that would change the face of guitar music in the 1970s
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The surname 'DiMarzio' is now inextricably linked to the DiMarzio brand, one of the world's leading electric guitar pickup firms. Larry DiMarzio, the man behind it all, started his career as a guitar repairman in New York in the early 1970s, before his keen ears and business acumen noticed that there was a gap in the market: pickups that delivered even greater tone. 'I started working at the Guitar Lab around '71 or '72,' he tells Guitarist. 'I was going to work at a professional guitar shop around the corner of 48th Street [in New York City] and I suddenly had access to tons of guitars that were coming through the shop for repair. Or I'd go down to Manny's, pick up a Stratocaster, and say, 'This is like a dead tuna,' you know?' As DiMarzio asserts, 'Pickups seemed to be the way to compensate for the shortcomings of new guitars. When I first started working on pickups, the first pickup that got built was a Strat pickup just because I had Strats at the time.' Lo and behold, DiMarzio created the now-iconic FS-1 pickup, a replacement for the stock Fender Strat bridge pickup – and some pretty well-known guitarists flocked to it, including early adopter David Gilmour. Later, Earl Slick, Ace Frehley, Al Di Meola, Paul Stanley, and Gene Simmons all became associated with the fledgling DiMarzio brand. 'I had this fabulous old Telecaster. It was very acoustic and it rang beautifully. But it wasn't the sound that I was hearing on Eric Clapton records,' DiMarzio replies when asked how the idea for the FS-1 pickup came about. 'Being in the city with a lot of professional players, you quickly learn that – like the pros did – you could figure out hardware that worked in certain ways. 'The first solution that I came up with was, of course, to increase the output of the Stratocaster pickup. But I also EQ'd it in a different way. If you're playing in clubs, there are common problems, so what rapidly happened was – and as you said, which was spot on, I was a guitar repairman – people came in and wanted them, which eventually led to me opening my own shop.' Another of DiMarzio's inventions was the Super Distortion humbucker pickup, designed to perfectly fit into the standard Gibson humbucker mounting – creating a more-than-worthy opponent for run-of-the-mill 'buckers. For more Larry DiMarzio, plus new interviews with Bob Mould and Scott Gorham, pick up issue 525 of Guitarist at Magazines Direct.
Daily Mail
12-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
Pink Floyd legend David Gilmour's £10million seafront mansion has price slashed again
The asking price for Pink Floyd David Gilmour 's £10million seafront mansion has been slashed again. The legendary guitarist and singer-songwriter purchased Medina House, a converted women's public baths overlooking the sea, back in 2011. Situated on King's Esplanade in Hove, the custom-built seafront mansion was designed by award-winning architect Keb Gavarito-Bruhn. Gilmour and his wife Polly Samson moved in after construction was completed in 2020. However the house was put on sale just two years later and has remained on the market for the past three years. When it first went on the market in 2022, the house was listed at an asking price of £15 million. Then, after being on sale for more than a year, the price was cut to £10 million in 2023. Even this reduction was not enough to prompt a sale, and the price has now been reduced for a third time as the Pink Floyd frontman struggles to sell up. The house is now listed by estate agents Pereds for a guide price of £8,950,000, a further reduction of more than £1 million from the previous price. Gilmour's efforts to offload Medina House were further complicated after it was revealed in 2024 that, due to a legal oversight, he did not in fact own the property. Gilmour originally purchased the premises through his company Hoveco Ltd, of which he was the only director. However, when Hoveco Ltd was dissolved, an administrative error bizarrely meant that ownership was not transferred to Gilmour, but to the Crown instead. Unless assets of a business are transferred before a company is dissolved, the assets are automatically transferred to the Crown. As a result, Gilmour was forced to take legal action in order to attempt to reclaim legal ownership of the property. It was the latest twist in the property saga which was fraught with problems from the very beginning. The original property was a Turkish baths known as Medina Baths, built in Victorian times, but after the bath, and its men-only neighbour became disused, they were occupied by squatters, and the building was demolished after two fires. Gilmour and Samson, 61, endured howls of protest from neighbours when they applied to convert the bathhouses into a mega mansion family home. Angry neighbours complained that the light to their own properties would be reduced because the new building was higher than its predecessor - something the architects wanted for flood protection and privacy. Gilmour, who has an estimated fortune of £140million, and Samson were condemned, with their plans called 'appalling and disrespectful' and opponents scathingly nicknamed the project 'Polly's Folly'. But Brighton & Hove Planning officer Liz Arnold said while some residents would receive less light, this was outweighed by the benefits to the conservation area in bringing a derelict site back into use, and the plans were approved in 2017 - by a single vote. The bathhouse was demolished the following year, and architect Keb Garavito Bruhn was brought in to design the new residence. His creation took inspiration from the older building, mimicking its gable, as well as the half-moon shaped window at the top. Ceramic tiles that were originally part of one of the pools were retained. Many residents began to change their mind about the house once it was constructed and admitted that an eyesore had been transformed. Gilmour's haven is not far from Hove's so-called 'Millionaire's Row' at the end of Western Esplanade, which has welcomed a range of A-listers over the years, including Adele, David Walliams and Fatboy Slim. Nicknamed 'Polly's Folly', the couple only bought the property in 2015 and launched a lavish rebuild of the former Victorian Turkish bathhouse Pereds describe Medina House as a 'unique contemporary seafront home'. The six-bedroom home contains a library, gym, music room, and sauna, with a private enclosed garden and amazing views over the sea. Gilmour and wife Samson previously said: 'The main bedroom, with sea views in all directions, is a beautiful place from which to watch the sunrise and sunset across the sea. 'At night, it's intoxicating to watch from bed the moon reflected in the water. 'When you wake up in the morning, the view is always a surprise: the sea and sky are never the same. 'It's a huge advantage not to have a busy road and traffic between us and the sea.
