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Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour has praised late bandmate Richard Wright for his "vitality, spark and humour". Writing on his website, Gilmour said he had "never played with anyone quite like" keyboardist Wright, who has died from cancer at the age...
LONDON, England (AP) -- Richard Wright, a founding member of the rock group Pink Floyd, died Monday. He was 65. Richard Wright (right) and a reunited Pink Floyd earn cheers at 2005's Live 8. Pink Floyd's spokesman Doug Wright,...
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ink Floyd members, from left, David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright in New York in 1988. Wright has died from cancer. (Associated Press) Pianist and keyboardist Richard Wright, one of the founding members of Pink Floyd, has died after a short...
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Cruises are known for big band music, lounge singers and discos...Called the "Great Gig in the Sea," the charter cruise on a Carnival ship will sail to the Bahamas, May 1-4, from Miami...The trip will feature the music of the tribute act "Think Floyd...
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Four people were poisoned after following a faulty recipe from a Swedish food magazine, prompting the publication to recall ten thousand copies of the periodical. One of Sweden's second teachers unions has expressed its dismay at Prime Minister Fredrik...
The Stockholm audience gave the prizewinners a standing ovation...Beauty contests Canceled An Italian priest backtracked from his idea to organize an online beauty pageant for nuns, saying Tuesday he had been misunderstood and incurred the protests of...
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David Gilmour snubbed over Jay-Z The festival organisers rejected an offer from the Pink Floyd frontman because they wanted to appeal to a younger audience. Plus, Jay-Z will host celebrations awash with booze and bling in honour of ... well, himself Rosie...
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ET American soprano Renée Fleming and British rock group Pink Floyd have won Sweden's 2008 Polar Music Prize...The prize of one million Swedish krona ($167,5000 Cdn) will be awarded in an Aug. 26 ceremony. Fleming, 49, considered one of the world's finest...
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A helium-filled swine, released into the night sky during Roger Waters' headlining set Sunday at the Coachella music festival in the Southern California desert, has been found in pieces.
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The Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival is offering $10,000 and four lifetime festival tickets in exchange for the safe return of the inflatable pig that escaped its tethering and floated away during the former Pink Floyd frontman's headlining...
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