3 h. ago And if your head explodes: Pink Floyd’s 20 best songs – ranked!

Fifty years after the release of Wish You Were Here, we count down the best of the band’s Syd Barrett years, their difficult recovery and later reunionLow on memorable tunes, big on racked, strangulated lead vocals, possessed of a worldview that makes every other Pink Floyd album look like a gushing font of Pollyanna-ish optimism, The Final Cut is a slog. But The Gunner’s Dream cuts through the gloom, thanks to a heartbreaking, fragile melody. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Jack Osbourne is seen for the first time since hitting back at Pink Floyd's Roger Waters for scathing comments about his late father Ozzy

Jack Osbourne was seen for the first time on Thursday since after hitting back at Pink Floyd's Roger Waters for scathing comments he made about his late father Ozzy.

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7 d. ago ‘The musty whiff of a yard sale’: why is Morrissey attempting to sell his share of the Smiths’ catalogue?

The frontman advertised the sale of one of indie’s most significant catalogues in a shockingly cavalier manner. With estranged bandmates among the other stakeholders, legitimate bidders may be hard to findMorrissey puts his business interests in the Smiths up for sale ‘to any interested party’There is a well-trodden line about assessing the trustworthiness of online bargains: if it looks too good to be true, it probably is. It comes to mind when looking at the extremely unusual way in which Morrissey is apparently seeking to offload his business interests in the Smiths. This is not like the forensic and formal processes behind huge catalogue sales in recent years such as Sting, Bob Dylan, Queen, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd or Paul Simon.A post on Morrissey Solo – the outlet for all official Morrissey communiques – says the singer has “no choice but to offer for sale all of his business interests in ‘the Smiths’ to any interested party/investor” and that he wants out. ...

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8 d. ago 'How pathetic': Ozzy Osbourne's son Jack blasts Pink Floyd star for 'vomiting out bulls***' about late dad

Roger Waters, 81, shared his thoughts on Ozzy, who died aged 76 in July, in a recent interview

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8 d. ago Jack Osbourne hits back with sweary rant at Roger Waters after harsh Ozzy comments

Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters has admitted he 'couldn't care less' about the late Ozzy Osbourne's music or the music he made with Black Sabbath.

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8 d. ago Ozzy Osbourne's son Jack tells Pink Floyd icon 'f*** you' over 'pathetic' jibe at dad

Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters sparked outrage when he dismissed Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne following the rocker's death, prompting a furious response from son Jack

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8 d. ago Jack Osbourne slams ‘pathetic’ Roger Waters for disparaging Ozzy remarks

Pink Floyd musician drew the ire of the Black Sabbath frontman’s son, after he made a series of dismissive comments about the late rocker

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8 d. ago What did Roger Waters say about Ozzy Osbourne which left family incensed

Jack Osbourne recently issued a scathing attack on Pink Floyd's Roger Waters after the musician made quite a brutal swipe at the late Black Sabbath icon, Ozzy Osbourne

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8 d. ago Jack Osbourne unleashes epic rant at Pink Floyd's Roger Waters over comments about Ozzy

Ozzy Osbourne's son Jack has unleashed a furious rant at Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters after the musician made some scathing comments about the Prince of Darkness

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8 d. ago Furious Jack Osbourne says 'f**k you' to Pink Floyd's Roger Waters in online rant after he made scathing comments about late rock legend Ozzy Osbourne following his death

Jack, 39, took to social media to publicly shame the English singer and songwriter  following his remarks about Ozzy in an interview following his death on July 22, aged 76.

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8 d. ago Jack Osbourne fumes 'f*** Roger Waters' after Pink Floyd frontman's comments about Ozzy

Jack Osbourne has taken to social media to share an angry message for Roger Waters following the Pink Floyd frontman's comments about his late father's band Black Sabbath

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1 week ago Pierce Brosnan: ‘Pink Floyd were my landscape. I was a hippy’

The former 007 and current star of The Thursday Murder Club revisits his old haunts in London’s Camden Town and Primrose Hill. Can he get past the security guard at the Roundhouse, where he once walked a tipsy Tennessee Williams to his car?It is a weekday morning and I am standing beside Pierce Brosnan on a deserted backstreet, watching a woman in a hairnet and white wellies hosing down the entrance to a fishmarket. The former James Bond is in full flow. “You know the scene in MobLand where I’ve got my foot on that guy’s throat and Tom Hardy is shooting the shit out of everyone?” He is talking in his rich, buttery burr about the recent series in which he and Helen Mirren play the heads of an Irish crime family. “We shot that right here!” He waves at the woman, who silences her hose temporarily. “Hi, hello,” he calls out. “I shot a television show here called MobLand.” She smiles back at him. “Yes,” she replies sweetly, as though indulging a confused uncle. “No idea, has she?” he chu...

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1 week ago ‘Pink Floyd were my landscape. I was a hippy’ Pierce Brosnan revisits his old London haunts

The former 007 and current star of The Thursday Murder Club goes for a stroll in London’s Camden Town and Primrose Hill. Can he get past the security guard at the Roundhouse, where he once walked a tipsy Tennessee Williams to his car?It is a weekday morning and I am standing beside Pierce Brosnan on a deserted backstreet, watching a woman in a hairnet and white wellies hosing down the entrance to a fishmarket. The former James Bond is in full flow. “You know the scene in MobLand where I’ve got my foot on that guy’s throat and Tom Hardy is shooting the shit out of everyone?” He is talking in his rich, buttery burr about the recent series in which he and Helen Mirren play the heads of an Irish crime family. “We shot that right here!” He waves at the woman, who silences her hose temporarily. “Hi, hello,” he calls out. “I shot a television show here called MobLand.” She smiles back at him. “Yes,” she replies sweetly, as though indulging a confused uncle. “No idea, has she?” he chuckles....

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2 w. ago Defiance, desire and devastation: Patti Smith’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!

As the punk poet prepares to tour and reissue Horses for its 50th anniversary, we count down the best of her rich, rabble-rousing workNot all the politicking on Gung Ho landed right – Stange Messengers is unbearably clumsy – but Glitter in Their Eyes’ plea for a younger generation not to get hooked on materialism is impressively punchy and potent, abetted by the presence on guitar of her old sparring partner, Television’s Tom Verlaine. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Pink Floyd star David Gilmour ordered to tear down garden shed after planning row with neighbours

The 79-year-old submitted a retrospective planning application to Camden Council following the start of work on the development in April this year.

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3 w. ago Hours before interviewing Patel and Bondi, Hannity bragged he wouldn’t ask about Epstein. He stayed true to his word.

‘If I hear that name one more time, my head's going to explode,’ Sean Hannity declared on his radio show about Jeffrey Epstein.

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4 w. ago Slow jams, smash hits and Popeye samples: Carly Rae Jepsen’s 20 best songs – ranked!

As her landmark pop album Emotion turns 10, we run down the funky, feverish and feral of the Canadian star’s greatest hitsCarly Rae Jepsen loves to squirrel away killer songs for her now-standard B-side collections. The opener to The Loveliest Time (the companion to 2022’s The Loneliest Time) evinces several CRJ trademarks: a love of odd production in the drily funky guitar and playful percussion, breathy falsetto – and obsessive, intense lyrics about being willing to do anything for love. Continue reading...

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last month Liz Truss slams beloved UK event claiming it was made by people who 'hate Britain'

She managed to take a swipe at the NHS, Isembard Kingdom Brunel, Shakespeare, Peter Pan, Jerusalem, Mary Poppins, Elgar, Pink Floyd, The Clash, James Bond and the Queen all in one sentence

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last month Taylor Swift’s best songs ranked: from Love Story to All Too Well

With a new album on the way, and 30 UK Top 10 hits to pick from, it’s no easy task picking our favourite Swift tracks

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