Pink news

BBC News - Tributes are paid to a singer who recorded with musical giants including Dusty Springfield, Pink Floyd and Ringo Star.

Independent - I have made over 400 album covers and as Pink Floyd said, "We've been trying to get rid of him for years, but haven't been able to." It took Pink Floyd three minutes to decide on the album cover for The Dark Side of the Moon in 1973. My memory is a bit hazy, but I think we gave them seven ideas to choose from, including a surfer on a big wave, based on a Marvel Comics superhero called the Silver ...

MusicRooms - Metallica are plotting a new tour to rival Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’.

ContactMusic - ELBOW frontman GUY GARVEY is delighted PINK FLOYD won a battle with music label bosses over online record sales - insisting the rockers were right to fight for the "integrity"...

Cincinnati CityBeat - Reuters reported that Pink Floyd has succeeded in stopping its label, EMI, from unpackaging its albums and selling individual songs as downloads or ringtones. There goes our plan to hold the record for the world's longest ringtone, sides 1 and 2 of 'Ummagumma.'

The Indiana Gazette - LONDON (AP) - In a victory for the concept album, Britain's High Court on Thursday ordered record company EMI Group Ltd. to stop selling downloads of Pink Floyd tracks individually rather than as part of the band's original records.

Lawrence Journal-World - Album lovers may rejoice a little at last: a British court says Pink Floyd, purveyor of iTunes-unfriendly concept records, cannot be unbundled.

The Indiana Gazette - LONDON (AP) - In a victory for the concept album, Britain's High Court on Thursday ordered record company EMI Group Ltd. to stop selling downloads of Pink Floyd tracks individually rather than as part of the band's original records.

All About Jazz - A UK judge has ruled that a mid 1990's contract between Pink Floyd and EMI that includes maintaining the artistic integrity of each album release does not allow EMI to sell single tracks on iTunes and other online outlets. But the court stopped short of making EMI pull the tracks down. An EMI statement said: "Today's judgment does not require EMI to cease making Pink Floyd's catalog available as ...

Spartanburg Herald-Journal - LONDON — In a victory for the concept album, Britain's High Court on Thursday ordered record company EMI Group Ltd. to stop selling downloads of Pink Floyd tracks individually rather than as part of the band's original records.

Wired News - A British judge is siding with Pink Floyd, ruling its EMI label must protect artist integrity and stop selling single digital tracks. The acid-inspired band, known for concept albums, said single-song sales were an injustice to their art.