The Financial Times

Pink Floyd reunite two sections of ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond’ for a masterpiece of epic proportions

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Until this year, the two suites of “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” have stood at either end of Pink Floyd’s 1975 ...
The Irish Times

Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here 50 review – Brilliantly bleak masterpiece comes with its own mythology

Prog rock was about to crash headlong into punk when Pink Floyd released Wish You Were Here, their sombre, disembodied masterpiece, in September 1975. The band was too successful to be threatened by ...
Variety

Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason Recalls the Making of ‘Wish You Were Here,’ as 50th Anniversary Boxed Set Arrives: ‘There Wasn’t a Theme to the Record Until Syd Barrett ...

How we wish we were there … back in 1975, that is, and able to again listen to Pink Floyd‘s magnum opus “Wish You Were Here” as a fresh work for the very first time, as opposed to hearing it through ...
The Guardian

‘Harder work than almost any album we ever did’: Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here turns 50

As the classic album hits 50, Nick Mason talks about the often difficult process of making it and how it has since fit into their larger catalogue By almost every measure, from commercial reward to ...
NPR

Pink Floyd's drummer Nick Mason reflects on 50 years of 'Wish You Were Here'

For 50 years, that lo-fi guitar riff has been the preamble to one of the most recognizable rock songs of all time. PINK FLOYD: (Singing) So, so you think you can tell heaven from hell, blue skies from ...
Gigwise

91 New Year’s Songs to Celebrate Around the World

Get New Year's songs from global traditions. Perfect tracks for countdown, dancing, and reflection. Build your celebration ...
Billboard

Nick Mason Looks Back on Syd Barrett’s ‘Shocking’ Visit With Pink Floyd During ‘Wish You Were Here’ Recording

A 50th anniversary version of the group's 1975 classic is out now. By Gary Graff Pink Floyd offers fans quite a few items to be excited about in the new Wish You Were Here 50 box set, commemorating ...
Salon

“Wish You Were Here” at 50: Pink Floyd’s deluxe box set is a triumph for devoted fans

Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” has received the deluxe box-set treatment just in time for the holiday season—and it’s a winner in every possible facet. The band’s obsessives—and they are ...
American Songwriter

4 Hit Country Songs You Didn’t Know Were Covers

Country music is full of cover songs. In the 1950s and ’60s, it was common for multiple artists to cut the same song within months of one another. Today, though, artists tend to leave more of a gap ...
People

Hugh Jackman Recalls Singing Karaoke with Neil Diamond: ‘When Neil Says Karaoke, You Say Yes’ (Exclusive)

Jackman plays Mike Sardina, one-half of the Neil Diamond tribute band Lightning & Thunder, in the forthcoming film 'Song Sung Blue' Erin Clack is a Staff Editor for PEOPLE. She has been writing about ...
Vulture

Nick Mason Will Never Mope About Pink Floyd

Welcome to “On That Note,” a rock-and-roll-centered column that will dive into the big stories, trends, and crazy ideas coming out of the music industry. “I still want people to understand that it was ...