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 ...
Finestre sull'Arte

Noel Fielding portrays Syd Barrett in the video for Pink Floyd's Shine On You Crazy Diamond

The face of Syd Barrett, founder of Pink Floyd, comes to life on canvas in the hands of Noel Fielding. The British actor and musician stars in a music video (released last November on the group’s ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Rolling Stone

New Pink Floyd Box Set Finally Reveals Which One’s ‘Pink’

Remember when you were young? Pink Floyd‘s members (with the exception of drummer Nick Mason) don’t seem to relish the thought, but those opening lyrics to “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” perfectly evoke ...
Jambands

Watch: Pink Floyd Release New Syd Barrett Art Tribute Music Video to Mark the Arrival of ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond (pts. 1-9, New Stereo Mix)’

In 1975, Pink Floyd released their pinnacle, certified gold record, Wish You Were Here. Five decades later, the spellbinding set is receiving special attention through the arrival of Shine On You ...
American Songwriter

Listen to the New 25-Minute-Long Mix of Pink Floyd’s “Shine On You Crazy Diamond,” From Upcoming Deluxe ‘Wish You Were Here’ Reissue

Pink Floyd will be releasing a deluxe 50th anniversary reissue of its classic 1975 album Wish You Were Here on December 12. One of the bonus tracks featured on the expanded release is a newly mixed 25 ...
Yahoo

Pink Floyd releases 25-minute ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond’ from 'Wish You Were Here 50'

“I was pretty young when my affinity with Pink Floyd and Syd started,” Fielding shares. “What's amazing about Pink Floyd, especially with Wish You Were Here, is that the artwork was as good as the ...
AOL

Pink Floyd Previews ‘Shine On You Crazy Diamond’ as Complete Nine-Part Opus

Pink Floyd has stitched together all nine movements of “Shine On Your Crazy Diamond” for the first time into one 25-minute song. Listen to the latest preview of their forthcoming Wish You Were Here 50 ...