Pink Floyd's back catalogue has been uploaded to Internet site Spotify after fans of the rock group hit the bandmates' one million streams target on Monday (17Jun13).

The bandmates have held out against the popular streaming service for years, but have honoured a promise to fans to unlock their hits after setting them a challenge.

Spotify bosses asked EMI executives and David Gilmour, Roger Waters and Nick Mason - the existing members of the band - if they'd reconsider their stance if fans flocked to the website to check out their 1975 hit, and the trio agreed.

The millionth stream was h...

Storm Thorgerson, the British graphic artist who designed Pink Floyd classic album "Dark Side Of The Moon" has died after a battle with cancer. He was 70.

Thorgerson met Roger Waters and late Floyd singer/guitarist Syd Barrett while attending the Cambridgeshire High School for Boys in Cambridge, England, and became friends with the band's founders and was brought on to design some of their earliest albums, including 1973's iconic "Dark Side Of The Moon."

A statement released by Thorgerson's family reads: "He had been ill for some time with cancer though he had made a remarkable recovery f...

Fans of British singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran have angered Pink Floyd's loyal devotees after failing to realise his performance of the rockers' classic tune "Wish You Were Here" at the London Olympics Closing Ceremony was a cover.

Sheeran's following mistakenly thought the track he sang at the 2012 Games extravaganza was a new piece by "The A Team" hitmaker, and their lack of musical knowledge has upset Pink Floyd's longtime fanbase, with many members complaining directly to the group's drummer Nick Mason, who backed the newcomer onstage at the big gig.

Mason has since written an email to ...

Last night's London Olympics closing ceremony included performances by The Who, the reunited Spice Girls, Muse, One Direction and Queen guitarist Brian May.

Composer David Arnold and Kim Gavin's "A Symphony of British Music" extravaganza kicked off with Scottish singer Emeli Sande performing "Read All About It" to a stadium packed with fans.

Madness, the Pet Shop Boys, One Direction and The Kinks frontman Ray Davies also performed before the 10,800 athletes of the Games marched into the arena.

George Michael, the Kaiser Chiefs, Annie Lennox and Fatboy Slim also took the stage, as did Ed ...

A spokesperson for Pink Floyd has shot down reports suggesting the members of the rock group are set to reunite for a collaboration with singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics.

Sheeran sparked rumors of the headline-grabbing get together when he was asked to confirm reports he would be teaming up with The Who during the August 12 finale.

During an interview on Australian radio this week, Sheeran said, "I'm playing the closing ceremony - which I think is kinda cool right? A lot of people think that I'm doing a song with The Who but I'm not - I'm do...

Pink Floyd star Roger Waters has beaten Bruce Springsteen to the top of the concert ticket sales list so far this year.

The rocker's "The Wall Live" show has grossed almost $160 million in sales globally to make Waters the biggest live act on the planet in 2012.

Springsteen comes in a distant second thanks to his "Wrecking Ball" tour.

The Boss is expected to overtake Waters by the end of the year, while Madonna, who comes in third with $42 million, has yet to embark on what is sure to be a money-spinning North American tour.

Pink Floyd star David Gilmour fled his vacation home with his family after discovering a World War II bomb buried underneath the site.

The music legend is currently renovating his $4.8 million seaside mansion in East Sussex, England, but his building plans had to be delayed after they unearthed the explosive device.

Gilmour's wife Polly Samson writes in a post on her Twitter.com page, "They've found a bomb under our building site! We think it's a bit of old pipe but MoD (Ministry of Defense) on their way."

A bomb disposal team turned up at the site, and removed the item.

Sampson add...

Pink Floyd star Roger Waters married his fiancée during an intimate ceremony in New York over the weekend.

Initial reports on Thursday suggested the British rocker was set to wed Laurie Durning this weekend, but it has since emerged the pair exchanged vows at their home in Southampton, New York on Saturday.

Waters and Durning, who have been dating for seven years, wed in front of just six guests, according to New York Post gossip column Page Six.

Durning recently revealed the couple was planning to tie the knot in 2012 ahead of Waters' tour, which kicks off next week.

The rocker has...

Queen stars Roger Taylor and Brian May are in talks with American Idol star Adam Lambert about becoming the rock supergroup's new frontman.

The rockers teamed up with Lambert for the 2009 American Idol finale and again at the MTV Europe Awards last month, where the trio performed a stirring medley rendition of Queen hits The Show Must Go On, We Will Rock You and We Are the Champions, and drummer Taylor admits he's a big fan of the gay star.

He tells Billboard.com, "He has grown into a really great performer with an astonishing voice with a range that's great. We would like to work with ...

Pink Floyd rocker Roger Waters is finally preparing to walk down the aisle with his fiancee Laurie Durning after a seven-year engagement.

The musician and his longtime filmmaker partner will become husband and wife before Waters hits the road for his solo world tour next year.

Durning tells New York Post gossip column PageSix, "It just seems like a good time to do it before the tour," and she insists the ceremony will be "private and low-key."

The nuptials will be Waters' fourth - he has previously been married to Judy Trim, Lady Carolyn Christie and Priscilla Phillips. He has three chil...

Roger Waters, the co-founder and principal songwriter of the archetypal progressive band Pink Floyd, has announced the return of the historic production of "The Wall" to North America in 2012. His aural and visual masterpiece of alienation and transformation will be performed in-its-entirety featuring a full band and state-of-the-art production. "The Wall" live has played more than 120 shows around the world for more than 1.6 million fans making it one of the most successful tours of 2010 and 2011. Tickets for "The Wall" 2012 go on sale beginning on Monday, November 7th at LiveNation.com.
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Actor William Shatner has recorded a cover version of Black Sabbath's heavy metal track Iron Man for his new concept album.

The Star Trek icon is working on his third musical release, Searching for Major Tom, which features Shatner channelling David Bowie's Space Oddity character for his own take on a variety of space-themed songs, including tracks by The Police (Walking on the Moon), Frank Sinatra (Lost in the Stars) and Pink Floyd (Learning to Fly).

And Shatner's version of Black Sabbath's 1970 hit has been given the thumbs up from Zakk Wylde, Ozzy Osbourne's former guitarist, who add...

A full-on Pink Floyd reunion between David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Roger Waters appears to have stalled because the band's leaders have failed to keep in touch following a trio of unexpected get togethers in recent years.

Waters and Gilmour put aside their long-running feud and reunited onstage after 24 years at the Live 8 concert in London in 2005, and they have since performed together again for a low-key charity show and during Waters' The Wall spectacular in the British capital earlier this year.

But Gilmour insists fans who are hoping for a full-scale reunion are praying for somethin...

Pink Floyd's legendary Animals album cover was recreated in London on Monday as an inflatable pig was flown over the city's iconic Battersea Power Station.

The 1977 cover art featured a giant pig floating over the derelict structure and the scene was recreated to mark the release of the band's 14 re-mastered albums, but organizers had to use a replica as the original pig was found to be leaky.

A spokesperson tells the Press Association, "Sadly, two weeks prior to the event the original neoprene glued pig was officially declared not airworthy and a brand new high-frequency welded PVC rep...

Pink Floyd star David Gilmour has been ordered to pull down his bright yellow beach hut in East Sussex, England, because local officials consider it an eyesore.

The "Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict" singer uses the shed, based on the driveway of his seafront mansion in Hove, to store his bicycles.

Gilmour and his wife, writer Polly Samson, appealed against the council's request to have the building destroyed, but officials are now demanding the musician take the hut down or face prosecution.

A spokesperson from Brighton and Hove...

Pink Floyd are planning to release several unheard songs by legendary late rocker Syd Barrett as part of a trawl through the band's back catalogue.

The rockers have opened their vaults and will release a haul of rare material next month, including live recordings, demos, and a 'work-in-progress' mix of their classic album, The Dark Side of the Moon.

Now, drummer Nick Mason has revealed the band is planning a similar project featuring their first two albums - The Piper at the Gates of Dawn and A Saucerful of Secrets - which will feature never-released tracks by reclusive founder member B...

Alice Cooper's fans were given an extra special treat during his gig in London on Sunday night when Johnny Depp stepped onstage to join the show.

The shock rocker was performing an intimate concert at the British capital's iconic 100 Club, which was recently saved from closure following a star-studded campaign from musicians including Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger.

Depp, who started his career as a musician, stunned the crowd by appearing on stage with his guitar and joining in with a rendition of Cooper's track "I'm Eighteen."

The pair then performed Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The ...

The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" has topped a new poll of best album covers.

The colorful artwork on the 1967 classic, which features the Fab Four in a park, surrounded by cut-outs of icons and celebrities, saw off competition from George Hardie's "Dark Side of the Moon" creation for Pink Floyd in the RollingStone.com online poll.

Announcing the winner, editors write "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" is, "without a doubt, one of the most iconic images in the history of rock & roll."

Third on the list is Nirvana's "Nevermind" and "Abbey Road" by the Beatles and T...

Roger Waters has dismissed speculation of a full-blown reunion with his Pink Floyd bandmembers following their surprise gig appearance together earlier this month - insisting he has "no wish" to be in the group again.

Waters was joined by David Gilmour and Nick Mason during his show at London's 02 Arena on May 12, following months of rumours about the group reforming.

But the star is adamant he has no plans to reteam with Gilmour and Mason for any other Pink Floyd projects.

Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs program, Waters says, "I'm really glad that I was in that band for...

The existing members of Pink Floyd stunned fans at a Roger Waters concert in London on Thursday night by joining the rocker onstage.

Rumors of a group reunion have been swirling for months, but David Gilmour and Nick Mason's appearance onstage at Waters' The Wall show at the 02 Arena was still a big surprise, even though the guitarist leaked news of the get together on his official fan blog hours before the sold-out show.

The trio played together for only the second time in the last 30 years when they teamed up to perform Pink Floyd classic Comfortably Numb.

Fans went crazy at the sight ...

Pink Floyd's lost recordings are to be released as part of an upcoming "Why Pink Floyd?" reissues campaign.

The group has opened its vaults and plans to release a treasure trove of never-released material, according to a post on the band's Facebook.com page.

The initiative comes amid renewed attempts to get the remaining trio, Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason, together following a cooling of past feuds.

The online statement promises "unreleased material from the archives, collectors' box sets and complete studio recordings remastered."

The September releases also include DVDs,...

Outspoken Pink Floyd star Roger Waters has called for musicians to boycott Israel while the nation operates on a "two-tiered racist system."

The rocker is planning to place an opinion piece about the ongoing problems in the Middle East in either the New York Times or Britain's The Guardian newspapers, but he has pre-empted that by speaking to TV news network Al Jazeera.

Waters reveals his op-ed piece will encourage his musical peers to join a Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement against Israel.

He says, "I'm against Israel for exactly the same reasons that I was against South Africa: ...

Lady Gaga has another reason to celebrate following her Grammys success - she's been named the highest-earning pop star of 2010.

The "Poker Face" singer topped Billboard's Money Makers list, with earnings of more than $30.5 million last year. Bon Jovi are second in the rundown with $30.4 million, and Pink Floyd star Roger Waters is third with $24.4 million.

The Dave Matthews Band is the fourth biggest-grossing act of 2010, with $23.9 million, and Justin Bieber is fifth with $22.4 million.

The top 10 is rounded out by Taylor Swift ($20.7 million), Michael Buble ($19.8 million), the Eagles...

The son of Pink Floyd legend David Gilmour has been charged in connection with an attack on a limousine carrying British royal Charles, Prince of Wales during a protest in London.

Last month, Charlie Gilmour was accused of violent disorder after he was caught on camera clambering over the Cenotaph war memorial in the U.K. capital as students ran riot in December.

He attended a court hearing on Friday, when it emerged he has since been charged with a second offence of violent disorder, in connection with an incident later on the same day when a car carrying Charles, Prince of Wales and his...

December saw a series of scandals as the stars brought a touch of sex and drugs to the festive season - and wildchild Miley Cyrus led the way. The former Disney star ended 2010 by reminding us all she's a grown up now after she was caught on camera smoking legal hallucinogenic Salvia from a bong, and hit headlines again days later when she was pictured in a girl-on-girl clinch and exposing her bra while surrounded by hunky men.

Her pal Demi Lovato joined the Hannah Montana star in scandal when provocative photos which appeared to show her partly-exposing her breasts leaked on the internet,...

The Flaming Lips plan to release a new song every month throughout 2011. The band's last studio album, Embryonic, was released in 2009 and they followed that up with a remake of Pink Floyd's iconic The Dark Side Of The Moon record later that year.

They are heading back to the recording studio in 2011, but frontman Wayne Coyne reveals they are adopting a new way of working - they will write and record one song at a time and release them one-by-one instead of putting together a whole album.

He tells Rolling Stone, "We'll start in late January, though I'm not sure if we'll get together exa...

The son of Pink Floyd rocker David Gilmour has issued a public apology and spoken of his "shame" after he was caught on video climbing atop one of the U.K.'s most important war memorials during a violent student protest in London.

Charlie Gilmour was among thousands of demonstrators who descended upon the British capital's Parliament Square on Thursday to express their anger at lawmakers' decision to raise university tuition fees.

The violent clashes with riot police were captured on camera by TV news crews and, in video footage posted on Telegraph.co.uk, the 21 year old can be seen swing...

Rocker Roger Waters has bowed to pressure from officials at the Anti-Defamation League and 'tweaked' an offensive video that plays on a big screen behind him during his "The Wall" shows.

The video segment causing all the trouble juxtaposed the Star of David and dollar signs.

Abe Foxman, the director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), criticized the veteran musician for projecting the image above the stage, insisting the display could be seen as anti-Semitic.

Waters initially insisted Foxman had misinterpreted the imagery - and he wrote an open letter to him to explain.

He wrote, "(Th...

Roger Waters knew his questionable stance on the conflict between Palestinians and Jews would raise controversy on his ongoing "The Wall" concert tour - but insists he's not trying to start trouble.

Waters' fiancee has come to the rocker's defense after officials at the Anti-Defamation League in America criticized the former Pink Floyd star for his use of images including the Jewish Star of David and the U.S. dollar sign which are projected above the stage during the shows.

Organization director Abe Foxman claims Waters is using the imagery to comment on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a...

Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason is pushing for the band to reunite - even though they're not "really ready". The group reformed for a brief comeback at 2005's Live 8 charity concert in London and have faced constant speculation of an extended reunion ever since.

Former feuding stars David Gilmour and Roger Waters performed together at a charity gig earlier this year - and now Mason is keen to regroup completely.

He tells Sky News, "We played Live 8 which is hopefully a template for something we could do again. It might almost be better if we really kept it as something to be used for good. ...