LONDON — Police filed charges against the son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour on Thursday for his role in last month’s violent protest against the British government’s decision to raise university tuition fees. Charlie Gilmour, 21, shocked many in Britain when he was photographed swinging from the Union Jack attached to the Cenotaph, Britain’s most important war memorial, during the Dec. 9 demonstration. The picture of Gilmour swinging from the flag featured prominently in the country’s tabloid press and…

David Gilmour’s son, Charlie, has issued a public apology after he admitted swinging from a Union Jack Flag on the London Cenotaph during student protests on Dec 9th. He said in a statement: “I would like to express my deepest apologies for the terrible insult to the thousands of people who died bravely for our country that my actions represented. I feel nothing but shame. My intention was not to attack or defile the Cenotaph. Running along with a crowd…

Pink Floyd have passed up the chance to reform after the members learned that a forthcoming charity show they were set to play was to be staged at Jemima Khan’s house. Drummer Nick Mason said the band turned down the chance for the surviving members to reform for the first time in five years after they learned it would take place in the home of the ex-wife of retired Pakistani cricketer Imran Khan. “That particular event wasn’t right for a…

Ambient house pioneers the Orb have been steadily releasing music for over 20 years, despite numerous personnel changes and the tragic death of former member Andy Hughes. This autumn they are due to release a new LP, Metallic Spheres, which will feature Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour. The album began with Gilmour recording guitar work with producer Youth (ex bass player of Killing Joke, and producer for Paul McCartney amongst others). The Orb then reworked these unfinished tracks into their…

At a charity event Saturday in Oxfordshire, England, Pink Floyd legends Roger Waters and David Gilmour took to the stage before 200 guests to benefit the Hoping Foundation and raise funds for the Children of Gaza. The duo performed four songs while backed by Guy Pratt (bass and acoustic guitar), Harry Waters (keyboards), Andy Newmark (drums), Chester Kamen (guitar), and Jonjo Grisdale (keyboards). Reuniting for the first time since Live 8 in 2005, the performance began with a rendition of…

Former Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters has apologised after graffiti artists he commissioned to promote his forthcoming tour accidentally defaced an Elliott Smith memorial wall. Waters had asked the artists to erect wheat paste posters bearing an anti-war quote from President Eisenhower across American cities, in promotion of his tour of Pink Floyd’s 1979 concept album ‘The Wall’. However, one wall covered with the slogan was the front of shop Solutions Audio on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, which has…

David Gilmour is “not interested” in a Pink Floyd reunion, Roger Waters said this week, making it clear that the band have no plans to tour. Although Waters has announced his own solo tour, he is also preparing a stage musical based on The Wall. “David is completely uninterested,” Waters told the Associated Press. “After [Pink Floyd's reunion at] Live 8, I could have probably gone for doing some more stuff, but he’s not interested.” Instead, Waters has been working…