At issue is whether the label has the right to sell Floyd’s tracks individually online. The ruling could remove Floyd’s catalog from the iTunes Music Store and the like.

The band had maintained its contract prohibits EMI from selling its tracks piecemeal without band permission, and this contract, agreed upon before the advent of MP3, included online sales.

EMI disagreed, saying the word “record” in the contract meant a physical thing that didn’t apply to digital files sold online.

The court today sided with the band, which wasn’t present to hear the ruling, saying the contract guarantees to preserve the “artistic integrity” of the band’s albums, which prevented so-called “unbundled” sales of individual tracks without the Floyd’s say-so.

EMI has been ordered to pay $60,000, but, in a statement, said, “Today’s judgment does not require EMI to cease making Pink Floyd’s catalogue available as single track downloads, and EMI continues to sell Pink Floyd’s music digitally and in other formats.”

This latest court ruling is part of a much larger long-running dispute between the band and label over approximately $15 million in allegedly unpaid royalties.

• Floyd from “The Final Cut” and “Pulse”
• A lost track from the 1970 “Zabriskie Point” soundtrack
• Rick Wright from his final solo project
• And much more!

Hear it:

• Radio Universitaria 100.7 FM
  Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
  Thu, 8-9 pm (BRT)
• KTHO “K-Tahoe” 590 AM/96.1 FM
  South Lake Tahoe, Calif. USA
  Sat, 6-7 pm (PST)
• WBKM “Burlington’s Kinda Music”
  Burlington, Vt. USA
  Sat, 10-11 pm (EST)
• ErrorFM Channel 2 “Indiepop”
  London, England, UK
  Sun, 4-5 am & 6-7 pm (GMT)
• WIZN 106.7 FM “The Wizard”
  Burlington, Vt. USA
  Sun, 8-9 pm (EST)
• WRBA 95.9 FM “Arrow 959″
  Panama City, Fla. USA
  Sun, 11 pm-12 am (CST)

(All times are local times)

Floyd attorney Robert Howe told London’s High Court the band has contractual protection against EMI’s selling of its tracks piecemeal, a practice known as “unbundling.”

According to Howe, EMI believes that agreement is limited to “physical product and doesn’t apply online.”

Floyd’s back catalog is the second most popular in the world, next to The Beatles’.

In anticipation, we’re giving away a half dozen copies of the CD … along with a half dozen copies of Eagle Rock’s DVD of the concert.

Register to win now. Deadline is March 15.

“David Gilmour Birthday Special”

1. Shine on You Crazy Diamond I-V
   David Gilmour in Concert DVD (David Gilmour) (2002)
2. Sorrow
   A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)
3. Wot’s … Uh the Deal
   Live in Gdansk (David Gilmour) (2008)
4. I Can’t Breathe Anymore
   David Gilmour (David Gilmour) (1978)
5. Childhood’s End
   Obscured by Clouds (1972)
6. Fat Old Sun
   BBC Radio 2 (David Gilmour) (2002)
7. All Lovers are Deranged
   About Face (David Gilmour) (1984)
8. Blue Light
   Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour VHS (1984)

The Flaming Lips are taking their reinterpretation of Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” on the road for a 16-date, 10-state tour.

The Oklahoma group, which teamed with Peaches, Henry Rollins, and Stardeath and the White Dwarfs to release its version of “Dark Side” on iTunes in December, will start touring this month in Texas and wrap it up in July in New York’s Central Park.

Here’s the tour schedule:

• Austin Music Hall, Austin, Texas (Mar. 12)
• Hickory Street Stage/NX35, Denton, Texas (Mar. 13)
• Charlottesville Pavillon, Charlottesville, Va. (Apr. 15)
• Mid Hudson Civic Center, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. (Apr. 17)
• Barton Hall/Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. (Apr. 18)
• Wellmont Theatre, Montclair, N.J. (Apr. 19)
• The Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, Wisc. (Apr. 21)
• Indiana University Auditorium, Bloomington, Ind. (Apr. 22)
• Sandstone Amphitheatre, Kansas City, Kansas (Apr. 23)
• SunFest, West Palm Beach, Fla. (Apr. 29)
• The Hangout Music Festival, Gulf Shores, Ala. (May 15)
• Tinsley Park/Free Press Fest, Houston, Texas (Jun. 6)
• Bonnaroo Music Festival, Manchester, Tenn. (Jun. 11)
• Nateva Music & Arts Festival, Oxford, Maine (Jul. 3)
• Artpark, Lewiston, N.Y. (Jul. 22)
• Central Park Summer stage, New York, N.Y. (Jul. 26)

The Lips’ version of “Dark Side” will be available on LP April 17 and on CD May 4.

Plans for an 8-track version are on hold. For now …

Today, Capitol/EMI, the band’s label, released more details about the broadcast.

In the episode, titled “Flashover,” the missing Nick Vera (Jeremy Ratchford) is concerned team members realize he’s finally hit rock bottom and hopes a new twist to a 2006 arson case, which Vera was secretly obsessing about in recent weeks, might supply quick leads to his whereabouts.

Glenn Morshower (”24″) plays a fire marshal who partnered with Vera on the arson/homicide case in 2006, and Patrick Gallagher (”Glee”) portrays a bartender at a bar where Vera’s recently become a regular.

The episode was written by Greg Plageman, one of the series’ executive producers, and was directed by Jeannot Szwarc.

“Pink Floyd’s music is so sonically and texturally rich it demands your attention, and nothing about this episode is lean-back television,” said Plageman. “The Floyd tracks we chose seem to perfectly complement the slide of Detective Nick Vera into a personal abyss.

“We also love that one of their most famous album covers, ‘Wish You Were Here’ — of two men on fire shaking hands (Actually only one is on fire -fs) — was shot right here on the Warner Bros. Lot 35 years ago, right next to our actual ‘Cold Case’ soundstages.

“So, we thought that it would be great symmetry to play the title track over the final montage.”

Past music-themed episodes of “Cold Case” have featured the music of Ray Charles, John Lennon, Frank Sinatra, Nirvana, Johnny Cash, John Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, Tim McGraw, U2, Bob Dylan, Santana, Bob Seger, The Doors and Pearl Jam.

• Songs written by David from “Obscured by Clouds” and “A Momentary Lapse of Reason”
• Plenty of solo material from David in the studio
• Live material from a 1984 solo show
• An early Floyd number done by David on a 2002 radio appearance
• And much more!

Hear it:

• Radio Universitaria 100.7 FM
  Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
  Thu, 8-9 pm (BRT)
• KTHO “K-Tahoe” 590 AM/96.1 FM
  South Lake Tahoe, Calif. USA
  Sat, 6-7 pm (PST)
• WBKM “Burlington’s Kinda Music”
  Burlington, Vt. USA
  Sat, 10-11 pm (EST)
• ErrorFM Channel 2 “Indiepop”
  London, England, UK
  Sun, 4-5 am & 6-7 pm (GMT)
• WIZN 106.7 FM “The Wizard”
  Burlington, Vt. USA
  Sun, 8-9 pm (EST)
• WRBA 95.9 FM “Arrow 959″
  Panama City, Fla. USA
  Sun, 11 pm-12 am (CST)

(All times are local times)

Pink Floyd

Londoners have come to know it as an eyesore — albeit, an historic one.

But the Battersea Power Station, out of commission since 1983, might be another step closer to a new life as a center for housing, office and retail space.

A whopping $8.2 billion redevelopment plan set forth by architect Rafael Viñoly has received approval by London mayor Boris Johnson, and the U.K.’s Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment. The proposal is now being reviewed by the city’s planning department.

If it goes forward, the plan would include 3,700 homes, 1.6 million square feet of office space, 500,000 square feet of retail space, and an environmentally-friendly carbon-free power plant built underground.

Battersea has to be one of the only decommissioned power plants in the world with its own Web site and newsletter.

These architectural renderings come from the Rafael Viñoly Architects PC Web site.

David has guested on a number of the Roxy Music founder’s solo albums, and appeared with him at the 1985 Live Aid show.

Other guests on the album include Jonny Geenwood, Nile Rodgers, Marcus Miller, Mani and Flea. Songwriting contributors include Scissor Sisters and Groove Armada.