Posted November 18, 2025 by Floydian Slip
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Posted November 11, 2025 by Floydian Slip
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Posted November 6, 2025 by Floydian Slip
“The Black Strat,” David Gilmour‘s fabled Fender Stratocaster guitar he played on so many classic Pink Floyd recordings and on stage, will be going on the auction block (again) in March.
The Floyd guitarist auctioned the instrument along with a bevvy of other guitars in June 2019 raising $21.5 million for ClientEarth, an organization that funds attorneys and other experts to fight climate change. The Black Strat alone sold for $3,975,000, purchased by Jim Irsay, owner of the Indianapolis Colts.
Christie’s New York is now scheduled to sell it again as part of Irsay’s enormous collection going on the block following his death May 21. The collection will be auctioned over a series of events beginning in March.
Other instruments included in the auction were owned and played by all four Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Prince, Jerry Garcia, Bob Dylan, Kurt Cobain, Eddie Van Halen, Eric Clapton, Bo Diddley, Janis Joplin, Elton John, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Jim Morrison, and dozens more.
Gilmour bought the Black Strat at Mannie’s Music in New York City in May 1970, and played it extensively through the ’70s and into the ’80s on recording such as “The Dark Side of the Moon” (1973), “Wish You Were Here” (1975), “Animals” (1977) and “The Wall” (1979).
Free public exhibitions will accompany the sales at Christie’s, which is located at 20 Rockefeller Plaza. Read more about the auctions
Posted November 6, 2025 by Floydian Slip
Adrian Maben, who directed the 1972 concert film “Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii,” has died, according to the official Pink Floyd Facebook page.
The French edition of Wikipedia lists the date and place of his passing as Oct. 28 in Ivry-sur-Seine, outside Paris, France.
Maben, who was 82, not only directed the film, but conceived of the concept of the band playing to an empty amphitheatre at the ancient Italian city that was buried by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.
The Internet Movie Database lists 20 directing credits for Maben, including 1978’s “Magritte” about the Belgian surrealist artist with music from Floyd’s Roger Waters; and 2005’s “The Making of Ca Ira,” a documentary about Waters’s opera released that same year.
(Photo: “Adrian Maben in Pompeii” by Matej Zloch, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.)
Posted November 4, 2025 by Floydian Slip
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Posted October 29, 2025 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd drummer and co-founder Nick Mason will put up for auction his Pink Floyd Edition Volkswagon Golf Cabriolet. The auction, to be held Nov. 8, will benefit Harefield Healing Garden Charity.
VW issued the special edition in the mid-’90s when it sponsored Floyd’s tour of The Division Bell. Based on the Mk3 Golf Cabriolet, the Pink Floyd Edition features unique badging, color-keyed bumpers and mirrors, special seat upholstery inspired by the ’94 European leg of the tour, and a high-quality sound system with factory Pink Floyd logos.
Few examples of the Pink Floyd Edition are believed to still exist today, and this is the only example once-owned by a member of the band.
Mason acquired it many years ago with the intention of restoring it to its original condition — a project that went unfinished.
Winner of the auction will also receive:
Mason will sign the car, purple with manual transmission, and a photo of his signing will also accompany the auction package.
Harefield Healing Garden is a natural space within the grounds of the Harefield Hospital that provides a sanctuary from the stress and anxieties of the hospital’s wards and theatres for patients and their families.
The Iconic Auctioneers auction takes place Saturday , Nov. 8 at 11.00 a.m. local time at NEC, Birmingham.
Addendum (Nov. 17, 2025): The car sold for: £7,875
Posted October 29, 2025 by Floydian Slip
Simon Armitage, U.K.’s poet laureate, has released “Dear Pink Floyd,” a poem inspired by the band’s 1975 album “Wish You Were Here.”
“There aren’t many artistic experiences in the form of noise that send shivers up my spine and make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. But when I put ‘Wish You Were Here’ on as a record, and it begins, I get that feeling every single time,” says Armitage, who is also a professor of poetry at University of Leeds.
Armitage’s recital of “Dear Pink Floyd” will be part of the album’s 50th anniversary release coming Dec. 12. It’s available now on YouTube:
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