Pink Floyd Shines In Live 8 Reunion




As I watched Live 8 replay on VH1 and MTV over the weekend, it became obvious the Pink Floyd reunion was the musical show stopper. I won't spend a lot of time on the details as the reunion as been written about endlessly elsewhere (see: Billboard and Rolling Stone), but let's just suffice to say it was obvious the reunion was exciting for the band and fans alike.

It also appears that Pink Floyd is one of the obvious sales beneficiaries of the Live 8 concerts. The band's catalog appears to be moving well at retail. HMV reports that sales of Echoes: The Best of Pink Floyd jumped 1343 percent following the show.

And then there is this tidbit from the New York Times:

The Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour said that he intended to donate profits from his Live 8 concert appearance to charity and urged other artists to do so, The Associated Press reported. Pink Floyd sales surged after the band reunited in Hyde Park, London, for the concert. "Though the main objective has been to raise consciousness and put pressure on the G-8 leaders, I will not profit from the concert," Mr. Gilmour said.

Posted: Mon - July 11, 2005 at 08:19 PM      

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