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David Gilmour: 'Rick Wright Denied Dream To Play Glastonbury'

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David Gilmour: 'Rick Wright Denied Dream To Play Glastonbury'
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  • Pink Floyd's David Gilmour has said Glastonbury organisers denied his late band mate Rick Wright one of his final wishes to perform at the festival.

    Wright, who died last month following a battle with cancer, and the rest of the band had hoped to perform at the event last June.

    But when their agents approached organisers three weeks before the festival they were told the line up had already been finalised.

    Gilmour raised the issue when he collected his Outstanding Contribution to Music prize at the Q Awards in London yesterday.

    After dedicating his award
    his former band mate, Gilmour said: "One of the last things he wanted to do, in this last year, was to do a big outdoor festival, such as Glastonbury.

    "We weren't able to do that due to all sorts of strange reasons, which, again, is a sadness."

    Glastonbury organiser Emily Eavis told the BBC that she was “upset” by Gilmour's comments, but added: “Hopefully he understands, or I think maybe he has been misinformed by someone that it was some sort of thing about them, but it wasn't at all, it was just purely because we couldn't fit them on anywhere."

    She said it was not imaginable to downscale one of the event's headliners – Kings of Leon, Jay-Z and The Verve – in order to accommodate the band.

    You can see highlights from yesterday's awards ceremony HERE.

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    • So.. The Verve won over Pink Floyd? .. Jesus wept....

      ~ by Caroline 10/7/2008

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    • gee`s ..wot a pity....we`re denied the chance to see one of the all time great bands together for one last time ...cause someone could`nt get off their butt & work it out..... SAD...

      ~ by tony edgington 10/7/2008

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    • he will sadly missed all that saw them.

      ~ by stuart 10/22/2008

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