Pink Floyd legend David Gilmour is actively considering promoting the band’s catalog, however not due to the monetary windfall it might absolutely deliver him. As a substitute, it’s one much less headache he’d should cope with transferring ahead.
“To be rid of the decision-making and the arguments which are concerned with retaining it going is my dream,” he defined in a current interview with Rolling Stone. “I’m not considering that from a monetary standpoint. I’m solely considering it from getting out of the mud tub that it has been for fairly some time.”
The “mud tub” Gilmour speaks is probably going in reference to his contentious relationship with former Pink Floyd bandmate Roger Waters, whom Gilmour described as a “misogynistic, antisemitic, Putin apologist” in 2023. That marked only one comparatively current incident from a long time of pressure and battle between the 2.
In 2022, Pink Floyd first explored a catalog sale, however these discussions fell aside resulting from infighting among the many band members and a spherical of inflammatory feedback from Waters, which made potential patrons cautious to maneuver ahead. In accordance with the Monetary Instances, the catalog sale would hover someplace round $500 million if it had been to proceed.
Whereas these talks stay on the again burner, Gilmour has been specializing in his newest solo effort, Luck and Unusual, which he shall be selling on a fall tour (seize tickets right here). He described the LP as “the very best album I’ve made in all these years since 1973 when The Darkish Aspect of the Moon got here out.”
Over the previous few years, quite a lot of legendary artists have bought their catalogs for huge quantities of cash. Current instance have included Bruce Springsteen promoting his grasp recordings and publishing rights to Sony for $500 million, whereas Purple Sizzling Chili Peppers reached a cope with Hipgnosis Songs for $140 million.
