![]() “The other bandmembers must be furious,” one source says. (Reps for those companies either declined or did not immediately respond to Variety‘s requests for comment.) But it’s hard to imagine that Waters’ comments will not alienate if not eliminate some prospective buyers - sources say at least one may pull out because of them - and at the very least, it would certainly seem to lower the value of the catalog. In the past, prospective buyers - which FT said include Sony Music, Warner Music, BMG, Primary Wave and Blackstone-backed Hipgnosis Songs Capital - presumably either overlooked or dismissed Waters’ comments while focusing on the prospect of owning the recorded-music rights to songs like “Money,” “Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2,” “Wish You Were Here” and dozens more. (Song publishing is not included in the prospective Pink Floyd deal.) The principals - Waters, Nick Mason, David Gilmour and the estate of late keyboardist Rick Wright - are all in their late 70s and presumably thinking about estate planning, but sources say various considerations, including tax issues, rising interest rates, the sinking value of the British pound, global recession concerns and the prospect of getting an even bigger price, have delayed the process. And after the sales of catalogs by Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen (both for around $600 million), Neil Young, Stevie Nicks, James Brown (all around the low nine figures) and many others, it is one of the most lucrative and desirable known to be on the market. On a purely business level, the Pink Floyd recorded-music catalog, not to mention its merchandising rights, is one of the most valuable in contemporary music, with classic albums like “Dark Side of the Moon,” “The Wall,” “Wish You Were Here,” “Animals,” “Meddle,” “Piper at the Gates of Dawn,” “More” and more. (See a 12,000-word transcript of the interview here). bear responsibility for the actions of Israel “because they pay for everything” that well-documented accounts of Russian war crimes in Ukraine are “lies, lies, lies” that the United States is “the most evil of all by a factor of at least 10 times” that Russia’s brutal military involvement in Syria is justified because “they were there at the invitation of the Syrian government” (which is led by one of the world’s most murderous dictators, Bashar Assad), and more. While interviewer James Ball does his best to challenge some of Waters’ more far-fetched statements, the former Pink Floyd singer argues emphatically that some Jewish people in the U.S. But the new interview in Rolling Stone raises (or lowers) the bar considerably. and other political matters that one could politely characterize as controversial - is giving at least one potential buyer cold feet and seems likely to lead others to rethink their positions.įor years Waters has sounded off about politics in the press and at his concerts, most controversially Israel’s policies. But sources say an explosive new interview with founding member, main songwriter and stakeholder Roger Waters - in which he makes extensive remarks about Israel, Ukraine, Russia, the U.S. While there’s been no official word, legendary British rockers Pink Floyd have been shopping their recorded-music catalog and other assets for several months, seeking as much as $500 million, according to the Financial Times, with both major music companies and investment firms as the top bidders.
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