Daily entertainment news covering Syd Barrett en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 http://www.starpulse.com/ http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/01/06/celebrity_birthdays_january_63 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 105489@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "Chasing Amy" star Joey Lauren Adams (1971), volleyball player/model Gabrielle Reece (1970), "Boyz N the Hood" director John Singleton (1968), "Mr. Bean" Rowan Atkinson (1955),

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Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/04/david_gilmour_regrets_neglecting_syd_bar Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:00:00 EST Entertainment News 58587@http://www.starpulse.com/news Pink Floyd star David Gilmour deeply regrets not trying harder to visit his late friend Syd Barrett before his death last year and wishes he had been more forthright in his efforts to see the reclusive genius.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/09/03/nick_mason_pleads_for_pink_floyd_reunion Mon, 03 Sep 2007 09:55:06 EST Entertainment News 58381@http://www.starpulse.com/news Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason is pleading with his feuding bandmates David Gilmour and Roger Waters to patch up their differences - because he wants the group to continue touring to keep the band at the forefront of the industry.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/06/19/syd_barrett_love_poem_to_be_auctioned Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:50:18 EST Entertainment News 47838@http://www.starpulse.com/news A love poem written by late Pink Floyd founder Syd Barrett will be auctioned in his home town of Cambridge, England next week. The star, who died last year after health complications arising from diabetes, wrote the ode to a former love in 1965.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/18/syd_barrett_s_will_leaves_3_3_million_to Fri, 18 May 2007 09:39:48 EST Entertainment News 43146@http://www.starpulse.com/news Late Pink Floyd rocker Syd Barrett has left almost $3.3 million to his family in his will. The star, who died last year after health complications arising from diabetes, has split the money between his four brothers and sisters.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/11/pink_floyd_s_fractured_tribute_to_syd_ba Fri, 11 May 2007 13:05:39 EST Entertainment News 42139@http://www.starpulse.com/news Feuding former Pink Floyd band mates Roger Waters and David Gilmour failed to reunite for a tribute to the late Syd Barrett in London last night. The pair - whose famous rift caused the band to split in the 1980s - both took to the stage at the concert at the capital's Barbican Center, but performed separately.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/05/01/rare_pink_floyd_footage_to_be_broadcast Tue, 01 May 2007 09:14:36 EST Entertainment News 40227@http://www.starpulse.com/news The last video of the late Syd Barrett made with Pink Floyd is to be screened on television for the first time as part of an upcoming BBC documentary series The Seven Ages Of Rock. Jughead Blues was filmed by the Central Office Of Information mainly for screening on North American, Canadian and Australian TV.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/01/06/celebrity_birthdays_january_6 Sat, 06 Jan 2007 03:00:00 EST Entertainment News 23593@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "Chasing Amy" star Joey Lauren Adams (1971), volleyball player/model Gabrielle Reece (1970), "Boyz N the Hood" director John Singleton (1968), Fox Sports commentator Howie Long (1960), "Mr. Bean" Rowan Atkinson (1955), British director Anthony Minghella (1954), AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young (1953), Pink Floyd founding member Syd Barrett (1946), disco musician Van McCoy (1940; d. 1979), diner owner Vic Tayback (1930), baseball legend Early Wynn (1920; d. 1999), singer/actor Danny Thomas (1914; d. 1991), classic actress Loretta Young (1910; d. 2000), American icon Benjamin Franklin (c. 1706; d. 1790), and French warrior Saint Joan of Arc (1412; d. 1431).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/12/31/2006_year_in_music_pt_3 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 14:00:00 EST Entertainment News 24642@http://www.starpulse.com/news ...During July, co-founder and original Pink Floyd guitarist/singer Syd Barrett, who had spent the better part of the last 35 years as a hermit, died at age 60 from diabetic complications... Weezer singer Rivers Cuomo pretty much confirms rumors that the band is done, "unless," he says, "it becomes really obvious to me that we need to do one."

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/12/25/starpulse_top_10_of_2006_9_gone_but_not Mon, 25 Dec 2006 09:00:00 EST Entertainment News 24249@http://www.starpulse.com/news 2006 was a great year in the entertainment world; however, let us not forget those who entertained us for generations but have moved on. We look back on those entertainers and cultural icons who left us in 2006 to pay our respects... Jazz, R&B and pop singer Lou Rawls, lost a two year fight with brain and lung cancer (1/6). He was 72. Prolific film star of the 50s, 60s and 70s and star of such hits as Alfie and The Poseidon Adventure, Shelley Winters at age 85 (1/14). 60s soul star Wilson Pickett, who brought us such hits as Mustang Sally and In The Midnight Hour age 64; of a heart attack (1/19); and actor Anthony Franciosa, 77 (1/19). Country singer Janette Carter, of cuuntry music's founding family, the Carters, 82 (1/22); and actor Chris Penn, 40, brother of actor Sean Penn who starred in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1/24). And Coretta Scott King (76), civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr (1/30).

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/11/24/david_gilmour_to_release_syd_barrett_tri Fri, 24 Nov 2006 10:15:00 EST Entertainment News 22223@http://www.starpulse.com/news Pink Floyd rocker David Gilmour is to release a reworking of the group's first ever single Arnold Layne in memory of former band member Syd Barrett. Barrett, who left the band in March 1968, died in July at the age of 60 from pancreatic cancer.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/07/30/pink_floyd_plans_syd_barrett_tribute_gig Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:30:52 EST Entertainment News 11584@http://www.starpulse.com/news Rock legends Pink Floyd are planning to reform for a memorial gig in honour of late former frontman Syd Barrett, who died earlier this month.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/07/12/syd_barrett_was_an_inspiration_to_david_ Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:38:39 EST Entertainment News 10008@http://www.starpulse.com/news David Bowie has paid tribute to Syd Barrett following his death on Friday, citing the former Pink Floyd frontman as a "major inspiration" for his career. Barrett passed away following complications relating to diabetes at the age of 60, and the hitmaker is devastated by the loss of the psychedelic pioneer.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/07/11/former_pink_floyd_singer_syd_barrett_die Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:50:58 EST Entertainment News 9907@http://www.starpulse.com/news Former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett has died from complications relating to diabetes at the age of 60. The former singer had lived a reclusive life since suffering a LSD-induced breakdown at the height of the band's fame in the 1960s. He left the band in 1968, just three years after frontman Roger Waters invited him to join, and was replaced as frontman by David Gilmour.

Read More > ]]> http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/01/06/today_s_celebrity_birthdays_jan_6 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 03:00:33 EST Entertainment News 1257@http://www.starpulse.com/news Happy Birthday to "Chasing Amy" star Joey Lauren Adams (1971), volleyball player/model Gabrielle Reece (1970), "Boyz N the Hood" director John Singleton (1968), Fox Sports commentator Howie Long (1960), Sister Sledge singer Kathy Sledge (1959), "Mr. Bean" Rowan Atkinson (1955), British director Anthony Minghella (1954), AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young (1953), Pink Floyd founding member Syd Barrett (1946), disco musician Van McCoy (1940; d. 1979), diner owner Vic Tayback (1930), baseball legend Early Wynn (1920; d. 1999), singer/actor Danny Thomas (1914; d. 1991), classic actress Loretta Young (1910; d. 2000), American icon Benjamin Franklin (c. 1706; d. 1790), and French warrior Saint Joan of Arc (1412; d. 1431).

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