Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “All in all, it was just a brick in the wall” — the chorus of Pink Floyd’s classic song emerged from speakers ...

Released by Pink Floyd on June 23, 1980, "Comfortably Numb" was the U.K.-platinum third single from The Wall, Roger Waters' double-album rock opera about growing alienation between a singer and his ...

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McCartney wasn’t the only well-known Floyd fan. Jimmy Page praised original guitarist Syd Barrett and his no-holds-barred approach to music. Unfortunately for Barrett, he experienced a nervous ...

Titled ‘Comfortably Numb 2022’, the “darker” version of the 1980 track was recorded during the recent North American leg of the former Pink Floyd band member’s ‘This Is Not A Drill’ tour. “During ...