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Birth name Aretha Louise Franklin
Born March 25, 1942
Born place Memphis, Tennesee, U.S.
Origin Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Genre(s) Soul
Jazz
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Rock
Years active 1956—present
Label(s) Arista Records
Columbia Records
Atlantic Records
Associated acts George Michael
Sweet Inspirations
Carolyn Franklin
Erma Franklin
Cissy Houston
George Benson
Michael McDonald
Mahalia Jackson
Albertina Walker
Stevie Wonder
Chaka Khan
Marvin Gaye
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David Gilmour: 'Rick Wright Denied Dream To Play Glastonbury'

October 7, 2008
David Gilmour: 'Rick Wright Denied Dream To Play Glastonbury'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.

(by Jason Gregory)



See also:

 Pink Floyd To Reunite? (21.03.2011)



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