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Simply Red
Simply Red


Background information
Origin Manchester, England
Genre(s) New Wave
Blue-eyed soul
Years active 1983—present
Label(s) East West Records
Elektra Records
Website Website
Members
Mick Hucknall
Ian Kirkham
Kenji Suzuki
Dave Clayton
Steve Lewinson
Pete Lewinson
Kevin Robinson
Former members
Aziz Ibrahim
Tony Bowers
Chris Joyce
Tim Kellett
Sylvan Richardson
Fritz McIntyre
Dave Fryman
Gota Yashiki
Tim Vine
Shaun Ward
Wayne Stobbard
Andy Wright
Mark Jaimes
Heitor Pereira
Graham Cooper
Dee Johnson
Chris De Margary
Sarah Brown
John Johnson



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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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