PINK FLOYD - GILMOUR PAYS TRIBUTE TO WRIGHT WITH GLASTONBURY JIBE

GILMOUR PAYS TRIBUTE TO WRIGHT WITH GLASTONBURY JIBE

PINK FLOYD guitarist DAVID GILMOUR is furious the rockers did not play at legendary U.K. music festival Glastonbury - because it denied his late bandmate RICK WRIGHT's wish to perform at a major outside event.
Earlier this year (Jun08) Gilmour spoke out against Glastonbury boss Michael Eavis, alleging he had been snubbed as one of the festival's headlining acts in favour of younger bands.
Eavis quickly refuted Gilmour's claims, insisting the line-up had been finalised before he was contacted by the rocker's people requesting a slot at the event.
But Gilmour is not ready to forget the incident, saying it brings him great "sadness" that Wright, who died last month (Sep08) aged 65 after a short battle with cancer, didn't get to live out his final career goal.
He told the crowd at London's Q Awards on Thursday (06Oct08), where he picked up the Outstanding Contribution gong, "Rick Wright...with whom I've worked for 40 odd years now, and that has now come to an end. There is all sorts of music that I'll not be able to play again, without him, which is a source of sadness for me.
"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."