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Pink Floyd star buys Hove mansion

8:00pm Thursday 29th October 2009 in


Pink Floyd star David Gilmour has bought a £3 million six-storey mansion in Hove.

And the legendary guitarist has embarked on a major restoration of the building.

The musician, who was ranked 742nd in this year's Sunday Times Rich List with a £78 million fortune, currently lives near Crowborough. Former bandmate Roger Waters also lives in Sussex, near Horsham.

Gilmour's luxurious new house has six bedrooms, five bathrooms, parking spaces for four cars and includes a two-bedroom flat on the ground floor.

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richardsim7 says...
8:38pm Thu 29 Oct 09

Brilliant! That's literally round the corner from me! :)

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davyboy says...
8:51pm Thu 29 Oct 09

good for him, lovely building, used to live next door.

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Nik Griffin says...
9:09pm Thu 29 Oct 09

At last - a PROPER musician has moved into the city as opposed to the talentless nonentities that we have all tired of reading about (Peter Andre / David van Day, etc).
Hang out the bunting, and let's give him a real welcome.

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Darling2 says...
11:37pm Thu 29 Oct 09

Isn't this the same fella who have a substantial amount of his wealth away to a homeless charity if memory serves me rightly? Good on him if its the person i'm thinking of.

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nkwbtn says...
7:56am Fri 30 Oct 09

and he played Live 8 for political reasons but when albums sales rocketed on the back of it, gave away the extra profits because he did the concert only to bring the plight of world poverty the fore. Top bloke.

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salty_pete says...
8:06am Fri 30 Oct 09

Shows how much you know "Nick Griffin" ---- Gary Moore lives just a few blocks away, so hopefully they'll be gigging together in Gary's local,The Neptune, soon.

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ddebil says...
8:19am Fri 30 Oct 09

Yay! Nick Cave to the left of me, Gilmour to the right..there's a song in there somewhere! Greetings to NPF and no, Bran...I won't be using my zoom! lol!

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Christophe Hawtree says...
8:55am Fri 30 Oct 09

Why is that firm of architects now called LCE instead of Lomax, Cassidy, Edwards?

Too many of these dreary initials about.

After all, Gilmour's group did not call itself PF.

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fretlessbass says...
9:02am Fri 30 Oct 09

Gilmour's a good guy. Besides being a fine guitarist he actually does stuff for people in a less fortunate position than himself.

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cantmoveforbins says...
9:05am Fri 30 Oct 09

Yeah I agree with the comment above. Too many TLA's bandied about nowadays. The yanks love it, they can't get enough of 'em (Three Letter Acronyms).

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Variable says...
9:29am Fri 30 Oct 09

It says a lot about our city when somebody who can choose to live anywhere they want, chooses to live here.

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Masterchav says...
9:34am Fri 30 Oct 09

Just don't call him "Dave"!!

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Nik Griffin says...
10:58am Fri 30 Oct 09

salty_pete wrote:
Shows how much you know "Nick Griffin" ---- Gary Moore lives just a few blocks away, so hopefully they'll be gigging together in Gary's local,The Neptune, soon.
I didn't know Gary Moore lived in Hove.
But I think you missed my point - which was how unusual and refreshing it was to see an article in the Argus that refers to a real musician and songwriter, and all round top bloke - rather than the normal 'X Factor chav-world Z list' nonentities that normally feature here.
Anyway, he's very welcome!

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Bruce Gyngell says...
11:53am Fri 30 Oct 09

Brilliant news!

So much a better class of celeb instead of the usual pr1cks & plebs that the ARGUS seems to be fascinated about wittering on! Gillmour has REAL tallent

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frankie69 says...
12:05pm Fri 30 Oct 09

salty_pete wrote:
Shows how much you know "Nick Griffin" ---- Gary Moore lives just a few blocks away, so hopefully they'll be gigging together in Gary's local,The Neptune, soon.
Shows how much you know salty-pete- Gary Moore used to live a few blocks away until several years ago, but no longer! Anyway, Gilmour is a legend and did indeed donate a massive sum after selling a house in London. His purchase in Hove is very old news by the way!

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Masterchav says...
3:53pm Fri 30 Oct 09

I still rate him as the greatest British guitarist alive today... never a bum note in his solos!

I am not worthy etc....

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Nik Griffin says...
4:08pm Fri 30 Oct 09

Masterchav wrote:
I still rate him as the greatest British guitarist alive today... never a bum note in his solos! I am not worthy etc....
Totally agree. And what a sound...!

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bonkersbarfly says...
8:15pm Fri 30 Oct 09

so when he decides to 'improve' the building and the architect says "Hmmm, not sure about that one" Dave will simply reply "all in all it's............" you get the gist.

TOP TOP fella, came to a gig at a pub I ran, gig was a Pink Floyd Tribute act. He had a great time and was, as always, extremely courteous and polite.

A true legend in a world now filled with wannabes

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Tye says...
8:18pm Fri 30 Oct 09

so this guy is like the bruce forsyth of the old rockers/heavy metal ?

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greeg says...
10:52pm Fri 30 Oct 09

Tye wrote:
so this guy is like the bruce forsyth of the old rockers/heavy metal ?
Correct,if you're a Robbie Williams fan.

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Nik Griffin says...
8:24am Sat 31 Oct 09

Tye wrote:
so this guy is like the bruce forsyth of the old rockers/heavy metal ?
Neither 'old rocker' or 'heavy metal'.
Maybe you should listen to some of his work. You might be surprised!

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LovelyBoyRuss says...
11:28am Tue 3 Nov 09

Dave Gilmour, eh? And the news is that Emerson, Lake and Palmer have reformed. Did Jimmy Pursey die in vain?

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Mr Lahey says...
2:41pm Wed 4 Nov 09

greeg wrote:
Tye wrote: so this guy is like the bruce forsyth of the old rockers/heavy metal ?
Correct,if you're a Robbie Williams fan.
'Nuff said!

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