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Daily Mail
12-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
Pink Floyd legend David Gilmour's £10million seafront mansion has price slashed again
The asking price for Pink Floyd David Gilmour 's £10million seafront mansion has been slashed again. The legendary guitarist and singer-songwriter purchased Medina House, a converted women's public baths overlooking the sea, back in 2011. Situated on King's Esplanade in Hove, the custom-built seafront mansion was designed by award-winning architect Keb Gavarito-Bruhn. Gilmour and his wife Polly Samson moved in after construction was completed in 2020. However the house was put on sale just two years later and has remained on the market for the past three years. When it first went on the market in 2022, the house was listed at an asking price of £15 million. Then, after being on sale for more than a year, the price was cut to £10 million in 2023. Even this reduction was not enough to prompt a sale, and the price has now been reduced for a third time as the Pink Floyd frontman struggles to sell up. The house is now listed by estate agents Pereds for a guide price of £8,950,000, a further reduction of more than £1 million from the previous price. Gilmour's efforts to offload Medina House were further complicated after it was revealed in 2024 that, due to a legal oversight, he did not in fact own the property. Gilmour originally purchased the premises through his company Hoveco Ltd, of which he was the only director. However, when Hoveco Ltd was dissolved, an administrative error bizarrely meant that ownership was not transferred to Gilmour, but to the Crown instead. Unless assets of a business are transferred before a company is dissolved, the assets are automatically transferred to the Crown. As a result, Gilmour was forced to take legal action in order to attempt to reclaim legal ownership of the property. It was the latest twist in the property saga which was fraught with problems from the very beginning. The original property was a Turkish baths known as Medina Baths, built in Victorian times, but after the bath, and its men-only neighbour became disused, they were occupied by squatters, and the building was demolished after two fires. Gilmour and Samson, 61, endured howls of protest from neighbours when they applied to convert the bathhouses into a mega mansion family home. Angry neighbours complained that the light to their own properties would be reduced because the new building was higher than its predecessor - something the architects wanted for flood protection and privacy. Gilmour, who has an estimated fortune of £140million, and Samson were condemned, with their plans called 'appalling and disrespectful' and opponents scathingly nicknamed the project 'Polly's Folly'. But Brighton & Hove Planning officer Liz Arnold said while some residents would receive less light, this was outweighed by the benefits to the conservation area in bringing a derelict site back into use, and the plans were approved in 2017 - by a single vote. The bathhouse was demolished the following year, and architect Keb Garavito Bruhn was brought in to design the new residence. His creation took inspiration from the older building, mimicking its gable, as well as the half-moon shaped window at the top. Ceramic tiles that were originally part of one of the pools were retained. Many residents began to change their mind about the house once it was constructed and admitted that an eyesore had been transformed. Gilmour's haven is not far from Hove's so-called 'Millionaire's Row' at the end of Western Esplanade, which has welcomed a range of A-listers over the years, including Adele, David Walliams and Fatboy Slim. Nicknamed 'Polly's Folly', the couple only bought the property in 2015 and launched a lavish rebuild of the former Victorian Turkish bathhouse Pereds describe Medina House as a 'unique contemporary seafront home'. The six-bedroom home contains a library, gym, music room, and sauna, with a private enclosed garden and amazing views over the sea. Gilmour and wife Samson previously said: 'The main bedroom, with sea views in all directions, is a beautiful place from which to watch the sunrise and sunset across the sea. 'At night, it's intoxicating to watch from bed the moon reflected in the water. 'When you wake up in the morning, the view is always a surprise: the sea and sky are never the same. 'It's a huge advantage not to have a busy road and traffic between us and the sea.
The Independent
31-01-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
‘He's a control freak': 12 bandmates who hate each other, from Pink Floyd to Oasis
You don't have to be friends with the people you make music with – but it helps not to be enemies. The annals of music history are filled with instances of bandmates whose relationships turned sour, from Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel to Morrissey and Johnny Marr. In one of modern music's bitterest feuds, former Pink Floyd members Roger Waters and David Gilmour have spent years exchanging vitriolic words in the press. Earlier this year, Polly Samson, ex-Pink Floyd lyricist and wife of David Gilmour, made unsubstantiated allegations against Waters online. Waters wrote on a social media account that he was 'aware of the incendiary and wildly inaccurate comments made about him on Twitter by Polly Samson which he refutes entirely', and said he is 'currently taking advice as to his position'. Of course, plenty of great music has been made by people who were at personal loggerheads – just ask Fleetwood Mac. Sometimes, bandmates even manage to overcome their differences. The Libertines and Guns N' Roses are just two of the outfits to have buried the hatchet and reformed in high spirits. But they're not who we're interested in here. This is a list of the most ill-tempered feuds between bandmates in the history of modern music. See below for the full list… The Beach Boys Cousins Mike Love and Brian Wilson, once bandmates in The Beach Boys, have feuded for decades. Wilson has publicly mocked Love's singing, and described him as 'egotistical'; Love, meanwhile, successfully sued the band for songwriting credits on many of the group's hits. The Everly Brothers Known for their mellifluous two-part harmonies, Don and Phil Everly enjoyed an off-stage relationship that was anything but harmonious. The vehement sibling animosity spilled out onto stage during an infamous 1973 gig that resulted in Phil smashing his guitar and storming off. Hall & Oates In November 2023, it was revealed that Daryl Hall had obtained a temporary restraining order against Hall & Oates bandmate John Oates, having filed a lawsuit. The nature of their dispute is still a mystery at this time, with details of the litigation having been sealed. The duo had performed together as recently as 2022. Speaking to the Club Random with Bill Maher podcast a year before the litigation, Hall said: 'You think John Oates is my partner? … He's my business partner. He's not my creative partner.' The Kinks Brothers Ray and Dave Davies have enjoyed one of music's most celebrated sibling collaborations – and one of its most vicious quarrels. Speaking of their feud, Dave once told an interviewer: 'You've heard of vampires. Well, Ray sucks me dry of ideas, emotions and creativity. He's a control freak.' The band split up in 1996, though the brothers have shown signs of reconciliation in the years since. Kiss Ace Frehley and Peter Criss, two of the original members of Kiss, have long been at loggerheads with Gene Simmons's rock group after first leaving the band in the early 1980s. Simmons and Paul Stanley have spoken negatively of their former bandmates, with Stanley alleging in his 2014 biography that they were antisemitic – claims Frehley subsequently denied. Journey Vocalist Steve Perry left the 'Don't Stop Believin'' rock outfit in 1998, claiming later that he had 'never really felt part of the band'. The group replaced him with soundalike Steve Augeri. Disagreements have continued to surface within Journey, however, with reports suggesting that guitarist Neal Schon and keyboardist Jonathan Cain have quarreled over the musical direction of the band in recent years. Oasis The falling out of Liam and Noel Gallagher remains one of pop music's highest-profile feuds. After the much-loved Britpop band split up in 2009, the Mancunian brothers became estranged, sharing semi-frequent barbs at each other in the press and on social media. Despite this, fans have never given up hope for an unlikely reunion – and it seems more likely now than ever. One Direction Ever since Zayn Malik left One Direction in 2015, fans speculated about the exact nature of the singer's relationship with his bandmates. Appearing on YouTuber Logan Paul's podcast last year, Liam Payne appeared to pour oil on rumours of a feud, claiming that there were 'many reasons why I dislike Zayn'. He later apologised but the shot was already fired. Pink Floyd The statement from Polly Samson is just the latest in a long string of disparaging remarks shared between Pink Floyd's former collaborators. After Waters quit the group in 1985, he unsuccessfully vied to get the band to cease operating under the Pink Floyd name – beginning a cycle of animosity that would last for four decades, and that would endure despite a one-off 2005 reunion. Simon and Garfunkel A double act for the ages, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel helped define the sound of the 1960s with a run of sweet-sounding folk-rock hits. After Simon separated in 1970 to pursue a (rather illustrious) solo career, the feuding pair did reform several times, including for a famous 1981 concert in Central Park. It wasn't all bridges over troubled water, however – their most recent reunion, in 2010, was marred by animosity, as Simon accused Garfunkel of neglecting to inform him of vocal issues. The Smiths Between Johnny Marr's transcendent guitar playing and Morrissey's maudlin crooning, The Smiths were always something of an eclectic mix. Since the band's break-up in 1987, however, Morrissey and Marr have only grown further apart, and have continued to trade angry words in the press. Don't bet on a BST reunion gig any time soon. Yes When Yes singer Jon Anderson suffered health issues in 2008, the prog rock band recruited tribute singer Benoit David to keep the tour going. In retaliation, Anderson started a new group with two other ex-Yes bandmates – Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman. At one point, two versions of the band were touring at once, with one being rather cumbersomely named Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman.
