Pink Floyd has made part 1 of a huge deal with Sony.

The long disbanded group sold its master recordings and likeness including its name and that pig to Sony for $400 million. This includes one of the biggest albums of all time, “Dark Side of the Moon,” and “The Wall.” Sony can now commission musicals, touring shows, all kinds of live experiences using those incredibly well known titles.

Sony Music used $400 million of the $700 million it got from Apollo Management to pull off the deal.

The deal does not cover publishing, which could bring as much or more for songs like “Another Brick in the Wall,” “Wish You Were Here,” “Money,” and deep cuts like “Comfortably Numb.” The publishing catalog is huge.

All the deal makers in the music have been after Pink Floyd for years. But the three main members — David Gilmour and Nick Mason — have been at odds with Roger Waters ever since he became an outspoken antisemite. Waters is now a pariah in the real world, though he thinks of himself as an activist.

I’m sure the publishing announcement will come soon, and bring the total to almost a billion dollars. It’s quite the payout.

Katy Perry’s “143” album is gone from the charts.

It took less than 2 weeks for the new collection to vanish entirely. What a mess!

“143” yielded no hits but had expensive videos as accompaniment. The writing was on the wall mid summer when the singles came tumbling out and flopped one after another.

Total sales came to about 38,000 CDs and downloads. With streaming the number is 65,000.

No thought whatsoever went into this project. Perry used Dr. Luke as her producer for the whole album including, ironically, a song called “Woman’s World.” This seemed inappropriate considering Dr. Luke drew the ire of all female singers when Kesha accused him of rape, among other things.

The videos for “143” were ridiculous and pointless. They just showed Perry living large with her movie star boyfriend, Orlando Bloom.

Perry is on tour now around the world, and will reap millions. When she gets to the US she’ll have no record to tour behind, which is always a mistake. She’ll need a hot young opening act to help draw at arenas.

After all those years on “American Idol,” Katy had a chance to make a huge comeback. But she blew it, and it’s not even clear if she understands that.