Portsmouth Rolling Stones, and Fleetingwood Mac. Numerous musical works are set in the city. "Portsmouth Point" is an overture for orchestra by the English composer William Walton in 1925. The work was inspired by Thomas Rowlandson's etching depicting Portsmouth Point, otherwise known as "Spice Island" in Old Portsmouth. The overture was used for the BBC Proms Concert in 2007. "H.M.S. Pinafore" is a comic opera in two acts set in Portsmouth Harbour, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W.S. Gilbert. John Cranko's 1951 ballet "Pineapple Poll", which features the operetta music of "The Bumboat Woman's Story" by Gilbert and
The Pineapple Thief The Pineapple Thief The Pineapple Thief is a British progressive rock band, started by Bruce Soord in 1999 in Somerset, England. The band has released twelve studio albums. Founder Bruce Soord started The Pineapple Thief as an outlet for his music back in 1999. Soord released the debut "Abducting the Unicorn" on Cyclops Records, which created enough interest to establish a small but loyal fan base. Soord returned to the Dining Room studios to work on the second album "137". During this time, several major labels started to take an interest, causing a delay in the release which arrived over