Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd, one of the most successful and influential groups ever, formed in the 1960s when Roger Waters, Nick Mason and Richard Wright were studying at college in London. They added Roger ‘Syd’ Barrett, a Cambridge friend, who named the band after bluesmen Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.
Debut album The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn is still considered one of the greatest psychedelic albums, but in 1968 Syd Barrett’s erratic behaviour prompted his replacement by David Gilmour, another friend. Pink Floyd developed the members’ compositional and improvisational talents, and built a large audience via many live tours, releasing a succession of hit albums, including The Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, and The Wall.
Roger Waters left in 1985, but the band enjoyed continuing success with the studio albums A Momentary Lapse Of Reason and The Division Bell, accompanied by world tours. The final Pink Floyd release was 2014’s The Endless River, another worldwide #1 album.
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Another anniversary - this time, the 2020 release of Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets Live At The Roundhouse. The band first performed live in 2018, and recently wrapped up their 2024 tour. Have you been to one of their performances, and if so, what was the highlight for you?
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Today in 2015, David Gilmour's previous album, Rattle That Lock, was released. Did you see him on that album's tour, and are you seeing him on his upcoming tour?
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The first night of what developed into a long world tour, running from this date in 1987 through to 1989, and an encore performance at a windy, rainy Knebworth House in 1990:
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An incredible 37 years ago today, the UK release of Pink Floyd's 1987 album, A Momentary Lapse Of Reason, took place. Here's an original sketch of the planned cover, before the hundreds of beds had been photographed for real:
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Another Tuesday Teaser for you: when Pink Floyd performed the two song suites, The Man and The Journey, what were Afternoon and The Pink Jungle better known as?
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Today in 1972, the premiere of Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii was held in Edinburgh, Scotland. The atmospheric footage of the band in action, in a deserted amphitheatre, has mesmerised audiences ever since. When did you first see the film?
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1967:
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This show saw the first of only two live performances by Pink Floyd of Marooned (the other being the following night, at the same venue), with David Gilmour also performing it at the Strat Pack concert in London in September 2004.
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