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A ticket for the final Wall show of 1980. Did you see this incredible production that year, or in the following year (1981)?
Performing The Embryo in the heat of St Tropez in 1970...
An advert for Pink Floyd's third (of three) shows in the UK in 1988, on the Momentary Lapse of Reason tour:
Watch Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” from Live in Venice, now available on YouTube:
Filmed in 1989, this unforgettable concert took place on a floating stage in the heart of Venice. Renowned for both its music and its extraordinary setting, the performance remains a landmark live production.
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On August 6th and 7th 1971, Pink Floyd performed in Japan at the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, and here's some footage from the event:
A ticket for the first of the three UK shows in 1988:
There have been other editions of Pink Floyd's debut album, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn (which was released on this day in 1967). Here's an Italian edition (do you know where the picture was taken?) and an edition released for Record Store Day in 2018:
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Today in 1967, Pink Floyd's debut album, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn was released (with a US, eponymously named edition coming in October that year, with a revised track list). The front cover was photographed by Vic Singh, and the rear was a drawing by Syd Barrett of a picture taken by Colin Prime in London's Ruskin Park a month earlier.
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From 1968 - three shows were played by Pink Floyd at the Avalon Ballroom in San Francisco, California, on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of August:
Let's start the month with this fascinating footage from 1967:
Watch Pink Floyd’s “The Great Gig In The Sky” from Live in Venice, now available on YouTube:
Filmed in 1989, this unforgettable concert took place on a floating stage in the heart of Venice. The performance remains renowned not only for the music, but also for its extraordinary setting and ambitious production.
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An advert for a cancelled Pink Floyd gig in 1967:
An advert for the pair of shows at the delightful Chateau de Chantilly, north of Paris, France, in 1994, along with other French gigs. It features an early, alternate version of the Division Bell cover image. The album's cover imagery was a version of a classic optical illusion - two opposing faces which viewed in another way, gives a third, looking straight at the viewer.
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On Richard Wright's 24th birthday, Pink Floyd played UFO, the final time UFO was held at the Blarney Club in London's Tottenham Court Road.
Born on this day in 1943, Richard William Wright:
An advert for the pair of shows Pink Floyd performed at this venue in Los Angeles. Unusually, the set for the first night included the song Matilda Mother...
A Pink Floyd compilation album - Masters Of Rock - from the 1970s in a couple of different versions. The brown cover included a picture of The Dark Side Of The Moon on the rear printed upside down, and also referred to Candy And A Current Bun (should have been Currant). The colourful one uses the Meddle band portrait but replaces David Gilmour with Syd Barrett...
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Watch Pink Floyd perform “Time” Live in Venice, now available on YouTube:
Set against the breathtaking backdrop of Venice in 1989, this performance of Time saw Pink Floyd take to a floating stage in the heart of the city.
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Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here 50.
To mark the anniversary, the full album will be played from start to finish in 360° spatial audio at Polygon Portal – an intimate listening room in Soho, London.
Every guitar line, every breath, every shimmering synth pad moving all around you. This is Wish You Were Here as you’ve never heard it before.
Saturday 30th May and Sunday 31st May
📍 Polygon Portal, Soho
Book here:
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