Wish You Were Here' Premieres Tomorrow Night


'Wish You Were Here' Premieres Tomorrow Night

In the USA only, VH1 Classic is presenting what amounts to a day of Pink Floyd tomorrow, having acquired the brand-new 'The Story of Wish You Were Here' (made by Eagle Rock), which will get its world premiere at 7.30PM (EST).

Floyd programming kicks off at 1PM (EST) with 'Classic Albums: The Dark Side Of The Moon', which is followed by the movie 'Pink Floyd: The Wall', 'Which One's Pink?', and 'David Gilmour Live In Gdańsk', ahead of 'The Story Of Wish You Were Here'. The evening concludes with a repeat of the 'Wall' movie.

'The Story Of Wish You Were Here' runs for 90 minutes and, as well as new and recent interviews with Roger, David and Nick, plus some archive interview material from Richard, it includes contributions from original album engineer Brian Humphries, backing singer Venetta Fields, photographer Jill Furmanovsky, stunt man Ronnie Rondell, and the design/photography team of Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey 'Po' Powell. Roy Harper talks about recording 'Have A Cigar', and both Roger and David shine some light on some of the material with musical illustration.

Πέμπτη 5 Απριλίου 2012

Pink Floyd's The Story Of Wish You Were Here DVD/Blu-ray


Details of the "Pink Floyd: The Story Of Wish You Were Here" blu-ray and DVD have just
 been revealed.
 Released by Eagle Vision HD, the title is coming out on both formats on June 25th in the UK, 
and June 26th in North America. Other areas should follow suit around those dates.
With a quoted runtime of 85 minutes, this programme tells the story of the making of this 
landmark release through new interviews with Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason  
and archive interviews with the late Richard Wright. Also featured are sleeve designer Storm 
Thorgerson, guest vocalist Roy Harper, front cover burning man Ronnie Rondell and others
 involved in the creation of the album. In addition, original recording engineer Brian Humphries 
revisits the master tapes at Abbey Road Studios to illustrate aspects of the songs construction. 
On the blu-ray the sound is presented in DTS-HD Master Audio, and LPCM stereo. Subtitles have 
been included on the disc in English, French, German, and Spanish.
The DVD and blu-ray releases contain additional bonus material not featured in the 
TV broadcast version, including further interviews with Roger Waters, David Gilmour 
and Nick Mason, plus Roger and David performing excerpts from the Wish You Were Here album.
For those fortunate enough to have seen the show already (it has been aired in the US) 
they will know that it is a fascinating look at the album, akin to Eagle's work on The Dark 
Side Of The Moon a few years ago. For those yet to see it, you are in for a treat!
Pink Floyd - The Story of Wish You Were Here Blu-ray
At this stage, you can pre-order the blu-ray through this special Amazon UK link, and the DVD t
hrough this link; Amazon offer a pre-order price guarantee to ensure they charge their 
lowest price when shipping items at release. As other stores list the release, we will 
update this page. Play.com and Zavvi also offer this 
(and they also have the DVD for pre-order, too), but both are more 
expensive than Amazon currently.

Παρασκευή 2 Μαρτίου 2012

Pink floyd Members

Roger Keith Barret (ex member)
Vocal and guitar, known as Syd Barret
Born in Cambridge, England, 6 January 1946

At 19, Pink Floyd's defective genius Syd Barret wasn't sure whether to follow his chosen career as an artist or concentrate fully on music. The band's early success solved any such dilemmas although to Syd, music was art and he was following an established pattern. John Lennon, Keith Richards, Pete Townshend and Ray Davies of the Kinks had all been art students.

Syd was one of five children and had a happy and loving upbringing. Curiously for one who would later be drawn to mind bending, hallucinatory drugs like LSD, young Syd loved healthy outdoor activities and was a scout leader who excelled at sport. He also had a gift for painting and drama.

But at 14, his cozy and priveledged world recieved a tragic blow with the premature death of his father. Friends described the loss as the 'first brick' in Syd's wall and the first catalyst to upset his mind. To make ends meet, syd's mom did the pragmatic thing and turned the family home into a boarding house. At the same time, she encouraged Syd to continue with his music and suggested his Cambridge band, Geoff Mott and the Mottoes, hold jam sessions at her home.

At the time, he was a student at Cambridge College of Arts and Technology where he and David Gilmour would play guitar during their lunch breaks. Gilmour, a trained musician, would help his friend master Rolling Stone guitar licks

By the time he came to London on an art scholarship, Syd was keen on finding another group, His oppurtunity came when Roger Waters invited him to join a group he had formed with his fellow architectural students. Syd's arrival marked the early departure of an existing member due to a clash in personalities. Guitarist Bob Close found the young Cambridge art student too way-out for his liking and quit, leaving the field clear for Syd to virtually lead the group.

Although seen by many as the prominent member and creative genius of the group, Syd's mental condition deteriorated to the point where Dave Gilmour was asked to deputize for him on guitar when he was incapable of playing at an out-of-town gig in January 1968. Two months later, on 6 April, he quit the band.

After Syd's departure from the group, he stayed in London for another two years, releasing his first solo single Octopus in december, 1969, followed a month later by his solo album The Madcap Laughs. His final solo album called Barret, was released in November 1970, the year he left London for Cambridge to be with his mother. From time to time he would return to London for gigs and to make further recordings. But by then he was a changed person, Unrecognizable and sad.

Today, syd's condition has deteriorated even further. According to various reports, he is nearly blind due to a diabetic condition and he is recieving medical treatment in Addenbrooke's Hospital, a famous teaching hospital in Cambridge. But his influence has not waned.

George Roger Waters (ex-member)
Bass and vocals, known as Roger Waters
Born in Great Brookham, Surrey, England, 9 September 1943 

Although brought up by a loving mother, Roger, the youngest of Mary Waters' three sons, became the little boy lost. You see, while Syd was judged to be one of the 'walking wounded', Waters also had a cross to bear, or in Pink Floyd parlance, a brick to add to his wall.

As an infant, the war had robbed him of a father he never knew but whose loss he never stopped mourning. His father Eric had been one of many shot in Italy in September 1943, after bravely trying to capture a Nazi bridgehead in Italy.

Even so he could never complain of a deprived childhood. He was popular at school, outward going, and cofident. As a young boy he created his own special world in which he would stay awake at night listening to stations like Radio Luxembourg and the American Forces Network, so creating an intimate rapport with a medium in which he could fire his imagination with imagery suggested by the spoken word.

Musically he was influenced by R&B icons like Billie Holiday, and Leadbelly as well as contemporary blues artists. Later, at architecture college, he became a Rolling Stones' fan and learnt to play the guitar holding regular jam sessions with fellow students Rick Wright and Nick Mason. Most of his college grant went on buying equipment for the band, even though he was averse to practising scales. Intially his musicianship was somewhat lacking and it was only when Bob Close joined the banmd that a more musical arrangement was created.

Until then, Roger's R&B philosophy was that as an artist he could express himself rhythmically through basic understanding rather than having to undergo the tedium of practice. Needless to say, when jazz guitarist Close joined the band, Roger was demoted from lead guitar to bass.

Waters 'took over' as the band's nominal leader after Syd dropped out but, like his fellow band members, missed their friend who would afterwards make haunting appearances at Pink Floyd gigs. Waters' lyrics were later to lament Syd's absence: "How I wish, how I wish you were here."

Waters' genius lay in his lyric writing and conceptual skills. Eventually he and other members of the band fell out and he wanted to move on. He felt Pink Floyd had had its day and delcared their reign over. It was during the recording of The Final Cut, that Waters finally quit the band, and he allowed the other members to keep the name Pink Floyd, thinking that they were through. But like many others in the music industry, he underestimated the power of the beast in whose creation he had played such a leading role.

Richard William Wright 
Keyboards
Born in London, England, 28 July 1945 

Although he trained to be an architect, jazz loving Rick Wright had always wanted to be a musician. Educated at private school and brought up in a comfortable middle class home, Wright's childhood was uncomplicated and happy.

Rick was attending Regent Street Poly in London when Rick met his fellow students and future band mates, Roger Waters and Nick Mason who were then sharing a north London flat. Very soon he became a founding member of their band.

Another member of Sigma 6 - (the first name for Pink Floyd), was Juliet Gale, who Rick married. Rick, a gentle -natured and sensitive soul, became very close to Syd Barret whose brillance he admires today. Although some band members ribbed him for his playing style, Rick would often tune the band's guitars. One critic described Rick's early appearances as maintaing 'a spectral presence, hanging ghost like chords up to wave gently in the background.' But even in those early days, underlying animosities existed between the band members.

Rick and Waters were never close and it was Waters who eventually asked Rick to leave the band. Like Syd, Wright was more interested in experimentation than the trappings of fame. As early as 1967, he almost walked out of the band after a gig in newcastle when the band were heckled during a performance of Interstellar Overdrive.

Most of Wright's songs became a confession of his failings, as in Wearing The Inside Out. In this song he elegized about being an emotional cripple, and reflected on the past when he was thrown out of the band and deteriorated into a state of depression and self-abuse. Wright had lived a hedonistic lifestyle on yachts and indulged in drugs rather than create songs. After Waters departure from the group Dave Gilmour, who at the time had backed the decision to get rid of Wright, welcomed him back. Wright quickly regained his old confidence and Pink Floyd now represented by Gilmour, Mason, and Wright, continued to flourish.

David Gilmour 
Lead guitarist, vocals
Born in Cambridge, England, 6 March 1947 

The fact that Syd Barret had been brought up with David Gilmour made it even harder on the damaged genius when his friend was brought in as a replacement. But Gilmour had the right credentials. He was a known quantity, had played in other bands, and had even helped the Floydians improve their guitar techniques. After Waters left the group, David Gilmour took over the helm of Pink Floyd.

Cambridge born Gilmour's father was a Genetics professor and his mother a film editor whose careers were important to them and who were not fussed by the trivia of family life. Gilmour was encouraged to be self-sufficiant and his parents had a liberal, relaxed approach to child rearing. David showed an early interest in music and was particularly keen on Bill Haley. He taught himself to play the spanish guitar (a gift from a neighbor) at 13 and later formed a band called The Newcomers.

Both David and Syd Barret attended Cambridge College of Arts and Technology, Gilmour to study modern languages. While they had already known one another at high school, it was at college that they became firm friends and played music together during breaks as well as performing the occasional gig at a local pub. They also busked together in southern France after which David, on returning to England, joined Joker's Wild.

After a moderate success with Joker's Wild, he was asked to join Pink Floyd. Replacing Syd Barret became an embarassing task. The easy-going and amiable Gilmour was subject to ocular stalking campaigns during which Barret would turn up at gigs, move to the front of the audience, and doggedly stare at his old friend. While not freaking out, Gilmour was a little unnerved by this paranoid behavior and said it took hima long time before he felt a part of the group.

Like his fellow band members, Gilmour's personal traumas, and pleasures (like flying airplanes) were duly recorded for posterity in the Pink Floyd sound. He suffered emotionally during the breakdown of his marraige with his American wife Ginger and was helped by his new love Polly Samson who features in A Great Day For Freedom.. Polly also helped him write the lyrics to the song What do You Want From Me?

Nicholas Berkeley Mason 
Drums
Born in Birmingham, England, 27 January 1945 

Born in the Midlands, Nick Mason's well-to-do family moved to London shortly afterwards and he was brought up in the fashionable, north west London suberb of Hampstead Heath. His father Bill Mason was an accomplished documentary film-maker and an amateur racing car driver whose enthusiam for the motoring world infected his son. The family's wealth was such that Nick was the proud owner of an Aston Martin sports car while still a teenager.

Like many of his peer group in the area, Nick was sent to boarding school. His class mates at Frensham Heights school in Surrey were continually amused by his subsersive antics. But he showed a greater maturity when he went to architechural college where unlike some of his bandmates, he took his studies seriously.

Once Pink Floyd was underway, he continually experimented with sounds at his Islington home where he kept several Revox quarter-inch machines for making different loops. At one point he incorporated the sound of a ringing cash register for an instrumental piece. For the opening in The Grand Vizier's Garden Party, he used tom-toms sent through tape delay to provide an ascending repeat while his wife Lindy improvised on the flute. 

Πέμπτη 23 Φεβρουαρίου 2012

Tour Days

2012 Wall Tour
Roger Waters 2010 close-upRoger Waters will be performing The Wall in various parts of the world during 2012, and all confirmed dates are shown below.
The band is as 2010, and 2011, and includes Snowy White and Dave Kilminster, and an all-male backing vocal. The show includes state of the art staging, with the focus being a 240 foot wide by 35 foot high wall, which is constructed (and demolished) during the concert, and new, crystal clear projections and redesigned inflatables and puppets. There is talk that for some of the shows (principally the larger/outdoor stadia used in some countries) that the staging will be larger. These incredible shows form what is expected to be Roger's last tour. Also, we get emailed a lot with requests for backstage passes. We cannot get these for you, so please don't ask!
This page is your ideal starting point for information, pictures, reviews and more for each of the shows Roger performs in 2012. Simply click on the show(s) that you want to know more about... as time goes on, each show page will build to hopefully provide a really comprehensive resource!
All information provided is in good faith, and researched to the best of our abilities. However, we can take no responsibility for any errors in the information, and would urge you to check any vital information with the venue itself - and to this end, we provide, wherever possible, links to official sites for the venues, ticket agents, etc.. Any additional info or corrections gratefully received.
BRAIN DAMAGE NEEDS YOU! We want to cover the concerts the best we can, to share the experience with everyone, especially those who won't be able to attend the shows. We welcome your comments about the show(s) you have attended, ANY pictures (official, professional, newspaper and unofficial), tickets scans, posters, reviews, newspaper reports, set lists and anything else you can help with. We look forward to hearing from you!
We will do our best to acknowledge and use whatever you send in, but please note that it might not be possible to include everything. We may have to edit or exclude reports, or reduce the size of some pictures where appropriate. Please also note that reports will include mention of songs performed and other details of the shows. As with any contribution from others, opinions and comments made by individuals in their reviews are not necessarily the same as those held by Brain Damage.
If you are going to a later show, and don't want to have any surprises spoilt, don't read the reports from the earlier shows!
Item Title
January 27th - BURSWOOD DOME, BURSWOOD, PERTH, AUSTRALIA
January 28th - BURSWOOD DOME, BURSWOOD, PERTH, AUSTRALIA
February 1st - ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA
February 2nd - ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA
February 4th - ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA
February 7th - ROD LAVER ARENA, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
February 8th - ROD LAVER ARENA, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
February 10th - ROD LAVER ARENA, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
February 11th - ROD LAVER ARENA, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
February 14th - ALLPHONES (was ACER) ARENA, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
February 15th - ALLPHONES (was ACER) ARENA, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
February 18th - VECTOR ARENA, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND
February 20th - VECTOR ARENA, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND
February 22nd - VECTOR ARENA, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND
February 23rd - VECTOR ARENA, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND
March 2nd - ESTADIO NACIONAL, SANTIAGO, CHILE
March 3rd - ESTADIO NACIONAL, SANTIAGO, CHILE
March 7th - ESTADIO RIVER PLATE, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
March 9th - ESTADIO RIVER PLATE, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
March 10th - ESTADIO RIVER PLATE, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
March 12th - ESTADIO RIVER PLATE, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
March 14th - ESTADIO RIVER PLATE, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
March 15th - ESTADIO RIVER PLATE, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
March 17th - ESTADIO RIVER PLATE, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
March 18th - ESTADIO RIVER PLATE, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
March 20th - ESTADIO RIVER PLATE, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
March 25th - ESTADIO BEIRA-RIO, PORTO ALEGRE, RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRAZIL
March 29th - ESTADIO OLIMPICO JOAO HAVELANGE, RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
April 1st - ESTADIO DO MORUMBI, SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
April 3rd - ESTADIO DO MORUMBI, SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
April 27th - FORO SOL, MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
April 28th - FORO SOL, MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
May 1st - TOYOTA CENTER, HOUSTON, TX, USA
May 3rd - FRANK ERWIN CENTER, AUSTIN, TX, USA
May 5th - BOK CENTER, TULSA, OK, USA
May 7th - PEPSI CENTER, DENVER, CO, USA
May 11th - AT&T PARK, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA
May 13th - VALLEY VIEW CASINO CENTER, SAN DIEGO, CA, USA
May 15th - US AIRWAYS CENTER, PHOENIX, AZ, USA
May 19th - MEMORIAL COLISEUM, LOS ANGELES, CA, USA
May 22nd - ROSE GARDEN ARENA, PORTLAND, OR, USA
May 24th - KEY ARENA, SEATTLE, WA, USA
May 26th - BC PLACE, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA
May 28th - REXALL PLACE, EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA
May 29th - REXALL PLACE, EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA
May 31st - MTS CENTRE, WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA
June 1st - MTS CENTRE, WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA
June 3rd - XCEL ENERGY CENTER, ST PAUL, MN, USA
June 5th - JOE LOUIS ARENA, DETROIT, MI, USA
June 6th - VAN ANDEL ARENA, GRAND RAPIDS, MI, USA

2010s



10 July 2010
In an historic reunion, David Gilmour and Roger Waters appeared on stage together at an exclusive charity concert in aid of the Hoping Foundation at Kiddington Hall, Oxfordshire, England. They performed semi-acoustic versions of To Know Him Is To Love Him, Wish You Were Here, Comfortably Numb and Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2.

15 September 2010
Roger Waters commenced his
Wall Live tour with three sold out nights at the Air Canada Centre, Toronto, Canada and concluded 55 shows later at the Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico.
4 October 2010 An Introduction To Syd Barrett is released in the UK, bringing together the tracks of Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett for the first time. It also includes the previously unreleased downloadable track Rhamadam.
11 October 2010
Special 'booklet' CD editions of Syd Barrett's
The Madcap Laughs, Barrett and Opel albums are released, restoring the original artwork and including bonus tracks.
11 October 2010
The Orb release
Metallic Spheres, an album of ambient soundscapes featuring David Gilmour.

21 March 2011
Roger Waters commenced his 64-date
Wall Live tour of Europe at the Pavilhao Atlantico, Lisbon, Portugal.
12 May 2011
David Gilmour joined Roger Waters on stage at the O2 Arena in London performing Comfortably Numb
as part of Roger Waters' Wall Live show. Nick Mason also attended the show, and both Nick and David joined Roger for the final song, Outside The Wall, on which Roger played trumpet, David mandolin and Nick tambourine.

1970s

2January 1970
Syd Barrett's debut solo album, The Madcap Laughs, was released in the UK, and reached No. 40 in the charts. Tracklisting: Terrapin; No Good Trying; Love You; No Man's Land; Dark Globe; Here I Go; Octopus; Golden Hair; Long Gone; She Took A Long Cold Look; Feel; If It's In You; Late Night.
10 January 1970
Pink Floyd began a 16-date UK and French tour, commencing at University of Nottingham and ending at Leeds University on 28 February. The tour included two gigs in Paris, and the set list included an early version of the piece later known as Atom Heart Mother.
1 March 1970
The band began a week-long recording session at London's Abbey Road studios.
6 March 1970
Pink Floyd were filmed playing for the BBC arts programme 'Line Up'.
11 March 1970
Pink Floyd's eight-date European tour began at Stadthalle, Offenbach, West Germany, and ended on 21 March at Tivolis Koncertsal in Copenhagen, Denmark. The set list included Atom Heart Mother.
18 March 1970
Michelangelo Antonioni's counter-culture movie Zabriskie Point was premiered in New York.
9 April 1970
Pink Floyd's 18-date US tour commenced at New York's Filmore East and ended at New Orleans' Warehouse after the final two scheduled shows in Houston and Dallas were cancelled. The tour included an hour-long live performance filmed by the PBS TV Network in San Francisco.
29 May 1970
The soundtrack to Zabriskie Point was released in the UK, and failed to chart. The tracklisting included three previously unreleased Pink Floyd songs: Come In Number 51 Your Time Is Up; Crumbling Land; and Heart Beat Pig Meat.
27 June 1970
Pink Floyd headlined the second night of the 'Bath Festival Of Blues & Progressive Music'. Their late-night set included Atom Heart Mother, which is introduced to the audience under the title of 'The Amazing Pudding'. The band were augmented by The John Aldiss Choir and The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble. One of the brass players later recalled accidentally spilling a pint of beer into their tuba before the performance began.
28 June 1970
Pink Floyd appeared at the Holland Pop Festival in Rotterdam, arriving on stage at 4am.
18 July 1970
Pink Floyd headlined 'Blackhill's Garden Party', a free concert organised by the band's former managers Peter Jenner and Andrew King, in London's Hyde Park. The band were, again, joined by The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble and The John Aldiss Choir; tracks played included Atom Heart Mother and Careful With That Axe, Eugene.
26 July 1970
Pink Floyd, their crew, friends and families rented a villa in St Tropez. The band were scheduled to play a handful of festivals in France, but many were cancelled due to civil unrest. Their final date took place on 12 August at a Roman amphitheatre in St Raphael, France.
26 September 1970
Pink Floyd's North American tour began at Philadelphia's Electric Factory and ended on 25 October at the Boston Tea Party.
2 October 1970
Pink Floyd's fourth studio album Atom Heart Mother was released in the UK, and reached No. 1 in the charts. Tracklisting: Atom Heart Mother; If; Summer '68; Fat Old Sun; Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast. The name of the cow on the album's front cover was Lulubelle III.
10 October 1970
Atom Heart Mother was released in the US and reached No. 55 in the charts.
6 November 1970
Pink Floyd returned to Europe for a 13-date tour of Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, and Switzerland.
14 November 1970
Syd Barrett's second solo album, Barrett, produced by David Gilmour and Richard Wright, was released in the UK, but fails to chart. Tracklisting: Baby Lemonade; Love Song; Dominoes; It Is Obvious; Rats; Maisie; Gigolo Aunt; Waving My Arms In The Air; I Never Lied To You; Wined And Dined; Wolfpack; Effervescing Elephant.
11 December 1970
Pink Floyd finished the year with a six-date UK tour beginning at Brighton's Regent Theatre and ending on 22 December at Sheffield City Hall.

1960s


6 January 1967
Pink Floyd played 'Freak Out Ethel', a 'happening' at Seymour Hall, Paddington, West London. Eric Clapton and The Who's Pete Townshend later claimed they'd been in the audience.
11 & 12 January 1967
Pink Floyd and producer Joe Boyd spent two days at Chelsea's Sound Techniques Studios, recording and mixing Interstellar Overdrive and Nick's Boogie for the Tonite Let's All Make Love In London soundtrack.
13 January 1967
Pink Floyd, supported by The Giant Sun Trolley, played UFO, London. Film-maker Peter Whitehead recorded their performance. Some of the footage appeared in the video/DVD release Pink Floyd — London 1966-1967.
27 January 1967
Pink Floyd were filmed at UFO for a Granada TV documentary, 'Scene Special', which was broadcast on 7 March 1967.
29 January 1967
Arnold Layne and its B-side Candy And A Currant Bun were recorded at Chelsea's Sound Techniques Studios.
28 February 1967
Pink Floyd signed to EMI Records for an advance of £5,000.
1 March 1967
Recording session for Pink Floyd's debut album, The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, at Studio 3, Abbey Road Studios, London, with EMI producer Norman Smith. Songs worked on included Chapter 24 and Interstellar Overdrive.
10 March 1967
Pink Floyd's debut single, Arnold Layne (B-side: Candy And A Currant Bun), was released in the UK, and reached No. 20 in the charts. The song was banned by BBC Radio London, who objected to the lyrics about a transvestite underwear thief.
21 March 1967
While recording in Studio 3 at Abbey Road, Pink Floyd were introduced to The Beatles, working on Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
30 March 1967
Pink Floyd were filmed for an appearance on 'Top Of The Pops' at the BBC's Lime Grove Studios in West London. The performance was never broadcast because Arnold Layne dropped three places in the charts the following week.
3 April 1967
Pink Floyd performed Candy And A Currant Bun and Arnold Layne for BBC Radio's Light Programme, 'Monday, Monday!'.
8 April 1967
Pink Floyd's ongoing tour stopped off at London's Roundhouse. Support acts included Sam Gopal.
30 April 1967
Pink Floyd performed at dawn at the '14-Hour Technicolor Dream' at London's Alexandra Palace, sharing the bill with Soft Machine, The Pretty Things, and Social Deviants.
12 May 1967
Pink Floyd played the 'Games For May — Space Age Relaxation For The Climax Of Spring' concert at London's prestigious Queen Elizabeth Hall. Here, they debuted a new musical gizmo which would later become known as the 'Azimuth Co-ordinator', a joystick-type device used to 'pan' the group's sound around the venue. The band were immediately banned from ever playing the hall again after bubbles from a bubble machine and flowers distributed to the audience were blamed for staining the venue's carpet and seats.
14 May 1967
Roger Waters and Syd Barrett were interviewed by musicologist Dr. Hans Keller for the BBC arts programme 'The Look Of The Week', which also included live performances of Pow R. Toc H. and Astronomy Dominé.
18 May 1967
Pink Floyd commenced recording their second single, See Emily Play, at Chelsea's Sound Techniques Studios. Further sessions continued through May. David Gilmour, who was playing gigs in France with his own band, visited Floyd in the studio during a trip to London.
29 May 1967
Pink Floyd supported Cream and The Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Tulip Bulb Auction Hall, Spalding, Lincolnshire.
2 June 1967
Pink Floyd played UFO as part of a fund-raising gig for the club's co-founder John 'Hoppy' Hopkins, after his arrest for drug possession.
16 June 1967
See Emily Play (B-side: The Scarecrow) was released as a single in the UK and reached No. 6 in the charts.
6 July 1967
Pink Floyd made their live 'Top Of The Pops' TV debut performing See Emily Play at the BBC's Lime Grove Studios, West London. The band appeared on the show on two further occasions in July.
24 July 1967
See Emily Play was released as a single in the US.
28 July 1967
Pink Floyd's scheduled performance for the BBC's 'Saturday Club' music programme was cancelled at the last minute when Syd Barrett walked out during the recording.
29 July 1967
Pink Floyd performed at the 'International Love-In' festival at London's Alexandra Palace, sharing a bill with The Animals and Cream.
1 August 1967
Pink Floyd's scheduled appearance on German TV's 'Beat Club' was cancelled. The group's managers explained: "Syd is tired and exhausted and has been advised to rest for two weeks". Barrett took a holiday on the island of Formentera.
4 August 1967
Pink Floyd's debut album The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn was released in the UK. The album reached No. 6 in the charts.
9 September 1967
Pink Floyd embarked on a five-date Scandinavian tour, beginning and ending in Denmark. The band's set list included a new composition, Reaction In G.
9 October 1967
Recording ensued for Pink Floyd's next album, A Saucerful Of Secrets, at De Lane Lea Studios, Holborn, London. Further sessions took place throughout October both here and at Abbey Road studios.
21 October
The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn was released in the US. It featured a different running order and a tracklisting which included the single See Emily Play. The album peaked at No. 131 in the charts.
4 November 1967
Pink Floyd made their US debut at San Francisco's Winterland Auditorium supporting Big Brother And The Holding Company, featuring Janis Joplin.
6 November 1967
Pink Floyd released a US-only single, Flaming (B-side: The Gnome).
7 November 1967
Pink Floyd made their US TV debut, miming Apples And Oranges on the music programme 'American Bandstand'.
14 November 1967
Pink Floyd began a 16-date UK tour, sharing the bill with Eire Apparent, The Outer Limits, The Move, The Nice, Amen Corner, and headliner The Jimi Hendrix Experience. When Syd Barrett went missing before a gig at Liverpool Empire he was replaced by The Nice's guitarist 'Davy' O'List.
17 November 1967
The band's third single Apples And Oranges (B-side: Paintbox) was released in the UK but failed to chart.
6 December
Pink Floyd played London's Royal College Of Art. David Gilmour was in the audience and was later asked to join the band.
12 December 1967
Pink Floyd were filmed at the North London home of their former landlord and occasional band member Mike Leonard for an edition of the popular science programme 'Tomorrow's World', featuring Leonard's sound and light experiments. The show was broadcast in January 1968.
22 December 1967
Pink Floyd played their final gig as a four-piece with Syd Barrett at London's Olympia Exhibition Hall as part of the 'Christmas On Earth Continued' festival.

12 January 1968
Pink Floyd made their debut as a five-piece with Syd Barrett and David Gilmour at the University of Aston in Birmingham. This line-up performed together on at least three more occasions throughout the month.
26 January 1968
Pink Floyd played their first gig without Syd Barrett at Southampton University. They were supported by Tyrannosaurus Rex, featuring Marc Bolan.
1 February 1968
The band spent the day at Abbey Road studios working on what would become their second album, A Saucerful Of Secrets. Sessions had previously taken place with Syd Barrett and continued with David Gilmour throughout the rest of the month.
17 February 1968
Pink Floyd began a five-date tour of the Netherlands and Belgium. The trip also included a TV appearance for RTB in Brussels (performing new songs, Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun and Corporal Clegg, among others) and two performances for ORTV in Paris, including a mimed performance of the single B-side Paintbox.
1 March 1968
Pink Floyd's partnership with management company Blackhill Enterprises was formally dissolved. The band acquired a new manager, Steve O'Rourke, who was initially employed by their booking agents, the Bryan Morrison Agency.
16 March 1968
Pink Floyd played London's hippest nightspot, Middle Earth in Covent Garden. Syd Barrett was among the audience.
28 March 1968
Pink Floyd were filmed playing Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun for the BBC TV arts programme 'Omnibus'. The documentary, about pop music and politics, was later released as a video/DVD entitled All My Loving.
4 April 1968
Pink Floyd began recording background music for the film noir The Committee, featuring former Manfred Mann singer Paul Jones.
19 April 1968
Pink Floyd's debut single with David Gilmour, It Would Be So Nice (B-side: Julia Dream) was released in the UK but failed to chart.
6 May 1968
Pink Floyd were among the attractions at the 'First European International Pop Festival' in Rome, alongside Donovan, The Nice, and Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band.
13 May 1968
Syd Barrett began work on his debut solo album, The Madcap Laughs, at Abbey Road studios.
23 May 1968
Pink Floyd returned to the Netherlands for a further 12-date tour, including two nights at Amsterdam's fabled hippie club The Paradiso. Their set list included new songs such as Let There Be More Light and A Saucerful Of Secrets.
27 May 1968
Recording sessions at Abbey Road continued for A Saucerful Of Secrets album.
12 June 1968
Pink Floyd played the May Ball at King's College, Cambridge.
28 June 1968
Pink Floyd's second album, A Saucerful Of Secrets was released in the UK and reaches No. 9 in the charts. The album sleeve was designed by Hipgnosis, a new company formed by the band's friends Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey 'Po' Powell, who were paid £110 for their efforts.
29 June 1968
Pink Floyd headlined over Tyrannosaurus Rex, Jethro Tull, and Roy Harper at the 'Midsummer High Weekend' in London's Hyde Park.
8 July 1968
Pink Floyd began a 22-date US tour, starting at Chicago's Kinetic Playground and ending on 24 August at The Bank in Los Angeles.
19 July 1968
The soundtrack to Peter Whitehead's film Tonite Let's All Make Love In London, featuring Pink Floyd with Syd Barrett playing Interstellar Overdrive, was released in the UK.
26 September 1968
The Committee, featuring Pink Floyd's music, premiered in London.
4 October 1968
Pink Floyd performed 10 dates in the UK and France, commencing at Mothers in Birmingham and ending at London's Middle Earth on 26 October.
16 November 1968
Pink Floyd played their debut gig in Switzerland at Restaurant Olten-Hammer in Olten. The band played a further two shows in the country.
23 November 1968
Pink Floyd played London's Regent Street Polytechnic, the alma mata of Roger Waters, Richard Wright and Nick Mason.
6 December 1968
Pink Floyd released a new single, Point Me At The Sky (B-side: Careful With That Axe, Eugene), in the UK. It failed to chart. The single was accompanied by a promo film of the band flying in a Tiger Moth aeroplane at Biggin Hill Aerodrome.
28 December 1968
Pink Floyd replaced advertised headliners The Jimi Hendrix Experience at the 'Flight To Lowlands Paradise II' festival in Utrecht, Netherlands.

10 January 1969
Jimi Hendrix pulled out of a planned gig at London's Fishmonger's Arms (as a warm-up for his Royal Albert Hall shows) and was replaced by Pink Floyd.
1 February 1969
Pink Floyd commenced work at London's Pye Studios on the soundtrack to the French art-house movie More, directed by Barbet Schroeder.
14 February 1969
Pink Floyd's 21-date UK tour began with a Valentine's Day Ball at Loughborough University and ended at St. James' Church Hall, Chesterfield. Support bands included The Moody Blues, Spooky Tooth, and Gandalf's Garden. Floyd also performed one show in France.
10 March 1969
Syd Barrett restarted work at Abbey Road studios on his first solo album, The Madcap Laughs.
14 April 1969
Pink Floyd played 'The Massed Gadgets of Auximines — More Furious Madness from Pink Floyd' at London's Royal Festival Hall. The band premiered two lengthy new compositions, provisionally titled The Man and The Journey, parts of which later appeared as Biding My Time, Grantchester Meadows and Green Is The Colour.
27 April 1969
Pink Floyd played Mothers in Birmingham. DJ John Peel's review of the gig ("sounding like dying galaxies lost in sheer corridors of time and space") was rewarded with a mention in the 'Pseud's Corner' column of the satirical Private Eye magazine. Part of the band's performance of A Saucerful Of Secrets and Astronomy Dominé were included on Floyd's next album, Ummagumma.
15 May 1969
Pink Floyd's 12-date UK tour began at Leeds Town Hall and ended on 23 June at Manchester's Free Trade Hall. The tour included a benefit show at London's Roundhouse for the band Fairport Convention, following the death of their drummer Martin Lamble in a road crash.
31 May 1969
The film More, complete with Pink Floyd's soundtrack, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. The film was never released in the UK.
13 June 1969
Pink Floyd's Soundtrack From The Film More was released in the UK and reached No. 9 in the charts. Tracklisting: Cirrus Minor; The Nile Song; Crying Song; Up The Khyber; Green Is The Colour; Cymbaline; Party Sequence; Main Theme; Ibiza Bar; More Blues; Quicksilver; A Spanish Piece; Dramatic Theme.
23 June 1969
Pink Floyd completed some of the final mixes for Ummagumma. The album contained two vinyl sides of live material and two sides of solo compositions by each of the band members that were recorded intermittently at Abbey Road since March 1969.
26 June 1969
Pink Floyd played 'The Final Lunacy!' show at London's Royal Albert Hall. The show featured the Ealing Central Amateur Choir conducted by Floyd's producer Norman Smith and performance art pieces that included a roadie dressed as a gorilla and band members sawing planks of wood on stage.
20 July 1969
Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first men to walk on the moon. Pink Floyd performed a live improvised jam (later titled Moonhead) in the BBC TV studios to accompany the moonlanding documentary 'So What If It's Just Green Cheese?', which also featured actors Ian McKellan and Judi Dench.
8 August 1969
Pink Floyd appeared at the 'National Jazz Pop Ballads & Blues Festival' at Plumpton Race Track. Also on the bill: Roy Harper; and The Who.
9 August 1969
Pink Floyd's Soundtrack From The Film More was released in the US, but failed to chart.
17 September 1969
Pink Floyd began a nine-date tour of the Netherlands and Belgium, which started in Amsterdam and ended in Brussels.
25 October 1969
Pink Floyd's performance at the 'Actuel Festival' in Amougies, Belgium, was filmed for a TV documentary entitled 'Music Power'. Compere Frank Zappa joined the band on stage for a rendition of Interstellar Overdrive.
7 November 1969
Ummagumma was released in the UK and reached No. 4 in the UK charts. The album was released a day later in the US and reached No. 74. Tracklisting: Astronomy Dominé; Careful With That Axe, Eugene; Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun; A Saucerful Of Secrets (recorded live at Mothers in Birmingham and Manchester College Of Commerce); Sysiphus, Parts 1-4; Grantchester Meadows; Several Species Of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together In a Cave And Grooving With A Pict; The Narrow Way; The Grand Vizier's Garden Party.
15 November 1969
Pink Floyd commenced recording in Rome for the soundtrack to director Michelangelo Antonioni's counter-culture movie Zabriskie Point, and completed the sessions at Abbey Road in January 1970.

Musicians (Live)



Barnum, Billie (backing vocals)
Olympiahalle, Munich (12 October 1973)
Stadthalle, Vienna (13 October 1973)
Bown, Andy (bass guitar)
The Wall tour (1980 & 1981)
Brown, Sam (backing vocals)
Silver Clef Award Winners Show, Knebworth (30 June 1990)
The Division Bell tour (1994)
Brown, Vicki (backing vocals)
Earl's Court, London (18 & 19 May 1973)
Rainbow Theatre, London (4 November 1973)
Silver Clef Award Winners Show, Knebworth (30 June 1990)
Carin, Jon (keyboards, programming, vocals)
A Momentary Lapse Of Reason tour (1987-88)
Another Lapse European tour (1989)
Silver Clef Award Winners Show, Knebworth (30 June 1990)
The Division Bell tour (1994)
Live 8, London (2 July 2005)
Madcap's Last Laugh (10 May 2007)
Chemay, Joe (backing vocals)
The Wall tour (1980 & 1981)
Crowder, Nawasa (backing vocals
North American tour (March & June 1973)
Dennis, Chris (vocals)
Member of The Tea Set (1964)
Dulfer, Candy (saxophones)
Silver Clef Award Winners Show, Knebworth (30 June 1990)
Farber, Stan (backing vocals)
The Wall tour (1980 & 1981)
Fields, Venetta (backing vocals)
Olympiahalle, Munich (12 October 1973)
Stadthalle, Vienna (13 October 1973)
French tour (June 1974)
British winter tour (November & December 1974)
North American tour (April & June 1975)
Knebworth Park, Stevenage (5 July 1975)
Fontaine, Claudia (backing vocals)
The Division Bell tour (1994)
Freeman, Roberta (backing vocals)
A Momentary Lapse Of Reason tour (Atlanta, 3-5 November 1987)
Fury, Rachel (backing vocals)
A Momentary Lapse Of Reason tour (1987-88)
Gale, Juliette (vocals)
Member of Sigma 6 and The Abdabs (1963-1964)
Haas, Jim (backing vocals)
The Wall tour (1980 & 1981)
Harper, Roy (vocals)
Knebworth Park, Stevenage (5 July 1975)
John Aldiss Choir, The (vocals)
Atom Heart Mother, live shows (1970 & 1971)
Joyce, Jon (backing vocals)
The Wall tour (1980 & 1981)
Kenyon, Carol (backing vocals)
Live 8, London (2 July 2005)
King, Clydie (backing vocals)
Olympiahalle, Munich (12 October 1973)
Stadthalle, Vienna (13 October 1973)
Klose, Radovan 'Bob' (guitars, vocals)
Member of Leonard's Lodgers, The Tea Set, and Pink Floyd (1964-1965)
Leonard, Mike (keyboards)
Member of Leonard's Lodgers and The Tea Set (1964-1965)
Lindsey, Mary Ann (backing vocals)
North American tour (March & June 1973)
Lindsey, Phyllis (backing vocals)
North American tour (March & June 1973)
McBroom, Durga (backing vocals)
A Momentary Lapse Of Reason tour (Atlanta, 3-5 November 1987)
Another Lapse European tour (1989)
Silver Clef Award Winners Show, Knebworth (30 June 1990)
The Division Bell Tour (1994)
McBroom, Lorelei (backing vocals)
A Momentary Lapse Of Reason tour (Atlanta, 3-5 November 1987)
Another Lapse European tour (1989)
Metcalf, Clive (bass guitar)
Member of Sigma 6 and The Abdabs (1963-1964)
Noble, Keith (vocals)
Member of Sigma 6 and The Abdabs (1963-1964)
Noble, Sheilagh (backing vocals)
Member of Sigma 6 (1963)
Page, Scott (saxophones and guitars)
A Momentary Lapse Of Reason tour (1987-88)
Another Lapse European tour (1989)
Parry, Dick (saxophones)
All tours (1973-1975)
The Division Bell tour (1994)
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, The (orchestra)
Atom Heart Mother, live shows (1970 & 1971)
Pratt, Guy (bass guitar and vocals)
A Momentary Lapse Of Reason tour (1987-88)
Another Lapse European tour (1989)
Silver Clef Award Winners Show, Knebworth (30 June 1990)
The Division Bell tour (1994)
Renwick, Tim (guitars)
A Momentary Lapse Of Reason tour (1987-88)
Another Lapse European tour (1989)
The Division Bell tour (1994)
Live 8, London (2 July 2005)
Roberts, Andy (guitars)
The Wall tour (1981)
Strike, Liza (backing vocals)
Earl's Court, London (18 & 19 May 1973)
Rainbow Theatre, London (4 November 1973)
Taylor, Margaret (backing vocals)
A Momentary Lapse Of Reason tour (1987-88)
Thompson, Vernon (rhythm guitar)
Member of Sigma 6 (1963)
Torry, Clare (backing vocals)
The Great Gig In The Sky (The Dark Side Of The Moon, 1973)
Rainbow Theatre, London (4 November 1973)
Silver Clef Award Winners Show, Knebworth (30 June 1990)
Wallis, Gary (percussion)
A Momentary Lapse Of Reason tour (1987-88)
Another Lapse European tour (1989)
The Division Bell tour (1994)
White, Snowy (guitars)
Animals tour (1977)
The Wall tour (1980)
Williams, Carlena (backing vocals)
French tour (June 1974)
British Winter tour (November & December 1974)
North American tour (April & June 1975)
Knebworth Park, Stevenage (5 July 1975)
Wilson, John 'Willie' (drums)
The Wall tour (1980 & 1981)
Wood, Peter (keyboards)
The Wall tour (1980 & 1981)
Zappa, Frank (guitar)
Interstellar Overdrive (Actuel Festival, Amougies 25 October 1969)