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Official account. Pink Floyd is one of the most successful and influential rock groups in history. Out now: The Dark Side Of The Moon 50th Anniversary Box Set.

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Happy 78th birthday to Roger Waters...
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Roger Waters is 80 today and we’re raising a glass to the great work we did together all those decades ago.
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Join us in wishing a very happy birthday to David Gilmour!
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A Happy New Year to you all, with the hope for a peaceful and positive 2023.
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Please join us in wishing David Gilmour a wonderful birthday! [Picture taken by Polly Samson: David in Pompeii, Italy]
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To stand with the world in strongly condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the works of Pink Floyd, from 1987 onwards, and all of David Gilmour's solo recordings are being removed from all digital music providers in Russia and Belarus from today.
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1/3 Tonight at midnight, Pink Floyd will release a new song, 'Hey Hey Rise Up', which sees David Gilmour and Nick Mason joined by Guy Pratt & Nitin Sawhney, with an extraordinary vocal by Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Ukrainian band Boombox. Listen/download at
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"All that you touch All that you see All that you taste All you feel..." Why do you feel The Dark Side Of The Moon has stood the test of time since its release 45 years ago?
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A very happy birthday to Roger Waters, who releases his recent Us + Them concert recording in less than a month's time.
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Please join us in wishing David Gilmour a very happy birthday! On this day in 2006 he also released the album On An Island (which went to number one in the charts), and in 1984 (on the day before) he released his second solo album About Face.
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🇺🇦🌻 Pink Floyd's new single, Hey Hey Rise Up - feat Andriy Khlyvnyuk - is out now worldwide. Download / stream at All proceeds of the song will go to Ukrainian Humanitarian Relief. Watch the full video with subtitles in Ukrainian and English below.
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David Gilmour’s solo on Pink Floyd’s 1979 track Comfortably Numb has been voted the Greatest Guitar Solo of All Time by listeners to @PlanetRockRadio in a new poll.
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"Remember when you were young, You shone like the sun..." The opening lyrics to the Wish You Were Here album, released today, 1975.
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A very happy birthday to Roger Waters, who is 75 today. Here's a shot of him in the early days of the Floyd, with Syd:
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With these difficult times continuing, we'd like to wish you all the best, and hope that you and your families are staying safe and well.
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Many happy returns to @davidgilmour ! It's also the anniversary of the 2006 release of On An Island. Please join us in wishing David a great birthday!
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We'd like to wish you all the best, and hope that you and your families are staying safe and well in these difficult times. We will continue to post as normal to hopefully give you some interesting and diverting images, music and video to help us all get through this.
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"So, so you think you can tell Heaven from hell Blue skies from pain Can you tell a green field From a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell?"
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Here is the official video for 'Hey Hey Rise Up', Pink Floyd’s new Ukraine fundraiser feat Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Boombox. Stream / download from midnight.
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Join us in wishing David Gilmour a very happy birthday. On this special day for David, in 2006 he also released the number one album On An Island, and in 1984 (on March 5th) he released his second solo album About Face.
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Wishing Roger Waters peace and enlightenment on his birthday.
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Today we mark the UK release, back in 1973, of The Dark Side Of The Moon. Which member of The Beatles recorded something for the album, that ended up not being used? #PinkFloyd #DSOTM #DarkSideOfTheMoon
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Today we mark the UK release of The Dark Side Of The Moon in 1973. Most critics hailed the album; the UK's Sounds said that the album was "unreservedly recommended...it features Pink Floyd's best playing and composing. The effects add to the music without a trace of gimmickry".
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From 1973...
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Today in 1994, The Division Bell was released. Author Douglas Adams suggested the title after reading the lyrics, in exchange for a donation to a charity of his choice. Later that year he got the opportunity to play guitar with the band during one of their Earls Court concerts.
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Today we mark the 1975 release of Wish You Were Here, the cover imagery representing absence in a variety of ways. Recordings for the album began as early as January 1974, with the majority being done during the first part of the following year...
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Remembering Syd on his birthday.
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Thanks for the song Billy Bragg.
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A very happy birthday to Roger Waters, who celebrates his 74th birthday today, and is currently on his Us + Them tour [photo: Kate Izor]
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Many happy returns to Roger Waters, who celebrates his birthday today. Here's a picture of him with Syd Barrett, on the ferry in September 1967 heading to Copenhagen...
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Please join us in wishing David Gilmour a wonderful birthday! On this day in 2006 he also released the album On An Island (which went to number one in the charts), and in 1984 (on the day before) he released his second solo album About Face. [Picture: Polly Samson]
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A very happy Christmas to you all. We hope Pink Floyd's 50th year has been a good one for you!
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A very happy Christmas to you all. We hope 2019 has been a good one for you!
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It's time to mark the 40th anniversary of #PinkFloyd #TheWall arriving in stores. Early copies of the double vinyl edition featured a window "cling" sticker as shown here...
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Amazingly, Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here celebrates its 48th anniversary today. Absence was a key theme of the album...
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Happy birthday, Nick!
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Please join us in wishing Nick a wonderful birthday!
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A very happy birthday to Nick Mason, founding member of Pink Floyd!
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In the 1970s, Pink Floyd often played football matches, normally against an opposing team made up of journalists. Here's a typical team shot!
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Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day...
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45 years ago today...
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One of the most eye-catching of album covers from 1987 - Pink Floyd's A Momentary Lapse Of Reason, released on this day. The image was inspired by a lyric in Yet Another Movie...
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Today in 1977, Pink Floyd released Animals. Its iconic Battersea Power Station cover was updated for the 2018 remix, and here's a video showing the two versions:
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A very happy Christmas to you all! We hope you've had a good year - what's been your Floydian highlight?
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Syd Barrett - photo by Mick Rock, 1972:
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A very happy birthday to Roger Waters, celebrating his 73rd birthday today!
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Syd in Cambridge, 1965:
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Happy New Year to you all! What are you most looking forward to, from a Floydian perspective, and what do you hope for, in 2019?
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Two lost souls...
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52 years ago today, at the Aston University in Birmingham, England, Pink Floyd performed the first of the few gigs as a five piece, with Syd and David both on guitar. Around this date some publicity shots were taken of this short-lived line-up, and here's one of them:
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Tomorrow at 5pm UK/12pm EST is the next Floyd offering in the @YouTube Film Festival: Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii, available to view for 24 hours only. Next Friday: the 1970 KQED TV broadcast, that you can watch for a week. Hopefully you'll enjoy these while we all #StayHome !
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A Momentary Lapse of Reason celebrates its 30th anniversary today. What's your favourite song on the album?
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38 years ago today, the UK release of Pink Floyd's The Wall took place. Breaking with tradition, Gerald Scarfe provided the album imagery...
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The winning video by Damián Gaume for Any Colour You Like in Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon 50th Anniversary Animation Video Competition.
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An advert for the then newly-released album Animals, with an appropriate suggestion...
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"Harmlessly passing your time in the grassland away; only dimly aware of a certain unease in the air..." Today we mark the 44th anniversary of the #PinkFloyd album #Animals . The incredible cover picture is of London's Battersea Power Station, on the bank of the River Thames...
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Getting ready...
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A very happy 2021 to you all - let's hope this year is better in every way to last year!
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"So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell Blue skies from pain..."
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The Floyd in contemplative mood...
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The Dark Side of the Moon is 45 years old in March! What does the album mean to you? #DarkSideoftheMoon45 Listen to it on a loop all day to celebrate with us at @AppleMusicES 🌈
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Many happy returns to David Gilmour - join us in celebrating his birthday today!
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Starting today at 5pm UK (12pm EST) is the @YouTube Film Festival. Over the next 4 Fridays, we're posting full concert performances on YouTube: PULSE, the Floyd's and @DavidGilmour 's Pompeii gigs, and the 1970 KQED TV broadcast. Hopefully something to enjoy while we #StayHome !
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Today in 1987, Pink Floyd released A Momentary Lapse Of Reason in the UK. Shooting the album cover involved dragging 700 hospital beds onto a beach in Devon. Rain interrupted the shoot and they had to repeat the exercise two weeks later...
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...we came in? Today in 1979, Pink Floyd The Wall was released, the first stage in a multi-faceted project including film and stage show.
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Algie's travels...
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Ready to fly...
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It's one year since Russia invaded Ukraine. Our thoughts remain with the brave and resilient people of Ukraine, coping as best they can with the awful situation. All proceeds from Hey Hey Rise Up, and associated merchandise, helps those in need in Ukraine.
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50 YEARS IN A HEARTBEAT MARCH 2023 #PinkFloyd #TDSOTM50 #TDSOTM #DarkSide
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...register at I'm voting Labour because I believe in social equality. David Gilmour" 2/2
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Pink Floyd celebrating turning professional, today in 1967, when they signed to EMI:
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Today was the day, 51 years ago, when Pink Floyd turned professional, signing to EMI Records, and pictured here in high spirits for the assembled press...
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"Breathe, breathe in the air..." With Pink Floyd's epic The Dark Side of the Moon celebrating its 45th anniversary this month, make Monday a great day by listening to it now:
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Our final look back at a #PinkFloyd March album: today in 1994, The Division Bell was released in the UK. Those choosing from different formats in record stores noticed subtle differences between the covers; this image shows four of the shots Storm Thorgerson & his team took!
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