Pink Floyd reunion will enLiven charity concert
Published: June 13, 2005
Four members of seminal British rock band Pink Floyd will play together for the first time in 24 years at London’s “Live 8” charity concert for Africa on July 2, publicists for the event said yesterday.
Guitarist David Gilmour, drummer Nick Mason and keyboard player Richard Wright will be on stage with bassist Roger Waters for their first public performance since they played at London’s Earls Court in 1981. Waters, the group’s creative force, quit in 1985 and unsuccessfully tried to prevent his bandmates from using the Pink Floyd name.
The rock legends will join a star-studded line-up including Coldplay, Elton John, Madonna, REM and Paul McCartney at the Live 8 concert in London’s Hyde Park, organized by activist rocker Bob Geldof to pressure rich nations to ease African poverty.
The Live 8 concert is one of five taking place around the world on July 2.
“Like most people, I want to do everything I can to persuade the G8 leaders to make huge commitments to the relief of poverty and increased aid to the Third World,” said Gilmour.
“Any squabbles Roger and the band have had in the past are so petty in this context, and if reforming for this concert will help focus attention then it’s got to be worthwhile.”
The band released its first album, “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn,” in 1967 with founding member Syd Barrett on lead guitar, alongside Waters, Mason and Wright. At the beginning of 1968, guitarist Gilmour - a friend of the band -was brought in as a fifth member and Barrett left the group shortly afterward. Pink Floyd broke records with 1973’s “The Dark Side Of The Moon,” which remained in the American album charts for more than a decade.
After Waters left, Gilmore, Mason and Wright launched two hugely successful world tours. They released their last studio album “The Division Bell” in 1994.
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