A PINK FLOYD CHRONOLOGY By Vernon F 2001

*1944)september 9 Roger Waters born Great bookham,Cambridge,U.K.

*1945)january 27 Nick Mason born Birmingham,U.K.

*1945)july 28 Rick Wright born London,U.K.

*1946)january 6 Keith "syd" Barrett born Cambridge,U.K.

*1947)march 6 Dave Gilmour born Cambridge,U.K.

*1965)Architecture students Waters, Wright, and Mason form sigma six at Regent street Polytechnic, London *1965)Syd Barrett joins the band wich he renames Pink Floyd *1966)Pink Floyd play at londons marquee club *1966)October 11 Floyd play international times party, londons roundhouse *1967)february EMI sighn the group *1967)April' Arnold Layne ' single reaches 20 in U.K. singles chart *1967)August 5 PIPER AT THE GATES OF DAWN debut LP released *1967)november first visit to U.S. *1968)April Syd Barrett asked to leave and is replaced by Dave Gilmour *1968)june29 A SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS is released *1969)october 25 UMMAGUMMA double LP is released *1970)july 18 free concert in londons hyde park *1970)september band start major U.S. tour *1970)october ATOM HEART MOTHER LP released *1971)october 15 U.S. tour starts in Los Angeles *1972)february 17 DARK SIDE OF THE MOON premiered live in london *1972)september 8 U.S.tour starts in Austin, Texas *1973)march DARK SIDE OF THE MOON is released *1973)march 5, U.S. tour starts in Detroit, Michigan *1974)A NICE PAIR, package of irst two albums reaches 36 in U.S. album charts *1975)july 5, group use real spitfire plane during Knebworth Festival, England *1975)september WISH YOU WERE HERE album released *1976)december 2 inflatable pink pig escapes from floyd photo session *1977)january 23 ANIMALS album is released *1977)april 22 U.S. tour begins in Miami Florida *1978)may 25 David Gilmour solo LP released *1979)december THE WALL tops the U.S. album charts for 15 weeks *1979)december'ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL(PART 2)tops U.K. and U.S. singles charts *1980)february 7-11 THE WALL show is premeired at Los Angeles sports arena, U.S. *1980)Rick Wright leaves band after U.S. tour *1982)movie version of THE WALL stars Bob Geldof *1983)april THE FINAL CUT album goes to #1 in U.K. and #6 in U.S. charts *1984)may Roger Waters solo LP THE PROS AND CONS OF HITCHHIKING features Eric Clapton *1986)Roger Waters seeks to disolve partnership and block Gilmour and Mason from using the name Pink Floyd *1987)june Roger Waters tours with KAOS show. album reaches#50 in U.S. charts *1987)september 7 new Pink Floyd world tour starts Ottawa, Canada *1988)august Pink Floyd play wembley stadium, London,England *1988)september world tour ends after 155 shows *1988)december DELICATE SOUND OF THUNDER cd released *1989)july 22 Floyd concert on barge in Venice, Italy *1990)june 30 silver clef concert at Knebworth, Herts, England, includes Pink Floyd and Paul Mccartney *1990)july 21 Roger Waters performs THE WALL at the Berlin wall with guests *1992)september Roger Waters releases AMUSED TO DEATH CD *1994)Pink Floyd release THE DIVISION BELL and go on world tour earning $300,000,000 *1999)Roger Waters goes on tour calling it IN THE FLESH *2000)Roger Waters continues touring and Pink Floyd release IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE A DOUBLE CD SET containing live WALL from there tours in the early 80's *2000)Roger Waters releases IN THE FLESH a double cd set containing live music from his tour. *2001)19 October 2001David Gilmour appeared as special guest with The Pretty Things at the first ever public live performance of their classic album S.F. Sorrow at the Royal Festival Hall in London. *2002)February: Roger Waters began his In The Flesh world tour at Bellville Velodrome, Cape Town, South Africa. The tour included shows in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, and Australia. May: Roger Waters' European In The Flesh tour opened with two nights at Lisbon's Pavilhao Atlantico. June: Roger Waters played the 'Glastonbury Festival' in Somerset. November: Pink Floyd released a compilation, Echoes: The Best Of Pink Floyd in the UK and US. Tracklisting: Astronomy Dominé; See Emily Play; The Happiest Days Of Our Lives; Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2; Echoes; Hey You; Marooned; The Great Gig In The Sky; Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun; Money; Keep Talking; Sheep; Sorrow; Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Parts 1-7; Time; The Fletcher Memorial Home; Comfortably Numb; When The Tigers Broke Free; One Of These Days; Us And Them; Learning To Fly; Arnold Layne; Wish You Were Here; Jugband Blues; High Hopes; Bike. The album reached No. 2 in the UK and No. 1 in the US. *2003) Floyd re-released The Dark Side Of The Moon to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the album. Engineer James Guthrie oversaw a new 5.1 mix of the original album. *2004)September: David Gilmour performed Marooned, Coming Back To Life and Sorrow at the 'Miller Strat Pack' charity show at London's Wembley Arena, which featured appearances by Ronnie Wood, Joe Walsh, Brian May, Hank Marvin, Phil Manzanera, Mike Rutherford, Paul Carrack, The Crickets, and Gary Moore, among others. November: Roger Waters' opera, Ça Ira, premiered at Sala Santa Cecilia, Auditorium Parco Della Musica, in Rome. *2005)June: Pink Floyd with Roger Waters convened for three days of rehearsals at West London's Black Island Studios in preparation for the 'Live 8' charity reunion concert. July: Pink Floyd performed at the 'Live 8' concert in London's Hyde Park. The band again comprised David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and Richard Wright, joined by additional keyboard player Jon Carin, guitarist Tim Renwick and backing vocalist Carol Kenyon. The group performed Breathe, Money, Wish You Were Here and Comfortably Numb. September: Roger Waters released a new album, Ça Ira — There Is Hope — An Opera In Three Acts in the UK and US. November: Pink Floyd were inducted into the 'UK Music Hall Of Fame' in a ceremony at London's Alexandra Palace. The group were inducted by The Who's Pete Townshend. David Gilmour and Nick Mason attended the event in person, Richard Wright was unwell, and Roger Waters appeared via an on-screen video link. *2006)March: David Gilmour released a solo album, On An Island, in the UK (and a day later in the US). The album featured guest musicians including Richard Wright, Phil Manzanera, Guy Pratt, Jon Carin, Robert Wyatt, David Crosby, Graham Nash, and original Pink Floyd guitarist Rado 'Bob' Klose, among others. March: David Gilmour's On An Island tour began in Dortmund, Germany. The tour included Europe, the United States, and the UK, with David Gilmour Tickets for three nights at London's Royal Albert Hall, where special guests included David Bowie and Nick Mason. June: Roger Waters' The Dark Side Of The Moon tour began in Lisbon, Portugal. The 21-date pan-European tour, which concluded on 16 July at the 'Moon & Stars Festival' in Locarno, Switzerland, also saw Waters perform on 22 June at Latrun, Israel — a village of Israeli-Palestinian co-existence. July: Roger 'Syd' Barrett died at home in Cambridge. The cause of death was pancreatic cancer. Diabetes has also been a cause of death rumor. September: Roger Waters' The Dark Side Of The Moon tour continued in North America at the PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, New Jersey. The 20-date tour, which concluded on 12 October at the Key Arena, Seattle, also saw Nick Mason join Waters on stage for three shows at the Hollywood Bowl. *2007)January: Roger Waters' world tour opened in Sydney, Australia. The tour included New Zealand, China, India, United Arab Emirates, South America, United States, Canada, Europe, and the UK (including two nights at London's Earls Court). May: Syd Barrett — Madcap's Last Laugh', a tribute concert to the late Floyd frontman, took place at London's Barbican Hall. Performers included Kevin Ayers, Captain Sensible, and Chrissie Hynde. David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Richard Wright performed Arnold Layne; Roger Waters performed a solo composition, Flickering Flame. September: David Gilmour released Remember That Night, a live DVD recorded over three nights at London's Royal Albert Hall *2008)September: Richard Wright Dies in from Cancer. David Gilmour issued a statement "Like Rick, I don't find it easy to express my feelings in words, but I loved him and will miss him enormously." September: David Gilmour released Live In Gdańsk, a live concert recorded at the Gdańsk Shipyards, Poland, in August 2006. *2009)November: David Gilmour was made an Honorary Doctor of Arts by Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, in recognition of his "outstanding contribution to music as a writer, performer and innovator". *2010)July: 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. September: 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. October: 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. October: 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. October: The Orb release Metallic Spheres, an album of ambient soundscapes featuring David Gilmour. *2011) March: Roger Waters commenced his 64-date Wall Live tour of Europe at the Pavilhao Atlantico, Lisbon, Portugal. May: 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. September: Pink Floyd and EMI launched an exhaustive re-release campaign under the title Why Pink Floyd...?, reissuing the band's back catalogue in newly remastered versions, including "Experience" and "Immersion" multi-disc multi-format editions. James Guthrie, co-producer of The Wall, remastered the albums *2014)November: Pink Floyd Release The Endless River.Gilmour described the record as follows: “The Endless River has as its starting point the music that came from the 1993 Division Bell sessions. We listened to over 20 hours of the three of us playing together and selected the music we wanted to work on for the new album. Over the last year we’ve added new parts, re-recorded others and generally harnessed studio technology to make a 21st century Pink Floyd album. With Rick gone, and with him the chance of ever doing it again, it feels right that these revisited and reworked tracks should be made available as part of our repertoire.” *2014)November: David confirms there will be a David Gilmour New Album to be released in 2015 and will most likely tour to support the effort.

* 2016 September 30 David Gilmour world tour ends at Royal Albert Hall. Fans and critics alike gave 5 stars reviews throughout the tour. *2016: Announced himself Roger Waters Tour named Us and Them is promised to be A tour themed mixture of Pink Floyd and Roger Waters material spanning 50 years, with 25% of new material from his yet to be released new album. A legendary live performance with a immersive sensory experience featuring state of the art quadraphonic sound with a never before attempted visual production

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