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Guy Pratt is born
in London, UK, the son of actor Mike Pratt. Guy will become a
well-known session bassist, working with Pink Floyd, Kirsty
MacColl, The Smiths, Madonna, Robbie Robertson, Roxy Music, Michael
Jackson and others.
Jokers Wild, a group including guitarist David Gilmour, later to join Pink Floyd, plays at Les Jeux Interdits, The Victoria Ballroom, Cambridge, England, UK.When The Mindbenders have to pull out of their adbertised gig at The Upper Cut, Forest Gate, London, England, UK, Europe, they are replaced by Pink Floyd.
Pink Floyd release their debut single, Arnold Layne, in the UK. It is immediately banned by the BBC because of its subject matter. That night they play at The Technical College, Canterbury, Kent, England, UK, Europe.
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EMI staff engineer Peter Bown takes the members of Pink Floyd to meet The Beatles in Studio 2, Abbey Road, London, England, UK, Europe. (The Floyd are working on Pow R Toc H).
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Procol Harum and H.P.Lovecraft play the second of two nights at Winterland, San Francisco, California, USA. Pink Floyd were billed to appear but have cancelled, as leader Syd Barret is becoming dysfunctional because of LSD usage.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink Floyd, The Move, Amen Corner, Nice, Eire Apparent and the Outer Limits begin a package tour at The Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, England, UK, Europe.New guitarist Dave Gilmour plays his first gig with Pink Floyd at Aston University, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, Europe.
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Vibrato, a pop music tv show in Belgium, Europe, transmits a mimed recording of Pink Floyd performing Apples And Oranges.
Pink Floyd and Junior's Eyes play at The Middle Earth Club, London, England, UK, Europe. On the same day, Pink Floyd also play at The Crawdaddy Club, Hampton Court, London.
Pink Floyd play at the Song Days Festival, Grugahalle, Essen, West Germany, Europe.
Pink Floyd have a recording session in Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, working on Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, See Saw and Let There Be More Light.
Pink Floyd have a recording session in Abbey Road Studios, London, England, UK, Europe, working on Corporal Clegg and Nick's Boogie.
Pink Floyd play at The Punchbowl Hotel, Lapworth, Warwickshire, England, UK, Europe.
Pink Floyd play at the Mayfair Suite, The Belfry Hotel, Wishaw, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, UK, Europe. Support acts are Young Blood and The Pineapple Incident.
Pink Floyd play at Mother's Club, Birmingham, UK. Deejay for the night is John Peel.
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Pink Floyd begin The Man/The Journey tour at The Locarno Ballroom, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK, Europe.
Syd Barrett, formerly of Pink
Floyd, is working on the songs Golden Hair and Octopus, in
EMI's Abbey
Road Studios, London, UK.
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Pink Floyd play at The Royal Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK, Europe.Pink Floyd release the part-live, part-studio double album Ummagumma in the UK.
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Pink Floyd record a session for French radio at Theater Comedie des Champs Elysees, Paris, France, Europe.
Pink Floyd play a benefit for Cardiff Arts Centre, at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales, UK, Europe.
Pink Floyd play at the University Health Centre, Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Pink Floyd are rehearsing a new suite of music which will become their album Dark Side Of The Moon, in Bermondsey, South London, UK.
Pink Floyd release the album Dark Side Of The Moon in the USA on Harvest Records.
Pink Floyd perform The Wall for the first of five nights at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, Long Island, New York.Ex-Pink Floyd member Roger Waters begins the second leg of his Pros And Cons North American tour, in Detroit, Michigan, USA.
When Andy Fairweather-Low plays at The Half Moon pub in London, England, UK, Europe, the audience includes former Pink Floyd member Roger Waters.
On The Wall Tour 2012, Roger Waters plays the third of four nights at Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Australia.
On The Wall Tour 2012, Roger Waters plays the sixth of nine nights at River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America.
On The Wall Tour 2012, Roger Waters plays at Engenhao Stadium, Rio de Janiero, Brazil, South America.
On The Wall Tour 2012, Roger Waters plays at The KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
On The Wall Tour 2012, Roger Waters plays at The BankAtlantic Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.On The Wall Tour 2012, Roger Waters plays at The XL Center, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
On The Wall Tour 2012, Roger Waters plays at The RBC Center, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
The official premiere of the film Pink Floyd - The Wall, is held at the Empire, Leicester Square, London, England, UK, Europe, attended by Pink Floyd members Roger Waters, David Gilmour, and Nick Mason, but not Richard Wright, who was no longer a member of the band. It was also attended by celebrities including Bob Geldof, Paula Yates, Gerald Scarfe, Pete Townshend, Sting, Andy Summers, Roger Taylor and Lulu.On The Wall Tour 2013, Roger Waters plays at Parken Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe.
Rock saxophonist Raf Ravenscroft dies at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Devon, UK, aged sixty following a heart attack. He was best-known for playing the sax break in Gerry Rafferty's 1978 hit Baker Street, but also worked with many other top-flight musicians including Marvin Gaye, Daft Punk, Pink Floyd and Abba.1962 |
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