Pink Floyd Events

1965 Pink Floyd is formed
Pink Floyd are an English rock band who initially earned recognition for their psychedelic and space rock music, and later, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. Pink Floyd a...
1967 Aug 5 Pink Floyd releases The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn is Pink Floyd's debut album and the only one made under Syd Barrett's leadership—although he made some contributions to the follow-up, A Saucerful of Secret...
1968 Jun 29 Pink Floyd releases A Saucerful of Secrets
A Saucerful of Secrets is the second studio album by Pink Floyd. It was recorded at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, at various dates from August, 1967 to April, 1968. Due to Syd Barrett's decli...
1969 Jul 27 Pink Floyd releases More soundtrack
Soundtrack from the Film More is Pink Floyd's first full-length soundtrack. The film More was directed by Barbet Schroeder; in it, two songs can be heard that were not included on the alb...
1969 Oct 25 Pink Floyd releases Ummagumma
Ummagumma is a double album by Pink Floyd, released in 1969 by Harvest and EMI in the United Kingdom and Harvest and Capitol in the United States. The first disc is a live album of their ...
1970 Oct 10 Pink Floyd releases Atom Heart Mother
Atom Heart Mother is the fourth studio album by Pink Floyd, released in 1970 by Harvest and EMI Records in the United Kingdom and Harvest and Capitol in the United States. It was recorded...
1971 Oct 30 Pink Floyd releases Meddle
Meddle is the fifth studio album by Pink Floyd. It was released in October 1971, and is often considered to be the album which best demonstrates the band's change in genre from psychedeli...
1972 Jun 3 Pink Floyd releases Obscured by Clouds
Obscured by Clouds is a rock album by Pink Floyd based on their soundtrack for the French film La Vallée, by Barbet Schroeder. Some copies of the album refer to the film by its alternate ...
1973 Mar 10 Pink Floyd releases The Dark Side of the Moon
The Dark Side of the Moon is a concept album by English progressive rock group Pink Floyd. Released in March 1973, the album built on the ideas Pink Floyd had explored in their live shows...
1975 Sep 12 Pink Floyd releases Wish You Were Here
Wish You Were Here is the seventh studio album by English rock group Pink Floyd. Inspired by material they had composed while performing across Europe, it was recorded over numerous sessi...
1977 Jan 23 Pink Floyd releases Animals
Animals is a concept album by Pink Floyd, released on 23 January 1977, in the United Kingdom by Harvest Records and on 2 February 1977 in the United States by Columbia Records. The album ...
1979 Nov 30 Pink Floyd releases The Wall
The Wall is a rock opera presented as a double album by Pink Floyd, released by Harvest Records on 30 November 1979 in the United Kingdom and by Columbia Records in the United States. It ...
1983 Mar 21 Pink Floyd releases The Final Cut
The Final Cut is a concept album written by Roger Waters, performed by Pink Floyd and recorded at studios around the United Kingdom from July to December 1982. The album was released in t...
1987 Sep 8 Pink Floyd releases A Momentary Lapse of Reason
A Momentary Lapse of Reason is a studio album by Pink Floyd released by EMI Records on 8 September 1987, in the United Kingdom and the following day in the United States through Columbia ...
1994 Mar 30 Pink Floyd releases The Division Bell
The Division Bell is the final studio album by Pink Floyd, released in 1994 (30 March on EMI in the United Kingdom and 5 April on Columbia in the United States), and their second album wi...
2005 Jul 2 Live 8 concerts
Live 8 was a string of benefit concerts that took place on 2 July 2005, in the G8 states and in South Africa. They were timed to precede the G8 Conference and summit held at the Gleneagle...